Soothe Yourself: Keep stress at bay at Coweta's best spas

Written by CAROLINE NICHOLSON

No matter your lifestyle or occupation, life can become overwhelmingly stressful in the blink of an eye.

As we try to stick to our routines and persevere through life’s pressures, our bodies often take the brunt of the stress. Thankfully, Coweta County has close to 20 spas ready to help us relax and nurture our bodies back to full health. Of those area spas, a few rise to the top, as evidenced in our recent Best of Coweta Readers' Choice Awards. 

For locals looking for a day of pampering, massage and facials, day spas are the perfect way to unwind and decompress. 

Those seeking deeper and often more long-lasting results will find services to fit their needs at a med spa.

Whether looking to reward yourself after a stressful chapter of life or enhance certain features before entering a new stage, here are some Best of Coweta-winning spas ready to help.

Best Spas

1st Place: Emily’s Skincare & Spa, Newnan

2nd Place: Plumyumi Day Spa, Senoia

3rd Place: True Balance Center, Newnan

Day spas specialize in rejuvenation and relaxation with common services ranging from full-body massages to facials. Certain spas even offer manicures and pedicures. 

Emily’s Skincare & Spa, multiple Best of Coweta winner, offers many of these services and more specific treatments catered to their clientele.

Spa Owner Emily Mitchell began her career by obtaining her aesthetician license from the International School of Skin, Nailcare and Massage Therapy in Sandy Springs in 2007. From there, she spent the early years of her career working in spas as well as a plastic surgeon’s office before deciding to open a place of her own.

Her main goal when opening Emily’s Skincare & Spa in 2011 was to blend the calming spa environment with a wide array of services, including medical skincare treatments. The result is a spa that offers everything from facials to microneedling and massages.

Beyond those treatments, Emily and her team offer eyelash and brow services, body waxing and makeup services, making their spa a one-stop shop for all things self-improvement.

After nearly 16 years in the business, Emily has witnessed many changes and trends. Recently, she says there has been an increased interest in exosomes, which are used in skincare to stimulate regeneration and promote healing.

Plumyumi Day Spa of Senoia offers similar services, along with hot stone massages and exfoliating body polish treatments. Plumyumi's anti-aging procedures include an array from facials to age-defying eye treatments.

Ute Anonsen, founder of True Balance Center, says her spa tends not to follow trends and offers services focused on healing, whether that's physical, emotional or spiritual. True Balance offers breathwork, yoga classes, Reiki energy healing sessions and massages geared toward holistic healing.

Best Med Spas:

1st Place: Thérapie, Newnan

2nd Place: Sea Glass Therapy, Newnan

3rd Place: Emily’s Skincare & Spa, Newnan

While many med spas offer treatments similar to those of day spas, they differ in their specialties. Med spas offer deeper medical services such as injectables, microneedling and laser therapies.

Prior to opening her Best of Coweta-winning spa in October 2019, Mallory Barnett spent many years as a nurse; she graduated from South University with her master of science degree in nursing in 2016. She says her passion for skin health and medical aesthetics led her to a career in dermatology.

After a year working as a dermatology nurse practitioner, Barnett decided to use the skills she developed and start her journey as a business owner; she opened Thérapie in 2019.

At Thérapie, Barnett and her team of nurses offer a wide range of services, including injectable fillers and Botox, microneedling, chemical peels, gold-infused facials, laser hair removal and laser light treatments.

Barnett’s goal in opening Thérapie was not to encourage her patients to change their appearances but to provide services that would help boost their confidence. About that mission, she says, "We balance natural results, beauty and anti-aging to leave our patients feeling confident, happy and like the best version of themselves.”

Over the course of her six years spent in the med spa business, Barnett has noticed certain trends as the industry changes and becomes more popular thanks to social media. Within the past two years, there's been an obvious shift toward regenerative medicine and biostimulation with more people wanting to take care of their skin, according to Barnett.

Jennifer Yeager, owner and clinical director of Sea Glass Therapy sees the same trends, noting that, in recent years, more people aim to take care of themselves preventatively. Services at Sea Glass, such as yoga classes, massages and therapy sessions, not only align with these trends but also work to support clients in healing both emotionally and physically.

At Emily's Skincare & Spa, medical skincare treatments include microneedling and more to produce anti-aging results. NCM