THE GUIDEBOOK TO LUXURY RESORT, HOTEL AND DESTINATION SPAS
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HANDS AND FEET.
Manicures and pedicures are integral elements of the offerings of each spa. The reason is simple. Not only do manicures and pedicures leave you feeling indulged but your hands and feet will look good and feel silky to the touch. In addition to providing an essential component of fine grooming, manicures and pedicures often include the added benefit of a relaxing hand or foot massage, the soothing use of aromatherapy oils or any of more than a dozen other beneficial choices.
CHARDONNAY PEDICURE
Discover the benefits of grapes with this decadent vinotherapy using chardonnay grapes. This outdoor treatment starts with a glass of Bernardus Winery Chardonnay and cheese plate to enjoy while soaking your feet in chardonnay bubble bath, followed by a pure cane sugar and chardonnay grape seed scrub. Your feet are then massaged with chardonnay moisturizer to soothe, calm and tone the skin while providing anti-oxidant benefits. Your pedicure ends with a polish style finish of your choice.
- Bernardus Lodge
Carmel Valley, California
SUN REPAIR MANICURE
A facial for the hands with the power of marinederived products to exfoliate, ultra-hydrate and plump over-exposed hands.
- Longboat Key Club & Resort
Longboat Key, Florida
DELUXE SPA MANICURE
A luxurious citrus-based manicure including extensive treatment of nails and cuticles, hand exfoliant, arm and hand massage and, of course, your choice of polish. Add a hot paraffin wax dip and leave your skin feeling absolutely silky.
- Sedona Spa at Los Abrigados Resort
Sedona, Arizona
ICE CREAM PEDICURE
This "tasty" treatment provides complete refreshment for the senses. The pedicure features ice cream flavored bath products from MeBath! and consists of a soak in a flavored bath fizz, a chocolate sherbet flavored foot scrub and a foot mask in chocolate, marshmallow or caramel flavor followed by your choice of nail color. According to healer and astrologist Davine Del Valle, it's an ideal protocol for those who have a fiery edge like Aries, Leo and Sagittarius.
- Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Santa Monica, California
RIVER STONE PEDICURE
This pedicure begins with a soothing foot soak to soften skin and relieve stress. After a thorough exfoliation, warm stones are massaged into your feet and calves, rubbing out tension. Next comes a marine algae mask followed by a paraffin foot procedure. Nails are shaped, buffed and polished in your choice of color.
- Cheeca Lodge, Florida Keys
Key West, Florida
HEAD TO TOE
Unwind with hot tea and an herbal foot soak. Afterwards, moisturizing lotion is applied to your feet before they're dipped into a warm paraffin wax and wrapped in towels. Your head and neck are massaged and the treatment finishes with an hour of reflexology. This experience eases tension and promotes an overall sense of wellness.
- Sun Mountain Lodge
Winthrop, Washington
THE CRANWELL TRADITION
Your nails will be shaped, cuticles trimmed; hands and arms exfoliated and massaged. Your hands will then be dipped in soothing paraffin to seal in moisture and your nails polished to perfection.
- Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club
Lenox, Massachusetts
ESSENCE OF LAVENDER PEDICURE
This pedicure will restore your senses and soothe your soles with therapeutic lavender. The therapy begins with a relaxing lavender soak, exfoliation and hydrating mask. Then your feet are wrapped in heated scented towels and treated to a massage with nourishing lavender moisturizer.
- Seaview Resort & Spa
Galloway, New Jersey
WATERLEAF SPA PEDICURE
This treatment turns an ordinary pedicure into an extraordinary spa experience and begins with an effervescent pedicure tablet with sanitizing Chloramine-T, white tea tree oil and thymol. Moisturizing leaves are then added to the water to protect and soften your feet. You have the choice of three different fragrances: papaya green tea, Tuscan citrus herb or milk and honey.
- The Waterleaf Spa at Skamania Lodge
Stevenson, Washington
CHOCOLATE MANICURE
Hands are pampered with a milk soak that whitens the nails. Nails are shaped, followed by a stimulating chocolate sugar scrub to exfoliate. Hands and arms are then treated to a delicious chocolate mint massage.
- Claremont Resort & Spa
Berkeley, California
COOLING HAND & FOOT TREATMENT
A relaxing therapy, it nurtures the parts of your body that work the hardest. Your hands and feet will be gently exfoliated and then treated with a tingling Peppermint Masque. A cooling Cucumber Butter massage follows.
- Bishop's Lodge Ranch Resort & Spa
Santa Fe, New Mexico
SEA SPA PEDICURE
Intense therapy for feet in need, a foaming sea soak and scrub starts the renewal process followed by an AHA callus removal treatment to smooth even the roughest spots. A hydrating, conditioning marine mask and restorative foot massage complete the procedure.
- The Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa
Litchfield Park, Arizona
