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Day & Boutique Spas
in Santa Barbara
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Amara Spa
by the Sea located in the beachy town of Summerland, Amara is a
delightful day spa in a cute cottage-style house. I love the private
patio available to clients as well as the French doors in the
treatment room. The microcurrent facial can treat fine lines and bring
vibrancy to the skin.
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Avia Spa - Offering spa and salon services and located
downtown. The
spa menu offers Eastern and Western massage and facial treatments. I
indulged in the hot stone & chocolate scrub massage washed away with a
warm, rainwater, 7-head shower.
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Le Reve - If you love lavender as much as I do,
you’ll want to visit Le Reve (The Dream) for an aromatherapy massage
or body wrap. Conveniently located downtown, this spa only uses
Jurlique products, which have plant-based and herbal ingredients such
as lavender.
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Camille the Day Spa Salon
Skin Care Spas
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Cielo Spa and
Boutique located on State Street, Cielo is a charming, quiet place
to get a relaxing facial and ultimate pampering body treatment.
Offers: Facials, Body Treatments
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Dermapros
- Clinical Skin Care
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Indulgence Home Spa
conveniently located…wherever you want! Indulgence specializes in
home/mobile spa treatments. You can indulge without even leaving your
home. Offers: Manis & Pedis, Facials, Massage, Spray Tan
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Peaches Skin Care
on Mission Street offers oodles of massage with every treatment and
pure oxygen flow with every facial. Offers: Facials, Waxing
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Por Vida - Por Vida, Skin Care for Life, is a cozy boutique
spa specializing in facials and body treatments. The hacienda room is
quite charming and I love the rose petal footbath before the
treatment.
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Skin Essentials
located in cozy, private downtown Montecito, Skin Essentials is a skin
care spa also offering medi-spa services such as botox and laser
treatments. Offers: Facials, Med-Spa Services
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Skin Resolutions - Located in an adorable cottage-style house just
off State Street, this skin care center specializes in facial
treatments. The skin care experts, including a registered nurse and
two estheticians have over 20 years experience.
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Treat located
downtown, this cute retail boutique offers many luxury treats for
yourself or a gift including unique products and spa treatments.
Offers: Facials, Waxing, Massage
Medical Spas
Medical spas offer
medical treatments such as Botox, Restylane, acupuncture, laser hair
removal, chemical peels and other procedures that require a nurse
and/or licensed acupuncturist and doctor on staff. While the
treatments are relaxing for the most part, the goal of each treatment
is more clinical addressing such concerns as sunspots, permanent hair
removal, wrinkles and scars. Many medical spas offer a combination of
the medical and relaxation treatments such as massage. Plastic Surgery
and Dermatology clinics are also offering these types of treatments.
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Artesia
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Evolutions
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Fiore MedSpa
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Qui Si Bella
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Rejuvalase
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Skin Essentials
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Spa Medicus
Resort Spas
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Four Seasons Resort, the Biltmore Santa Barbara
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Fess Parker Doubletree Resort and Spa Services
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Hotel Oceana and Spa Services
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Bacara Spa
Independent &
Mobile Massage Therapists
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Indulgence Home Spa
- conveniently located…wherever you want! Indulgence specializes in
home/mobile spa treatments. You can indulge without even leaving your
home.
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Montecito Body Works - Jacque Jackson, Licensed Massage
Therapist, offers an amazing deep tissue massage. She also specializes
in a treatment called lypossage, a massage modality used to address
cellulite.
Massage & Estheticians
(Less expensive treatments
offered by student interns)
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Santa
Barbara BodyWorks - Massage therapy college offering less
expensive massage treatments.
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Santa Barbara Body
Therapy Institute - Massage therapy college offering less
expensive massage treatments
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Santa Barbara City
College Cosmetology Academy - Offers less expensive facial
treatments.
Salons Offering Spa
Services
Tips For Your Spa Visit
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Drink a lot of water
before and after your treatment.
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Tip 15-20%
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Go early to enjoy the
waiting/relaxation room: if available, use sauna or just sit and sip
some tea for a few moments before your treatment.
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Try something new –
instead of a massage, opt for a body wrap or something else you
haven’t tried on the spa menu!
 About Melissa Mellott
- Melissa is a contributing writer for Santa Barbara Fitness Magazine
and www.spasofamerica.com on Spa Health topics and reviews. Her
experiences as a consumer have led her to become a spa connoisseur.
She is a licensed esthetician, has a master's degree from Azusa
Pacific University and is also a published author. Got spa questions?
Email Melissa at
melissa@spadefined.com or visit her website Spa Defined, at
www.spadefined.com
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