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February 7th, 2012
Spas are turning up the romance this month with indulgent packages perfect for you and your partner. If you’ve been looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day gift, we say head to the spa. Here are a few of our favorites.
Check out our Valentine's Day beauty gift wishlist, too!
California:
JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa, Palm Desert
If you love candy hearts, you’ll love this pair of Valentine’s Day treatments, which infuses the familiar candy scent into the ingredients. The Sweetheart Sugar Scrub (60 minutes, $135) uses sugar, Vitamin B-5 and aloe vera to hydrate the skin, while the Sweetheart Valentine Massage (60 minutes, $135) is performed with a candy-scented massage oil. Available through February 29, 2012, desertspringsresort.com
Silverado Resort and Spa, Napa Valley
The Create Your Own Romance package at this Napa Valley retreat includes a stay in a one-bedroom fireplace suite, a bottle of sparkling wine, breakfast for two and a choice of one of the following: three-course dinner for two, a 50-minute couples massage, four-hour limousine wine tour or a hot-air balloon ride. From $679 per night, valid through February 29, 2012, silveradoresort.com
The Mission Inn Hotel & Spa, Riverside
Treat yourself to a Chocolate Raspberry Facial (50 minutes, $115) at the hotel’s Kelly’s Spa, which includes a sonic cleansing, a rosehip, maize and honey steam treatment, and raspberry and chocolate mousse masks. Valid through March 15, 2012, kellysspa.com
Florida:
Turnberry Isle, Miami
Escape the harsh winter in sunny Miami, Florida at the 300-acre Turnberry Isle Resort. The Bubbly Romance package includes one night’s stay, champagne and strawberries, a couples’ massage and breakfast in bed. From $699, valid February 10-15, 2012, turnberryislemiami.com
Hawaii:
Ka’anapali Beach Hotel, Maui
The Island Romance Package is perfect for turning your Valentine’s Day gift into a full-fledged Hawaiian spa vacation. It includes accommodations for five nights, daily breakfast, a pair of massages or facials, a rental car for exploring the island and more. $2,039, valid through January 3, 2013, kbhmaui.com
Las Vegas:
ARIA Resort & Spa
The Romance package comes with two nights in a Tower Suite (with panoramic Strip views), two spa passes, two in-room massages and a personalized in-room aromatherapy bath. From $830, valid throughout 2012, arialasvegas.com
Trump International Hotel Las Vegas
Take a romantic bath to the next level with the Bubbles & Bliss Romance Package, which includes a night in a luxury studio suite, a pair of classic massages and a post-treatment bubble bath drawn by your Bath Butler. The best part: the oversized Jacuzzi bathtub overlooks the entire Strip. From $488, valid through February 29, 2012, trumplasvegashotel.com
Nationwide:
Kimpton Hotels
Sneak away for a night to one of Kimpton Hotels’ 50 locations. The Robe-mance package includes a night’s accommodation, a $25 dining credit and a pair of Turkish bathrobes in funky leopard or zebra stripe print, which you get to take home with you. It’ll be a great reminder of your Valentine’s Day adventure. From $269, valid through February 29, 2012, kimptonhotels.com
New York:
Mandarin Oriental, New York City
Have you ever wanted to have an entire spa to yourself? The Midnight Magic Over Manhattan package includes exclusive access to the resort’s VIP Spa Suite, a two-hour signature massage and a private lobster and champagne dinner. $1,750, valid February 12-14, 2012, mohg.com
North Carolina:
The Ritz-Carlton, Charlotte
Now this is a splurge: The 14-Carat Chocolate Package includes two nights in The Ritz-Carlton suite, a private dessert cooking class at Cocoa’s Cocoa Lab Kitchen, a Champagne & Chocolate All-Dessert dinner, a LeVian 14K White Gold and Chocolate Diamond Pendant Necklace, brunch, chocolate-inspired treatments at the spa, and limousine service to and from the airport. $14,000, valid weekends throughout February, ritzcarlton.com
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January 17th, 2012
The rigorous routines on Dancing With the Stars have done wonders for the bodies of celebs like Kirstie Alley, Kelly Osbourne, and Ricki Lake. Now civilians can get in on the waist-whittling action with real-life lessons from leggy DWTS regular, Karina Smirnoff. The reigning Dancing With the Stars champion (who last partnered with actor J.R. Martinez) will be on hand at California's Golden Door Spa from February 8-10 for a special Dance Week. She’ll be teaching moves from her DanceFIT program, which is designed for all fitness and skill levels, so even the coordination-challenged among us will still have fun – and get a great workout. In addition, you’ll receive the spa’s incredible treatments, organic cuisine and super-luxe accommodations.
The full Dance Week runs February 5-12. Rates start from $7,750.
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December 6th, 2011
Craft beer lovers flock to the breweries of Denver, and now spa-lovers in the mile high city can get in on the action too! The Spa at The Ritz-Carlton, Denver just unveiled the new Mile High Malt Scrub & Microbrew Massage, a multi-step treatment using beer from the local Great Divide Brewing Company.
