California Spa Guide: The Best Spas and Wellness Spaces on LA's Westside
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Los Angeles’ Westside is a popular and exciting area made up of numerous neighborhoods on the western side of the LA Basin south of the Santa Monica Mountains including Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Playa del Rey, Playa Vista, Culver City, Mar Vista and Del Rey. People from around the world travel far and wide to visit LA’s Westside, which is home to many iconic landmarks and attractions.
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Popular Westside attractions include the Santa Monica Pier and ferris wheel, Third Street Promenade, Venice Boardwalk and Venice Canals, Abbot Kinney Boulevard, The Bungalow, Annenberg Community Beach House, Burton Chace Park and the Marina del Rey harbor, various beaches and lagoons, as well as RUNWAY Playa Vista and Platform LA, among others.
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In addition to a bustling food scene which includes multiple Michelin-star restaurants and beachfront hotspots, the Westside also has many luxury and boutique hotels as well as world-class spas. From the Fairmont Miramar and Hotel Casa del Mar to Shutters on the Beach and The NOW Massage, the Westside of LA has a wide selection of luxury and boutique day spas that will cater to your every whim and desire.
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Face Spa at Albion Garden
1043 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291; (424) 543-2300
Located on trendy Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Albion Garden Store & Cafe is a two-story space where customers can shop the entire luxury Albion skincare range from Japan in addition to a wide range of cosmetics from Anna Sui, Paul & Joe Beaute Cosmetics among others. They also offer a variety of gift items, as well as home decor and other unique pieces.
In-house skincare experts are available to help clients find a customized routine to suit their individual skin needs, and guests can enjoy a transformative ALBION 4-Step Skincare Ritual in the private treatment room at their newly-opened Face Spa that nurtures skin and elevates well-being while offering a gentle, relaxing, customized skincare experience using ALBION products and techniques without harsh exfoliates or mechanical implements. The facial includes a facial steamer, facial massage, sheet mask, and hot towel. Open-collar clothing and coming in with no makeup is recommended.
The store also serves Japanese bites and beverages and its cafe, with offerings such as cream soda and a signature Amazake drink made with traditional Japanese ingredients.
Bellacures
1609 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403 (310) 584-4584
Premier luxury nail care destination Bellacures has multiple locations across Los Angeles including Santa Monica and provides a relaxing setting where one can feel pampered and polished. Bellacures Santa Monica offers an impressive menu of manicures and pedicures that can be enjoyed from one of the comfortable armchair thrones. Specialty offerings include CBD manicures and pedicures, as well as lymphatic drainage.
Add-on services are also available including foot masks, scrubs, callus and paraffin treatments, select waxing services and nail enhancements. Bellacures is also a great place to host a spa party for a special celebration like a birthday or bridal shower.
Burke Williams Santa Monica
1358 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401 - (310) 587-3366
Situated just off the famous Third Street Promenade, Burke Williams Santa Monica is its largest location out of its 11 spas in Southern California. The 21,000+-square-foot spa features beamed ceilings, elegant rugs and candle sconces for a unique and luxurious environment that combines modern touches with Old World European elegance.
Spa Profile: Burke Williams Santa Monica
Amenities include separate private locker rooms for men and women, a co-ed lounge, two whirlpools in the women’s spa (one for quiet socializing and a Zen spa for a silent experience), steam room, dry sauna, and a cool misting room. The treatment menu offers a wide variety of services ranging from personalized massages and facials to nail care. They also offer a selection of Wellness Memberships for guests that want to prioritize their wellness and self-care on a monthly basis.
Cheeks + Co
5124 West Adams Blvd., Suite 103, Los Angeles, CA 90016; (800) 955-0469
Esthetician and clean beauty expert Christina Uzzardi has opened a second Cheeks + Co location in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. She opened her first location in Pasadena in 2019, and offers a variety of skin-enhancing services at both facial studios including dermaplaning, gua sha, microcurrent, laser removal, extractions, waxing, prenatal facials, and more.
