Santa Monica, CA Spa and Massage

The team at Savvy Salon The Studio aims to furnish clients with both everyday and runway-ready looks, earning the opportunity to style Elite model photo shoots as well as a visit from KCAL 9's California Adventure TV. As stylists pamper tresses with Schwarzkopf, Kérastase, and Bumble and bumble products, the salon's décor pampers the senses with richly hued wall hangings and striking black-and-white photographs. Besides hair services, specialty facials infuse mugs with a youthful glow previously attained only by participating in all-day kick-the-can competitions. Next door, Savvy's beauty studio brims with a dizzying assortment of handpicked products from renowned brands such as Bumble and bumble, L'Oréal Professionnel, Éminence Organic skincare, and bareMinerals cosmetics.

Guests at Relax Spa & Beauty Lounge, winner of Citysearch's Best Relaxation Massage 2008, unwind with head-to-toe treatments in a candlelit setting. Aestheticians exfoliate complexions with one of their relaxing facials, uncovering brighter skin and erasing war paint left over from games of capture the flag. A collection of massage services coaxes tension from muscles, and body treatments remove dead skin cells from the surface with handmade scrubs or a eucalyptus body wash that cleans off unwanted grime and attracts neighborhood koala bears.

Stationed within the stress-free confines of Glow Skincare, aesthetician Ashley helps her clients achieve a radiance all their own with microdermabrasion treatments, enzyme masks, and other facials that work to illuminate dull complexions. When she isn’t infusing skin with elastin molecules or brushing cheeks with an exfoliating lemongrass cleanser, Ashley swipes away unwanted hair on the face and body with strips of warm wax. Her 100% organic airbrush-tanning solution adds rich color to freshly cleansed skin without the risks of sitting in the sun or taking a dip in a vat of scalding hot fudge.

The staff at Touch Institute—which includes certified nursing assistants, massage therapists, aestheticians, and yoga instructors—soothes bodies and minds of all ages with research-based, compassionate therapies. Therapeutic massages draw on Swedish, deep-tissue, and pre- and post-natal techniques, and cranial sacral massage balances the central nervous system, saving clients the bother of checking their brains with a carpenter’s bubble level. Organic Eminence handmade skincare products rejuvenate faces and bodies during a range of skin therapies. To beautify exteriors, aestheticians offer specialty programs such as makeup lessons and natural spray tans.

Committed to giving back to the community, Touch Institute supports the Liddle Kidz Foundation, which sends health-care professionals to orphanages around the world.

Every client enjoys the same level of comfort at Massage Simple; the company ensures that each of its earth-toned private treatment rooms is completely handicapped accessible. Clients can relax on a plush massage table crowned with soft sheets as they receive a massage designed either to simply relax or to relieve pain from physical injury or emotional stress. The staff of attentive massage therapists is versed in modalities that range from relaxing Swedish to therapeutic deep-tissue massage. Specialty massage types include hot-stone therapy for muscle tension and prenatal massage to alleviate the discomforts of pregnancy, such as carrying around dozens of extra pounds in baby-name-book weight.