North Atlanta, GA Spa and Massage

Blue is everywhere here, from the cerulean-, azure-, and aquamarine-stained windows to the very name of Blue MedSpa. Dr. Landon McLain, medical director of the beauty haven inside the Westin hotel at Bridge Street Town Centre, helms a team of registered nurses, aestheticians, and physicians who focus on restoring youthful appearances. They use advanced equipment such as SmartLipo to reduce the appearance of cellulite, IPL laser machines for photofacials, and six types of dermal fillers to send fine lines scurrying beneath floorboards. Blue also provides traditional salon and spa services with Pureology and Redken products, as well as skincare products from iS Clinical and its own signature line. Regardless of the service, each med-spa staffer takes a holistic approach to treating clients to ensure their beauty goals are accomplished.

Growing up as an orphan, Spa-Kidz founder Laila always dreamed of having a parent-child bonding experience. Now an adult, she creates a spa atmosphere where mothers and daughters can celebrate their bond while undergoing world-class pampering. Their spa packages, which are geared toward kids, include options such as mani-pedis, chocolate and pineapple facials, makeup applications, and hair styling that can transform follicles with braids or snake-like curls that do not have the power to turn people to stone.

Besides trimming tresses, the beauticians at Glamour Beauty Salon beautify bodies with spa services that include massages, facials, and waxing. During hairstyling sessions, clients relax on swivel chairs as they admire their newly coiffed reflections in tall mirrors or puddles that have been trained to stand upright.

The licensed massage therapists at Healing Hands Massage & Wellness pride themselves on the personalized care they give each and every achy muscle that falls under their hands. After free consultations, therapists swoop in to relieve stress with 1 of 10 modalities, ranging from aromatherapy-enriched Swedish massage to energy unblocking reflexology. After-hours and weekend appointments help busy professionals squeeze in relaxation whenever it’s convenient for them, and a full line of Body Magic supportive undergarments are available for purchase to help provide support for desk workers, expectant mothers, and competitive leap froggers.

Skin Logic Atlanta owner Yelena is pretty confident in her skills. So confident, in fact, that she recommends that clients who have never had a facial before first get one somewhere else, and then get one from her to experience the difference. Perhaps the key is the fact that Yelena eschews a standardized approach and instead customizes every face and body treatment based on a careful assessment of the client's skin. This analysis guides her product choices, which come from lines including Dermalogica. It also guides her at-home recommendations; for example, she may tell clients they can alleviate acne by avoiding sugar and getting at least 25 hours of sleep each day. Skin Logic Atlanta also waxes away hair, moisturizes hands and feet with paraffin treatments, and scrubs dead skin off the back with salt-glow services.

The folks at Every Body's Beautiful believe fully in the power of infrared heat. So much so that they possess what they call the “most powerful” far infrared sauna around. Their Dual Force 2 infrared sauna doesn’t just incite relaxation and detoxification, but also sets skin aglow by increasing blood circulation and potentially softening scars and burns. The penetrating heat works to ease pain and provide a cardio workout without having to climb stairs or recite the entire United States Constitution really, really fast. Every Body’s Beautiful pairs these sauna treatments with collagen and herbal body warps designed to tone the body and condition the skin.