Booking your body double for a treatment at a tranquil day spa creates a soundproof alibi for days spent stealing office supplies from the National Guard. Spoil your stand-in and replace your tape with bazooka putty with today’s Groupon, redeemable for one of two services at Essentiels Spa et Beauté on Ming Avenue. Choose one of the following options:

• $40 for a one-hour integrative massage (an $85 value)
• $40 for a one-hour Essentiels signature facial (an $80 value)

One of Bakersfield's largest day spas, Essentiels Spa et Beauté offers clients an array of services targeting the hair, skin, nails, and muscles. Turn your torso over to one of the spa's lead kneaders for a fully customized hour of integrative massage, which can incorporate hot stones, focus on particular regions of your body, or otherwise tailor itself to your wants, needs, and muscular event horizons. Those who mostly hold tension in their face can opt instead for a 60-minute European-style Essentiels signature facial, a multifaceted pamper party that leaves necks and shoulders rubbed, hands and feet coddled, and cranial facades soft, smooth, and glowing with the sort of radiance impossible to achieve through glow-stick earrings. Essentiels complements its satisfying services with the ambient assets of an urban-chic environment, giving guests an elegant escape from the frenetic pace and gauche mimes of everyday life.

Reviews

Three Yelpers and three Spafinders give Essentiels an average of four stars. Four Yahoo Locals give the spa an average of 3.5 stars.

• Their technicians are the best, and the staff of hair stylists is unmatched in Bakersfield. – renee.dowling, Yahoo Local
• Everyone was very friendly and helpful. Back in the spa portion of the salon it was very relaxing. The staff were amazing. My esthetician was very professional and did a fabulous job. – LaurenB, Spafinder