Nova Vita Salon & Spa, based in Old Town Tustin on the corner of Newport Ave and Irvine Blvd in the picturesque Lafayette Plaza, has re-invented the salon and day spa experience by offering quality services and sought after products at recessionista prices. Nestled between a variety of unique shops and fine dining, Nova Vita Salon & Spa offers a tranquil and serene haven for those who are seeking a get-a-way to relax, renew, and rejuvenate the body, mind and soul.

Nova Vita Salon & Spa is a full-service salon and spa offering a wide range of services, catering to a diverse clientele. Salon services include the basic Cuts and Color Services as well as Hair Extensions and Japanese Straightening Services. Also, Nova Vita Salon & Spa has nail technicians that offer some of the most coveted manicures and pedicures in Orange County. The day spa boasts a full service menu offering Signature Facials by Eminence Organics, Waxing Services including Brazilian Bikini Waxing, Eyebrow Shaping, as well as Eyelash and Eyebrow Tinting and Microdermabrasion.

In order to extend the life of each client’s Nova Vita Salon & Spa experience, Nova Vita Salon & Spa stocks some of the most exclusive product lines including Bumble & Bumble, L’oreal Professional, Moroccan Oil, Epicuren and Eminence Organics. Eminence Organic Skin Care is the first and only certified organic skin and body care line from Hungary, which is hypo-allergenic, clinically-tested, and free of parabens and harsh chemicals. Eminence is the go-to product for Twilight star Peter Facinelli, who is a fan of the Cucumber Eye Gel. Also, the Eminence Pear & Poppy Seed Microderm Polisher was featured in this month’s issue of Shape Magazine, while the Blueberry Shimmer Lotion was featured in this month’s Spa Magazine

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Every single day we make choices—from what to wear to which treatment is best for a particular client. But, can you honestly say that each day you make a concerted effort to choose success?

I was recently in New York attending the 11th International Congress for Salon & Spa Professionals presented by Repêchage for its spa owners and distributors, of which Skin Inc. magazine was a sponsor. For two full days, I existed in a room filled with professionals who, quite clearly, did choose success on a daily basis. And I must admit that it was quite inspiring.

Skin Inc. magazine’s editorial team was bestowed the honor of judging this year’s Repêchage Spa de Beauté Award of the Year contest, and the congress culminated in a gala presentation event at Tavern on the Green in New York City’s Central Park West. Marian Raney, group publisher, delivered an inspiring keynote titled “What a Difference a Year Makes: Innovative Retailing Drives Revenue Recovery.” Then she and I, alongside Lydia Safati, president and CEO of Repêchage and Shiri Sarfati, vice president of sales and marketing for Repêchage, announced this year’s award winners.

* Colonial House Day Spa of North Easton, Massachusetts, was the winner of the Best Skin Care Spa category and will be featured as Skin Inc. magazine’s “Spa Snapshot” for the November 2009 issue.

* Tatewari Spa at Villa Del Palmar Flamingos Beach Resort & Spa of Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, Mexico, was the winner of the Best Destination Spa category and will be featured as Skin Inc. magazine’s “Spa Snapshot” for the December 2009 issue.

* Body Sense Day Spa of Hyannis, Massachusetts, was the winner of the Best Day Spa category and will be featured as Skin Inc. magazine’s “Spa Snapshot” for the January 2010 issue.

Lydia also presented two President’s Awards to Oasis Day Spa of South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and Three-13 Salon, Spa and Boutique in Atlanta.

At the culmination of the congress, Lydia stated, “There is no such thing anymore as ‘fake it until you make it.’ You need the skills. It takes tenacity and skill. But you need to trust yourself—you know more than you think you do.”

I’ll close with Lydia’s recommended steps so that you, too, can choose success every day.

1. Ask
2. Believe
3. Receive

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Le Petite Spa, a new day spa utilizing organic-based products, has recently opened at Dr. Bard J. Levey’s Smile Design Studio at 1 Baltic Place in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. This unique synergy is designed to take wellness one step further by offering clients an enhanced opportunity to look and feel their best.

Le Petite Spa specializes in customized facials, featuring naturally-harvested exotic botanical products, organic source vitamins, minerals, and phyto-nutrients to deliver the most beneficial skin care possible. These products contain no artificial colors or preservatives and are never tested on animals. The spa also offers massage therapy and reflexology, which is acupressure on the feet to encourage a beneficial effect on other parts of the body.

