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| - OMFG! If I were super rich and had money coming out of my butt, I would go here on a weekly basis. I normally don't patronize places like this because it's way out of my budget but since I had a gift card, I finally decided to use it (a year later!). I decided on the "Ultimate Facial." It was an "everything that they could practically do to your face other than using lasers or skin resurfacing stuff" facial. It was priced at $220 for 80 minutes. BUT...if you're a local, the current promo is that if you go there from Monday through Thursday you get 30% off! Friday through Sunday it's currently 20% off. Letting you all know, they tack on the 18% gratuity to your bills so you don't even have to tip your therapist as soon as your treatment is done.
So I get there 25 minutes early so I can explore the spa. Sweet. Appointment was a 9am, I'm there at 835am. And apparently...I'm the only one there. Quiet. Serene. Tranquil. Good. Nobody to bother me. Once you walk in and check in, you're led to a staircase down where someone greets you with slippers and your locker room key. Once you're in the women's area, you don't even know where to begin. The locker room/changing area is like a very upscale locker room. There's even a changing room if you're modest and don't want to reveal your nakedness. In your locker and a soft plush robe waiting for you. In this women's area, there is a dry sauna, a steam room, a Jacuzzi and a lounge. In this lounge, there are assorted beverages which also include hot tea and coffee. There's also fruit and assorted snacks. The women's lounge area has fancy chairs and a couch and a bunch of magazines. This area also has really large shower rooms that are equipped with shampoo, conditioner and shaving cream. Their vanity area has individual dressing tables which have sanitized combs and hair dryers. The bathroom/sink area has lotion, soap, package toothpaste, toothbrushes, mouthwash, tampons, pads, and Kleenex. When you pay for a treatment you have full use of these amenities for the whole day.
So I enjoy my bottled water, magazines and sit there and wait for my therapist. She shows up...at close to 9:10am. (So I'm early but she's late?) She greets me and leads me to her treatment room but in order to cut through, we tours me through the outdoor lounge area and the co-ed area (both empty and quiet). My treatment was fabulous. The facial itself was good. I have no idea what products she used, but my face was in dire need of a good cleansing and I felt she did a great job. She was very talkative but in a good way. You could tell she pretty much was responding to my big mouth. While I had one of my mud masks on, she then did a neck, shoulder, hand and foot massage. It wasn't bad, but it was okay. (I think I'm used to the pressure of the old Chinese lady and the foot massage place.) All in all, it must have been pretty good because she said I fell asleep as soon as she started massaging my feet.
I regret not bringing my bathing suit and I regret not carving out more time to be there. Apparently, you can also use the swimming pool and if you want to make a day of it, you can even order food and have it delivered. After my therapist escorted me out, there was one other guest waiting for her therapist and...that was it. No one else. So I sat in the steam room for about 10 minutes, followed by letting my feet dangle in the Jacuzzi before I prepared myself to go home.
Would I come here again? Heck yes!! But give me a gift card for it!! :D And yes, I would recommend this to locals. They love us (or at least that's what their marketing tells me!)
Bonus: It's about 10 minutes away from my house.
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