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Would You Slather Chocolate On Your Face in the Name of Love?
We like chocolate, we like spa treatments, and baby, oh baby, proper time and place, we like being sexed up. We’re just not so sure about having the brown aphrodisiac smeared all over our face while lying side-by-side our sweetie in a spa context.
We’ll get horizontal with our honey for a couples’ massage, especially at one of our Strip fave spas, Qua Baths & Spa at Caesars Palace, but his and hers chocolate facials? Hmm…the verdict is out on this one, but we’re certain there’s no way in hell we could get our significant other to sign on for a chocolate aphrodiasic facial – for Valentine’s Day or otherwise.
The visual conjures up all sorts of icky thoughts and not of the carnal “I want to lick your face right now” variety.
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The New 'O' Spa at TI Wants You To Look Like Ukranian Beauty Queen
Ukranian beauty queen, model and actress Oleksandra Nikolayenko-Ruffin is drop dead gorgeous, but does she really have the caché/recognition to design and run a self-named spa? (This has replaced the WET spa, FYI.) Was she blessed with unusually good Eastern European genes or does she know something we don’t know when it comes to having a kick ass beauty regimen?
Hmm…No wait, we think there’s a simpler answer here – she’s hitched to Treasure Island owner Phil Ruffin so nepotism reigns supreme.
The raven-tressed beauty recently unveiled Oleksandra Spa & Salon, which offers treatments hand picked by Mrs. Ruffin. She’s visited some of the world’s most luxurious spas and salons and has compiled a selection of her favorite treatments at the new spa including:
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If You Can, Relax at the Mandarin Oriental Spa During the Week
It's true that everything costs more in Vegas on the weekends than it does during the week, especially hotel rooms. If you can somehow swing a vacation from Sunday through Wednesday, you can pay up to 50 percent less for your hotel room. And it turns out, your massages at the Mandarin Oriental are cheaper mid-week as well. But only by about $20.
This is a page from the in-room spa guide that we perused during our stay last month. We were tempted beyond belief to book a treatment but we didn't have enough time, nor money. And although we know that some spas do charge more on the weekends, we were a little put out that the Mandarin would charge $20 more Friday-Sunday. These are not $45 massages after all.
That's not to say we won't ever try The Spa at The Mandarin Oriental spa which is supposed to be magnificent not only in treatment offerings but in relaxation spaces as well. The Spa boasts views of the Strip, private hammams, ice fountains, a Chinese foot spa and a laconium room which is a heated relaxation space.
And just so you know, the hotel doesn't charge you for valet parking if you're just visiting the spa. Phew. Now, you can really relax in your hammam.
Here's what else is on in Vegas:
· Speaking of spas, Aria's Spa is the only one in the country to have Japanese stone sauna “ganbanyoku” beds [Aria Las Vegas]
· Harrah's to pay fines to Gaming Control Board for sportsbook violations[LV Sun]
· Will Holly Madison ever stop doing photo ops? [VegasDeluxe.com]
· Think Pink! The Flamingo is having a 7-day sale [Flamingo Las Vegas]
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Sorry Wynn and Encore, There’s a New Luxury Kid in Town
It was with much excitement that we donned a tuxedo Friday for the opening gala at the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas.
Yes, the party included bottomless flutes of Dom Perignon. And yes, there was a “Whiskey Salon” and a “Chocolate Bar,” both of which ranked among the places we spent most of our time. There was a violinist. There was also Aubrey O’Day. Oh, and they sent us home with hot chocolate and Courvosier.
Still, perhaps the most impressive part of the opening bash was, in fact, the resort itself. While A-list partygoers were hobnobbing on the 23rd-floor SkyLounge, Mandarin staffers took at least one intrepid reporter on a tours of on-site restaurants, guest rooms and the spa (which is open only to guests).
The bottom line: this place was made for business travelers.
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Whether You Run The Marathon or Sleep Through It, Here's How Encore Suggests You Relax
Taking a break from all the CityCenter Madness, we'd like to remind you that the Las Vegas Rock n' Roll Marathon is taking place on Sunday!
As the official host hotel of the race, The Wynn Las Vegas is pulling out all the stops for marathon runners and supporters. One place inside the Wynn and The Encore that we expect to be pretty busy this weekend? The spas.
But with so many relaxation options to choose from, we sought out Ella Stimpson, director of spa operations for The Spa at Encore, to suggest some post-Marathon treatments, whether you're a runner or not.
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Whip Your Face Into Shape with The Ritz's Holiday Boot Camp
Some people manage to get up every day and run, pull together the perfect outfit and have their hair and make up look red carpet ready – all before their first cup of coffee. That takes a kind of discipline that somehow escaped us in the discipline-making process (though we managed to become proficient at the will power necessary to try out every new Ben & Jerry’s flavor).
In the confines of our house, we can find 101 activities that we'd rather do than sweat or spend time in front of the mirror.
Needless to say, we’re probably the ideal candidate for the Beauty Workout Holiday Boot Camp at The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Lake Las Vegas . We can get glam when necessary, but throw us into a Sephora-like dynamic and our brow furrows with a lack of beauty know how.
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Sea-Esta! at Canyon Ranch Makes All That Ails You Drift Away
After spending some time in Québec City last week, we could really use a detoxifying spa treatment. Our blood content is roughly an even mix of foie gras and French wine, and well, let’s just say getting out of bed this morning was a bit of a task. Kinda like waking up in Vegas, right?
