Wheat Ridge, CO Spa and Massage

The licensed nail technicians and stylists at Tonik pamper clients with comprehensive nail and hair services. After a consultation, stylists trim male and female manes, styling hair using Pivot Point and L’Oréal Professionnel products and highlighting and coloring locks with products from Alfaparf, Goldwell, and Framesi. Nail technicians decorate fingers and toes with bright coats of Gelish and Shellac polish. In addition, their full menu of aesthetic services includes facials, waxing, and permanent makeup to keep clients looking their best at all times, ready for a paparazzi ambush or a spontaneous prom.

Adhering to the belief that natural ingredients and noninvasive treatments yield the best results in skincare, Velvet Day Spa pampers clients with a variety of services—ranging from facials to spray tanning—done with organic products. The skilled aestheticians also use their advanced industry experience to pamper clients with modern techniques and procedures such as microdermabrasion. Soon after opening the spa in 2007, the owner created an organic line of products called Velvet Skincare, which is counterintuitively not designed for people with velvet skin.

As patrons drift into Making Scentz's boutique, notes of lavender, rose, and chamomile harmonize in the air from a collection of concentrated essential oils. During the shop's signature blending workshops, patrons infuse body scrubs, room sprays, and body oils with a custom concoction of scents as they help themselves to complimentary chocolate and champagne cocktails. Visitors can find evidence of the store's dedication to natural ingredients throughout the studio, influencing botanically based spa treatments, DIY facial parties, and nonsynthetic staff members.

Credentialed massage therapists and aestheticians at Abella Salon and Spa imbue massage, facial, and tanning services with aromatherapy and botanical skincare products. Lavender-scented body scrubs and hydrating algae body masks leave skin as soft and supple as a newborn pillow, and custom chemical peels deeply exfoliate epidermises. In addition, advanced light-based techniques may be applied to whiten teeth and manage unwanted hair without organizing razors into unwieldy bureaucracies.

To secure its position as the best massage clinic of 2010, Massage Specialist presented Boulder Weekly with a suite of services that went beyond the basics. The clinic's therapists practice more than 10 massage styles including classic modalities (e.g., Swedish, deep tissue, and sports) as well as uncommon therapies (e.g., manual lymphatic drainage, infant massage, and shiatsu). Most treatments incorporate the clinic's signature water-dispersible oils and lotions that do not stain clothing but may dissolve witches. They prep for appointments by draping treatment beds with fresh, clean linens, and educating guests on therapies that suit their personal ailments. Aside from massage therapy, the clinic offers spinal adjustments, chiropractic care, acupuncture, and herbal consultations.

Originally from Moscow, registered nurse Sasha Shvedov has trained at some of the most prestigious beauty schools in America and Russia, and worked alongside numerous dermatologists and plastic surgeons. As the owner of Oxygen Salon and Spa, she uses her medical training to treat a variety of skin conditions with procedures ranging from chemical peels to rejuvenating photofacials. Shvedov has gathered together an impressive team of master stylists and color experts, hair-extension specialists, a licensed massage therapist, and Russian-born Natella Laskin, who was called the best nail technician in Denver by the Denver Post in 1999.

The salon was named one of the top five Denver day spas in CityVoter's 2008 A-List, due in no small part to high quality salon services and a broad menu that includes waxing, airbrush tanning, and laser teeth whitening. The crew employs products that are free of sulfates, parabens, and glycols. Guests can find lungfulls of relief during refreshing sessions at the oxygen bar, which may help the body heal itself, enhance memory, and improve street cred with nearby plants.