“Dr. Levey and I set out to create a more holistic approach to wellness, and together, we will now be able to offer the best in oral health care, skin care and relaxation modalities,” said Mary Prenon, owner of Le Petite Spa.

Ms. Prenon is a New York State Licensed Esthetician and holds a Certification in Reflexology, For the past three years, she has worked in local spas throughout the area providing facials and body treatments. Most recently, she worked with The Woodhouse Day Spa, a national chain destination spa, in its Hudson Valley location. She is a graduate of the New York School of Esthetics in Tarrytown, NY.

Ms. Prenon is also an accomplished public relations executive and freelance writer, who has been published in national, regional and local media outlets. Throughout her career, she has worked as a newspaper reporter, radio news anchor and reporter, and radio morning show host in the New York metro area. She has received awards from the Associated Press, as well as local community organizations, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Greater Ossining Television (GO-TV). Ms. Prenon holds a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Levey, a recent winner of Westchester Magazine’s Top Dentist Award, has been providing general and cosmetic dentistry services for almost 20 years. He is one of the most highly-trained cosmetic/restorative dentists for adults in Westchester County. His advanced training includes over 1,000 hours of continuing dental education since graduating from D.D.S. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Levey has designed his office to allow him to treat his patients as individuals, and not like a “dental factory” so common in today’s world of medicine. ”I learned a valuable lesson from my father, who was also a dentist — attached to each tooth is a person, and you are treating the whole person, not just the tooth,” he said. Dr. Levey is also a National Winner of the Best Smile Makeover, Empress Cover Model Competition of 2005.

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Spas have become so prevalent that it’s hard to imagine a new take on pampering.

But Lydia DiCello has found one. She’s created a spa with an exceptionally personal touch — by offering massage treatments and facials to only four clients a day.

That means customers don’t have to wait in a busy waiting room, and she can attend to each service with a focused, unhurried approach.

“I didn’t like waiting at spas and felt myself getting anxious when I had to,” said DiCello, 31. “I wanted to provide wiggle room between clients, so if an appointment took a bit longer, that was OK. I want to really be able to concentrate on the treatments.”

For DiCello, owning a spa is the result of a journey that led down a few different paths. A graduate of Aurora High School, DiCello got a bachelor of science degree in exercise physiology and anatomy from the University of South Carolina. Then she headed to New York City where she modeled for a year, having signed with the well-known Ford Models.

She moved back to Ohio to get a master’s degree in education from Ursuline College, then worked in medical and pharmaceutical sales.

But after a while, DiCello, who lives with her lawyer husband, Nicholas, in Cleveland’s Little Italy, decided she wanted a different type of career.

She went to beauty school at the Brown-Aveda Institute in Mentor, and something clicked. “I loved doing it, loved the manual labor of it and the holistic approach,” she says. “And it helps people feel good.”

She went on to get her license as an aesthetician, so she could provide facials, massage and waxing services.

In opening her own spa, DiCello said a number of things were important to her — including that it be as “green” as possible, which also meant offering organic products. She picked the Eminence Organics line, with ingredients made from organic vegetable and fruit pulps and extracts.

At Pure Skin, the ambience is cozy but not oppressively so. The rooms — on the second floor of a building in downtown Chagrin Falls — are smartly furnished with attractive re-purposed items. Those include a bistro table and chairs for enjoying a cup of tea, and a roll cart from a now-closed local hospital that holds waxing products. Her mother-in-law donated her taupe and olive-green striped drapes, right off her windows.

If the spa feels homey, it’s partly because DiCello and her father put the place together — they painted the walls, put in the hardwood floors and changed the lighting.

A client feels soothed just by entering. DiCello offers a beverage, like green tea or, on a warm day, some lavender lemonade.

She’ll have her clients soak their feet in a foot bath with bath salts while discussing what might be bothering them physically. Then, it’s time for the treatment — a facial ($65), or maybe an enzyme peel ($95) or a 75-minute relaxation massage ($90).

DiCello also offers a variety of waxing treatments, from brow ($15 and up) to Brazilian ($65 and up).

DiCello, who also does makeup, has become a favorite of local brides and their attendants. The powder room at Pure Spa features a number of the photos she took of her favorite looks.

