Champagne Spa Treatments

October 16, 2012 | By

There’s just something about champagne that makes us feel giddy and girly, and now we have another reason to love a glass of bubble: Champagne has some of the same heart-healthy antioxidants found in red wine and cocoa. The benefits? Lower blood pressure, reduced risk of heart disease, and the obvious one: Feeling fabulous!

News this good deserves a toast — so we rounded up the best Spa Week treatments featuring champagne in any way, shape, or form. Indulge in these $50 champagne spa services THIS WEEK before prices go back to normal:

90 Min Face and Body Package Including Signature Champagne and Roses Swedish Massage and French Clay Facial at Euphoria Massage and Spa in NJ

60 Min Champagne Shimmer Pedicure at Eau Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach in FL

60 Min Rose and Champagne Thermal Body Wrap at Dolce Med Spa and Boutique in MA

90 Min Luxury Skin Renewal Champagne Treatment, Including Manicure and Pedicure at Skin Deep Salon and Spa in NJ

50 Min Pink Champagne Facial at V Spa at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in TX

60 Min Wine and Roses Champagne Facial at Avatar Spa in NJ

Don’t forget: Spa Week is right around the corner, so click here to book your appointment today!

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Travel Tuesday: Vinotherapy Across the US

July 17, 2012 | By

By Aly Walansky

If you think vinotherapy is that first glass of wine when you get home from a hard day, you are right. But it’s so much more! Vinotherapy is the method of incorporating the residue of wine making (often the pulp – but sometimes the finished vino itself) into spa treatments. Wine isn’t just a delicious drink, it also has excellent anti-aging and exfoliating properties. Here are some of the best wine treatments around the country…

Massachusetts

At The Spa at Rowes Wharf , wine is a central part of the hotel’s identity. The hotel is home to wine and food pairing pioneer, Chef Daniel Bruce, and has a fabulous Chardonnay Body Wrap that begins with an Olavie Chardonnay Sugar Scrub, a blend of cane sugar and shea butter.  This all-natural scrub exfoliates while nourishing and protecting the skin. A warm Vichy shower followed by a relaxing Chardonnay body butter massage gently removes the scrub. The Chardonnay, lavender and rosemary increase skin hydration, leaving you glowing.

California

Willow Stream Spas at Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn offers a Chardonnay Olive-Oil Sugar Polish. This combo of moisturizing exfoliation also happens to smell amazing, with a heady combination of olive oil, chardonnay grapeseed extract, sugar and lavender, which all help stimulate the mind, body and senses. Trust me, it’s a regenerative experience.

The Spa at Kenwood Inn is known for embracing the power of the grape through a variety of topical treatments based on oils extracted from grape seeds. Their custom-made products incorporate vinotherapy, including red wine extracts, Chardonnay and Riesling oils among other specifically selected elements to promote healing and relaxation. Some of the best treatments include the Kenwood Harvest Sugar Scrub, an anti-oxidant rich leaving your body feeling silky-smooth and perfectly nourished. This treatment includes the use of organic sugar cane, milled grape seeds, Chardonnay oil, Riesling oil, and red wine extract suitable for all skin types including those with sensitive skin.

Pennsylvania

Think Hershey is all about chocolate? Wrong! There’s a lot of other indulgence, such as Mimosa Champagne Body Treatment, to be found at The Spa at the Hotel Hersey in Hershey, PA. It’s brunch for the body – a  blend of Champagne grapes and Orange Essential Oils, followed by a Full Body Mimosa Exfoliation and a Mimosa Champagne Massage.

Texas

Headed out to Austin to check out the music and food? Some argue there’s no place cooler than Austin, but if you want to spice  it up, try the Grape Seed Body Scrub at Barton Creek. This scrub exfoliates the skin with local grape seeds from the Hill Country’s beautiful Becker Winery. Grapes grown in this enriched limestone soil have nutrients that help restore and revive the skin. You will feel absolutely delicious after!

Iowa

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At d’vine Medical Spa in Waterloo, IA, the name says it all. d’vine features soothing Tuscan décor, flowing water features, and blissful wine-infused treatments (like a Zinfandel Hand and Foot Treatment and a 2 1/2 hour Bordeaux Bliss package that includes: a d’vine Signature Facial, a 1 Hour Massage and a Petite Pedicure), sure to relax your body and soul, plus they are offering some delicious Spa Deals this month on SpaWeek.com.

