Treat Yourself
It’s never a bad time to rejuvenate your mind and body.
ByHoustonia StaffApril 22, 2024
We tend to get so wrapped up in work, relationships, routines, and the issues facing the world at large that we often forget to reward ourselves with time to rest and recharge. Going on a walk in the park, practicing mindfulness, and journaling are all free ways to treat yourself. But if you’re looking for something more extravagant when unwinding, a trip to the spa may be in order. Consider visiting any of these day spas in Houston for prime pampering and much-needed time to unwind.
Bare Necessities
Tanglewood (Upper Kirby location coming soon)
Bare Necessities is like a one-stop-shop for all your skin care needs. It offers a wide range of facials, with options for additional lip, eye, and lash and brow treatments, as well as spray tanning. Waxing services are also available for your bikini, eyebrows, back, toes, and everything in between. Bonus: Bare Necessities uses Eminence, one of the most popular organic beauty brands out there.
Fiori Spa
Uptown
This Tuscan-style boutique oasis offers every luxury treatment you can imagine. Struggling with back acne? Try the Backne Rescue Facial + Microderm service to treat those stubborn, hard-to-reach blemishes. One massage therapist not enough? Book the spa’s Massaggio a Quattro Mani to double up on the number of hands taking care of you at once. Grab a co*cktail at the onsite bistro, Ivy, and wade in the pool after your appointment.
The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Houston
Downtown
Indulge in the spa’s signature Southern Scrub and Sip, a full-body treatment that begins with a bourbon and brown sugar scrub and ends with a glass of limited-batch Garrison Brothers single-barrel, cask-strength bourbon. Want something a little less flashy? Try reflexology, where a massage therapist focuses on pressure points within your hands and feet to promote stress relief and smooth out energy flow.
Gangnam Spa
Addicks / Park Ten
This traditional Korean spa is all about having a holistic experience, offering both co-ed and gender-specific facilities. Sure, there are signature massages, facials, and body scrubs, but the most unique thing about this spa is its breadth of amenities. There are Bul-Ga-Ma hot rooms, 20 individual topaz caves, an O2 lounge, a dedicated foot spa that gently massages your feet (like a hot tub just for your feet), and an igloo ice room. The gender-separated location offers dry and steam saunas, showers, and hot and cold baths to melt your stress away. Plan to spend the whole day here.
Hiatus Spa and Retreat
Tanglewood
Go beyond skin-deep at the Hiatus Spa + Retreat. Its services include the usual suspects—body massages, skin care, and waxing—but Hiatus is also a certified med-spa, offering Botox, fillers, lip-plumping, microneedling, and other dermatologist-grade treatments. Looking for a deeper level of relaxation? You can enhance any massage with the Knot Today upgrade, which swaps out regular oil for 100 milligrams of organic PureForm CBD oil. Hiatus has locations in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Frisco, Plano, and San Antonio, so you can become a member and visit them across Texas along with getting discounted service perks.
The Luxurious Massage and Spa
Spring
It’s right in the name: services here are all aimed at helping you unwind and destress. Choose the Tension Blowout massage to eliminate knots and chronic pain, or the Ritual Rebirth massage to reduce anxiety, soreness, and muscle tension. Pro tip: Book the Glamour body treatment to give yourself a glow from head to toe as they exfoliate all your dead skin away with a honey-lemon scrub.
Milk + Honey
River Oaks
Milk + Honey, a chain with locations across the country, is the true definition of a day spa, meaning you could spend all day getting services here. Start in the morning with a wax, followed by a massage and facial. Move into the salon for a haircut, mani-pedi, and cap it off with lash extensions. There are also med-spa services: fillers, injectables, laser, microneedling, and more.
Mokara Spa and Salon at Omni Houston Hotel
West Oaks
Come to Mokara Spa to refresh your mind, body, and spirit. It offers signature body treatments and a rotating selection of specials.
My Spa Joy
Heights
If you’re looking for the best place to book a spa party, My Joy Spa is it. Located in a converted home in the Heights, this wellness destination offers treatments customized to your individual needs. The estheticians will blast oxygen directly into your thirsty pores, peel off a layer of your skin with berry enzymes, and calm your busy mind with one of many massage treatment options.
The Spa at the Post Oak Hotel
Uptown
While staying at the Post Oak Hotel—and even if you’re not—you’ll want to make time to visit the in-house spa. Indulge in lavish treatments like the ancient Balinese massage said to diminish fatigue, or the Indian ritual Ayurvedic treatment, which is perfect for those who have difficulty relaxing. The spa has amenities such as a tranquility pool with powerful jets, a sauna, and a multisensory shower experience where you can choose from choreographed lighting and custom temperatures, like a cool Atlantic rain shower or a warm tropical storm.
Pure Spa at Marriott Marquis Houston
Downtown
Take a staycation at the prestigious Marriott Marquis and head over to Pure Spa. All facials here utilize products from Elemis Biotec, a reputable British skin care brand. Cleanse, resurface, firm, and soothe your skin with any of the signature facials, though we’re most intrigued by the Customized Touch Marine Dream, a pro-collagen facial that promises a more youthful appearance. Note that all spa guests enjoy complimentary access to the hotel’s pool deck, which includes the infinity pool and Texas-shaped lazy river.
Sanctuary Spa
Montrose
There’s a reason this place has been in business for nearly 40 years. Give your body a complete rejuvenation with a mix of spa treatments: facials, massages, waxing, even a vagin*l steam. That’s right, Sanctuary Spa invites you to get your Goop on with a Yoni Steam, where you sit over an herbal steam bath that supposedly balances your pH down there. The spa also offers packages to make your decision easier, and you can even take the spa home with you by shopping Sanctuary’s products online.
Sudor Sauna Studio
River Oaks
Whether you're seeking stress relief, alleviating muscle soreness, or aiming to detox, Sudor Sauna Studio in River Oaks provides exclusive private infrared sauna sessions. Enjoy complimentary towel service, showers, and access to a cold plunge to enhance your sauna experience. The cold plunge bath is believed to contribute to stress reduction, anxiety relief, and effective pain management. Sudor offers flexible options with both membership plans and convenient drop-in appointments.
Sunset Body Works Day Spa
Downtown
With over 15 years in the business, Sunset Body Works Day Spa has it all, including seasonal treatments that employ specialized products based on the time of year. Show your skin some much-needed love with a facial, and improve your body contours with vacuum RF therapy. Add energy healing to services to meet spiritual needs with the use of crystals, chakra balancing, cupping, and more.
Trellis Spa at the Houstonian
Uptown
This place is the whole package. In addition to spa services, Trellis offers an “outdoor oasis” that features soaking pools, a tranquil garden, and cabanas. While you’re out there waiting for your HydraFacial and CBD massage, you can even order lunch from the spa menu. Trellis is the ideal place to get ready for a night out on the town, offering salon services like manicures, hair blowouts, a professional makeup artist, and more.
Woodhouse Spa
The Galleria, Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Baybrook
This spa—a national chain with three locations in the Houston area alone—offers facials that sculpt, hydrate, and soothe. Enjoy the unique sleep rituals like a Meditative Mood Soak or the Signature Restorative Sleep Massage for a complete body detox.
ZaSpa at Hotel Zaza
Memorial City, Museum District
Unlock your five senses at Houston’s two Hotel Zaza locations. Not only does the ZaSpa have traditional services, but it also features unique offerings like seaweed wrap treatments and the newly added infrared saunas. After a very stressful week, book the Split Signature Bliss, a customized massage curated especially for you.
Geneva Diaz, Danielle Wright, Shelby Stewart, and Jessica Lodge contributed to this guide.
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