Joyce Calabrese, designer sales manager at the Beachwood Place Nordstrom, first heard of Pure Skin from a woman who works for her. She’s become a big fan.

“Lydia’s attention to detail and her follow-through are so impressive,” says Calabrese, who lives in Beachwood. “She started in a tough market, and she’s making it because of the caliber of service she offers. Lydia has made it a personal and lovely place.”

Pure Skin & Spa has been open a little over a year, and DiCello says it’s word of mouth that’s filling her appointment book.

“This place is exactly what I wanted it to be,” she says.

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When About Faces opened its first full-service spa in the Baltimore area in 1973, skin exfoliation, deep tissue massages and other body-pampering indulgences weren’t widely available to most people.

Owner Patrick Brennan said that About Faces operated for years with no competition. But as of late, Baltimore has become home to more and more spas – the latest being Prive, which opened in the new Silo Point upscale condominium development this summer. There’s even a spa, the Quintessential Gentleman in downtown Baltimore, that is just for men.

The spa openings are being driven by a general increase in the interest by both men and women to pay more attention to their bodies, for both cosmetic and health reasons. Brennan said massages are doing particularly well as people look to reduce stress.

Opening a spa during a time when the economy is faltering and people are spending less may seem counterintuitive. But people are still visiting spas, although they are spending less on services – perhaps getting a half-hour massage instead of an hour, according to the International Spa Association. Revenue at spas in the U.S. was $12.8 billion in 2008, the latest figures available from the ISA. That was a 17.8 percent increase from the year before.

Those numbers might not hold up this year, however, as, anecdotally, spa owners report that people have pulled back spending on services, said Lynn McNees, president of the International Spa Association.

“People may be forced to limit the treatments they receive, but they are still going to spas because they realize the importance of dealing with issues like stress now, rather than paying for it down the road,” McNees said in an e-mailed response. “With concerns over the economy, combined with our busy schedules, people are realizing they must take time out to recharge their batteries and are turning to the spa lifestyle as a necessary part of a healthy routine.”

New spas are also opening in upscale condominium developments, such as at the Ritz-Carlton Residences in South Baltimore, that sell themselves as offering amenities right at residents’ fingertips. These developments also tend to have fitness centers, retail and concierge and mail services on site.

The Pearl at the Ritz has a sea theme, with walls painted the color of the ocean, faux waterfalls and large-screen televisions with fish swimming on the screen throughout the property. It offers services such as massages with hot lava stones and the blue grotto, a treatment where couples paint each other’s bodies with mud that detoxifies the skin.

“I think there have always been spas in Baltimore,” said Frances Scheele, director at Pearl. “I think that now there are a core group of properties that are focusing on the full spa experience.”

Jennifer Beck had spent 15 years as a hairdresser in Federal Hill in Baltimore before she and partner Johnna Sychuk opened Prive spa at Silo Point. She said her clients had always talked about wishing there was a place where they could get have all their beauty needs met, not just their hair.

“Here they can have all of the amenities in one space,” Beck said of Prive, which offers everything from massages and pedicures to eyelash extensions. She said the salon hopes to eventually expand to medical spa services.

Brennan questions whether the newer spas can survive off customers from the condominiums. He said he’s not concerned about the new competition hurting his own business because About Faces has been around for so long and has a loyal client base, Brennan said. The company has five locations, including in the Canton Crossing office complex near downtown. He said the stronger spas will last in the long run.

“There’s already consolidation going on in the marketplace in Baltimore,” Brennan said. “The economy is definitely taking out the weaker locations.”

Consumers seem to like the new choices.

Patricia Granata-Eisner, who is executive director for a nonprofit, recently got a facial at Prive. “I like the fact that I can get everything done in one place when I need to,” she said.

Brigitte Rawlings, 41, of Laurel was relaxing on a chaise waiting to get a body scrub and other services at The Pearl recently.

“When you come here, it’s like you’re in a different world,” said Rawlings, who has been to Pearl a few times. “You don’t feel like you’re in they city at all.”

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From Sea Bright to Cape May, landlords and business owners have spent weeks readying the Jersey Shore for Memorial Day weekend, the summer season’s dress rehearsal.

Public works crews have dragged lifeguard stands and trash receptacles onto the beaches almost around the clock. Long Beach Island has put its traffic lights into full operation for the first time since fall. And bright spring blooms bob in freshly painted flower boxes everywhere.

