Spa Turns
Sun Herald
Sunday February 28, 1999
The latest trend in health and beauty is designed to make you feel good inside and out.
Even if you can't afford to spend your day (and money) indulging in one of today's greatest luxuries, why not try the less expensive treatments offered in Sydney's most lavish hideaways?
These $30 deals will sooth your frazzled nerves in less than an hour and allow you to boast about being pampered by Sydney's best.
Rejuvenate Day Spa
Shop 1, 1-7 Rangers Road
Neutral Bay 02 9904 9133
Hydrotherapy Aroma Spa
20 mins
Rejuvenate has created a new world with three specially themed rooms - The Roman Room, The French Provincial Room and The Tribal Room. Sip on herbal teas is while you wait in the Rejuvenation Room. Then the treatment begins. Travel out of your tired body in a relaxing spa bath laced with essential oils, soothing salts and rose petals.
This is the ultimate in relaxation. Highly personalised service and privacy ensure you will take this little piece of heaven with you even after your treatment.
Heaven Scent
243 Oxford Street
Bondi Junction 02 9369 3372
Pedicure
One hour
Truly heaven sent, this is an all-in-one beauty stop. It offers spa, hair and beauty treatments in luxurious surroundings at affordable prices. Give your much-abused feet a treat with the pedicure. The first step to feet happiness is exfoliation with a peppermint scrub. A nice warm soak in the foot spa before your nails are cut, filed, buffed, massaged and painted. Wow!
Fuss salons and spa
Paddington 02 9331 7166
Neutral Bay 02 9909 2400
Mini Facial and Algae Face Wrap
30 mins
Fuss caters for busy people and while most clients are women, this spa is also geared for men. The emphasis is on complete relaxation with essential oils burning in aromatherapy burners, relaxing music, low lighting and filtered water to flush any toxins out of your body.
In a private room your trained therapist cleanses your face with a marine-based cleanser. Then the Ocean Pearl Scrub is used to remove dead skin. Lastly, the Algae Face Wrap is applied.
It sounds icky but the detoxifying face wrap, consisting of trace minerals from the ocean, is a huge vitamin pill for your skin. Guaranteed to bring an instant radiant glow.
Aveda
Paddington 02 9380 5550
Grace Bros City 02 9238 9503
Grace Bros Chatswood
02 9412 0183
Pressure Point Foot Massage
30 mins
Aveda uses organically grown plant and flower extracts to de-stress you and renew your sense of well-being. Reflexology is an ancient healing art based on the idea that tension in any part of your feet mirrors tension in a corresponding part of your body. By using pressure point techniques on your feet alone, reflexology can relax the entire body. An exfoliation treatment is given to ensure feet are not only relaxed but well-groomed. What better way to relax after a long day of shopping!
Urban Spa
Grace Bros City 02 9238 9350
Soothing,Nourishing Eye Treatment
25 mins ($35)
OK, so we've blown the budget by $5 but as a newcomer to the spa scene, Urban Spa heralds a new beginning for health spas. It is a haven away from the pressures of everyday life with its simple, contemporary interior. The hydrating eye treatment uses calming aro-matherapy ingredients such as cornflower and chamomile.
They replenish the moisture in the eye area and refresh and soothe it. The treatment is an ideal antidote for the effects of stress on your delicate eye area caused by anything from wearing contact lenses or glasses to battling the effects of ultraviolet exposure from the sun.
Need more reasons? Urban Spa offers complimentary use of spa facilities, such as the steam and sauna with any treatment. What are you waiting for?
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