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Happy Sweet Sixteen, Spa Week!

March 12, 2012 | By

Spa Week is celebrating its 16th edition of delivering the spa and wellness lifestyle to millions, and we are ready to SPA-rty! We’ve proven that we only get better with age, starting in NYC with just a few spas, and in only 16 Spa Weeks bringing our $50 treatments to just about every major city across the US and Toronto. There’s a reason we’re spa-ing across the country and this will be the sweetest week yet!

This spring, from April 16-22, celebrate Spa Week’s Sweet Sixteen by taking advantage of the SWEET Spa Week price tag. You’ll find a wealth of health, wellness and beauty benefits in the countless treatments to choose from. The hardest part: deciding which spa-cialty is right for you. Study up on our favorite sweet ingredients and their even sweeter benefits so you can pick the right TREAT-ment(s) for you. Get ready to spoil yourself!

Booking begins today on SpaWeek.com – be the first to make your appointments, and have FUN like you’re sixteen again.

16 SWEET Spa Week Ingredients + Their Benefits

1. CHOCOLATE

Our skin craves chocolate as much as we do. Chocolate is rich in antioxidants and is high in magnesium, which promotes cell growth, repairs tissues, and absorbs nutrients. The fats in this sweet treat also moisturize and work as anti-inflammatory agents. Have your chocolate cake and cover yourself in it too!

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min Chocolate Scented Massage from The Chocolate Day Spa in Costa Mesa, CA

2. DIAMONDS

Diamonds really are a girl’s best friend.  Diamond microdermabrasion is a simple and painless way to eliminate wrinkles, acne, age spots, and stretch marks. No chemicals or anesthesia are used in the procedure, which makes it a non-invasive option. Diamonds are forever and can help you feel forever young.

$50 Treatment to try: DiamondTome™ Microdermabrasion at Bella Pelle Medspa & Laser in Lake Geneva, WI

3. HOT STEAM

For best results get hot & steamy. Hot steam warms up the muscles for a deeper massage and opens pores to make scrubs more effective. Afterwards, steam helps speed up your body’s ability to release toxins following a massage and gets rid of the lactic acid build-up so your muscles aren’t sore. Now those are some steamy spa secrets to try!

$50 Treatment: 50 Min Body Polishing with Vichy Shower, Steam, & Sauna Treatment at Elizabeth Adam Salon and Day Spa in Chicago, IL

4. FLASHING LIGHTS

Flashing lights are all the rave. Spa Rave, that is. This is a very broad category; various light treatments are used for everything from anti-aging remedies and laser hair removal, to the relief of muscle and joint pain. Flashes can minimize fine lines and wrinkles, improve skin tone, and restore skin’s natural cellular collagen activity.

$50 Treatment to try: 60 Min Natural Face Lift with LED Technology & Plant Stem Cell Serum at Namaste Organic Spa in Ridgewood, NJ

5. CHAMPAGNE

Champagne is perfect for celebrations, but it’s also perfect for pre-toast preparations. Pour a little on your hair for smooth and silky results. It even packs more vitamin C and E than your average toning and anti-aging products. Take a different kind of bubble bath and your favorite champagne can help exfoliate dry, dull skin. We’ll cheers to that!

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min Luxurious Champagne Facial at V Spa at Hilton Antaloe in Dallas, TX

6. VITAMIN C

We know Vitamin C is good for us, but did you know that Vitamin C is the key to the production of collagen? Vitamin C also helps create scar tissue and ligaments, and it helps your skin repair itself. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that reduces skin dryness, fine lines and wrinkles. Orange you glad we told you?

$50 Treatment to try: 75 Min “Power-C Peel Infusion with Head & Neck Massage at Boston Skin Solutions in Brookline, MA

7. NEEDLES

Needless to say, most of us don’t enjoy being stuck with a needle. But the body interprets acupuncture as a positive injury, which in turn stimulates collagen and elastin production, eliminating fine lines and tightens facial pores. Acupuncture also restores overall health and well being. With benefits like that, needles schmeedles.

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min Acupuncture session at Mar Vista Health Center in Los Angeles, CA.

8. ACID

Forget the jeans, get an acid washed face. Glycolic, salicylic and lactic acids are all used as chemical peels to enhance the skin. Glycolic acid exfoliates the skin, improves texture and tone, and is a great anti-aging treatment. Salicylic acid improves the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, blemishes and scarring. And the friendly lactic peel is especially good for first time users or people with sensitive skin.

