Beauty & Spas in Moraga

For nearly a decade, the skincare professionals at Lan’s Skin Care and Health Spa have maintained a relaxing haven that stimulates the body's capacity to heal. With each service, they attend to emotional and physical needs, adhering to the belief that mind, body, and spirit are as inextricably linked as peanut butter and the roof of your mouth. Aestheticians ease the mind with quiet treatment rooms, and relax the body by punctuating facials with hand, foot, and shoulder massages. Together, these efforts uplift the spirit and foster overall wellness.

Acne treatments and deep-skin-cleaning services dot the menu alongside permanent-makeup applications that enhance natural features. Lending equal credence to the areas beneath the neck, the specialists perform body wraps and offer steam and sauna therapy.

Technicians use low-level lasers to help hair grow and to tone complexions. One-hour hair-restoration treatments are typically pain-free and devoid of the odor and sound that accompany similar treatments, such as super-gluing a live yeti onto one's scalp. Laser beams stimulate follicles effectively regardless of the patient's age, gender, or ethnicity, and patients are usually so comfortable that they read during the treatment. Also typically painless is the treatment known as Awaken Skin Therapy, which encourages cells to regenerate while it stimulates circulation. The result is skin that's free from fine lines and more elastic.

Kylie Dayton‘s career as an aesthetician has taken her into some ritzy rooms. After her stint as the skincare expert at a cosmetic surgeon's office, she worked at Bliss Spa and the Four Seasons San Francisco. Today, Dayton brings her dermatological skill sets to her very own spa. She administers facials—including her signature 30-minute Basic Bonsai—and also paints skin with light- and medium-depth PCA peels. Like a Carmen Miranda hat, Dayton's peels are perfect for special occasions and often contain fruit, including papaya and pomegranate. As a certified PCA Skin expert, Dayton is well-versed in the Jessner peel, and she stocks the line's daily-use items for purchase. Dayton, who has honed her skin-treatment skills over the last nine years, feels strongly that daily maintenance makes a huge difference. To this end, she makes sure that clients leaving her crystal-chandelier-lit spa take skincare wisdom home along with their newly glowing complexions.

From her eyelash emporium tucked inside Skinsations, Cheryl Potter and her team help peepers pack more drama into every wink. In a single one- to two-hour session, the certified technicians apply mink or faux-mink extensions directly to the natural lashes, and false lashes typically last up to four weeks or until the minks report them missing.

Nails Forever owner DJ West bounded into beauty school at the tender age of 16, and by age 18, she had her license, a job, and a dream that would lead her to San Francisco. There, her skills were sharpened in salons studding Union Square and Polk Street. Her desire to open her own salon brought her back to Contra Costa County, where she's been keeping fingertips looking tip-top since 1981. Her passion for painting and fine art is reflected in her hand-based handiwork, which often includes one-of-a-kind looks ranging from leopard-print nails to bejeweled holiday designs, and she's won no fewer than five trophies at nail-design competitions. She also specializes in Shellac application and excels in acrylic extensions, which typically hold up better than the old-fashioned wooden kind.

For more than 10 years, Monica Quach has beautified faces with an extensive selection of aesthetic treatments. In addition to classic European facials and microdermabrasion, she can accent complexions by waxing or tinting brows and lengthening lashes with individual extensions. More long-term beautification alights faces in the form of permanent makeup, which shortens morning routines more easily than installing an omelet bar in the shower.