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Uzzardi has more than a decade of experience under her belt as Director of Operations for clean beauty brand ILIA. She founded Cheeks + Co to disrupt the clean skincare spa experience and fill the empty space she noticed on the market. Both spaces feature a beautiful curated design and offer customized facials that are tailored according to each client’s skincare needs.
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They also offer a Facial Membership with numerous perks ranging from one facial benefit a month to discounts and and VIP event access, and more. Their product retail area includes the entire OSEA line along with Uzzardi’s own skincare products which include hero product TidalShift Serum, a universal skin-strengthening serum.
Exhale Spa at Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows
101 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90401 - (310) 319-3193
Located inside the iconic Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows next to the beach, Exhale Spa is an intimate wellness space that is the perfect blend of fitness and spa which makes for the ultimate Pacific Coast getaway. The fully-appointed spa features a zen lounge, spa boutique and comfortable changing rooms, in addition to offering a full schedule of yoga and workout classes.
Spa Profile: Exhale Spa at Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows
The treatment menu offers a wide range of massages, facials, scrubs, and other relaxing spa therapies. Before or after your spa visit, enjoy the hotel’s numerous dining options including FIG restaurant, the Lobby Lounge, Dogtown Coffee, Soko, and The Bungalow. If you’re looking to extend your visit, book a stay in one of the hotel’s luxurious bungalows, suites or guest rooms that offer ocean or garden views.
Heyday Playa Vista
12751 Millennium Drive, Suite 5-155, Playa Vista, CA 90094 - (310) 986-6017
Located in Free Market in Playa Vista, Heyday offers customized facials in a relaxing setting that incorporate premium skincare products that are designed to get results. Performed by one of Heyday’s estheticians, first you will receive a detailed analysis of your skin followed by a handcrafted treatment that will include various elements such as facial massage, extractions, and more depending on your skin analysis.
After your treatment, you’ll leave with a refreshed knowledge of your skin in addition to tips that will help you maintain your at-home routine until your next treatment. Facial add-ons are also available ranging from gua sha to light therapy, and Heyday also offers a monthly membership with various perks. In addition to Playa Vista, there are numerous Heyday locations across California and the U.S.
Sea Wellness Spa at Hotel Casa del Mar
1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA 90405 - (310) 581-5533
Hotel Casa del Mar is a premier oceanfront luxury hotel in Santa Monica that is a walking distance from the iconic Santa Monica Pier. Inspired by the grand villas of the Mediterranean paired with Santa Monica’s beachy and laidback vibes, Hotel Casa del Mar offers some of the best accommodations in the heart of Silicon beach.
In addition to exquisitely styled guest rooms and suites (many with beautiful views of the ocean), the hotel is home to several world-class dining establishments including Terraza Beachside Patio, Terraza Lounge, and Catch Restaurant, in addition to Sea Wellness Spa—an intimate and relaxing haven for wellness.
The spa specializes in anti-aging, hydrating aesthetic treatments and tension-soothing massages including Hydrafacials, microcurrent facials, Ocean Mineral manicures and pedicures, hot stone massages, and more. The hotel also offers various seaside experiences to overnight guests including a stunning pool with ocean views, bicycle rentals (also available to spa guests), surf lessons, beachside picnics and beach workouts.
HUME
Venice, CA 90291; memberships@hume.la
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A private wellness club located just steps from the ocean in the heart of Venice Beach, HUME brings world-class health and lifestyle facilities together in a high-design environment to provide a timeless escape in the bustling city. The tranquil space offers a place to disconnect, relax, and awaken one’s senses with an assortment of fitness classes, nutritional support, and extensive recovery therapies.
A collaborative effort led by creative director Sandy Bol, HUME’s design references historical sites like the Palaestra of Pompeii and Moroccan hammams (known for rammed earth walls, dark brown soils, porous sandstones, and warm sunlight) and a simple, essential color palette to create a distinct and transportive space.
The interior features custom artwork and design pieces by various celebrated local artisans and designers, along with additional site-specific works by global artists and designers. Every weight, machine, and Pilates reformer was custom-designed for the space. Bath products by Nécessaire and skincare by Tower 28 can be enjoyed by members in the space’s state-of-the-art spa areas, which include showers, saunas, steam rooms, and cold tubs.