In Surf City, on Long Beach Island, officials just this week completed a cleanup of unexploded military munitions that began to show up on the beach after a sand-replenishment project two years ago. Nearly 2,000 munitions later, the Army Corps of Engineers swears it has carted off the last of them.

Road crews have been busy, too, with workers wrapping up projects on the Atlantic City Expressway, Garden State Parkway, and other major roads in Atlantic, Cape May, and Ocean Counties.

Last Memorial Day weekend, 882,407 vehicles traveled the expressway, and 7.6 million used the parkway. AAA has predicted a slight decline this year, but with gasoline about $1.50 less a gallon now than it was a year ago and good weather forecast – mostly sunny with passing thunderstorms, highs between 75 and 80 degrees – tourism officials hope to prove the club wrong.

Until this week, most of the Shore’s traffic had been lines of delivery trucks carrying fresh linens, tortilla chips, suntan lotion, and other beach essentials to hotels, motels, restaurants, and shops.
In a rush

It takes a lot of work to get the resorts shipshape for their first big wave of visitors. And no one may be in more of a race than Mike Popdan and his small crew.

“I don’t know of anyone who’s in a rush like we are. We have to be out here from sunup to sundown to get this place together,” said Popdan, general manager of the private Club at Diamond Beach, just south of Wildwood Crest in Lower Township.

“We basically have three weeks to start from scratch to build our entire club,” he said.

Though a group of investors owns the 600-foot-wide beachfront – one of few such arrangements at the Shore – state law prohibits Popdan from placing anything on the property until May 1.

His crew has three weeks to install walkways, two bars, a restaurant, decks, cabanas, restrooms, outdoor showers, a children’s playground, and all of the club’s electrical wiring and plumbing. Each year, it carts in a small forest of palms and other tropical plants to give the place a Caribbean-South Seas feel.

The property, at the end of Raleigh Avenue, got a bad rap a few years ago when it was the Atlantis Beach Club and its then-owner charged tenants of adjacent condominium complexes exorbitant fees to use the beach. The state Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the property must provide public access at a reasonable rate.

Under new ownership, the Club at Diamond Beach charges $5 for a daily beach tag and $300 for the season. An additional $40 buys membership to the club, which sells alcoholic beverages. Lunch, beach chairs, umbrellas, and other amenities are extra.

“It’s really cool when it all comes together, to see that nothing was here but the sand and ocean, and then there’s this little slice of paradise for people to come, bring their families, and enjoy a beach day,” Popdan said.
Finishing touches

Almost as busy as Popdan’s crew is Robert Duzy’s painting operation. The Core Painting Co., of Marmora, spends each spring primping more than a dozen Cape May businesses, rental properties, and amusements owned by Cape Advisors Inc., a company whose holdings include the venerable Congress Hall hotel.

“We do work all over Cape May County, in Ocean City, Avalon, everywhere. But this time of the year, we do nothing but work in Cape May. Because of weather and other conditions, spring is the only time we can do it here,” Duzy said.

All the recent rain has left his crew working overtime to brush, spray, and dapple the resort’s Victorian treasures. The contractor also has helped put finishing touches on a luxurious spa opening at Congress Hall this weekend.

“You never get it all finished by Memorial Day,” said Denney Mayberry, manager of the Southend Surf Shop on the beachfront in Cape May.

The holiday is the “soft opening” of beach season, which doesn’t really hit its stride until around July Fourth, Mayberry said. “You have to see what you need and get your personnel in order. . . . Memorial Day is a good barometer for all that.”

Michele Gillian, executive director of the Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce, hears that from her membership every year, she said.

“They kind of use Memorial Day to feel out how they think the summer might shape up,” Gillian said. “But even with all the work they might still have to do, they all tell me they are very ready to see the visitors come back.

“Even if they don’t have all the painting finished or every single item in yet, after a long, hard winter, they’re definitely ready for the season to start.”

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Among the many wellness strategies Dutch Hollow Medical Day Spa has to offer, now it features a Weight Management and Healthy Lifestyle Program.

“We can teach you healthy ways to manage your weight,” said owner, medical esthetician and wellness expert Mirka Figueroa, who coordinates with her husband and physician Samuel Figueroa, whom many refer to as “Dr. Sam,” for Dutch Hollows’ clients. “We can help you shed those extra pounds and bring a healthy energy level back into your life.”

