Day Spas in Silver Firs

Make yourself look like you spent the past month in Mexico sunbathing while you fished salmon with a pair of socks and three feet of copper wire. For $40, you get one month of unlimited access to Planet Bronze Tanning Salon (a $100 value), a spotlessly clean tanning salon in Renton.Red: You were born in Montana and your childhood best friend called you Puddin. Yellow: Every September 17, you get a migraine headache as you are visited by the ghost of the former mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina: Avery C. Upchurch. Green: Your embarrassing victory on a 2004 episode of Jeopardy! caused you to become estranged from your family. Orange: When you were 21, you gained the ability to communicate with hungry dogs.

Technicians trained in results-oriented treatments fill Skinperfect's service menu with effective beautifying services while wielding a number of upscale product lines. Clients can remove unwanted hair with a Brazilian wax that leaves skin as smooth as a silk shirt's pickup lines. If desired, sensitive skin can cozy up in the cooling embrace of topical anesthetic during the hair-removal procedure. Alternatively, the full set of lash extensions enhances flirtatious glances and coy Morse code blinks by darkening and thickening the lash line.

The staff of CJ Salon & Spa prides itself on providing a veritable all-you-can-eat buffet of top-notch treatments in an elegant, cozy atmosphere, including spa services, skincare, hair removal, and select salon services. Tackle the full expanse of the soul sack, beginning with a brow wax ($12) to mold your mood modifiers and a basic bikini wax ($40 and up) before girding yourself in summer's fashionably risqué bloomers. You can also polish a dingy frontispiece with a 45-minute Dermalogica skin treatment ($55 and up), which includes a facial double cleanse, thorough exfoliation, extractions (if needed), a soothing mask, revivifying toner, and skin protectant to guard the recently excavated baby skin from harsh elements such as sun, wind, and the Objectivist lanthanide, aynrandium. A 30-minute mini facial ($40 and up) is a simplified variation for faces on the go, and includes a soothing cleanser, exfoliation, mask, toner, and thorough moisturizer for the face’s naturally occurring desert patches.

A spread of custom spa and salon services foster aesthetic peace in a relaxed, homey setting. Skincare treatments are tailored with Dermalogica's brand of highly customizable products and special salves made in-house to prevent curfew violations. Drawing on Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Western medicine systems, the beauty therapists diagnose conditions such as poor circulation and dehydration, which can inform single treatments or a six-week regime to reset skin function. Paul Mitchell and Awapuhi Ginger products help stylists wrangle unruly halos in an intimate salon room with baroque gold mirrors and pink-on-pink stripes. Each treatment is given a heavenly name to emphasize Helle's good and evil theme, which is echoed in the spa's crimson paint job and matching velvet tufted couch.

The beauticians-in-training at Gary Manuel Aveda Institute promote inner and outer beauty with an array of skin and hair services in an atmosphere that celebrates the individual creativity of each student. Though their talents are diverse, all of the institute's students use the same products developed by Aveda, a socially conscious company that produces a full line of natural beauty products carried at nearly 7,000 salons and spas. Popular products such as Shampure shampoo deliver on Aveda's commitment to well-rounded earthly beauty with ecofriendly packaging cradling ingredients derived from the world's finest and least selfish plants.

The aestheticians, massage therapists, and nail technicians at 9 Essentials Day Spa and Nail Care have one goal: to improve the appearance and wellbeing of their clients. In addition to classic OPI mani-pedis and full-body waxing, they also offer eyelash extensions, acrylic nail enhancements, and seven facials that can employ alpha-hydroxy and beta-hydroxy acids, light therapy, or hydrating creams. These beauty gurus follow strict sanitation guidelines during each and every service they perform, ensuring cleanliness, safety, and an evident lack of chocolate-stained fingerprints.