Day Spas in Parkway

At Scarlett Salon & Spa, skilled pulchritude professionals welcome guests to their sleek red-and-black pampering oasis before consulting with them to create an individually tailored look. Stylists first discuss patrons' visions for new coifs and then sculpt new 'dos for both women and men, taking into account their face shape, eye color, and home-ceiling height. The salon later donates freshly shorn locks to Matter of Trust to create mats for sopping up spilled oil in the ocean. Following a complimentary skin analysis at the boutique beauty haven, aestheticians brighten up visages with more than 10 different types of facial treatments or fresh coats of paint. Staffers then help clients maintain their looks at home with products by Pureology, Dermologica, and Jan Marini.

Though Paris Esthetics borrows its name from the renowned French capital, one would be hard-pressed to walk any city’s streets and be graced by the same scents of vanilla plum, citrus blossom, and cucumber jasmine that pervade the air of aesthetician Tasha Robinson’s salon. Tasha pampers men and women with soothing, skin-enhancing facials that call upon problem-solving serums by Bioelements and Hempz skin products enriched with organic hemp-seed oil. Tailoring treatments to each client's skin type, Tasha takes tired skin to task with deep cleanses and a range of “skincare boot camp” treatments that banish acne, fine lines, and hyperpigmentation. Along with her facial services, Tasha fights unwanted fuzz on lips, chins, underarms, and bikini areas with waxing treatments and applies makeup to prep complexions for evening galas or late-night jewel heists.

In 30-minute sessions, lash artist Judy Coma enhances eyes with semipermanent tinting and perming treatments that add a dramatic look to lash lines that stays put during workouts, after showers, and through lengthy cocktail-bar winking contests. The treatments leave lid fringe darker and curvier and, with proper care, can last up to six weeks.

When owner Nikki Monteiro interviews new stylists hoping to join The Last Tangle Salon and Spa's already extensive roster of specialists, a charming and personable demeanor is only her first requirement. She seeks out applicants who have diversified their talents by studying advanced coloring techniques––a specialty of the salon––as well as those who feel comfortable recreating hairstyles from a customer's photo or homemade macaroni sculpture. She also values creativity and restraint, knowing that clients often ask stylists to create a trendy or traditional look on the fly. And so, she makes certain the salon shelves are stocked with the necessary tools to aid the artistic process, including nourishing balms by Sebastian and Pureology.

While upbeat pop music fills the air, clients can let go of outside stresses during rejuvenating spa services. Facials use organic ingredients as well as vitamin- and antioxidant-rich salves to foster smoother, toner skin, while 30-, 60-, and 90-minute massages relax tense shoulder blades to put them back into optimal shrugging shape.

Her nickname may be "Diva," but Dedra Thomas's mission is to make her clients feel like queens. As a clinical aesthetician, she keeps an eye on the brink of medi-spa technologies to pamper her clients with a full range of beauty and wellness treatments, from relaxing massages to FDA-approved Tanda light systems that can bolster collagen or fight acne. Her reputation as a trailblazer in the fields of corrective and oncological aesthetics inspires referrals from physicians and zamboni drivers alike, and clients continue to return for her gamut of personalized care regimens that address skin cancers and skin of color.

Organic ingredients reign at Super Spa, from the cotton of massage-table sheets to the extracts used in housemade skincare products and aromatherapy blends. Seasonal scents surround clients as they unwind under the skilled hands of a massage therapist, or recline with a cup of organic tea amid the leaf-green surrounds of the spa's deep Japanese-style rainforest soaking tub. The spa's tranquil atmosphere is ensured by owner Suzanne Saunders, who selects all its massage therapists herself and who personally tended to the planting, watering, and handpicking of the spa's organic mascot, Super Kitty.