The Spa Lifestyle, Spa Deals and Life's Little Luxuries
Did you book a Spa Week appointment at Fresh? If not, after reading this you’re definitely going to want to.
Not only is Fresh extending Spa Week (October 15-21) through the end of October, but the discount $50 cost of your treatment is fully redeemable in products! That means you pay just $50 for any of the three facials below (normally $125) AND you get $50 worth of products.
This deal was too good not to share, and we hope you’ll all take advantage! Happy Spa-ing.
It’s hard not to notice Cate Blanchett’s impossibly pearly, clear skin in ads for SK-II skincare products. And in honor of National Sake Day on October 1, we wanted to bring you the interesting back story on this luxury brand. Hint: It has to do with sake.
Sake is good for your skin. SK-II began when scientists noticed that the elderly workers in a sake brewery in Japan had perfectly youthful, wrinkle-free hands — even if they had wrinkles elsewhere on their faces and bodies. Since their hands were in constant contact with the sake, the scientists theorized that something in it must be keeping the skin on their hands looking young. After years of research, they isolated what they call a “miracle” ingredient: PiteraTM. This naturally-derived liquid that’s created when the yeast in sake ferments is the main ingredients in all SK-II products.
If you’re planning to splurge on something from this high end line, three standouts include the Cellumination Essence EX and Cellumination Cream EX (hydrating, skin-evening daily youth boosters) and the Facial Clear Solution (a water-based moisturizer that regulates oilier skins).
More brands pay homage to sake, too. Fresh formulated it’s Sake Bath with over 38% sake, and one user on their website who added it to her bath swears, “My body instantly went calm and relaxed.” Not unlike how we feel after imbibing some real sake, right?
100% Pure uses sake in its Brightening Scrub & Mask. In fact, a lot of brands use sake-derived kojic acid for it’s brightening and skin-evening properties.
If you have freckles, age spots, or just need to brighten and even out your skin, it’s a good ingredient to look for for gentle, regular exfoliation.
We hope you found this information useful (and found an excuse to indulge in some sake — it’s good for your skin!).
Let us know in the comments how you’ll be celebrating National Sake Day… and if you’ve tried or love any of the products we mentioned here.
If simple, well-formulated skincare products and effective spa services are your thing, then you’ll love spending Spa Week at Fresh!
Known for their products scented and formulated with skin-friendly ingredients that everyone loves (sugar, anyone?!), Fresh locations also offer pampering spa services — and you can get a fantastic facial for just $50 during Spa Week!
Fresh is offering 3 facial treatments for 2013 Spa Week April 15-21. See all the Fresh locations offering Spa Week treatments and book yours here.
It’s been a balmy 90-100 degrees in New York City nearly every day the past week, and let’s just say we’re all feeling less than Fresh. Luckily, cosmetic and skincare company Fresh took note and parked a fabulous Beauty Cleanse Truck out on the streets to deliver some refreshments to the masses.
What exactly does that mean? It means free samples of the amazing Fresh Soy Face Cleanser, as well as Blueprint Cleanse Spicy Lemonade samples. You just have to stop by, say hi, and you’ll walk away with the goods.
TODAY, Wednesday July 25th, visit them from 11am to 7pm in Union Square on Broadway between 17th and 18th St.
TOMORROW, Thursday July 26th, visit them on Bleecker Street outside Magnolia Bakery.
By Shauna Mei, Spa Week’s Intellectual Well Being Expert
While we are all spoiling our sweethearts on Valentine’s Day, I wanted to take a minute and remind everyone that the most important person you have to LOVE is yourself. Loving yourself results in drawing positive energy towards you and to those around you… by the law of attraction, the right kind of love will find you. Take the time each day to feel beautiful. Here are some tips, along with my picks for the products and gadgets to make it happen.
You can easily practice The Law of Attraction with the help of our dear friend Deepak Chopra! Deepak taught me meditation and since I’ve been practicing, it’s truly improved my life. AHAlife and Deepak created this innovative mp3 player in a compact button (that you can wear on your shirt) which you can listen to it for 30 minute per day and begin to practice The Law of Attraction! Buy the button here.
My dear friend Rachel Roy created the chicest clutch with a statement to live by. Projecting kindness and happiness is inviting it into your own life! This is a great “love yourself and love the world” statement piece! Buy the clutch here.
My latest beauty obsession is the Crème Ancienne collection by Fresh. The one of a kind line was derived from an ancient formula used to healed gladiator wounds. The recipe has been re-worked with the help of monks in the Czech Republic who hand mix and bottle the delicate cream! Discover the story here; it doesn’t get better than this!
For the loved one in your life, create an experience that you’ll love too with Daniel Boulud’s exclusive Valentine’s Day picnic. It’s cold outside and what’s better than a lovely evening indoors and picnic by candlelight? Your picnic is here.
We’re all bombarded with too much email and communication… why not give your loved one and yourself a special phone dedicated solely to each other? That way you don’t have to screen any more calls, right? Leave the iPhone at home and set yourself free! I love this, the World’s Simplest Phone.
