Beauty & Spas in Sparks

While some people believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, others believe it resides somewhere closer to the edge. Both groups would feel right at home at The Eyelash Connection, where licensed aestheticians divide their time between helping clients enhance their outward appearances and curating a calm, stress-free environment designed to promote wellness from within. Their signature eyelash extensions help trim minutes off of home makeup routines with waterproof strands that are affixed one by one instead of in false-looking strips. Annual continuing-education courses also help the staffers resharpen skills, which they channel into full-body waxing services and personalized skincare facials designed to treat everything from acne-prone complexions to backs covered in scratch 'n' sniff stickers.

While many weight loss plans focus purely on caloric intake, Sierra Nevada Wellness Center’s supervised weight loss programs account for a matrix of factors such as sleep, stress, and hormone levels. This is because the staff, who specializes in natural weight loss solutions, knows that a variety a factors effect a person’s ability to shed excess pounds. Helmed by licensed physician Dr. Joe Johnson, the team balances diets with nutritional supplements, and also performs services such as permanently reducing unwanted hair with laser hair removal treatments, contouring physiques with mesotherapy, and lasering away unwanted tattoos of ex-girlfriends’ names or outdated world maps.

A medical aesthetician and certified Minkys eyelash extension trainer, Terri Arucha helms It’s The Perfect Touch, where she treats clients to advanced skincare and beauty techniques. She treats acne-prone, aging, and dull skin with a series of skincare treatments, including customized facials, LED skin therapy, and microdermabrasion. Applied one at a time, Terri’s semipermanent lash extensions give eyes a natural-looking pop, enhanced further by an expert makeup application or brow wax.

At Essenza Salon and Medi Spa, Darcy DellaVella arms herself with products by Dermalogica and Image in order to aid clients in their never-ending fight against stress, aging, and environmental toxins. The spa comprises 3,300 square feet, providing ample space for staff to perform nail treatments, haircuts, and waxing treatments without disturbing clients relaxing under the soothing ministrations of hot-stone massage or those napping on the lobby couch. Beyond enlivening complexions with permanent makeup, the team also offers resurfacing treatments such as microdermabrasion to help stimulate new-cell production and reduce the appearance of scars and enlarged pores, and those looking to fill in fine lines and wrinkles can inquire about injections of Botox, administered by a nurse injection specialist.

At A Salon 7, stationed in the historic 495 firehouse, aesthetician Maia Leiss artfully tends to clients amid a collection of modern paintings. Maia draws from her nine years of experience to polish skin with diamond-tip microdermabrasion and remove hair with speed waxing for men and women. Certified by Dermalogica, Maia tends to all skin concerns, including acne, aging, and stubborn milk mustaches, and she deftly applies full sets of eyelash extensions.

Clients can unwind with a choice of beverage, including beer, and admire an art gallery filled entirely with local artists' works, many of which are available for purchase.

At Massage Essence, licensed massage therapists and aestheticians beautify and becalm customers’ bodies with the help of lotions and organic skincare products. Bodywork modalities range from Swedish relaxation massage to hot-stone, sports, and prenatal treatments, and clients can customize their experience by mixing and matching from a list that includes aromatherapy, raindrop therapy, and reflexology. Memberships to Massage Essence carry VIP benefits, including discounts, specials, and either a free massage or facial every month.