Gently exfoliate with these DIY fruity facial masks while sipping on a perfectly paired cocktail. Hold on there girlfriend! As much as you might be itching for a facial scouring, resist the urge to over-exfoliate. While most do-it-yourself scrubs are perfectly lovely for your body, they can be too harsh for your face. Coarse sea […]
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Make it Yourself! Valley Ho’s French 75 Facial & Cocktail
Recreate a swanky spa experience at home with Hotel Valley Ho’s French 75 Facial and Cocktail. VH Spa for Vitality + Health at Hotel Valley Ho in Old Town Scottsdale is known for its hip vibe and hypnotic spa services. Case in point, their cocktail-inspired French 75 Facial is 60 minutes of blissful facial botanicals […]
Mmm! Spa-inspired Cocktails, Mocktails & Smoothies
Hydrating, satisfying drinks inspired by the spas. Proper hydration is obviously an important aspect to staying healthy—especially when you’re knee-deep in sweltering desert air. But water can be, well, boring. So we looked to the spas for tasty, healthy drinks (okay, and a few that aren’t so healthy but hey, it’s hot out!) that keep […]
The Dirt Cheap Home Spa Facial in 4 Easy Steps!
An inexpensive, all-natural home spa facial to deeply cleanse and revive skin. Short on cash but longing for a spa indulgence? We’ve got you covered! This inexpensive, four-step home spa facial deeply cleanses and balances skin. Grab your green tea, crank up the relaxing tunes and let’s get spa-ing! Watch the segment live on ABC-15’s Sonoran Living […]
4 Super Easy DIY Spring Spa Treatments
Do-it-yourself home spa treatments that help with seasonal allergies and deep clean from nose to toes (and more)! It’s time to shed that dry, flakey winter skin and bring out the glow from within! From nose to knees, head to toes, these four super easy DIY spring spa treatments use seasonal fruits and easy-to-find herbs to transition you […]
Double Duty DIY: Mom and Me Homemade Skin Care
Do-it-yourself skincare lotions and potions for kids made with love and simple, natural ingredients. Let me start by saying that I’m not an expert on anything to do with kids. Nothing. Nada. And yet, I have one. He’s a super active, super spirited little 4-year-old who, through the adoption process, was placed with me and […]
3 Hot Spa Trends You Can Do at Home
A softer approach to exfoliation, slime stress balls and the latest nail color! What’s trending? Oh, just slimey stress-relieving goo, totally naked nails and weird spongy-like thingamajigs. Inspired by the latest social and spa trends, these home spa hacks will save you money and give your spirit a boost. Take a little time out and […]
4 Insanely Easy Beauty Uses for Baking Soda
Four home spa beauty treatments you can make with baking soda. Martha Stewart is always looking out for me. Okay, so she’s looking out for all of us and by all accounts, is a shrewd business empress and the queen all of things clean and crafty. But, I’ll just make this about me because I […]
4 Easy Epsom Salt Beauty Cures
The folks at Epsom Salt Council know more about us than we thought. Somehow, they tapped into the fact that football doesn’t rule our weekends and we would trade beers at the local sports bar for a yoga class with the girls, any day. We’re not sports snobs or anything, we just a love a […]
Spa Secrets for the Perfect Bath
Tips for the perfect home spa bathing experience. Taking a bath seems pretty straightforward: plug up the tub, turn on the faucet, squirt in the Mr. Bubble and hop in. While a bath can be so much more than just that, you also don’t have to go so far as creating a bathroom sanctuary dripping […]
Spring Training Spa Specials at Talking Stick Resort
The Spa at Talking Stick Resort celebrates spring training season with these specially priced spa services. Hear that? It’s the crack of a bat, which can only mean one thing: It’s Spring Training season in the Valley of the Sun! The Spa at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale is beckoning in the season with treatments for a luxurious […]