If we were in Vegas right now (and money was no object), we’d high-tail it to Canyon Ranch Spa Club at The Venetian for the Sea-Esta! body treatment ($270). First of all it sounds like a nap, and we’re pretty sure a horizontal/closed eye scenario could definitely aid in our current situation.
The 80-minute treatment envelops you into a womb-like chamber where you breathe negatively ionized "sea air" as warm mud, seawater mist, warmed ocean stones and cooling gel are applied, smeared and rubbed all over your ailing body.
As if that weren’t enough to make everything well in your world, there’s also some scalp massage action involved in the mix. Just thinking about it makes us out throbbing head feel slightly better already, but since our funds are limited, we guess we’ll have to settle for an overpriced Gatorade from the hotel minibar.
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You Won't Suffer For Your Sins at The Spa Moulay
It’s not like you came to Sin City to be on your best behavior. C’mon, we know you’re a total animal. We kid. If you’ve been a bad, bad girl (or boy), flee the strip straight to the healing hands at The Spa Moulay at Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort.
The Moroccan themed spa is a 20-acre, lakefront oasis about 17 miles beyond the bright lights of the strip. It offers all the usual spa service suspects, like massages, wraps, scrubs and manis/pedis, but we like the East Meets West treatment, for ahem, clearing our energy channels Qigong style and restoring a sense of well-being ($130 for 50 min., $175 for 80 min.) There’s nothing quite like a massage to release tension and aid in detoxifying efforts.
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Do Not Call It a Spa But Rather, Vdara Health and Beauty
With only one month left until the first building in CityCenter opens, The Vdara Hotel and Spa, you can expect press releases to hit the wire at least daily about all that's opening inside CityCenter. We'll do our best to report on them as we see 'em, starting with this announcement on the Vdara Health and Beauty also known as "The Spa."
As you can gather, Vdara is trying to move away from all previous connotations that the word "spa" might bring to mind. So will Vdara Health and Beauty be all that different from other spa offerings on the Strip? Yes and no.
Yes, because the hotel is heavily emphasizing its eco-friendliness and green options from the organic elements incorporated into spa treatments to the natural products that will be sold post-treatments to the SpaRitual vegan nail treatments and nail care products offered in the Salon. Vegan nail treatments? That's really going above and beyond CityCenter's LEED Certification.
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All Wound Up? Let Qua Spa at Caesars Help
We’re not trying to be rude or anything, but we can’t help but have noticed that you look like you haven’t slept well in weeks. Maybe it’s the volatile stock market. Maybe it’s the fact you’ve made the most of the adage “sleep is what you do on the plane ride home” during your most recent trip to Vegas. Or maybe it’s just general, 21st century malaise that’s keeping you awake at night.
Anyway, no matter the reason, Qua Baths and Spa at Caesars Palace is offering a treatment that could bring you and those half-mast eyelids and sallow skin some much-needed relief.
Qua is currently offering a $99 “Hypnosis for Sleep” session, described thusly on the spa’s Web site:
Sleep is both natural and necessary part of life and yet so many people don’t get enough of it. If you are forever in search of that great night sleep, your search is over. You will leave this session rested, relaxed and in control of your own ability to sleep.
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Where to Find the Best ‘Manscaping’ in Vegas
Fellas, listen up: before you hit some of Las Vegas’ finest casinos, restaurants and (perhaps the) strip clubs, consider gussying up with a little manscaping. That’s right, manscaping—the act of landscaping yourself as a man.
If this kind of grooming is an art form, the Picasso of our time is none other than Sal Jeppi, the master barber in the "Men’s Zone" at Qua Baths & Spa inside Caesars Palace.
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You Go, Girlfriend, Right On Over To Loews Lake Las Vegas
The news at Lake Las Vegas has been less than unpleasant over the past year or so. The developer defaulted on more than half a billion dollars in loans last year and lost the property, only to have the new owners file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The Ritz-Carlton filed for bankruptcy in a last-ditch effort to avoid foreclosure, and the hotel was ultimately sold. Back in January, the Lake Las Vegas resort won the right to all but abandon one of its upscale golf courses. And let's not even get into the home situation in the area, except to say that what was once billed as an upscale European hamlet fit for the Kings and Queens of Vegas is now deserted, its charges dethroned.
The area remains wondrously royal, however. A glorious, stunning, if over-the-top recreation of an Italian village surrounding a purrrrdy blue lake—one that you can enjoy by taking advantage of Loews Lake Las Vegas Resort’s “Recessionista Diva Package.”
We're not exactly sure why Loews doesn't think men will want to visit; we think the hotel and its environs are among the most romantic of spots in all of Vegas/Vegas adjacent. Nonetheless, the package offers "girlfriends" a one-night stay in luxury accommodations, with use of a poolside cabana featuring a flat screen TV (for free!), and a $50 food and beverage credit, with prices beginning from $189.
Said "girlfriends" will also get a complimentary bonus service (a Moulay Buff, wax, manicure, or blow-dry featuring Aveda products) at the hotel's Spa Moulay, with a Swedish Massage or Holistic Facial. And, to top it off, drinks are 2-for-1 throughout the entire stay.
Just remember, girlfriends, not to imbibe so much that you end up in the lake.
[Photo: Mobil Homme]