The new program includes weekly consultations, daily meal and nutrition suggestions, vitamin B12 and B6 injections each week to increase metabolism and weight loss medication under the supervision of Dr. Figueroa. Dr. Figueroa is a staff physician at Saint Anthony’s Health Center in the anesthesiology department.

Dr. Figueroa does a complete physical consultation with each client before starting any nutritional or exercise changes. Mirka Figueroa weighs clients once a week and records what they consumed and when and how much exercise they did.

She also educates clients about supplements, colon cleansing and European weight-management practices.

“When you help the weight get under control, you feel better and have more energy and are happier,” Figueroa said.

Comments from clients inspired Figueroa to add a weight and lifestyle program to Dutch Hollow’s menu.

“Clients would come for skincare and say ‘My clothes don’t look good, I’m not happy with my body, nothing fits, I’m depressed,’” Figueroa recounted. “I’ve always been interested in nutrition and I have the knowledge and my husband’s background.”

So Figueroa studied and did more research before starting the program a month ago.

Figueroa also encourages weight management clients to have massages to rid their body of toxins while helping ease cellulite and stress.

“With massage, you don’t even realize what benefits you are receiving,” she said. “You feel like a different person and like going home and cooking a healthy meal.”

Figueroa shares healthy recipes, shopping lists, snacks and fresh produce containing less sugar. She also focuses on specialized diets for clients who are diabetic, gluten-free eaters or have other health considerations.

“All diets are approved by Dr. Sam. He tells them about their needs and explains why,” Figueroa said. “He helps them understand fruits and vegetables and what each one does.”

The Figueroas also discuss dairy, alcohol and how foods and beverages interact as well as how to pick a personal trainer whom they also can recommend.

“We teach discipline first,” Mirka Figueroa said. “Then to reward themselves, we give them a (spa) treatment. We want to heighten mental awareness of why and how to adjust your body.”

Figueroa said that the younger generation wants to adjust their lifestyle with organic and natural solutions instead of chemicals.
“People need education,” she said. “It’s not a quick fix anymore. I want long-term happiness for you, which is my happiness. You have to understand that maintenance is the key to life.”

Even if someone has a facelift, Figueroa pointed out that humans still age and without proper care for the body and mind, a facelift would be money wasted.

“You have to know how to rest, take care of your skin and body to be happy,” she said.

Clients can join the program for either one or three months.

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TRAVEL TIME 1 hour 30 minutes by train

WHY? This once nothing-special town has reinvented itself as an upscale oceanfront resort.

MUST DO What makes this Jersey Shore town different from so many others is Pier Village, a massive complex of hotels, stores, restaurants and rental apartments along the ocean. Since its opening in 2005, Pier Village has become the unofficial town center, with an attractive boardwalk that more resembles South Beach than the Shore. Get gussied up at Pier Village’s sleek AquaMedica Salon and Spa, voted best day spa in the state. Start off the evening with a glass of Chardonnay at the upscale wine bar the Wine Loft (32 Laird St.; [732] 222-7770), then enjoy a fancy Manhattan-style dinner (at Manhattan prices) at Sirena Ristorante, a nouveau Italian seafood spot overlooking the ocean (27 Ocean Ave.; [732] 222-1119). For an aprés dinner drink and dancing, the groovy Avenue Nuit, designed by renowned London architect David Collins, is the place to see and be seen–at least on the Jersey Shore (23 Ocean Ave.; [732] 759-6700). Escape the “Village” and dial things down a notch in old-school Long Branch — Tuzzio’s has been around since the mid-’60s; three courses run as little as $9.95 and there’s live music on Fridays and Saturdays (224 Westwood Ave.; [732] 222-9614).

STAY HERE The just-opened Bungalow at Pier Village is billed as the Jersey Shore’s “first authentic boutique luxury-lifestyle hotel.” We don’t know what most of those words mean, and why they’re being used together in a sentence, but the hotel is mod and fab, with a champagne bar. Guests have access to the members-only Le Club, a beach club complete with cabanas, a roof deck bar, lounge and pool (from $339, two-night minimum; [800] 889-4361). On the boardwalk and just north of Pier Village, the 254-room Ocean Place Resort & Spa has a private beach and indoor and outdoor pools (from $169; [800] 411-6493).

