STYLE & SPA
DO THE DEAL: Take a Spa Day
Relax! Spoil yourself at cost-conscious spas, studios, salons, and styling schools.
DANDY DUDE
10:30am | Clean up that haircut at Gene Juarez Advanced Training Academy, $30—the student stylist will throw in a neck or bangs trim for free. 1901 Fourth Ave, Downtown, 206-622-6611; www.genejuarez.com
1pm | Guys’ nails need filing too. Get an ungirlie grooming manicure, $23, at InSpa. 2740 NE University Village, University Village, 206-985-7033. 102 Bellevue Sq, Bellevue, 425-452-1031; www.inspa.com
4:30pm | Enjoy the back-saving benefits of first-rate training with an hour-long rubdown, $35, at Cortiva Institute’s Student Massage Clinic. 425 Pontius Ave N, Ste 100, South Lake Union, 206-282-1233; www.cortiva.com
7pm | Find inner peace at one of the Seattle Insight Meditation Society’s free meditation sittings (see Web site for details). www.seattleinsight.org
TOTAL $88
LUXURIATING LADY
11am | Feel the burn during a bargain bikini wax at Bellevue’s Herban Therapies Day Spa, $30. 11000 NE 10th St, Ste C, Bellevue, 425-283-5871; www.herbantherapies.com
1pm | Head to Vain salon for an edgy, high-fashion hairdo courtesy of an apprentice stylist, $15. 5401 Ballard Ave NW, Ballard, 206-706-2707. 2018 First Ave, Downtown, 206-441-3441; www.vain.com
4pm | Perfect your arches with a happy-hour eyebrow waxing, $15 (Mon–Fri, 4–6pm only) at Derby Salon. 6315 Roosevelt Way NE, University District, 206-526-1470; www.derbysalon.com
5:30pm | End your day the clothing-optional way at ladies-only Hothouse Spa and Sauna, where the entrance fee buys you access to the hot tub, sauna, steam room, and cold plunge, $12. 1019 E Pike St, Capitol Hill, 206-568-3240; www.hothousespa.com
TOTAL $72
THE WELL-KEPT COUPLE
10:30am | You and your honey will bond as you bend, stretch, and reach during an ashtanga (flow-style) yoga class at the Samarya Center, $16. 1806 E Yesler Way, Central District, 206-568-8335; www.samaryacenter.org
Noon | Go hand in hand to get happy hour “Express” manicures, $32, (weekdays only, 11:30am–2:30pm) at Spaahh, that palace of pampering inside the Hotel 1000. 1000 First Ave, Downtown, 206-957-1000; www.hotel1000seattle.com
4:30pm | First-timers at one of Massage Envy’s five area spas can indulge together close to home with hour-long rub sessions, $78. www.massageenvy.com
TOTAL $126
Published: February 2008
