Upper Saint Clair, PA Spa and Massage

Retta Flagg was introduced to the reparative benefits of massage while recovering from a back injury. Once she was back in tip-top shape, Retta decided to pursue a career in massage therapy, focusing her initial training on styles designed to treat injuries and chronic pain. Only a few years after completing massage school in 1986, she started a 10-year career teaching neuromuscular technique at the very same institution she attended—the Pittsburgh School of Massage Therapy.

Retta now owns and operates The Healing Touch, a place that clients frequent for stress-relieving treatments ranging from Swedish and pregnancy massages to paraffin therapy baths and onsite corporate chair massages. All the wellness center's therapists are graduates of accredited schools, boast more than 600 hours of training, and actively improve their skills through continuing education and thumb-wrestling tournaments.

Offering everything from Botox and Juvéderm to mani-pedis and spray tans, the staff at Pampered Peacock Spa and Boutique makes each client’s beauty and relaxation needs a top priority. Hair services include cuts, color, and keratin treatments. Spa packages combine services such as a soothing Swedish massage and mani-pedi or full-body exfoliation followed by a spray tan. For the young ones—girls between the ages of 3 and 12—the staff can prettify fingers or toes during fun spa parties, and also performs facials or creates envious peacock hairdos.

At Bangz! Bridgeville, the sun sheds its light through floor-to-ceiling windows on newly primped hairdos and nourished skin. As stylists crop split ends across from ornate wooden dressers, other staff members draw from botanical Danné Skin Revision formulas to subtract signs of acne and sun damage. Even the body's smallest trappings receive beautifying treatments: eyelash extensions augment fluttering lids, and colorful shellac manicures resist chipping without forcing patrons to type with their elbows.

Linda Bowers channels two decades of experience in the health and beauty industry into her vision: helming a tranquil spa that allows the mind, spirit, and body to relax and rejuvenate. To do this, she’s transformed her studio into a peaceful refuge where clients can temporarily escape the stresses of work, family, and ferociously persistent encyclopedia salesmen. Within these peaceful digs, she and her staff perform services for the skin, including facials, corrective skin peels, and microdermabrasion. They also gussy up appearances with eyelash extensions and spa waxing sessions performed with gentle products. To ensure relaxation penetrates deeper than skin level, the staff hosts a full menu of relaxing massages that include traditional Swedish massages, deep-tissue modalities, and hot-stone therapies.