HAPPENINGS Opening day of the Monmouth Park Racetrack is May 9, but the Haskell Invitational is the racing and drinking event of the summer (August 2). Oceanfest, the city’s annual Independence Day celebration, takes over the promenade with food, entertainment, arts and crafts and a fireworks display (July 4). September 5 is the Long Branch Jazz & Blues Festival, an all-day event with music and fireworks. Pier Village hosts concerts and outdoor movies throughout the summer.

HOT TIP Just three miles from the beach, Monmouth University’s 156-acre campus has great classic and modern buildings. Check out Woodrow Wilson Hall, a National Historic Landmark, where Wilson ran his campaign in 1916. It was used as Daddy Warbucks’s mansion in the film version of “Annie.”

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Spas are not typically known as being green with the amount of water and energy used in excess to offer ultimate relaxation for guests’, spas are now finding creative ways to “green” themselves that are not only great for the environment, but great for their bottom line as well.

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is a rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council to help companies design, build, and operate their structures more sustainably.

Certifications are awarded according to points earned for things such as, design, energy efficiency and water conservation. LEED certifications entail different levels of Copper, Silver, Gold and Platinum in which only 118 buildings have received.

Here are a few spa pioneers whom have earned a LEED accolade and are setting a standard that other spas are soon to follow.

The Palazzo Resort-Hotel-Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Is the country’s largest LEED-certified high-rise building. Set on the Las Vegas strip, this resort opened in 2008 boasting an eco-friendly spa, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub offers an assortment of innovative spa treatments such the 100 minute Neuromuscular Therapy. This treatment is aimed to relieve tension headaches, back pain, TMJ, restricted ranges of movement and other musculoskeletal conditions. The service is conducted by a trained neuromuscular therapist, which includes referrals so you can continue treatments when you return home. All treatments incorporate organic spa products as well.

Other novel features include a 40-foot rock-climbing wall, water efficient showers, and valet bicycle parking.

 

 

Avalon Hotel & Spa, Portland, Oregon

 

Oregon’s first Silver LEED certification was awarded to the Avalon Hotel & Spa last August because of its energy and water conservation, recycling, and ethical purchasing efforts. Other reasons to visit this boutique hotel on the Willamette River are for its wine bar, complimentary breakfast, and 30 treatment rooms with Spa Chakra services.

 

The Lodge and Spa at Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia

The Callaway property sits on 13,000-acre preserve as a dedicated non-profit towards environmental education. The preserve consists of gardens, hiking trails and a butterfly pavilion. Receiving the title as a LEED certified property because it was built with recycled materials and has efficient plumbing, lighting, and air-filtration systems. The 13-treatment room spas uses natural, indigenous products inspired from the gardens that are on the property.

 

Gala Napa Valley Hotel & Spa, American Canyon, California

The Gala Napa Valley Hotel & Spa was the first hotel to receive the country’s Gold LEED lodging certification. Housing 132-rooms with a spa that is inspired by the wine region it calls home, offering locally sourced grape seeds for scrubs treatments and a restaurant that features seasonal, local and organic produce.

Its unique features that made this property LEED certified are its skylights that are shaped like magnifying glasses to help light interiors and real-time display of the hotel’s energy use in the lobby.

 

Nusta Spa, Washington, D.C.

The Nusta Spa is the first Gold LEED certified urban day spa in the country. Known as the pioneer for “spa-greening” in an urban environment it received this certification from its energy and water-saving features and waste reduction strategies. Sourcing only organic products along with its signature skincare line that contains sustainable, organic ingredients.

 

Hotel Terra Jackson Hole, Teton Village, Washington

The Hotel Terra has earned a Silver LEED certification by using an advanced water purification system that purifies wastewater and releases it back into the surrounding land, energy-saving fixtures, nontoxic paints and cleaning supplies. The Chill Spa offers organic and restorative treatments along with cotton robes and reusable water bottles for guests.

 

Other Spa’s that are in the process of gaining LEED certifications are:

Hyatt at Olive 8, Seattle Washington
Elaia Spa

The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, Avon, Colorado
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Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa, Thompsonville, Michigan
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Inn by the Sea Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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Cavallo Point – The Lodge at the Golden Gate, Sausalito, California
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The Springs Resort and Spa, Pagosa Spring, Colorado
The Springs Spa & Salon

Bardessono, Yountville, California
Spa Therapy Center

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