Michigan Spa Guide: The Best Spas in Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI. [Photo credit: Kari Shea]
Grand Rapids beckons visitors with its charming blend of urban sophistication and natural beauty. Renowned for its vibrant international arts scene, great beer, and picturesque gardens, this bustling city offers a perfect retreat for those seeking relaxation and rejuvenation. Amidst its bustling streets and scenic riverbanks, Grand Rapids boasts a selection of luxurious spas and wellness centers, making it an ideal destination for a blissful spa getaway.
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In recent years, Grand Rapids has emerged as a hub for wellness tourism, attracting visitors in search of serenity and tranquility. With its serene surroundings and welcoming atmosphere, the city provides an idyllic setting for indulging in a range of spa treatments and holistic therapies. Whether you're in need of a relaxing massage, revitalizing facial or restorative body treatment, Grand Rapids offers an array of spa experiences tailored to meet your every need.
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Moreover, Grand Rapids is celebrated for its commitment to sustainability and eco-conscious living, reflected in many of its spa offerings. From organic skincare products to eco-friendly practices, spas in Grand Rapids prioritize your well-being and the planet's health.
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Whether you're seeking a moment of self-care or a weekend retreat, Grand Rapids invites you to unwind, recharge, and discover the transformative power of wellness in its serene oasis amid a city that has been experiencing a renaissance in growth. Check out our Michigan spa guide to discover the best spas in Grand Rapids.
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Advanced Wellness Spa
2921 E. Paris Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49512; (616) 724-4525
Since 2011, Advanced Wellness Spa has offered professional personal car service to clients in Grand Rapids and beyond. The spa is staffed with such passionate professionals as certified laser/aesthetic operators and licensed manicurists. Every client receives a personal consultation so that holistic treatments can be customized to their needs. Sessions can help guest destress or heal specific muscular groups.
Advanced Wellness Spa specializes in laser hair removal, skin laser treatments, Endermologie lipo-massage, massage therapy, and sugaring hair removal. They also do lash treatments, ultrasonic cavitation, and skin tightening. Massages are designed to boost circulation and help people to relax using Swedish and deep tissue modalities. Skin tightening uses radio-frequency and electrical energy to held reduce fine lines, restore skin elasticity, and tighten loose skin.
The lipo-massage acts as a mini face-lift using endermologie and radio waves to stimulate the skin. It is based on LPG technology, is non-invasive, and FDA-approved. Acne laser treatments use multiple modalities to treat a variety of skin conditions. They have IPL, Diode, and NDyag laser devices.
Apsara Spa
1514 Wealthy Street SE, #282, Grand Rapids, MI 49506; (616) 451-4505
Apsara Spa wants their home to be a space that welcomes everyone—a comforting, organic, LGBTQIA-friendly atmosphere where guests can reconnect to their best selves. A woman-owned, black-owned day spa in Eastown Grand Rapids, it offers a safe environment for guests, whether they want a quick treatment for a full spa day.
Whatever the guests’ goals, Apsara wants them to leave feeing better and more restored than when they arrived. Founded by Femé Naigow, an esthetician and makeup artist with more than 20 years experience in the beauty industry, Aspara is designed as a getaway for the body and soul.
Services include facials, massages, body services, lash and brow treatments, manicures and pedicures, makeup application, and hair removal—including waxing, sugaring, threading, and tweezing. For those wanting to make a spa day, their most loved package is the “Ultimate Relaxation Package,” which encompasses three hours of a Red Island Ritual (sugar scrub exfoliation followed by an arnica-infused massage) and a deluxe facial with an LED light therapy treatment.
They offer multiple couples packages that include massage, facials, and body treatments. The facial menu includes a MyoLift treatment, an anti-aging facial, deluxe and signature facials, and an LED light therapy treatment. Massages can be full body or focused on particular areas such as the back, neck, face, scalp or jaw. Manicures and pedicures are offered with shellac and paraffin dip plus a special service designed for men that uses the Jack Black skincare line.
Celeste Salon & Spa at Amway Grand Plaza
Fourth floor, 187 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 776-6498
Newly renovated, Celeste Salon & Spa at Amway Grand Plaza had its grand opening in Summer 2023, having moved to a new location with big plans to make it the destination spa in the region. With indoor and outdoor relaxation spaces, steam rooms and saunas, and easy access to the hotel’s swimming pool, pickleball courts, and fitness center, the salon and spa offers luxury beauty and wellness services.
Celeste promises that they are a place “where subtle meets soulful; let us sweep you off your feet.” In addition to individual services, the spa and salon can accommodate groups, especially bridal parties with custom packages meeting everyone’s needs.
In pursuit of what they call “radiant wellness,” Celeste Salon and Spa offers massage, skincare, haircare, nail, and makeup services. Massage includes hot stone, aromatherapy, deep tissue, sports, Swedish, pre-natal, and couples massage. Skincare treatments include therapeutic, age-defying, deep cleansing, and men’s facials. They’ll apply either mineral makeup or airbrush makeup.
