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Easter Hours

admin — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:20:01 +0000

We have some openings by appointment on Sunday and Wednesday. We are closed Monday and Tuesday. Email is the best way to get a booking, you can also leave a message for us on message bank.

Have a wonderful Easter!

Valentine’s Day

admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:39:42 +0000

We will be open on Sunday 13 February for those who want to celebrate Valentine’s that day, and for people wishing to purchase gift vouchers.
We are running a special for Valentine’s Day, 60 minutes private bathhouse use, and a 60 minute massage for two for only $190.
Gift vouchers available through the website, phone or at the spa.

Valentine’s Day Special

admin — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:29:59 +0000

Looking for something special to do together this Valentines Day?

Why not pamper yourselves with a One hour romantic Private Bathhouse session followed by a candlelit therapeutic One hour Massage side by side in our double massage room.
ONLY $190 ($95 per person)

Remember we also have gift vouchers that make a great valentine gifts starting from as little as $25

Holiday Season Special

admin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:54:29 +0000

Bring your visiting friends and relatives in for a treatment (they need to be new customers to our spa) and we will treat you to 50% off of your treatment (your treatment must be of equal or lesser value, and you must be an existing customer)

Offer valid until January 31, 2011

How to choose the best cleanser for your skin

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:49:16 +0000

Because the Eminence Organics range is so large, it can be difficult to decide what to purchase. Don’t worry; we will point you in the right direction. Use your instincts, along with our guidance and you will end up with a product you love!

Step One:

The first thing to consider with a cleanser is whether you like a cream cleanser or a gel cleanser. These two categories have distinctly different bases. You will have a preference depending on how those cleansers feel on your skin. Some people much prefer the creaminess of a cream cleanser and that is because it is right for their skin. Others find cream cleansers don’t feel like cleansers, they like the lighter, clearer feel of a gel.

Step Two:

Consider your skin type, dry, oily or normal/combination

Step Three:

Find your category and choose a cleanser!

For Dry Skin with a preference for a cream cleanser:

Choose between:

Lemon or Coconut.

Which one attracts you?

For Dry Skin with a preference for a gel cleanser:

Stone Crop Gel Wash is your best option.

It is a beautiful cleanser with a gorgeous unique aroma. Hint: Stone Crop is divine mixed together with Pear and Poppy Seed Microderm Polisher once a week.

For Normal Skin with a preference for a cream cleanser:

Choose between:

Sweet Red Rose, Lemon or Coconut

Which one attracts you?

Hint: Sweet Red Rose is also great for sensitive skin, rosacea and combination skin

For Normal Skin with a preference for a gel cleanser:

Choose between:

Citrus Exfoliating Wash or Stone Crop Gel Wash

Hint:

Do you like a simple quick routine and don’t have time to exfoliate once a week? Citrus Wash gives a light exfoliation every day.

Do you love a great exfoliation once a week? Pear and Poppy Seed Microderm Polisher is divine when mixed with a little of the Stone Crop Gel Wash

For Combination Skin with a preference for a cream cleanser:

Your best option is Sweet Red Rose Cream Cleanser

For Combination Skin with a preference for a gel cleanser:

Choose between:

Eucalyptus Cleansing Concentrate, Citrus Exfoliating Wash or Stone Crop Gel Wash

Hint: Eucalyptus works well to cleanse oily skin- only use this cleanser if your main concern is oil, Citrus Exfoliating Wash gives that light exfoliation and Stone Crop Gel Wash is an all round winner! Which attracts you?

For Oily Skin:

Choose between:

Mineral Cleansing Concentrate, Eucalyptus Cleansing Concentrate, Citrus Exfoliation Wash or Stone Crop Gel Wash

Hint: The order these cleansers appear represents the action they have for clearing oily skin, starting with the strongest – Mineral Cleansing Concentrate, which is good for problem, acne prone and skin with breakouts.

Join our organic skin care club! Receive free information, a FREE organic skin care product (value $30) and access to purchasing all these products online- no obligations, opt out anytime. Sign me up!

How to treat acne organically

How to treat rosacea organically

Caring for ageing skin organically

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:44:01 +0000

There are two types of ageing. One type is caused by your genes you inherit the other is caused by environmental factors.

The natural ageing process actually starts taking place in your mid 20’s so it is important to start looking after your skin before it is too late! Within the skin, collagen production slows, and elastin, the substance that enables skin to snap back into place, has a bit less spring. Dead skin cells do not shed as quickly and turnover of new skin cells may decrease slightly.

