TREAT YOURSELF

8 Houston spas offering end-of-summer wellness specials

Whether or not a person is heading back to school, the upcoming end of summer offers a perfect time for a little wellness. A day at the spa is the antidote to puffy skin from poolside cocktails, aches and pains from long plane rides, and discolored skin from too much sunbathing.

Luckily, many spas in Houston are running end-of-summer and National Wellness Month specials to make relaxing and recovering from summer fun easy and more affordable. We've rounded up eight spas with post-summer treatments you'll love.

MilkBath Hair & Scalp Spa
New to the Memorial neighborhood, this spa believes that beautiful hair starts with a healthy scalp. Each treatment includes an in-depth scalp analysis before the team at MilkBath crafts customized hair treatments to meet each client's unique needs. Right now, the hair spa is offering $20 off treatments for new clients.

Montrose Med Spa
Enjoy the "Summer of Love" at Montrose Med Spa, where clients can get discounts on dark under-eye correction with a single platelet-rich plasma (PRP) session. Montrose's newest med spa also offers discounts on IV therapy and medical weight loss consultations.

MySpa Joy
This relaxation hot spot in the Heights is offering 25 percent off several treatment packages, including 60-minute and 90-minute massages, hydra facials, and regular facial services. These packages are the perfect summer-to-fall transition for beautiful skin and relaxation.

Nuveau Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics
Just in time for National Wellness Month, Nuveau has extended its lunchtime specials through the end of August. Great for an in-and-out treatment without the downtime, the plastic surgery and medical aesthetics center is offering discounts on its most popular services, including Dermaplane, hydrafacials, Emsculpt, laser hair removal, and Morpheus Eyes.

Post Oak Hotel
Considered by someone to be up Uptown's urban oasis, the Post Oak Hotel has relaxation covered this August. Couples are invited to a unique experience on the hotel's helipad with the Mind & Unwind Package, which includes calming meditation and a soothing massage. Every Wednesday in August, the hotel's spa offers both a 50-minute soothing stone massage for $195 and a 50-minute deep cleansing facial for $195, along with a Dermaplane enhancement for only $55.

Post Oak Hotel Spa The women's vitality lounge at The Spa inside the Post Oak Hotel. Photo courtesy of Post Oak Hotel

Thompson Hotel Houston
Known as one of the top hotels for recovery, Thompson Houston and Los Angeles-based Med Spa Dripology teamed up for National Wellness Month. The Thompson Houston Spa will host a Dripology IV pop-up lounge to allow Houstonians to try their signature treatments. Throughout the month, each Friday-Sunday, Thompson Spa will also offer health and wellness-focused events, lectures, and classes with partners and programming, including yoga and meditation with Amelia May, Reiki, sex therapists, nutritionists, financial wellness experts, and more.

Spa San Luis
Busy summer? Not to worry; Spa San Luis offers ways to revive and rejuvenate for the rest of the season. Take your favorite person to the gorgeous Galveston spa for a Salt Air Couples Massage to enjoy an 80-minute couples massage in the San Luis oceanfront gazebo. The island getaway also has a full menu of "seaholistic" marine experiences with Phytomer products made with marine ingredients sustainably cultivated and harvested from the ocean. Treatments include massages, facials, and more.

Tulum Wellness Spa
Located in the Stomping Grounds, Garden Oaks' retail and restaurant destination, Tulum Wellness Spa is here for the heat this summer. Through September, the spa is offering $200 off its Hyperhidrosis treatment to keep the sweat at bay. Clients who book a signature or ultimate HydraFacial will also receive 50 complimentary units of Dysport to erase those summer sun lines.

Photo courtesy of Spa San Luis

The Salt-Air Couples Massage is just one of the summer treatments offered at Galveston hot-spot San Luis Resort, Spa and Conference Center.

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boots with a story

Houston bootmaker offers $5,000 cowboy boot and gator hunt adventure

Photo courtesy of Republic Boot Company

Houston bootmaker, Republic Boot Company, turns gator hunts into a custom pair of boots.

In Houston, where custom boots are a source of great pride and style, one local brand is taking the bespoke boot experience to a new level. Republic Boot Company, known for its elevated, hand-crafted creations, just launched a Gator Hunt Experiencewhere customers can source an alligator hide, which will be transformed into a pair of cowboy boots.

Part adventure and part traditional craftsmanship, the experience begins with a hunt in the marshlands near Anahuac, about an hour from Houston, and ends with a custom-made pair of alligator-skin cowboy boots tailored to the client's vision by a Republic Boot Company boot specialist.

"At Republic Boot Company, we pride ourselves on crafting boots that are not just footwear, but a legacy," said Chris Conrad, owner of Republic Boot Company. "This new Gator Hunt Experience takes that commitment to personalization to an unprecedented level, offering our customers a unique and memorable journey taking them from the bayou to the heart of the Bayou City."

The gator hunt is $5,000 per person and includes an 8.5-foot alligator (larger alligators incur extra costs). Individuals of all experience levels can participate, and all necessary permits and equipment are provided to ensure a safe adventure. After the hunt, the hide will be tanned during an eight-month process to ensure a one-of-a-kind pair of boots. Just in case the kicks aren't enough of a conversation starter, participants will also receive a professional mount of the alligator head.

Alligator hunting season runs from September 11 to September 30, so the boots won't be ready for the 2026 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Once they are complete, however, they will be wearable pieces of art with a memorable story behind them. Those interested in extending their only-in-Texas half-day hunt into an overnight experience can book overnight accommodations through Republic Boot Company.

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