Ethos Day Spa
1035 Spaulding Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546; (616) 361-5559
Ethos Day Spa sets out to do something different. They are an eco-luxury salon and spa, a day spa specializing in beauty and relaxation treatments. From their lash bar to their barbershop to their head spa, they seek to provide a wide range of services.
And those reserving any spa service can take time to indulge in their amenities—a sauna, a steam room, a hot tub, a cold plunge, an outdoor fire pit and relaxation lounges. (These are not available for salon treatments.) All spa services start with their signature aromatic ritual. Throughout the year they hold special events to promote wellness among their guests or hold fundraisers for charitable organizations.
The three main areas of Ethos are the spa, the salon, and the head spa. In the spa, there are body treatments and facials. The body treatments help to boost the immune system, stimulate lymphatic flow, soften skin tone, accelerate muscle recovery, and reduce anxiety and stress. This is done through such treatments as a seaweed leaf wrap, an herbal sleep cocoon, a warm spiced mud wrap, or one of their signature ethos escapes with Michigan-themed experiences.
Massages can be customized to concentrate on specific areas of concern. Facials promote transformation through non-invasive treatments customized to each skin type. Estheticians can incorporate many different enhancements to elevate a facial experience, whether it is one designed to illuminate, restore, calm or rejuvenate. There is also a Michigan Man Facial that responds to specific environmental stressors. Advanced skincare options include HydraFacials, peels, and dermaplaning.
The salon uses Oway products and includes hair services, coloring, manicures and pedicures, lash and facial bar, waxing, makeup, and permanent cosmetics. The Head Spa offers scalp services that start with a scalp analysis and move on to treatments to promote a healthy head. Treatments include the application of product, massage, a micro-mist steaming, shampooing, and a treatment mask. Guests can choose from treatments designed to purify, rebalance, soothe, rebuild or promote growth.
Grand Pearl Spa
220 Lyon St. NW #700 Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 888-3100
A medical spa in downtown Grand Rapids, Grand Pearl Spa partners with SkinCeuticals and Plastic Surgery Associates to integrate skincare technology and procedures. While maintaining a personalized approach, they draw upon skincare research, expertise, and medical device experience.
They’re interested in providing more than just a single treatment. Their specialists believe that an integrated skin care plan provides the most comprehensive, long-lasting results. Their specialists create a personalized plan that clients can continue at home.
Their services include skin, body, laser, injectables, and wellness and sexual health. Skin treatments include HydraFacials, Vampire Facials, exosomes, radio-frequency, micro-needling, Thermavein, and chemical peels. Body treatments include hair removal and body sculpting. Laser treatments include resurfacing, acne treatments, skin tightening, and tattoo removal.
Injectables include Botox, Sculptra, vampire facelifts, Juvederm, Kybella and SkinVive. Wellness and sexual health specialists offer laser treatments, O-shots, menopause care, hormone pellet therapy, and vaginal and vulva lifts.
Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa
5557 28th Street Suite D, Grand Rapids, MI 49512; (616) 244-8417
Accessibility is a key value of the Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa in Grand Rapids. They are open seven days a week with hours as late as 9 p.m. on weekdays. Their prices are affordable and they offer onboarding to first-time spa goers to help them experience the services they want at introductory prices.
Guests can sign up to receive notification of last-minute deals representing their lowest prices for massages and facials. Nor do they compromise on the spa experience, carefully curating soothing sounds and aromas to provide a relaxing and restoring visit.
Massage treatments include multiple modalities such as Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, and sports. Their signature massage incorporates hot stones and they have private sanctuaries reserved for couples massages.
Facial treatments use Dermalogica, ClarityRX and ImageMD products. They are customized for men’s women’s and teen skins. Options include exfoliation peels, rejuvenating, anti-aging collagen treatments, a rosacea facial, and LED phototherapy. Another service is Cryoskin body slimming and toning and facial toning.
Lex Facial Bar and Spa
48 Logan St. SW #155, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 591-8197
Lex Facial Bar and Spa gets that time is of the essence and sometimes it’s hard to take time out for a service. It’s why they specialize in express facials at their facial bar, a facial that “provides all the results of a 90-minute facial in 30 minutes.” It may be quick, but it still includes exfoliation, nourishment, hydration, balancing, and deep pore cleansing.
They also offer an opportunity to make the visit a social occasion with a variety of “with a friend” services. These include hand, foot, facial, CBD, and beard treatments. You don’t have to be in a hurry to visit Lex Facial Bar and Spa. They offer a Grand Lounge Facial, which includes all of the add-ons they offer: skin scrubber, high frequency, hand and arm massage, cooling facial massage using gemstone roller or cooling globes and a scalp massage.
Other services include body treatments, massages, CBD treatments, facial waxing, and brow and lash services. Body treatments recognize that sometimes a person needs a facial in a place other than their face. They offer butt, back, and back of thigh facials along with full-body wraps, scrubs, and polishes.