Whilst having a basic skin care routine is great you also need to treat the skin with a treatment once in a while. Treatments work a lot deeper, helping to slow down that ageing process we all hate so much.

Our Eight Greens Phyto Masque is a deep treatment that will help repair, regenerate, stimulate and protect the skin by supplying the skin with the essential nutrients your skin needs. Yucca and hop extract are high in antioxidants that will fight those free radicals and leave the skin feeling plump, firm and supple and your complexion will be enriched and radiant. The paprika will stimulate collagen production and bring oxygen to the surface of the skin.

Use this masque once a week; apply a small amount mixed with water to whole of face, not forgetting the neck, to start fighting the sings of ageing.

Why not try our anti ageing starter box set with $125 worth of amazing facial treats. Included is a cleanser, exfoliator, eight greens masque, eight greens whip moisturiser and eight greens youth serum. The ultimate starter kit for those wanting to stay young forever!

Sign up to our organic skin care club and receive more free information and a FREE organic skin care product (value $30), absolutely no obligations, opt out anytime. You will also be able to purchase any of our products online.

Treat Rosacea organically

Organic care for Rosacea

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:28:50 +0000

Rosacea is an inflammatory skin condition often resulting in redness of the face. Rosacea can occur at any age but is most likely to start in fair skinned people in their 30′s and 40′s.

Living with rosacea can be difficult and can make the skin feel very sore and irritated and can it feel scary trying new products, as often the skin reacts.

We have some amazing treatments that can calm inflamed and irritated skin.

Our couperose C serum is a treatment that you use under your moisturiser morning and night. A few drops of this serum are all you need to reduce inflammation and irritation. The texture will, over time, become more smooth and velvety and the appearance of redness will reduce.

Why not try our Rose collection starter tube set. This box set has 6 products all dedicated to helping reduce redness and calm irritated skin. Priced at $115 for 6 products you can not get better value. See the redness disappear!

Learn how non organic skin care products can be harmful to your health

Learn how to treat acne with organic skin care

Organic care for Acne

admin — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:22:46 +0000

Acne is the medical word used to describe anything from the occasional blemish through the spectrum of pimples, blackheads, white heads and even large cysts and painful swellings. The use of the word acne does not imply that one slight blemish will necessarily progress to anything more serious.

Often people with acne don’t know how to look after their skin correctly and make the problem worse.

You should always cleanse the skin morning and night whether you have worn make up or not. You need to clean all the excess oil off the skin making it clean and fresh.

Exfoliate once a week. Most people with acne want to exfoliate more then this as it makes the skin feel very clean, but over exfoliating causes stimulation to the sebaceous gland and that creates more oil! However, it does get rid of dead skin cells and allows new skin cells to develop so it is important to do once a week

Moisturise every day and night. Most people with acne hate the thought of moisturising the skin. It’s a matter of finding the correct moisturiser for you. Once you have found the right moisturiser it is a crucial part to your skin care routine. The skin can still be dehydrated even if it is oily! If the skin is dehydrated it will create more oil!

It is important to have a good basic skin care routine but also to use deeper products, such as a masque or serum. These will help draw oil to the surface and help with irritation. Masques should be done about once a week, left on for 10-15 mins then washed off. It is best to do this after you exfoliate. Serums are to use under your moisturiser day and night and help all the acne concerns.

We have an amazing anti blemish starter kit that will help fight the acne and leave you with wonderfully clear skin. The products in the starter kit have cured many people with all different stages of acne. $110 for 5 products that will amaze you with the results.

Read about why non organic skin care products can be harmful to your health

Spa Living or Farther Up and Farther In

admin — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:11:22 +0000

“I see,” she said at last, thoughtfully. “I see now. This garden is like the Stable. It is far bigger inside than it was outside.”

“Of course, Daughter of Eve,” said the Faun. “The farther up and the farther in you go, the bigger everything gets. The inside is larger than the outside.”

The Last Battle, C.S. Lewis

In the last book of the Narnia series, Lucy and the others learn how to break through perceptions that keep us surrounded by darkness to emerge into the light of the real world.

In our lives, we often cannot realize the vast possibilities available to us because we are too busy, or too tired or too distracted. We do not produce ideal results for ourselves because we are not operating with an ideal state of mind.

We cannot function at our best when we have not done what is necessary to feel our best. We need to recognize the ramifications of this.

