Beauty & Spas in Sunrise

At any given time, one can find the certified skin specialists at Ador Skin Care & Spa polishing complexions with anti-aging facials, swiping away unwanted fuzz with waxing treatments, or dipping hands and feet into paraffin wax during European mani-pedis. Though their diverse talents have led to a lengthy menu of spa services, the specialists rely chiefly on one line of products—Sothys— which channels more than 60 years of research into formulations that make skin glow brighter than a jellyfish rave.

B-True Organics's formidable skincare boutique has a lot in common with the produce section of a grocery store. Products are crafted with botanicals such as fennel, grapefruit, or mango, and they're almost pure enough to eat. That's because every pH-balanced shampoo, body lotion, and eye shadow contains no harsh chemicals and is never tested on animals or particularly hairy coconuts. In addition to their in-house line of products, B-True Organics carries brands such as Dr. Bronner's, ilike, and Spa Ritual. B-True's respectable menu of spa services lets customers put its products to the test in private treatment rooms as they receive organic facials or massages that draw from Hawaiian and Balinese techniques.

Transform Age Management helps clients stuck in the middle of their aesthetic journey, providing cosmetic solutions that transcend the results possible with traditional skincare regimes, but stop short of surgery. Executive director and founder Sasha Parker draws upon 25 years of experience spent working as a nurse, assistant surgical administrator, and medical aesthetic trainer to helm a team of doctors and registered nurses who help clients look and feel their best. The collection of beauty services ranges from hydrafacials, peels, and age-fighting dermal fillers to laser therapies that can remove unwanted hair, tighten facial skin, or etch important dates into the brain. If one’s compass does point to the surgical route, clients can find direction from board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. F. Leigh Phillips, who performs everything from abdominoplasty to full and partial face-lifts.

Dr. Yelena Pakula practiced as a medical doctor in Russia before changing fields and continents more than a decade ago. Now an acupuncturist licensed by the state of Florida, she runs Vita-Health Acupuncture and Wellness Center, a clinic for nonconventional healing and aesthetic medicine. She and her colleagues—including another expatriate physician from Brazil—perform acupuncture and herbal treatments, along with massage therapy and colon hydrotherapy. Their beauty menu includes treatments to laser away body hair, contour the thighs and stomach, and rejuvenate complexions after one too many ghost sightings.

Royal Treatment Skin Care & Beauty’s owner, Samantha Kerr, doesn't need curtains or wall partitions to ensure her guests’ privacy. Her one client at a time philosophy calls for each guest to receive the dedicated attention of an aesthetician undistracted by other customers tapping their feet in the lobby or clambering through the air ducts.

This allows Kerr and her team to do what they do best: cleanse, exfoliate, and extract toxins from the skin. The spa’s menu of services includes facials and peels that target specific skin conditions as well as body-smoothing, makeup, eyelash extensions, and waxing treatments. When she's not engaged in one-on-one consultations with her clients, Kerr keeps busy by hosting interactive training workshops in various beauty treatments.

It’s hard to say what’s more impressive: Dora Salazar and Maria Pana’s skincare knowledge, or their collection of passport stamps. The licensed aestheticians and paramedical experts have traveled across Europe, Brazil, and the United States in an effort to hone their craft, and it shows. Dora, for example, draws on her diverse medical background to clear up acne, treat rosacea, and lighten up hyperpigmentation with clinical-grade products. In addition to facials and exfoliating microdermabrasion, the team enhances skin with Perfector treatments that use nanotechnology to boost intercellular communication. This improved communication ramps up cells’ output of collagen and reduces the number of microscopic inboxes clogged with snail mail.