Aura Day Spa (Inverness)

In a former life, one of our salonfly staffers served as consultant to a local police department. A powerful psychic, she would station herself along popular thoroughfares and read the auras of people passing by. If she noticed anything strange, two burly cops would arrest the suspect immediately. Sure, the city eventually got sued, but we're still convinced it was a great idea.

We recruited her to help us identify folks in need of a therapeutic massage. Now she hangs out at The Summit offering discount rub downs to folks with "bruised" auras. Brilliant!

Concerned about your aura? Aura Day Spa is currently advertising the following promotions on their website (click on the "specials" button):

1) Ten 90 minutes massages for $750 (save $150)

2) Six, one-hour massages for $300 (save $60)

Aura Day Spa
200 Cahaba Park Circle, Suite 102
Birmingham, AL 35242
(205) 980-2504

Salon M Squared (Inverness)

Sure, we love the drama of competitive sports, but we always feel so confused and empty when the season ends. What? No more field hockey until next August! Crud.

We were ready to give it up altogether...until we found I.F.O.C.E. That's right, the International Federation of Competitive Eating. No downtime - these guys compete all year long. Our current favorite...Dale Boone from Atlanta - currently ranked 12th in the world!

Looking for a competitive eating hero in Birmingham? Us too. Until then, we'll have to find inspiration elsewhere...like Salon M2 (pronounced M-squared). Check out their current profile by Birmingham Magazine's Style Guy (click here).

Salon M2 is offering the following promotions - expiring 04/30/07 (click here to download vouchers from salonfly):

1) 10% off any salon service

2) 20% off the purchase of any 3 Redken products

3) Free Redken "camo color" with any men's hair cut

Salon M2
5299 Valleydale Rd
Hoover, AL 35242
(205) 995-6123

Studio 21 (Inverness)

Did anyone see Studio 54? If you're looking for Mike Meyers funny, steer clear of this puppy. Strange that the casting director elected him to star in a drama about disco-era NYC. Okay, Mike, we're going to dress you up as Dr. Evil's half-brother and surround you with over-the-top 1970s stereotypes...but no jokes allowed. Big surprise that one flopped.

As Bob Barker says "Always spay and neuter your pets, but never Canadian comedians".

We're not sure where Studio 21 Hair Salon got it's name - probably only loosely affiliated with the film. Anyway, they are currently offering the following promotions on their website:

1) Buy any two products and get the third (of equal or lesser value) 50% off

2) Receive a discount on a designer cut with any color or perm service (we're not sure why they're keeping the "discount" vague)

Studio 21 Hair Salon
Hwy 280, Inverness
446 Cahaba Park Circle
Birmingham , AL
205-991-9613

Gates of Pearl Day Spa and Salon (Inverness)

We're often surprised to hear that people still listen to the radio. Do you remember when Velcro was invented? Neither do we, but that's probably the last time we tuned our FM dial.

How we happened across Magic 96.5 yesterday isn't important (I think I accidentally turned it on while playing with the navigation system in our hydrofoil). Anyway, it worked out great because at that very moment a commercial began for Gates of Pearl Day Spa and Salon. Through April 15th, they are offering the following "Spring into Beauty" promotion: hair cut and style with robotic massage, plus a paraffin hand treatment with polish change and make-up artistry for $58.

Even more Gates of Pearl promotions are available here.

Gates of Pearl Day Spa and Salon
4500 Valleydale Rd
Birmingham, AL 35242
(205) 437-0099

Santa Fe Day Spa (Inverness)

Your lunch is depressing. Sure, Jared was able to turn several years of "nothing but Subway" into a lucrative career, but we just don't see that happening for you. First of all, you just don't have his charisma (none of us do), and B, well, just cut it out...there is no B.

Here's another suggestion...Santa Fe Day Spa is offering a lunchtime special - $50 for a 45 minute Swedish massage or facial on Mondays - Thursdays (Yellow Book coupon, expires 03/08).

And for those of you that couldn't possibly make it to and fro in the remaining 15 minutes of your lunch break, Santa Fe Day Spa is also offering $25 off chemical hair process (perms, all over color highlights). This is another Yellow Book coupon, expiring 03/08.

Santa Fe Day Spa
611 Doug Baker Blvd
(205) 408-7221