Spa Week returns: Goodbye, stress; hello, bargain
Picture yourself draped in warm towels, being massaged with aromatic oils as soft music pipes into the room. Sound like too much of a luxury right now? It's not — if you book your treatment during Spa Week.
The promotion, which runs from April 11 through 17, offers $50 massages, facials and other beauty treatments at 17 salons and spas in Westchester and Rockland — and about 900 other sites across the country. Many of the featured treatments usually cost between $100 and $500, which means you're getting a really deep discount, plus the chance to try something new without spending big bucks.
Curious about those Intense Pulsed Light treatments that promise to zap age spots? Try the IPL hand treatment at Pretty Face Medi Spa in Montrose. Wish you could look fresh-faced for spring? Book a Retin-A facial with a collagen mask at Euro Laser Services in Rye. Want your man to feel pampered too? Get him a gentleman's facial at Lord & Taylor Salon & Spa in Eastchester.
We found the details on a handful of treatments offered at salons and spas in the Lower Hudson Valley, but there are plenty of other local options.
Just be sure to book your treatment now, before the best deals sell out. For all the info on Spa Week bargains across the country — and details on buying Spa Week gift cards — go to www.spaweek.com
50-minute Spa Week Stress Melter, Red Door Spa, White Plains
The deal: Usually costs $235 (with a 50-minute massage).
What it promises to do: This three-part body treatment will get you and your tired, dry skin and scalp ready for spring and warmer weather. The goal is to get you totally relaxed, too. For men and women.
What to expect: First you head for the changing area to get into your robe and slippers, and then you're put into an individual treatment room. They start with a dry, invigorating full-body exfoliation — perfect for getting rid of dead skin from this endless winter. Next is a body wrap (in Mylar) with aromatherapuetic oils, followed by a light scalp massage.
Owner Linda Nicolo sits next to the Alma Advanced Fluorescent Technology IPL, or intense pulsed light, machine used in skin treatments at the Pretty Face Medi Spa in Montrose. / Mark Vergari/The Journal News
The Stress Melter at Red Door Spa in White Plains will get your winter-weary skin and scalp ready for spring. The three-step treatment, demonstrated above by Keri Cardinale on colleague Tabitha Nesteruck, consists of a full-body exfoliation, an aromatherapuetic body wrap and a light scalp massage. / Tania Savayan/The Journal News
Glowing skin is the goal of the 50-minute Retin-A Facial with Collagen Mask, offered by Euro Laser Services in Rye. "You will look like you had 15 hours of sleep and just came back from vacation," says the spa's owner, Liz Di Bartolo, who is pictured undergoing the treatment under the hands of Wendy DeGiacomo of Euro Laser Services. / Tania Savayan/The Journal News
Among the Spa Week services offered at Cherylyn Salon North in Armonk, where the whole environment is designed to pamper clients, is a 50-minute Chinese reflexology treatment of the feet, which is designed to reduce stress and tension and to increase energy throughout the body. / Carucha L. Meuse/The Journal News
NEWS Spa pampering is not just for women, as Matteo Orilia was happy to demonstrate by undergoing the Gentleman's Skin Treatment at Lord & Taylor Salon & Spa in Eastchester. / Tania Savayan/The Journal News