Why not just drink the beer rather than have it mixed into your treatment ingredients? Well, according to spa director Amelia Winfrey, beer has one of the highest energy contents of any food or drink, which helps improve circulation. Other benefits: dark beer is packed with antioxidants that help reverse cellular damage, and B vitamins found in the malt help repair damaged hair.
The treatment (75 minutes, $200) includes a Vichy shower, full-body malt scrub, stout beer body mask, shampoo and scalp massage, and a full-body massage with beer foam mixed into various moisturizers. And for those still asking why they can’t just drink the beer – don’t worry, you’ll enjoy tastings during the treatment, and when you’re finished, you get to take home a sampling of all the brew used. This is one unique treatment we’re excited to try out!
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December 2nd, 2011
Looking for a last minute getaway? Why not spend the holidays in sunny Bermuda? The “Christmas in Bermuda” package at the Elbow Beach resort includes four nights’ accommodation, daily breakfast, a shopping trip to the capital city of Hamilton, a visit to the Gingerbread Villa, and brunch with a visit from Santa on Christmas Day. Also included: a pair of Winter Beach Bliss Rituals at The Spa at Elbow Beach, which includes a foot ritual, ESPA salt scrub, mineral sea salt bath and full-body hot stone massage. $2,705 for two people, valid from December 23-27, 2011
Still need to get some holiday shopping done? Hit up the retail shops at San Jose, California’s Santana Row, then indulge and spend a night (or a weekend) at the Hotel Valencia Santana Row. To celebrate the opening of its brand new InSpa, the “Shop, Stay & Be Pampered Package” includes contemporary accommodations, a $100 gift certificate to InSpa and breakfast at Citrus restaurant the following morning. Use your spa credit to soothe sore shopping muscles with a deep tissue massage. From $335 per room, valid throughout 2011 and 2012
If someone says unlimited spa treatments to us, we’re there! The “Endless Spa” package at The Sky Lodge in Park City, Utah, is offering just that. The package includes three nights’ in a one-bedroom suite, daily breakfast, and an unlimited number of select Japanese-influenced treatments at the onsite Amatsu spa. On the menu: bamboo massages, facials, purifying body treatments, manicures, pedicures and more. Bonus: Every treatment comes with a soak in a Japanese-style ofuro tub. Package from $425 per night, valid through December 15, 2011
More “sweet” holiday specials: Hot cocoa butlers and rooms from $199 The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain and a chocolate festival and discounted rooms at St. Lucia’s Jade Mountain from December 9-12, 2011. Enjoy!
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November 23rd, 2011
California’s super swank Beverly Wilshire has teamed up with Spanish skincare line Natura Bissé (one of our EIC Susan’s faves!) to launch A Taste of Beauty, a new (and pricey) concept that combines spa treatments and fine dining.
The concept starts with a 90-minute head-to-toe spa experience, which includes a calming welcome inhalation of essential oils, a carboxitherapy treatment (a technique that uses CO2 to produce an explosion of oxygen to refresh the face), a chakra-balancing marine and mint infusion, black magic body scrub, cyro lavendar mask and a diamond experience lotion application.
The culinary experience – a private, seven-course meal prepared by the hotel’s renown executive chef Gilles Arzur – complements the spa treatments you received with dishes like the Marine & Mint Inspiration (scallops over mint jelly) and the Black Magic Croquette (sepia-ink flavored risotto croquette). Spa touches continue throughout the meal as you inhale essential oils paired with each of the dishes.
At $1,500 per person, the experience is definitely a splurge. Would you do it?
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November 22nd, 2011
Sandy Lane was one of our Dream Spas of the Week about a month ago – and with good reason: the 112-room Barbados resort fronts a gorgeous white sand beach, and its Spa at Sandy Lane is one of the best in the Caribbean.
The spa recently introduced a couple of new treatments that highlight the island’s local culture and ingredients, including the Bajan Head Massage. The 30-minute treatment begins with a deep inhalation of Aromatherapy Associates Frankincens oil, followed by a hair and scalp conditioning with Signature Bajan Hari Oil (made with rosemary, geranium, ylang ylang and Murumuru butter – all local specialities). Up next is a pressure point-focused head massage, followed by a lymphatic drainage over the entire scalp. After just finishing up production of our Winter issue (which will be on newsstands December 27), we could all go for one of these!
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November 14th, 2011
Our Silver Sage Reader’s Choice winner for Best Resort Spa Brand is giving us another reason why it’s one of our faves. Kicking off today and going through Friday, November 18, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts will be sharing wellness advice with all of us in honor of its first ever Four Seasons Global Spa Week.
The brand’s global network of spa professionals have joined forces to create the “Curators of Calm” group, and they’ll be on hand all week on Twitter to share wellness advice and answer your questions. Follow @FourSeasons on Twitter (and while you're there follow us, too!) and use hash tag #FSSpa to chat with the Curators of Calm. Here’s the schedule:
November 15 – 3:00 pm EST – Just for Men
November 16 – 10:00 pm EST – Art of Massage
November 17 – 5:00 pm EST – Need for Speed
November 18 – 1:00 pm EST – Beyond Transformation
If you can make it to a Four Seasons near you, book a 60-minute treatment with your American Express credit card and you’ll receive 30 extra minutes free. Happy Global Spa Week!
