It’s no secret that Spa Week is right around the bend, but do you know how to milk it to the max (and win $50 Spa Week Gift Cards while you’re at it)? Relax!

You may have noticed… we had to go on a little (well, big) hiatus with our weekly Twitter parties #SpaWeekGossip, but we’re bringing it back for one raging Twitter party in anticipation for Spa Week Spring 2011 and the amazing #50dollartreatments in your very near future. We’re teaming up with our old co-host and home-spa savant Candy Silvasy, who now hosts her own #HomeSpaChat Tuesday nights at 8.

Next Thursday afternoon, April 7th from 2-4 pm EST, tweet with @SPAWEEK and all the top #SPA experts on Twitter… we’re going to Tw-each you all the tips, tricks and secrets of the trade to get the most out of  Spa Week’s spring event.

In addition, we are going to be giving away BEAUTY PRODUCTS and 3 $50 SPA WEEK GIFT CARDS for the best tweets for each question, so get ready to Tweet up a spa storm! Prizes from @DrPerricone @VdaraLV @CLARISEA @ybcosmetics @Redken5thAve @TheraPearl @BikiniGlamour and of course @SPAWEEK.

When: Thursday, April 7, 2 – 4 PM Eastern

Where: Twitter or tweetchat with hashtag #SpaWeekGossip

Who: All the spa lovers, cravers, schemers and dreamers – hosted by @SPAWEEK, @ArtOfTheSpa and @RedDoorSpas @MySkinConcierge

So don your robes and slippers, grab your #Spatinis and get comfy – we are going to whisper, (well OK scream) and spy and pry on:

- Insider tips on getting the best massage ever
- Pro spa secrets – chat with spas on Twitter
- Spill your Spa Week plans… what #50dollartreatments are you (and everyone else) getting?
- Secret spa fantasies – quenching our Ultimate Dream Spa Week – Where would you go what would you do?
- The Skinny on Get-Skinny Spa Treatments like slimming wraps and Velashape
- Secret celebrity spa retreats and spottings
- Sneaky spa stories – share the craziest/sneakiest things you’ve ever done to get to the spa— have you played hookie? Lied to your hubby?
- One secret spa ingredient? Oxygen… seaweed… why?
- What spas make you swoon?
- Beauty and relaxation secrets that you can steal from the spa

Tweet you later!

Put on your biggest, darkest movie star sunglasses!  We’re having a special, red carpet Oscar worthy Spa Screening his week on #SpaWeekGossip and you’ve got a front row seat.

A movie theater may not be a spa, BUT what a perfect place to escape the world and unwind for awhile.  If you can’t get to the theater, kick back with a DVD and fire up your home movie night.

AND. . . guess what? We will reveal a few spas that ARE movie theaters.  What a combo, technicolor me deliriously happy!  So don’t wait for intermission, plan to join us as we write our spa script with:

Relaxing  beauty treatment and film pairings

Spa done right (and wrong) in the movies

Fave flicks for a cinematic retreat

Gourmet popcorn & snacks

How to throw your own Spa Flick Night

What: SpaWeek & Art of the Spa’s #SpaWeekGossip

When: Wednesday, November 3rd, 2 pm EST/11 am PAC

Where: On Twitter with hashtag #SpaWeekGossip or

For easier chatting (hashtag entered automatically for you) tweet on:

Tweetchat.com  http://tweetchat.com/room/spaweekgossip

Topic:  Spa Movie Re-treats

Who: @spaweek @artofthespa  & YOU!

Spanelists: @spaheiress @reddoorspas @candydye

See you there!

Michelle (Spa Week Daily) & Candy (Art of the Spa)

Update:

Congratulations to the WINNERS of the $25 SpaWeek Gift Cards: @icfaces @Jyork230 @deniselao

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You’re Invited!  #SpaWeekGossip’s Spa Halloween Masquerade Ball

Bring your favorite beauty tricks and share your ultimate spa treats at #SpaWeekGossip‘s 1st Spa Halloween Masquerade Ball! Sip on a Pumpkin or a Candy Corn #Spatini (recipes here) & relax with our Spanelists for an hour of spa time!

Masks are the theme – we’re talking homemade, luxury, bargain, guys, gals. . . anything you put on to pamper yourself, no screaming allowed!  The Headless Horseman would be jealous.

But beware a few Trick Treatments may be lurking in those tweets!

RSVP NOW (although RSVPs are never required for #spaweekgossip)

AND the BEST PART. . . Mask your twitter avatar for a chance to win a giveaway. We’ll be giving away face masks from some of our favorite brands. (UPDATE: Twitter is trying to spoil the party and avatar-changing is temporarily disabled. We can’t even masque ourselves. Talk about BOO! :( You can now enter to win just by being part of the party.)

