1. Best Niche Spa Product: Bodhicitta Botanicals Travel Kit Whether it was Mexico, Jamaica, Sonoma County or LA, my trusty Bodhichitta Botanicals Peaceful Journeys travel kit made all my trips this year just a little better. Featuring essential oils and flower essence infused travel sized versions of Bodhichitta Botanicals products, this handy kit provides everything you need for a travel experience that is a cut above.
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2. Best Day Spa: Sumbody Day Spa
Three different locations in Northern California offer treatments with Sumbody’s amazing all-natural goat milk based products. Start the New Year off right with a girl friend getaway or a day of pampering. You’ll enjoy the rich feel of goat milk in a relaxing environment at Sumbody.
3. Best Body Product: Primavera Body Oil
Some body oils can feel greasy and slippery, making them messy to apply. Primavera’s blend of just the right kind of oils, combined with an expert combination of natural scents, creates a body oil that almost feels like a lotion. Their Lavendar/Vanilla blend smells good enough too eat and leaves skin silky smooth.
4. Best Spa/Resort Environment: Kenwood Inn
If you’re looking to get away for a luxurious spa retreat, look no further than the Kenwood Inn in Sonoma County’s wine country. This Mediteranean style villa offers incredible service, an in-house wine bar and a lush aesthetic that makes it impossible not to relax.
5. Best Massage: Watsu at Fairmont's Willow Spring Spa in Sonoma
Check out Sonoma country favorite, Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn, which was recently featured on Ben Flajnik's season of the Bachelor. Their unique body therapy treatment, Watsu, is not to be missed. A what-so is a Watsu you may wonder? Watsu is a unique massage modality involving water, floaties and a specially trained Watsu therapist. Your practitioner will gently float you in a salt water pool, utilyzing the weight of the water to stretch and move your body in a relaxing way, as she simultaneously massages your neck and shoulders with her hands. Sounds a little complicated, but in reality, this is one of the most relaxing and soothing forms of massage I've ever experienced.
6. Best Spa Food: Villagio Inn and Spa
Offering unique and flavorful spa salads, custom made truffles and many drink offerings, Spa Villagio’s spa menu is creative and delicious. Try their Wild Salmon Edamame Bean Quinoa salad for a healthy choice, or indulge in their delicious selection of chocolates.
7. Best Amenities: Poolside experience Bardessono
Soak in the sun while relaxing on a deluxe cabana by the side of Bardessono’s beautiful pool. Immediately upon arriving, attendants will offer you cold lemon water, plentiful towels and menus for drinks and treats. It’s hard to beat the gracious service or the incredible views, both of which are a perfect example of the complete eco-fabulous Bardessono experience.
8. Best Facial Product: Gunilla Skin Alchemy
Renowned aesthetician Gunilla Eisenberg of Gunilla Skin Alchemy is one of a kind. Knowledgeable, gentle and thorough, she gives an amazing facial. Take home a little bit of the “Gunilla Experience” with her custom blended facial oils. Using completely pure, high quality essential oils, these oils are incredible to smell and experience. My favorite blend is the “Hydrate” with Bois de Rose and Ylang Ylang, an absolutely heavenly combination.
9. Best Body Treatment: Ritz Carlton/Montego Bay-Jamaica
Body treatments can sometimes be a little hit and miss, with the practitioner trying to do too much in too short a time. The Jamaican Coffee Body Scrub at the Ritz Carlton/Montego Bay manages to escape the body treatment pitfall by perfectly balancing a variety of different experiences all in one treatment. Steam, scrub, bathe (while sipping on a fresh coconut) and then receive an amazing massage, without feeling rushed or frazzled.
10.Best Day Spa Facial: International Orange
Known for their experienced practitioners, International Orange aestheticians are some of the best. Every facial incorporates generous amounts of expert massage and includes a variety of high quality products, perfect for your skin type. Enjoy a relaxing treat for your skin as you soak in the calm of this urban day spa oasis.
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