Helping Northeast San Antonio residents with their personal wellness journeys has been Shellby Black's mission since opening Mellow Day Spa in The Forum at Olympia Parkway shopping area.

Black grew up in Seguin and initially conducted the spa out of Cibolo before moving to The Forum in 2022.
Shellby Black opened Mellow Day Spa at The Forum in 2022. (Andrew Creelman/Community Impact)
Shellby Black opened Mellow Day Spa at The Forum in 2022. (Andrew Creelman/Community Impact)
What they offer

Mellow Day Spa offers custom, whole body massages along with Specialty Rituals, which are massages that target specific parts of the body. Black said massages can help with general pain and stress.

The spa also offers facials.


“I see [clients for] facials for two reasons. They either have a skincare concern, so wrinkles, acne, stuff like that, or they don’t get that relaxation from body massage. They prefer facials,” Black said.


Mellow Day Spa's sensory lounge—a newer offering—uses aa technique that comes from healing frequencies, Black said. Patients in the lounge lie back on a bed connected to speakers, with special frequencies playing to vibrate the music through the body.

Along with the frequency, which Black described as like being in a 4D movie theater, the lounge sessions display soft, colored lighting for patrons.

“You get the benefits of the colors. So for example, red light therapy is going to help with your circulation and your skin health, green usually does [things like] detoxing,” Black said.

Another service of Mellow Day Spa, waxing, comes from a mix of sugar, lemon and water. Black said other locations offer a resin-like material for waxing but that natural ingredients are a more effective paste.


“Nobody’s allergic to sugar, lemon and water; and I personally feel that it removes the hair better. I did used to do traditional waxing and I had a lot of breakage with the hair, with the sugaring I feel it pulls the hair completely out,” Black said.

Aside from services, Mellow Day Spa sells products from brands like MYCO Clinic Mushrooms and McKinney-based skincare brand Farmhouse Fresh.
The spa's newest addition is the sensory lounge, featuring stimulating sounds and lights. (Andrew Creelman/Community Impact)
The spa's newest addition is its sensory lounge which features stimulating sounds and lights. (Andrew Creelman/Community Impact)


Notable quote

Black said she has stayed in Northeast San Antonio to help others and feel the “small town vibes in a big city.”


“We treat everybody who comes in here like they’re our family or our neighbor ... I like that kind of hospitality of San Antonio, everybody’s friends and family,” Black said.