$50 Treatment to try: Lactic or Jessner Facila Peel at CosMedica in Wakefield, MA

9. GINGER

No need being gingerly with this secret ingredient in your beauty routine. Ginger can increase skin’s radiance and decrease inflammation that may contribute to conditions such as psoriasis and acne. Ginger is an antioxidant and improves skin tone, lightens age spots and fights blemishes.

$50 Treatment to try: 60 Min Mango Therapeutic Body Massage with Mango-Ginger Foot Scrub at Calm Studio in Philadelphia, PA

10. SEAWEED

Seaweed is the super food of the sea. It restores moisture levels, revitalizes and firms the skin, nourishes, oxygenates and detoxifies the skin, reduces the appearance of cellulite, improves skin texture and tone, and even makes hair shiny. No wonder the Ariel looks so great.

$50 Treatment to try: 60 Min Seaweed Deep Pore Cleansing Facial at O Spa in Brooklyn & Garden City, NY

11. 24K GOLD

Skin like an Egyptian? Cleopatra was said to sleep in a gold face mask every night to preserve luminosity. Gold can retain the collagen within the skin, leading to youthful appearing skin. Gold can even ward off UV damage, tighten lax skin and reduce the appearance of discoloration.

$50 Treatment to try: 60 Min 24 Karat Nano Platinum & Gold Facial by Cosme Proud at Spa Martier in NYC (Don’t miss this famous 24K gold Spa Week deal!)

12. LAVA STONES

These hot rocks soothe the body to the core. Used as a specialty massage for treating muscle pain, stone massage is a soothing, relaxing form of massage where the heated stones provide intense relief to tight muscles. They simply rock!

$50 Treatment to try: 60 Min Lava Shell Massage at Carrollton Square Spa just outside of Dallas, TX

13. IONS

If the eyes are the gateway to the soul, maybe your feet are the gateways to your health? A relaxing foot bath with a high level of negative ions utilizes principles of reflexology, ionization and osmosis, creating a positive cellular environment that helps the body eliminate toxins. Negative ions create a positive effect. Isn’t it ionic?

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min Oxygen Inhalation in Serente’s Zero Gravity Chair & Ion Detox Foot Treatment at Serente Spa in Houston, TX

14. LAVENDER

Good for the mind, body & soul. Lavender works well for acne, eczema, dermatitis, burns and wounds. It makes a refreshing astringent and an effective moisturizer. It can alleviate aches, pains, and support a calm composure and reduce stress. It helps us sleep. We think we could all use a little more lavender in our lives.

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min AVEDA Lavender & Sage Stress-Fix Massage at Essentials Salon & Spa in Doylestown, PA

15. INFRARED

You are in-far a real boost. The penetrating heat of infrared heat can be used to promote the breakdown of fat under the skin and improve circulation around fat. This allows for detoxification leaving you feeling energetic and refreshed, and best of all – a few pounds lighter!

$50 Treatment to try: 90 Min Sudatonic Infrared Weightloss Wrap at 3 Wrapped in Wellness locations: Dallas, Ft. Worth and Houston, TX

16. GREEN TEA

Green tea goes more than skin deep. Green tea is a great antioxidant with anti-aging benefits for a beautiful, healthy skin. It can be used as a hydrating facial that will eliminate toxins from the surface of your skin. Its consumption has also been widely recognized to accelerate metabolism. It’s easy being green-tea-beautiful.

$50 Treatment to try: 50 Min Green Tea Purifying Back Facial at Naturally Bare by Deidre in Los Angeles, CA

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Hot Bamboo + Seashells + Champagne = Your Holiday Cure

December 22, 2011 | By

The doctor is in! Pulled your back lifting the Christmas tree? Sprained your wrist wrapping all those gifts? Or just simply exhausted after 2011? CURE SPA, Malibu’s premier seaside Medical Spa has the… well, cure.

Dr. Lisa Benya is on call and there to discuss with you the best methods for your condition. At the top of her list: hot bamboo, seashells, bubbly, quartz and hot stones. How will these help you this holiday season and beyond? Let’s take a look. CURE accepts Spa & Wellness Gift Cards by Spa Week.