As women we simply have to learn to take better care of ourselves. We have to learn to see our wellness as the basis for our lives and the lives of those we care for.

We are very good at taking care of others. We are very good at stretching ourselves to get more done. We are very good at running on empty. We are very good at sacrificing.

The result of this is that we function on a much lower level than what we are really capable of. I do not mean we don’t get a lot done. We do! But there is magic available to us when we can tap into our true potential. And when we don’t tap into it, we have to live with poorer results that inevitably cause more stress and decreased well being.

The farther up and farther in we go, the more access we gain to our higher thinking and intuition. The results we can achieve in our lives from those resources within us can not be overestimated.

But in our busyness, it becomes very difficult for us to even relax, to be able to stop, to be able to feel who we really are. We cannot hear ourselves. We cannot feel our inner selves. We go further out and further down.

We need to catch on to the fact that our lives can blossom when we learn to make our wellness the basis by which we live. There are no limits to results of this revolutionary commitment to our selves. We can change our lives and we can change the world when we become masterful at the art of self care. There is no limit to what we can discover within ourselves.

To do this, we need potent antidotes to the stresses of our modern world. We need highly concentrated, potentized forms of relaxation and healing. That is what the spa is all about. And spa living is the approach to life that we take when we decide that we not only enjoy the spa experience; we need it. When we take that stand, we can then learn what it means to feel our best and we can design our day to day and week to week lives so that they not only include our high potency spa visits, they also include many other activities that support this level of wellness.

We do not feel guilty. We feel smart. We feel proud. We recognize that nothing is more valuable than our wellness, because when we are well we make the world a light filled place where possibilities create pathways to magical results.

Why high quality relaxation is essential for our health

admin — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 02:26:18 +0000

Stress is recognized throughout our society as being a major factor in our lives. We know we are busy, we know we are time poor, we know we all have huge responsibilities financially and often to our families. We also have many other factors that have dramatically increased our long term stress levels. The breaking down of family structures through separation and divorce and the frequent movement to new locations are two examples of how high level stressful situations have become a normal part of our lives.
A big problem is that this ongoing stress becomes a chronic situation in our bodies. At least on a low grade level, we are almost constantly affected by a ‘flight or fight’ response in our nervous systems. What we need, and what is essential to our health, is for our parasympathetic nervous system, in charge of ‘rest and digest’ to be activated.
I will not go into the technical details of what happens in our body during chronic flight or fight responses. What I will say is that we are functioning at a much decreased level and this affects everything in our lives.
Think about how we make decisions. When we are relaxed and balanced we make much better decisions. We are able to think more clearly and we are able to access our intuition. When we are stressed we tend to be confused and muddled in our thinking and rather than accessing intuition we tend to be influenced by our unconscious and negative beliefs. This will cause us to have poor results which further add to our stress levels.
All forms of relaxation are good at counteracting these problems, and some, like exercise, are essential. Many of us find, however, that it is difficult even during relaxing activities to successfully harness the rejuvenative power of the parasympathetic nervous system. In fact, the harder we work, and the more stress we have in our lives, the more difficult it is for us to relax.
When we are on holiday we have an unusually good opportunity to relax and many of us can and do relax well on holiday. Most people do have the experience of needing quite a lot of time on holiday to unwind before we actually feel relaxed. It may take several days before we stop thinking about our daily lives and we are able to enjoy what we are doing. We may also find that even on holiday we have difficulty making good decisions because we are still operating out of stress. Holidays, while wonderful and important, do not happen often enough to address the problem of stress in our lives.
Day Spas, particularly spas with bathhouses, are the perfect antidote to our modern world. While we cannot afford a week or even weekend away much of the time, we can sneak away for an hour or a few hours. The amazing thing about a good day spa is that in a small amount of time we can become profoundly relaxed. The spa experience is a high potency relaxation injection into our lives.
Day Spas can inject that essential relaxation factor into our lives on a regular basis. This in turn can turn the downward spiral of stress, poor health and low level functioning into an upward spiral of increased wellness and clarity of thinking. Day Spa visits are also a good idea at the beginning of any holiday because instead of taking several days to really relax and begin enjoying things, you can spend a few hours getting into the perfect mood for a great holiday.
Spa Living is an approach to life where we recognize our wellness as the priority out of which all good things can occur. Regular spa visits can become a basis by which we start to live radiant, vibrant and successful lives.