Carrie Holley and Alicia Liddon
Escape Day Spa
Carrie Holley, co-owner of Escape Day Spa, said her spa is aptly named.
“We want a place for people to escape,” she said. “There is so much stress in this world today. Stress is a huge killer. Preventative medicine should be healthy eating habits, exercise and spa treatments.”
Escape, which is also owned by Holley’s sister, Alicia Liddon, offers the latter in droves. Guests at Escape can treat themselves to massage therapy, reiki, Thai massage, body treatments, aesthetics, Xtreme eyelash extensions, full body waxing, manicures and pedicures — all done by therapists who care.
“I think that we have caring therapists who truly love what they do and truly love enjoying working at Escape,” Holley said. “I think that speaks loudly, because if you care about your employees and they care about you, then they will treat your guests top-notch.”
Escape uses all-natural products and investigates the companies they use.
“We truly care about the products we use at the spa,” Holley said. “Our skin is the largest organ of the body, and we are already exposed to so many elements. We need to protect ourselves from daily factors, so using only the purest products makes sense.”
Holley has been a massage therapist for 14 years, and Escape has been in operation since 2010, and in Homewood since 2012.
“We moved to Homewood in 2012 because of growth so early,” Holley said. “We literally were turning people down and decided to find a larger location.”
Despite the larger location, Escape prides itself on being a small business formed locally.
“The warm, small feeling I think is exactly what is missing in a lot of businesses these days,” Holley said.
For Holley, co-owning Escape is rewarding, wholesome, challenging and fun, she said. It is a place she hopes guests feel lives up to its name — an escape.
“You walk in and you truly feel like you are in another place, away from the outside,” she said.
- WHERE: 100 Broadway St.
- CALL: 414-6062
- WEB: theplacetoescape.com
