Post-holiday pampering

Treat your loved ones with a trip to the spa. | Jon Goering

By Christine Boatwright

Peel off those warm layers and pamper yourself during the cold months. Or treat a loved one to a day at a local spa to relieve holiday stress and rejuvenate the body from the wintry chill.

Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy

• $70 for 60 minutes or $100 for 90 minutes

• Experience deep tissue massage with this specialized therapy. As you relax on a massage table, the masseuse uses parallel bars overhead to balance as he or she uses barefoot massage for light or deep pressure.

• Beyond Wellness Medspa, 4898 Valleydale Road, Suite A-3, Birmingham, 408-2889

Formostar Infrared Body Wrap

• $80 for 50-minute session

• Keep your New Year’s resolution with a body wrap that burns 1,200 calories in 50 minutes. The deep heat therapy stimulates natural enzymes and metabolism in the tissues.

• Spa Moksha, 500 Cahaba Park Circle, Birmingham, 980-9393

Pumpkin Enzyme Facial

• $85 for treatment

• This facial offers the highlights of a traditional facial with the added benefit of a pumpkin enzyme peel. The peel is perfect for dry skin, as it cleans, exfoliates and protects to give your skin a healthy glow.

• Spa Greystone, 140 Village Street, Greystone, 980-1744

Back Paraffin Massage

• $87 for 55-minute session

• A masseuse will brush your back with warm paraffin wax to warm your muscles while your hands and feet are massaged. After the paraffin cools, the masseuse will peel off the treatment and treat you to a back massage.

• Santa Fe Day Spa, 661 Doug Baker Boulevard, Birmingham, 408-7221

Hot Stone Massage

• $95 for 60 minutes

• Have your aches soothed away with a hot stone massage. The stones, combined with massage oil, warm and relax the muscles, which improves circulation and calms the nervous system.

• Natural Balance Massage Therapy, 4601 Alabama 31, Suite G, Calera, 837-8252

Mini Facial and Massage

• $100 for both treatments

• Spend an hour in heaven with a 30-minute mini facial and a 30-minute massage. The facial will moisturize dry skin, and the massage will erase stress build-up from the holiday season.

• Spa One Nineteen, 7191 Cahaba Valley Road, Hoover, 408-6510

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