Later the women scoop up goody bags stuffed with diamond earrings and four-figure day spa gift certificates.
By then, she had left her job at the day spa and was giving facials in her apartment.
The goal is to avoid the kind of experience Candace Combs recently had with her day spa, In-Symmetry.
After she arrived in the U.S. from Russia in 2002, she went to beauty school and did facials at a suburban day spa.
From single day spa experiences to weekends away in sun-kissed luxury, there are options to suit a range of different preferences and budget expectations.
Pirates in need of a pampering can invade the on-site Hollis Cosmetics and Day Spa for facials and massages, or to wax their Blackbeards.
When Susan Lewis visited a Manhattan day spa, she was all set for a deep-tissue massage and some "quiet and relaxation, " says the 42-year-old film producer in New York.
Return in the evening for a bottle of wine or cider in your room, and receive 50% off up to two 90-minute cocoa butter body-wrap treatments at the Vie Day Spa.
The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa (San Antonio, TX) is offering a special Tax Day Retreat spa treatment until April 30.
Inspired by a local Victorian bathhouse that closed in 1986 after nearly 90 years, the Barking Bathhouse is a no-frills, low-tech and sustainable version of a modern day luxury spa and bar.
The goal is to "try to attract our guest to come and visit the spa every day, " says Angel Stewart, the resort's spa consultant.
From massages to facials, a spa day equals relaxation and escape from the day to day.
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"It's not about fluffy slippers and fluffy robes, and a full day at the spa, " Shiri Sarfati, Repechage's executive vice president, explained.
"I bought a spa day from Groupon which included a massage, glass of bubbly and full use of the facilities, " she said.
The choice of reading material is important for a home spa day.
She said she's offering the winning salesperson a spa day.
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"It takes a bit more choreography than the average room, but if a guest arrives at 4 p.m. for an overnight stay and checks out by noon the next day, we can still offer the spa suite as a 'day package' to another hotel guest, or a resident of the area or someone with a few hours' layover, " thereby increasing revenue.
You could pull into Calistoga and get yourself a mudbath (you still can), but that whole spa-day thing?
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That is because the dog spa and day-care center, Wag Club, was located on the first floor of her Brooklyn apartment building, One Brooklyn Bridge Park.
It also has a spa, a day hotel, a business center and, of course, karaoke.
At last year's Karlovy Vary film festival, the Czech spa town hosted a two-day seminar on Kazakh films which reignited western appreciation.
Groupon offers coupons to its subscribers, which give them discount deals that are available that day only on anything from restaurant meals to spa treatments.
While there are some day treatments, only overnight guests can take full advantage of the spa's many programs, including guided hikes and wellness classes.
Enter the Surrender Retreat, a four-day program at Montage in which clients let the experts--the spa staff--determine the best treatments and services for them, rather than cherry-picking from some strange-sounding names on a menu.
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