Holiday Spa Treatments & DIY Beauty Recipes

Holiday Spa Treatments

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Thanksgiving has come and gone, which means the holiday season has officially arrived! Put up your decorations, finish your shopping, but remember, during this notoriously stressful season you should still take some time out to take care of yourself. Check out these yuletide-inspired treatments:

Pamper your toes at the Remède Spa at the St. Regis San Francisco with a Peppermint Pedi (60 minutes, $90), a spin on the traditional pedicure that includes a glycolic peel and massage with holiday-scented essential oils.

The peppermint goodness continues at California’s Spa at Hotel Healdsburg, where the Lavender Peppermint Restorative Massage (50 minutes, $125) includes a rubdown with lavender butter from the nearby Matanzas Creek Estate Lavender Garden and a detoxifying and balancing warm compress of Himalayan salt, lavender and peppermint strategically placed on your body’s meridian lines.

The Santa Claus Treat (80 minutes, $366) at The Spa by Six Senses at the Hotel Arts Barcelona in Spain includes a chai tea honey scrub, warm green clay cocoon wrap (with cinnamon and orange oils) and a relaxing massage.

Post holiday season, book three of the Mandarin Oriental, New York’s customized facials (everything from vitamin infusions to collagen building) as part of The Holiday Recovery Facial Series — and save 10% off the total price.

If you can’t make it to any of these spas, you can still get in on the holiday beauty goodness at home! Erika Katz, beauty expert and author of Bonding Over Beauty, shared with us one of her favorite at-home holiday body scrub recipes, made with brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Click here for the recipe!