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November 1st, 2011
There’s plenty to do in Napa Valley this month, including the first-ever Napa Valley Film Festival (November 9-13) and the Flavor! Napa Valley food and wine festival (November 17-20). To celebrate both events, boutique hotel Milliken Creek Inn & Spa is offering a Film Festival & Flavor! Special which gives guests a $75 spa credit with any reservation booked between November 6-23. We’d go for an aromatherapy massage (75 minutes, $160) or continue a weekend of wine tasting with the grapeseed body polish (90 minutes, $210). Valid November 6-23, 2011
For anyone who has ever wished for more hours in the day, the Victoria-Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa in Interlaken, Switzerland, is making that notion come true. With the 30-Hour Day Package, each night booked will last 30 hours rather than 24: meaning if you check in at 5pm, you’ll accrue an extra night free of charge! Spend the extra time at the hotel’s spa, hopping between sauna’s or lounging in the fireplace-lit Candle Lounge. Rates from $384 per person per night, valid through December 23, 2011
The Soufriere area of St. Lucia has many great health benefits – mineral springs, mud baths, surrounding world-class spas – so it’s no wonder the island chose this location to be home to the first ever Health & Wellness Retreat. This November 17-20, fitness and wellness experts (including Feng Shui consultant William Spear and Canyon Ranch Medical Director Dr. Stephen Brewer) will convene to lead a retreat full of lectures, workshops, yoga classes, kayaking and snorkeling excursions and more. Several surrounding resorts (including the Jalouise Plantation and Anse Chastanet) will offer deals on accommodation. November 17-20, 2011, $1,000 per person
Other great November happenings: A fourth night free at Ceiba Del Mar Beachfront Resort & Wellness Spa in the Riviera Maya (Rest & Relax Fourth Night Free Package) and a Detox Retox Yoga Beach Retreat at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach (November 4-6).
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September 30th, 2011
Maine is one of the prettiest places to witness fall foliage, and Kennebunkport’s Hidden Pond resort and Tree Spa makes it easy to be right in the middle of it. Treatment rooms at the resort’s Tree Spa are in actual tree houses (pictured), connected to each other by bridges cut through the forest. The Autumn Indulgence Package includes two nights in one of Hidden Pond’s 16 cottage bungalows, dinner for two at Earth, the onsite farm-to-fork restaurant, two spa treatments from the Tree Spa, and a selection of season Maine food and beverage treats upon check-in. From $599.50 per person, valid through October 31, 2011
For a fall-inspired family getaway, head to The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia. Inspired by “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” the Great Pumpkin Weekends Package includes overnight accommodations, pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating, ghost stories around a forest campfire and a $25 resort credit per night. While the kids are having their fun, you can enjoy one of the seasonal spa treatments at the 27,000 square foot spa, like a Pumpkin Spice Facial or Vanilla Latte Manicure and Pedicure. Rooms from $305 per night, available for Saturday stays throughout October
We’re excited fall is here, but those suffering from end of summer blues should head to the sunny Caribbean and the all-inclusive Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa on St. Lucia. The resort’s Kai Mer Spa has just been renovated: there are three new oceanside treatment cabanas, a new product line from Sothy’s of Paris and lots of new treatments like the Pineapple Mango Facial, using mango cream and pineapple extract serum. The Fall Spa Retreat package includes accommodations, all meals and drinks, two spa treatments and daily fitness classes. From $136 per person per night, valid through November 19, 2011
Spend a couple days improving your health and fitness during the Golden Door Spa Park City’s Wellness Weekend, October 28-30 in Park City, Utah. The intimate weekend (only 15 spots are available!) will include customized health and fitness assessments, an appointment with naturopathic physician Dr. Trevor Holly Cates, a spa treatment, guided hikes and yoga and cooking classes, plus lush accommodations at the Waldorf Astoria Park City. $1,160 per person, October 28-30
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September 13th, 2011
You may not immediately think Arizona when you hear the word bourbon, but the JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa in Scottsdale doesn’t seem to mind. Trudy Thomas, the resort’s Director of Beverages, comes to Arizona by way of bourbon-loving Kentucky, and has spearheaded the resort-wide celebration of National Bourbon Heritage Month this September.
What’s in it for us? Thomas worked with The Spa at Camelback Inn director Kelli Ziegler to create a pair of decadent, bourbon-inspired spa treatments.
The Hot Toddy Body Treatment (60 minutes, $165) includes a brown sugar and bourbon flavored body scrub, followed by a body wrap, scalp massage and Vichy shower. The Mint Julep Manicure (25 minutes, $39) brings a twist of mint to the traditional spa manicure (think warm mint-scented towels and mint-infused lotion), and it comes paired with a Strawberry Mint Julep, made with organic mint from the onsite garden and you guessed it … the beloved bourbon.
Another bonus: guests receive $50 off any one-hour spa service on Monday-Thursday throughout the month of September! For more information, visit camelbackinn.com.
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