BHAM, These Are Great Last-Minute Gift Cards! Facials, Massages & More
For last-minute gifts, lean into self-care gift cards with Birmingham's luxurious day spas and our city's skin care experts. Here's the short list of what to consider. Image: iStock
What is a holiday gift that also aligns with many people’s New Year’s resolutions? The gift of self-care. Whether it’s a facial, massage, or day at the spa, making time to rest and take care of yourself is just what many of us need after a busy holiday season.
We’ve rounded up last-minute gift cards for skin services and spa treatments from Birmingham’s most trusted providers. Whether you’re looking for a gift or treating yourself, we’ve got you covered.
Dermatology and Laser of Alabama: JetFusion Facial
Location: Mountain Brook
More Info: birminghamskin.com
With six facials to choose from, you can’t go wrong with a gift card from DLA. However, the JetFusion facial looks particularly intriguing, offering several treatments in one pain-free, relaxing session. Using compressed air and natural serums, this needle-free treatment gently transforms your skin by infusing powerful nutrients deep into the dermis, visibly reducing fine lines and wrinkles while delivering instant radiance. Experience renewed, glowing skin with zero downtime.
Total on 1st: Platinum HydraFacial
Location: Downtown
More Info: totalon1st.com
Looking for the ultimate skin refresh? The Platinum HydraFacial is a cutting-edge spa treatment that is quickly becoming an industry staple. While you can choose from a menu of HydraFacial treatments at Total on 1st, the Platinum HydraFacial is the most advanced, adding lymphatic drainage and LED light therapy to the signature cleansing, exfoliating, extracting, and hydrating steps.
This top-tier treatment detoxifies, reduces puffiness, enhances circulation, and promotes collagen production for firmer, brighter, and healthier skin.
Village Dermatology: Laser Hair Removal
Location: Mountain Brook
More Info: villagedermatology.net
If you’re looking for a gift that will wow your teen or early 20s daughter, a package of laser hair removal sessions can be life-changing. Eliminating ingrown hairs on the bikini line, irritation from shaving underarms, or excess hair above the lip, this gift will be appreciated for years and years to come. If someone is graduating from high school or college, this ensures significant results by summer!
Renew Dermatology: Microneedling
Location: Homewood and Greystone
More Info: renewdermatology.net
Give the gift of merry and bright skin with a microneedling treatment from Renew Dermatology. In a half-hour session, tiny punctures are delivered to the top layers of the skin to promote collagen production and dermis renewal (numbing cream is available to minimize discomfort).
Skin will look smoother and brighter for months (longer, with additional sessions!). Consider adding platelet-rich plasma (PRP) to the treatment to pack an extra healing punch by encouraging more collagen stimulation and a faster recovery.
The Retreat Day Spa: Three-Hour Dreaming Muse Spa Package
Location: Cahaba Heights
More Info: theretreatbham.com
Give the gift of luxurious self-care at The Retreat Day Spa, a Birmingham gem offering everything from massages to organic facials. The indulgent Dreaming Muse Spa Package provides three hours of pure bliss, featuring a hot-oil hair and scalp treatment, a 90-minute hot-stone massage, and a 60-minute HydroDiamond Facial. And did we mention it includes lunch? It’s the ultimate spa escape at $460.
Birch Tree Day Spa: 90-Minute Massage
Location: Bluff Park
More Info: birchtreedayspa.net
Gifting a 90-minute massage is such a treat; the time commitment alone feels decadent! Tucked away in Bluff Park, Birch Tree Day Spa is a restorative haven that offers customized 90-minute massages for $165. The massage therapists expertly curate each massage to address specific needs and incorporate a variety of techniques that will leave your giftee (or you!) feeling like a million bucks.
(Insider tip: While the 90-minute hot stone Massage is not listed on Birch Tree’s “Massages and Body Treatments” page, you can book a 90-minute hot stone massage for $210. Just click the “book now” button on their homepage, and then click “massages and stretching therapy” for this option.)
Mockingbird Day Spa: 3.5-Hour Mockingbird Ritual Package
Location: Trussville
More Info: mockingbirddayspa.com
Escape to a 3.5-hour oasis at this dreamy Trussville spa. Mockingbird Day Spa‘s signature Mockingbird Ritual package begins with an infrared sauna session followed by a Vitamin C shower and a 90-minute custom massage. Then, you’ll be pampered with a hot-oil hair and scalp treatment, a 60-minute Glo2 Facial, and a healthy lunch — an indulgent, relaxing retreat at $455.
The Skin Studio: HydroDiamond Facial
Location: Vestavia Hills
More Info: theskinstudiobham.com
Located in Vestavia Hills, The Skin Studio provides over 12 different facials and peels, including the relaxing and effective HydroDiamond Facial. Combining HydroDermabrasion and Diamond treatments that extract and exfoliate the skin, this facial also hydrates deep into the dermis with a combination of serums, oxygen flow, and Cryo toning to reveal a rejuvenated glow.
The HydroDiamond facial pairs well with a dermaplaning add-on (for just $15 more) for immediate, radiant results.
Escape Day Spa: Book a Spa Party
Location: Homewood
More Info: theplacetoescape.com
If a girlfriend gift exchange is on your holiday calendar, here’s a new idea to consider: book a spa party at Escape Day Spa and give each other what you all REALLY want — the gift of time together! There are several spa packages to choose from. And, for that friend we all have whose December birthday is forever overshadowed by the holidays? Pool your money and buy her SIX 60-minute massages for $600 to keep her glowing all year long.
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Katie Leigh Matthews
A Birmingham native, Katie is a lifelong waterfall chaser and is passionate about the outdoors. She also loves connecting with remarkable women in the Birmingham community and bringing their stories to life. Katie has been writing professionally for over six years; you can find more of her work at Moms.com and Islands.com.