Recovery therapies and services include lyphatic drainage treatment, provate training, physical therapy, Reiki, acupuncture, private breathwork, stretch and percussive therapy, hyperbaric chamber, and more. HUME has also partnered with renowned Los Angeles-based doctor and medical director Abe Malkin to create a holistic menu of IV therapies and supplements.
Access to facilities, amenities, and group classes is only available to members and their guests. Memberships will be limited to maintain an intimate environment and approval of membership will be determined on those who embody the integrity of HUME’s community values. To apply for membership, click here.
IntoMeSea
1812 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404- (310) 310-8711
Founded by former massage therapist Jen Williams, IntoMeSea is a state-of-the-art wellness studio and spa in Santa Monica that offers integrated wellness therapies that are designed to ground, balance and heal by harnessing the powers of water, salt, light, sound, sweat and energy.
Offerings focus on healing and achieving peace and zen, and the menu includes specialized therapies including floatation meditation, salt therapy, infrared sauna, high-energy crystal tub soaking, and Lucia N°03 Light Travel (a quantum wellness therapy that activates brainwaves and the third eye otherwise known as the pineal gland).
Experiences are customized based on each client’s unique set of wellness goals, from relaxation to sleep issues and more. Some of IntoMeSea’s more unique services include energetic devices like the iCube Tesla - Quantum Sound Therapy and the Pyradym, an FDA-approved Class One medical device using Physic-Acoustic technology. IntoMeSea also offers a series of classes and monthly events with well-known masters in their craft ranging from sound healings and sacred tea ceremonies to astrology and tarot readings.
ONE Spa at Shutters on the Beach
1 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405 - (310) 458-0030
Located at Shutters on the Beach, a stunning seaside resort in Santa Monica, ONE Spa offers massages, skin care services and nail treatments in a cozy, nautical-inspired space. Guests enjoy amenities such as plush robes, a comfortable relaxation room, steam rooms, and a fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment.
Spa Profile: ONE Spa at Shutters on the Beach
Before or after services, guests can dine at one of the hotel’s fine dining establishments including 1 Pico or Coast, as well as enjoy a relaxing drink or bite in the Living Room at Shutters. Just steps from the beach, the hotel also offers bike rentals—and for overnight guests, private cabanas and comfy lounge chairs are available poolside with ocean views.
OSEA Skincare Studio
1732 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Venice, CA 90291 (310) 985-1447
Located on popular Abbot Kinney Boulevard within walking distance to shops, restaurants and the beach, OSEA Skincare Studio is a Venice Beach-based skincare sanctuary that features a chic, minimalist beach bungalow aesthetic. In their spacious retail area they sell the OSEA product line, which is seaweed-based and includes active plant botanicals that soothe, heal and reinvigorate skin.
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OSEA’s innovative facials like their Cranial Wave Facial focus on restoring and nourishing skin, and afterwards guests can relax on the beautiful outdoor patio. They also offer a monthly membership program that has many benefits including discounts and product credits, as well as an LA Recycling Program where you can earn a treatment credit for every six empty product bottles you bring in.
Pause Studio
13353 West Washington Boulevard, Venice, CA 90066 (310) 439-1972
An experiential wellness studio that was created to facilitate mental regeneration and physical recovery, Pause Studio was founded in 2016 by Jeff Ono and John Klein, former Equinox executives. The interior space features a tranquil design by architectural and interiors firm Project M Plus, while the menu’s innovative offerings include cryotherapy, IV therapy, LED light therapy, floatation pods, infrared saunas, and contrast therapy, among others.
Pause offers modern and holistic solutions that offer a wide range of benefits such as improved immunity and sleep, radiant skin, decreased stress and chronic pain, more energy, and enhanced performance. In addition to its locations in Venice, West Hollywood and El Segundo, Pause Studio has a brand-new location opening in the upscale LA neighborhood of Brentwood.