CURE OPTION ONE: Hot Bamboo

This full body Hot Bamboo Massage, brand new at CURE, is a tranquil fusion of hands on massage and heated bamboo application. The bamboo is rolled and massaged in areas of tension to release stress from the body. Warm oil is used to nourish parched winter skin and the pressure is tailored to fit your preference. Hot bamboo massage is an ancient Chinese technique that promotes circulation, sensory nerve perception, and lymphatic drainage, providing a deep sense of relaxation and well-being.

CURE OPTION TWO: Seashells

Bring the beach to you – spa style. Reverse the effects of time with CURE’s revolutionary Babor© treatment, the SeaCreation, available as a facial or a body treatment. It’s derived from the depths of the sea using algae and other ingredients to energize and repair the skin. This truly unique experience uses tigress seashells.

CURE OPTION THREE: Champagne

Pop the bubbly! In CURE’s Champagne Facial, a yeast extract of French champagne nourishes and stimulates the skin. The extract helps guard against free radical damage from environmental toxins, while leaving your skin with an effervescent glow. The treatment also includes a hand and foot massage. Cheers to that!

CURE OPTION FOUR: Rose Quartz

CURE’s Rose Quartz Facial is a gentle facial includes a luxurious massage with rose quartz on the skin to regenerate and promote cell growth. This beautiful stone of the rain forest is known for its healing properties and high mineral content. This treatment includes a warm hand paraffin dip.

CURE OPTION FIVE: Hot Stones

Dying for a long, delicious, post-holiday massage to really WOW you? Based on a holistic approach, this 80 minute treatment uses shiatsu techniques and hot stone massage to balance and stimulate Qi (the flow of energy) and to relax mind and body.

And the options don’t stop there! Check out CURE to cure all your woes, any time of year, with all sorts of normal and strange objects alike. And perhaps to also take a long dip in this very lovely, romantic bath…

CURE SPA
23708 Malibu Road
Malibu, CA 90265
310.456.1458

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Happy Hour at the Spa

July 12, 2010 | By

Life after 5 PM usually involves a handful of women circumventing a bar table cascaded with a half-dozen martinis. We would love to serve you the same intoxicating effects with a twist.  We’re taking happy hour from the bar to the spa with six different ingredients.  Here’s a dash of spa treatments to put on your calendar, inspired by the happy hour.

Champagne toast! Celebrate with bubbly, not just because it’s fancy. The fizz helps close pores, making the skin tight, firm and glowing—a natural toner. Worried about the alcohol being bad for your skin? Champagne actually contains less alcohol than most store-bought toners.

  • Champagne Rose Mani-Pedi The ultimate manicure and pedicure for the privileged! Sit back and relax while you are served a flute of champagne. Your feet and legs will be treated to the healing and soothing qualities of a champagne extracts. Enjoy a warm whirlpool soak of champagne oil and grapes, followed by a grape seed masque, topped off with a soothing massage. This treatment will leave your hands and feet feeling smoother, more hydrated, and relaxed. My’ Amour Salon and Spa

Raise a glass of red or white! A calming glass of wine can be the perfect stress releasing remedy after a long day. Just imagine those effects applied to a spa treatment. Pure relaxation. The grape mixtures in vinotherapy assist in soothing the skin and helps to slow down the aging process. Plus in moderation, wine can be good for you. A glass a day has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and slow the progression of certain cancers.

  • Vinoperfect Treatment The radiance and vitality-restoring facial for fatigued skin. A stimulating, sculpting massage with essential oils and alternating hot and cold basalt stones awakens the luminosity of the complexion and restores tone to facial contours. A radiance mask, and application of Caudalie’s Vinoperfect Radiance Serum and Vinoperfect Day Perfecting Cream SPF15, draws out the skin’s natural radiance from within and prepares it to face the world outside, better protected from the pollutants of city life. Caudalie Spa in NYC

Happy hour like The Queen – Think high tea. Green tea has been incorporated into healing remedies in Asia for centuries. It is naturally rich with antioxidants which help the body protect from free radicals, whether you’re sipping or slathering it on. Her highness would approve.

