Caudalie Vinothérapie® Spas have added to their spa family opening their fifth spa in the beautiful new Yeatman Hotel in Oporto, Portugal. While I haven't yet experienced it (the spa opened last week, hotel opened 26 September), reading their website, brochure and looking at the pictures has me wanting to pack my bags for my [...]
Celebrate with a $50 spa treatment at participating spas this week on the East Coast, Monday 11th- Sunday 17th October.  West Coast Spa Week was in September. Visit the Spa Week website for information and participating spas/offers.  Started in NY in 2004, Spa Week is now in 29 cities across North America with over 700 participating [...]
THE Spa & the Skincare It all started with the grape seed discovery. While at the vineyard in '93, Bordeaux University of Pharmacy Professor, Joseph Vercauteren, mentioned to the Cathiard's daughter, Mathilde Cathiard-Thomas, as he saw grape seeds being thrown out that they were throwing away 'veritable treasures.' Professor Vercauteren had just been the first [...]
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to enjoy a half day at The Spa at the Mandarin Oriental, Washington DC. This was my second spa experience at a Mandarin. They have 42 hotels around the world, half have spas. The hotels and spas pride themselves on being luxury properties linked to their oriental roots with [...]
I just had my first 'doctor fish' manicure and pedicure at the new "The Original Dr. Fish" in Amsterdam. This latest trend in the spa world started in2006 in Japan and has been spreading slowly around the world since. Its a cosmetic hands and feet treatment where the little 2 inch doctor fish suck on [...]