A New Breed
Hotels aren’t just for getaways or the occasional business meeting. Some of the country’s leading hotels are opening their doors to compete with the spa specialists, taking pampering to a whole new level
By Siobhan Flynn | April 01, 2009
We all have our "team" — hairdresser, facialist and even surgeon. While you may stray to unknown waters for a massage or manicure it takes a lot of recommendations for most to risk their face. A new breed in hotel spas is changing that, no longer just a respite for weary travelers, some of today’s hotel spas offer the latest technology and top of their game estheticians.
The Four Seasons Hotel, Beverly Hills:
Surrender to esthetician Dallas’s brutal but much needed advice and you’ll soon see why tough love works here. Although initially alarming, Dallas’s prognosis of your skin is then soothed by a facial that literally erases all remnants of bad habits. The “Fire and Ice” is a luxurious, intensive clinical treatment designed to resurface skin rapidly and safely. Serums and creams, with aromas of warm cinnamon spice and cool peppermint, complement precise combinations of two professional treatment masks.
Dallas offers a manual to achieve beautiful skin that is so simple: a good home routine and a monthly facial with her making it no longer necessary to decipher the continual onslaught of beauty advice. Just sit back and place your skin care in Dallas’s highly capable hands.
As with everything Four Seasons the service is excellent with spa manager Derek Hoffman accommodating your every whim.
Fact: The Spa at the Four Seasons Beverly Hills has a clientele that is over 80% local.
Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles
300 South Doheny Drive, Los Angeles, California 90048
310-786-2259
The Peninsula Beverly Hills
The Peninsula Beverly Hills has introduced an acupuncture facial. Licensed Acupuncturist Elana Rosenberg, who earned a Masters in Acupuncture at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York, administers this unique revitalizing treatment, without surgery or drugs can enjoy amazing improvement in the appearance of wrinkles, fine lines and skin tone. Based on procedures that were practiced by Concubines of the Chinese Emperor in 916 A.D., Elana places tiny painless acupuncture needles at various points on the face, which stimulates blood flow, collagen and elastin production.
Fact: The acupuncture facial reduces stress and boosts a sense of wellbeing.
The Peninsula Beverly Hills
9882 South Santa Monica Boulevard Beverly Hills, California 90212
310 975 2854
The Ritz Carlton, Maui
The Ritz Carlton, Maui has a spa where you can take care of all your beauty needs despite being far from home. It is completely in tune with the magic of the island, lie back and surrender your skin to its experienced therapists. The Brightening Facial Infusion is a luxurious marriage of state of the art oxygen technology and restorative relaxation. A unique experience with instant results you can see and feel.
Fact: With the waves crashing outside it doesn’t get better than this.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Kapalua
One Ritz-Carlton Drive, Kapalua, Hawaii 96761 USA
(808) 669-6200
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pacific palisades, california | 10:33pm on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010 | would love to book appt. w/estiristian |
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