Spa Lifestyle

It's baaack! With temperatures on the rise and not a cloud in sight, the third-annual Summer Spaaah Series is breezing back into town to cool off the Valley with a dose of fun and charity. We're tickled pink to announce that this highly anticipated event series is making its rounds at eight Valley spa destinations starting on May 25, 2008! The series will kick off Memorial Day weekend with a special Summer Spaaah Soirée at the Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch, where... Read Full Story

Hollywood skincare guru Ole Henriksen's comments about Ricky Martin have been receiving international attention. In an interview with E's Ted Casablanca, Henriksen perhaps broke the client confidentiality rule when asked who he'd take on a romantic getaway (aside from his partner). Said Henriksen: "I’d go for Stig Tøfting [former Danish soccer player], but since he’s straight, I’d say my client Ricky Martin." Additional remarks were published by a Swedish media outlet, which quoted... Read Full Story

Up until 15 August 2009 (so quite some time off yet) Mankind are giving away a free Lab series robe when you spend £50 or more on Lab series products at their website. The Lab series products include anti-blemish gel, oil control facewash, oil control towlettes, giftsets, multi-action facewash, power wash, skin refinisher, purifying clay mask, and more. These are great products for the male grooming generation. Great offers from Mankind.co.uk. To qualify for the offer you have to enter the... Read Full Story

I got myself a big fat crush on the VH Spa for Vitality + Health at Hotel Valley Ho. In fact, I was on a recent press trip in San Diego when a fellow writer from New York City -- who had been hanging on my last nerve from the get-go -- abruptly interrupted a discussion I was having with someone about Scottsdale's retro scene to pronounce that VH wasn't really a spa. I pounced on her like a cougar on a pretty boy. Sure, the spa is petite by resort spa standards but the therapists are top-notch... Read Full Story

The SpaGirls and I just returned from a road trip to Las Vegas, where we were immersed in the wild, wonderful and sometimes woolly world of beauty. Cosmoprof North America 2008, organized in cooperation with the Professional Beauty Association, was held July 13-15 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Vegas. The beauty trade show event drew some 26,000 beauty professionals and insiders, more than 700 exhibitors and was host to the hair celebrity-studded 19th Annual North American... Read Full Story