  • Asian Green Tea Ritual This aromatic experience begins with a selection of green tea or mandarin water. A gentle sugar scrub exfoliates the skin in preparation for a complete mud mask to detoxify the body. In warm candlelight, ease into a green tea bath to soak away stress. Your ritual is complete with an anti-oxidant – rich massage using green tea massage oils. The Spa at the Crescent at Rosewood Crescent Hotel
  • Green Tea & Ginger Wrap This sea enzyme wrap begins with a body scrub that contains a healthy dose of antioxidants and nutrients. It is followed by a body wrap with green tea to balance the yin and yang, ginger root to invigorate your mind and a seaweed algae to stimulate your body’s metabolism. Finally a tropical-scented papaya pineapple lotion containing rejuvenating protein enzymes is massaged in leaving your skin invigorated and nourished. Hammock Beach Resort
  • ARIA Signature Massage with Green Tea Eye Treatment A Massage Therapist creates a custom full-body massage, focusing on particular areas to provide stress relief, ease tension, or just “get the knots out.” Soothe tired or strained eyes with green tea compresses rich in antioxidants. Includes a face massage with cool marble stones. The Spa at ARIA
  • Hot Spiced Tea Scrub A sugar scrub for sensitive skin, this treatment helps exfoliate and detoxify the body as it hydrates and nourishes the skin. The Crystal Spa- Saratoga Springs

Venti Spa Latte? Why certainly, and it won’t even keep you up all night. Coffee has a variety of applications in the spa. Caffeine from coffee is a blood vessel constrictor, so it helps people with rosacea, reduces dark eye circles and puffy eyes. Coffee is also used in a lot of anti-cellulite creams because, well, have you ever had cottage cheese with your frapp?

  • Green Coffee Wrap, a cutting edge, metabolism boosting anti-cellulite treatment. The Green Coffee Wrap will smooth and enhance skin texture and reduce the dimply “cottage cheese” look using a unique blend of micronized green coffee powder, chlorogenic acid and essential oils. During your wrap experience a relaxing face, neck and shoulder massage. After your wrap you are treated to a full body hydration with Pevonia’s smoothing and toning Body Svelte Cream. An ultimate luxury for the beach bound! Not recommended for pregnant or nursing mothers. My’ Amour Salon and Spa
  • Espresso Body Polish, A gentle blend of crushed espresso beans, Indian sarsaparilla and black clay is lightly massaged into the skin removing dead skin cells and restoring balance to the body. An application of Creme de la Creme body moisturizer completes the experience. This treatment is ideal for sensitive skin. The Ritz-Carlton Spa in Denver
  • Caffeine Manicure and Pedicure A blend of ground coffee beans and sugar to stimulate, detoxify and regenerate your tired hands and feet, followed by a cocoa clay mask and an invigorating massage with a combination of advanced moisturizers.  D. Tour Spa at the MotorCity Casino Hotel

Milk and honey baths… Cleopatra was onto something. The hydrating properties of milk really do a body good, applied on the outside too. Milk promotes moisture and prevents dryness. The Lactic acid in milk helps to cleanse the skin gently down to its deepest layers.

  • Milk and Honey Body Wrap A luxurious hydrating treatment for any skin type. A lavish milk-and-honey emulsion is applied and then combined with a hydrating wrap and lotion application. The Spa at The Stoneleigh Hotel
  • Milk and Honey Body Wrap A gentle brush exfoliation will prep your skin for a full body application of this hydrating body wrap that contains an exotic blend of coconut milk, raw honey, and exotic nut extracts containing a rich source of natural antioxidants and a bounty of nutrients to revitalize, moisturize and balance the skin. Finish with a nourishing body butter application for soft and replenished skin. The Catamaran Spa

Cocktail Specials. If it sounds like a girly martini, chances are it’s a spa treatment too. Who knew alcohol could be a good buzz for the skin? Alcohol acts as an antiseptic and works to exfoliate dead skin, and sugar is one of the best natural exfoliants we know.

  • 50 Min Mojito Body Exfoliation Smooth and rejuvenate the skin with organic sugar crystals and peppermint leaves to refresh and exhilarate. Close your eyes, enjoy and escape.  EnviouSkin
  • Cocktail Vermouth Twist This “happy hour peel” is a potent 15% salicylic acid and 2% retinol peel that improves the appearance of all skin conditions. It helps regulate oily skin, decongests open comedones and smoothes the overall texture of the epidermis. The formulation is fortified with powerful antioxidants, including Spin Trap, Resveratrol, and Vermouth to minimize the effects of free radical damage. The Spa at BHPS


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