Wilson, NC Spa and Massage

Alter Ego's talented technicians primp and polish customers' fingers. The 40-minute Shellac manicure provides the durability and zero dry time of gel nails with the ease of application and smooth, slick finish of traditional polish. Once applied, the wet Shellac polish takes a trip underneath the special UV lamp, hardening into a chip-defying, ultra-shiny finish and eliminating smudges from purse rummaging and plugging differential equations into a graphing calculator. The finish can last up to two weeks without degrading, and is removed easily with no harm to the natural nails, unlike acrylic removal, which uses tiny, club-wielding trolls to bash away unsightly remnants.

A former anatomy, physiology, and biology professor, Tracey Obeda attended the Carolina School of Massage and currently teaches massage at the Medical Arts School and Miller-Motte Technical College. Using deep muscle massage, myofascial release, Swedish massage, trigger-point therapy, arthrokinetics, and more, she tailors all treatments to a client's special needs. Focus your session on stress relief, relaxation, decreased muscle tightness, postural and structural change, increased flexibility, or a combination.

The specialists at Suddenly Slimmer of Raleigh live up to the promise of their spa’s name with a menu of services designed to melt fat and eliminate cellulite. The spa’s featured VelaShape treatment exemplifies this mission, using a blend of radio frequencies and light energy to noninvasively shrink fat cells. Similarly, body wraps work to slenderize figures while nourishing skin with solutions made of natural minerals and electrolytes. When not cocooned in anti-aging minerals, clients may partake in sessions on the Proellixe vibration machine, which sends high-frequency vibrations throughout the body to tone muscles, burn fat, and dislodge loose change stuck behind the ears.

Under the supervision of licensed plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Law, the licensed physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners that make up Blue Water Spa help refresh visages with cutting-edge technology and botanically based treatments. Past a decorative wall of burbling water, clients settle into private treatment rooms for med-spa services such as LED light therapy and laser skin tightening. Traditional chemical peels also revive complexions with green-tea extract, vitamin C, and puréed bugle horns. Therapists use proprietary skincare serums for each service, and an onsite boutique fuels at-home pampering with luxurious products from Malie Organics. The spa regularly donates a percentage of its profits to local charities, including the Wake Forest Boys & Girls Club.

Boasting more than 11 years of skincare experience, owner and aesthetician Caroline Mercer Bange courts countenances at Le Petite Skin Boutique, tucked inside Styling Studios. Bange performs a variety of skincare services catered to each client's dermal needs and desires. She summons the powers of organic products to restore exteriors with 100% vegetable-based lash tints, waxing sessions, diamond-tip microdermabrasion treatments, and seven types of facials, each designed to raise happiness quotients by a factor of four to five puppy snuggles.

For nationally certified massage therapist Missy Hammond, massage isn’t just therapy for her clients, it’s therapy for her, too. “I enjoy helping people feel better… I am all for a healthy mind, spirit, and body,” she says. With this enthusiasm and the knowledge gained from attendance at Body Therapy Institute in Siler City, Hammond alleviates pain and increases circulation through a variety of massage modalities or exfoliates away dead skin cells with a body polish. During treatments, she keeps clients comfortable atop a cushioned, heated massage table inside a dimly lit room with soft music, a relaxing waterfall, and a miniature whale that coos haikus.