Scottsdale Spas: The Pedicure that Keeps on Kickin'
Of all the services that you could return from a destination spa raving about, mani-pedis usually aren't among them. It's not that getting your hands and feet sandblasted, buffed and shellacked by a stranger isn't incredibly relaxing, but the perfectly polished nails you pay hand over fist for have usually chipped by the time you're back in your own area code.
That's why we were pretty jazzed by the just-introduced Double Happiness Manicure and Pedicure combo we received at the Spa at Camelback Inn. Created by skincare diva June Jacobs exclusively for the resort, the treatment is designed as a facial for the hands and feet. As our chatty, Russian-born therapist Marta got to work on our woefully neglected gams, she informed us that peppermint, the featured ingredient the scrub she was using, has both aromatic and antiseptic properties--and, as we'd soon discover, can also make your toes tingle!
Two hours of intense pampering later, we had to admit that our fingers and toes looked pretty damn good. But we didn't fully grasp how effective the treatment had been until a week or so later, when our skin still felt spa-day smooth and our Espresso Your Style OPI polish still looked freshly painted.
Sure, a full body massage might have been nice--but it was pretty cool reaping the benefits of our spa experience long after returning home.
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[Photo: Spa at Camelback Inn]
Don't know how you spent your Turkey Day, but it probably wasn't as good as the one shared last week by Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn. The publicity whores--oops, we mean lovebirds--spent last Thursday at the Sanctuary Camelback Mountain resort in Paradise Valley, Arizona.
The New York Post's Page Six reports (via a source that sounds suspiciously like the hotel's PR rep) that Aniston and Vaughn got massages at the resort and notes, "They seemed to keep a pretty low profile...For instance, I didn't see them at all hanging around the visually arresting infinity pool, a focal point for the other guests. However, someone told me they did appear in the restaurant for dinner at least once over the weekend."