Seyhart
2629 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403 - (310) 310-8775
Seyhart is a unique wellness space in Santa Monica that empowers people to manage their health and wellness through a series of holistic services based on ancient healing methods. The interior features a serene and soothing decor along with private treatment rooms with heated treatment beds where guests receive personalized, one-on-one care from Seyhart’s team of specialists.
Treatments offered at Seyhart include acupuncture, ear seeding, tuina (a firm massage-like service that is a form of traditional Chinese medicine), as well as their most popular offering: cupping. They offer acupressure and Gua Sha for young children and toddlers, and special packages that offer discounts for those who book multiple sessions are also available.
Seyhart’s retail boutique offers a selection of hand-curated items and wellness products that are available for purchase to supplement clients on their health journey. Guests who post a photo about their experience on Instagram and tag Seyhart will also receive a 10% discount off their next visit.
Surya
700 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401 - (310) 459-7715
A favorite among celebrities including Gwyneth Paltrow and Kourtney Kardashian, Surya is an authentic, artisan Ayurvedic spa located at Santa Monica Proper Hotel. Founded by internationally acclaimed Panchakarma expert, Ayurvedic doctor and chef, Martha Soffer, the 3,000-square-foot wellness sanctuary designed by Kelly Wearstler features a stunning interior with a custom oil blend bar, retail area, and soft and warm colors accompanied by wood, marble and stone mediums.
Spa Profile: Surya at Santa Monica Proper Hotel
The treatment menu features a wide range of luxurious Ayurvedic services including a four-handed massage with two therapists, full-body Ayurvedic scrubs, Color Therapy Sessions, and more. In addition to its healing spa therapies, Surya also offers Ayurvedic cooking classes, virtual and in-person classes, one-year programs and professional certifications, as well as Panchakarma, a series of immersive and restorative therapies that last anywhere from 3 to 28 days.
The NOW Massage Santa Monica
2407 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90013 - (323) 250-5060
A popular concept massage boutique that combines the quality services of a luxury massage destination with the convenience and affordability of a walk-in neighborhood spot, The NOW Massage provides a a variety of massages and enhancements in an elevated, tranquil setting. Enhancements range from Gua Sha and cupping therapy to deep tissue and scalp renewal, among others.
Another thing unique about The NOW is its beautiful, nature-inspired decor that instantly transports guests to exotic beachside locales like Tulum with cactus walls and plant galleries, sheepskin throws, and high whitewashed ceilings that echo the sounds of ocean waves on loop. Each boutique also features a custom crystal grid that can be used as an effective tool for many types of energy work, and the team strategically places crystals in the foundation of each boutique to set the tone and serve as a talisman for each new location.
The NOW has continued to expand with multiple locations across the country and in Southern California including Santa Monica, El Segundo, Studio City and West Hollywood, including its newest locations in Silver Lake, Pasadena, Long Beach and Westlake Village.
Westside Wellness
729 Montana Avenue, #7, Santa Monica, CA 90403 - (800) 506-0660
Founded by Patricia Muthra, a longtime nurse who has treated cancer patients for the past decade, Westside Wellness is a new medical spa in Santa Monica that offers IV vitamin infusion therapies. They offer a variety of different IV infusions for different purposes including anti-aging, energy boost, hangover rescue, hydration, stress relief, and more.
IV hydration vitamin drips have the potential to nourish and hydrate at the cellular level, helping people recover and re-energize faster due to the quicker absorption rate. Westside Wellness is dedicated to “health from the inside out” and Muthra wants clients to feel like they have a community that cares about them holistically and provides the tools for them to have access to healthier lifestyle options that truly support happiness and longevity. They also offer a monthly membership club so that clients can stay consistent with IV drip therapy to continue to look and feel better in the long run.
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Kamala Kirk is a University of Southern California graduate and has been an editor/writer for more than a decade. She has written for E! Online, Total Beauty, TravelAge West, Malibu Times Magazine, and many more. She resides in Los Angeles and is a proud pug mom. Follow her on Instagram: @kamalakirk