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| - My first trip to the Camelback Inn Spa was a few years ago, but the wonderful experience I had has stayed with me and made me dream of the day when I can go back. (Soon, I keep telling myself, soon!)
It was my first time EVER to a spa. So, yes, I was a spa virgin. And, let's not kid ourselves, I was kind of nervous. (Who wouldn't be on their first time?!) I didn't know what to expect. Was I suppose to take off all my clothes and have complete strangers see me naked? Yikes! But of course, they're professionals. I was just unsure of the protocol. Not to worry. I went with the flow. Something I usually have a hard time doing. But, hey, it was a spa. I was suppose to be relaxing, right?
What made the experience so great were the people. Everyone was very kind, not snooty, as can be the case in some places in the greater Phoenix area (I won't name names). The place was clean, calming and comfortable -- what I like to call the three C's of a great spa experience.
The spa treatment I selected was the Aromatherapy Tea Wrap. It was divine! The aesthetician starts by applying a green tea serum all over your body, and then she wraps you up in warm sheets steamed in fresh herbs. For about thirty minutes your as snug as a bug in a rug. You also get a nice scalp massage followed by a cooling cucumber mask. After I was unmummified, she slathered a luxurious green tea lotion all over me and sent me off to bask in the glow of my first spa experience. And let me tell you, I felt like I was in heaven! I was the most relaxed I have ever been in my entire life!
The overall experience was magical, to say the least. This place was able to take a tense, slightly neurotic, workaholic and turn her into a ultra-relaxed, go-with-the-flow, euphoric-feeling spa girl. I'll be back, I promise!
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