Seraphina Spa at JW Marriott Grand Rapids
235 Louis St. NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 242-1475
Seraphina Spa at JW Marriott Grand Rapids invites you to soak in serenity at their modern urban sanctuary— a place where they offer holistic, thoughtful care. It’s a beautiful spa, co-managed by the same team that manages Celeste Spa at the Amway Grand Plaza next door.
With couples rooms, a nail lounge, and private treatment rooms, it connects to the hotel’s pool area. The pool area includes sauna, steam room, and hot tub, along with plenty of loungers overlooking the river outdoors.
Services include massages, facials, nail care, body treatments, and brows and lashes services. They’ve also curated three packages: Relax, Renew, and Restore. Massages include aromatherapy, sports/deep tissue, Swedish, prenatal, warm bamboo, and reflexology. You can also book an express back/shoulders/neck massage.
Body treatments are designed to restore your skin and spirit with options including a clay mask, cocoa moisture, salt scrub, seaweed wrap, and wine wrap. There are facial options for men, age-defying, deep cleansing, rebalancing, and custom.
Urban You Med Spa
756 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 288-3329
A med spa with four locations around Michigan, Urban You believes that beauty and wellness is for everyone. Their philosophy is, “Trends live here, YOU belong here.” Nicole Gregory, co-founder and president of MISpa (the Michigan Medical Spa Association), founded Urban You Modern Beauty & Wellness in 2017 as a one-stop place where someone could get all of their health, wellness, and beauty needs met.
She partnered with Barbra Homier and they sought out beauty artisans, medical spa trends, state-of-the-art technology, and a designer to create their brand. The goal was to create an inviting space with affordable pricing.
They focus on cosmetic injections and skin treatments. Cosmetic injections include Botox, dermal fillers, Skinvive, Jeuveu, Kybella, and Volux. Skin treatments start with a free consultation and can include microneedling, masks, diamond glow, oxygen, HydraFacials, dermaplaning, and chemical peels. Other treatments include laser hair removal and wellness shots.
Wanderlux Salon + Spa
713 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503; (616) 710-2111
At Wanderlux Salon + Spa, they want to offer you “radical self-care for a calm mind, liberated heart + integrated being.” The spa is a place of well-being, a destination where wellness artists will help you care for your body, mind, and spirit. Owners Erin and Lauren founded their business on an inclusive beauty that includes a genderless approach to their service menu.
They express their beliefs through their business model, beliefs in the magic of happy and balanced, in unique and individual beauty, that everyone has a place and a purpose, and the power of elevation and love. They have been transitioning their services so that they are all an hourly rate with no gratuities.
They offer massage, naturally-derived and clinical facials, hair removal (sugaring, waxing, and laser) and infrared sauna time. Massage modalities include Swedish, deep tissue, therapeutic, energy work, manual lymphatic drainage, pregnancy, intuitive body work, Reiki, gua sha, and CBD. Facials include a Glo2Facial, peels, stress relief facials, celluma LED or light therapy, dermaplaning, and holistic facials with a naturopathic doctor.
The salon is a certified, sustainable Green Circle Salon, meaning they recycle anything they can from hair clippings to foils to extra hair color. They are a member of Strands for Trans, where they make clear they are a safe space for all and welcome people to be their authentic selves.
Woodhouse Spa Grand Rapids
2060 E. Beltline Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525; (616) 216-2077
Woodhouse Spa has been growing with new locations popping up around the country because they offer a luxury day spa experience that is personalized and akin to a resort. From the moment you arrive, you are greeted with a towel (heated or cold depending on the season) and a drink and escorted to the locker room where a chalkboard with your name hangs on the locker. Each spa offers a relaxation room with spa snacks and the hallways are carefully proctored to have soothing lights, sounds, and aromas.
Woodhouse encourages its guests to choose services based on the mood they wish to achieve—connected, resilient, calm, confident, energized or balanced. Within these moods are options for facials, massages, body treatments, nail services, and specially designed rituals. Their signature rituals include a meditative mood soak that includes aromatherapy, a bath, dry brushing, and a massage.
Another is their restorative sleep massage which helps guests achieve deep relaxation. Both rituals include a gift bag for the guest to extend their service. They have several types of facials including a signature holistic Minkyti facial that use acupressure and connective tissue massage followed by a peel and a probiotic application. Others include a signature sculpt, soothe and hydrate, deep cleanse, illuminate, age-defying collagen boost, lift and firm, and HydraFacials.
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Bridgette, who is a second-generation journalist, fell in love with spas and travel while working as a writer and editor for 16 years at the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. As a freelancer for the International SPA Association, she co-wrote two textbooks, nine workbooks, and numerous case studies on spas. Her freelance career began in the 80s and she has written for publications in Michigan, Arizona, California, and Texas along with several regional and national publications. She is a committed storyteller who loves sharing narratives which improve people's quality of life and build community. Born and raised in Michigan, she currently lives in Lansing with her husband and son. See more of her writing at bridgetteredman.com.