Mask Prize 1: Repêchage® Hydra Dew® Illuminating Cream Mask, with moisture locking Codium Tomentosum Seaweed, is a unique emollient mask you can leave on for a natural light reflecting glow all day long.

Mask Prize 2: Esolutions Refine Soft Moisture Mask (used at Red Door Spas) A creamy moisturizing mask that harmonizes skin with purifying, soothing and antioxidant effects – with Kaolin – natural clay to draw impurities and oil from the skin, Calamine – calms skin to help reduce irritation, Spin Trap – disarms destructive free radicals, Vitamin E – antioxidant, strengthening and softening.

Sometime before the ball (even now if you like!) change your twitter avatar picture to you (or someone else) in any kind of mask (mud, mardi gras, halloween, get creative).*** Tech note: pic settings are in Profile on Twitter.

If anyone asks why your pic has changed tweet them:

“I’m going to the #SpaWeekGossip Spa Halloween Masquerade Ball. Feel free to tag along”

What: SpaWeek & Art of the Spa’s #SpaWeekGossip

When: Wednesday, October 27th, 2 pm EST / 11 am PAC

Where: On Twitter with hashtag #SpaWeekGossip or

For easier chatting (hashtag entered automatically for you) tweet on:

Tweetchat.com

Topic:  Spa Halloween Masquerade Ball

Who: @spaweek @artofthespa  & YOU!

Spanelists: @spaheiress @reddoorspas @candydye

See you there!

Michelle (Spa Week Daily) & Candy (Art of the Spa)

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Do you ever feel like half your life is spent taking it off? Hair that is. It seems like wherever we don’t want it — there it is. While how & where you decide to go bare is completely a personal choice, come and chat with us about:

- The best spa treatments for dealing with unwanted hair
- Cost effective home alternatives & DIY secrets
- Dealing with hair removal anxiety & ways to numb the pain
- Pros and cons of temporary v. permanent hair removal
- Rip off removal methods that live up to their name

We'll be blasting away bikini bumps too... join in to win one of 3!

WIN: 3 #SpaWeekGossipers will win Bikini Bump Blasters! <— read the review

What: Spa Week & Art of the Spa’s #SpaWeekGossip
When: Wednesday, October 20th, 2 pm EST / 11 am PAC
Where: On Twitter with hashtag #SpaWeekGossip or

For easier chatting (hashtag entered automatically for you) tweet on: Tweetchat.com

Topic: Hair, there, everywhere
Who: @spaweek @artofthespa & YOU!

Spanelists: completelybare @spaheiress @reddoorspas

It’s Sweetest Day this Saturday, October 16. Hallmark, thanks so much for giving us an excuse to take our Sweeties to the spa!

What’s that? You say your man won’t go near a spa? Well you know it IS Spa Week this week – why not take him for a $50 treat? And don’t forget yourself – I don’t know where else you can indulge both you and your man for $100.  (PS:  It’s also National Boss’ Day on Oct. 16 – get your brownie points with a spa gift!)

So grab your guy and join us at #SpaWeekGossip as we chat:

- The best spas for retreating with your man including Spa Weekpicks
– Top treatments for enjoying together & our personal spa romances
– Ideas for getting your guy to the spa if he’s a Spa Virgin
– Skin & body products for a Masculine #SpaHome Mecca
– Giving your guy spa time at home

Michelle will be picking a Spa Date of her own at Supple Spa. The appointment is at 3:45 today—if you can make it, tweet her a spa pickup line during #SpaWeekGossip! Supple Spa is a couples spa in NYC’s Flatiron district that’s been featured on MTV, and a great place to get a couples treatment for Spa Week. ($50 treatments  - 60 minute Deep Tissue Massage, 60 minute Swedish Massage, 60 minutes Deep Pore Cleansing Facial)

What: SpaWeek & Art of the Spa’s #SpaWeekGossip

When: Wednesday, October 13th, 2 pm EST / 11 am PAC

Where: On Twitter with hashtag #SpaWeekGossip or

For easier chatting (hashtag entered automatically for you) tweet on:
Tweetchat.com
Topic: It’s a Spa Date

Who: @spaweek @artofthespa & YOU!

Spanelists: @eharmony @hallmark @spaheiress @reddoorspas and more on the way

Manelists: @Nandoism @OzSultan

See you there!

Michelle (Spa Week Daily) & Candy (Art of the Spa)