Give the Gift of Spa Utopia This Season
byI have enjoyed spa experiences around the world but rarely do I get to savour one close to home. Fortunately, I recently found Spa Utopia at the Pan Pacific Hotel, tucked away in the heart of the city.
Its entrance area is a full size boutique with an extensive collection of lotions, soaps, and creams, and once you enter the glass doors to the lounge, change rooms, and treatment rooms, you are transported to another place entirely. Design elements feature stone columns, exposed brick, and wrought iron chandeliers. In the main lounge these are all contrasted by soft, fluffy pillows, robes, sweet teas, calming scents, and ambient music. You feel as though you’ve found a secret city within the city filled with comfort.
I love getting massages, facials, manicures and pedicures but today it was really nice to enjoy a full spa experience with the Earth Mud Wrap. It’s like a spa scene in a movie where the main character gets pampered with a mud mask, scalp massage, and even cooling cucumbers on their eyes – which they sit up and take a bite out of when their BFF says something shocking to them. Crunch!
There were no cucumbers but I did get a calming treatment that made my body feel completely refreshed. I was scrubbed down and exfoliated, painted in mud, and wrapped up in a soothing cocoon of warmth. My body tingled as the clay cooled on my skin under layers and layers of sheets, blankets, and a dreamy duvet. While snuggled up I had a moisturizing treatment on my face and a scalp massage before washing off and having another full body lotion application.
After my treatment I practically sleep-walked to the lounge in my robe to bounce back from my contented cocoon-induced fog. I was handed a glass of rooibos tea with apple juice and lemon which I nursed for an unknown amount of time. A bridal party clinked glasses of bubbly, a couple cuddled up on the couch, and I had one of those “do I really have to leave and get back to work?” moments.
Whether you’re taking a weekend off or even popping by on your lunch hour, Spa Utopia provides lockers, robes, “spa panties”, sandals, beauty care products, hair dryers, and anything else you can think of that would help you get ready before leaving the locker room.
There is even offer a complimentary makeup touch-up service. If you would like full makeup or styling, they can do that too with hairstylists and professionals at the ready.
Give the Gift of Spa Utopia This Season
This season Spa Utopia is offering gift cards that are good for their shops (featuring many green and Canadian-made products), along with spa treatments and services. Tuck one into the stocking of a loved one or wrap it up as a gift of wellness, healing, and soothing this Christmas.
My gift to you is the chance to win your own Earth Mud Wrap experience.
70 Minutes: This mineral packed body mask offers therapeutic benefits for muscular fatigue, joint discomfort and minor skin irritations. Re-mineralizing the skin helps sustain hydration levels while skin detoxification brings a sense of balanced energy and deep relaxation. Includes a facial cleanse and treatment mask.
Here’s how you can enter to win the Earth Mud Wrap — keep it for yourself to melt away holiday stress or gift it to a deserving friend or family member:
- Leave a comment on this post (1 entry)
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Spa Utopia has four locations across Metro Vancouver including Langley, North Vancouver, the Pan Pacific in Downtown Vancouver and Body & Salt at Guildford Mall in Surrey. Follow on Facebook and Twitter for more information.
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 12:00pm on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. The winner’s wrap is available at the Langley, North Vancouver, or Downtown Vancouver locations.
Update The winner is @ChelseaMinhas!
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Sounds good to me!
As a stressed out student, this would be amazing!!
Sounds amazing! I’d love to go for my birthday!
Mud is fun!
Have always wanted to book here. Would be a nice addition to our Vancouver visit for the international wine festival. 🙂
This would be a great gift for a friend…
Would be a great gift fo my daughter but so tempting to keep for myself.
This sounds amazing!
This would be the perfect gift to myself after a challenging fall. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I totally need this haha
Sounds amazing!!
What a treat!
Sounds so relaxing!!
Am in HUGE need of something like this at the moment. Good luck all!
Winning this would amazing…
Would love to win this just in time for my birthday!
I’ve never had a spa treatment, but I’ve heard wonderful things about them… 🙁
Stressless holidays sounds good to me!
Oooh sounds lovely! And stress relieving!
Ooohhh… how sweet this would be!!
OMG that is a great way to escape from the holiday chaos!
This sounds so good!
Having never had a spa treatment, this sounds like going on a wonderful vacation, and still getting to sleep in your own bed! 🙂
Would love to give this to my fiancée
this would be the perfect gift for my mom!
This sounds like it would be great for chronic pain.
Great timing for this post, I was just looking for a spa related gift, thanks for the recommendation!
It sounds like heaven – what a special treat!
i’d love to try a mud wrap!
Regifting this one to my wife.
Yes, please! I’ve been good this year! 😉
I would love to win this and gift it to my mama! She works so hard taking care of my aging dad this would be such a sweet treat 🙂
Sounds like the perfect retreat away from my two loud boys!
Yes please!
My sister and I have been talking about taking our mom to the spa; she really deserves it!
This would be amazing!
I’ve heard this spa is wonderful!
this would be amazing!
I can channel my inner Louis Litt!
This sounds amazing!!
Would love to zen out in the mud!
Sounds like an amazing experience. A great gift
Dreamy!
My wife would love this!
Would love to try a Mud Wrap! This time of year is perfect!
Sounds sooo relaxing!
It’s been a crazy year! I would keep it for myself! I need it!
This sounds wonderful! I have never been to Spa Utopia!
this sounds awesome! It’s been a while since I had a spa day.
This sounds wonderful!
That treatment sounds delicious! 😀
This would be a nice prize.
Ohhh I would love this!!
This sounds so divine!
Perfect way to distress!! 🙂
Yes, please!
So stressed right now, I would really love this!
I cannot imagine anyone who would not want to win this! Thx!
Yes please!!! This sounds wonderful!
This would be a great treat for me after a holiday season of baking!
Love your blog! Thanks for keeping me current!
Always wanted to try the mud!
Sounds refreshing!!
Are men allowed to get this treatment?
I’ve always wanted to do this!
Spa Utopia is wonderful.
Thank you for the contest. This is wonderful!
sounds lovely
Would love to try an Earth Mud Wrap!
Never heard of this treatment until now, would love to try!
What a treat!
Sounds so relaxing 🙂
Cool that it helps with joint pain, (I never knew this and have osteoarthritis!) Thanks for the chance to win!
Would love to go to Spa Utopia ?
Spa Utopia is my fav spa
Would love to win this!
I’ve heard so much about Soa Utopia; would love to try it!
Would make a nice Christmas gift!!
This would be great! Thanks for the chance to win!
Spa in winter is the best!
This would be awesome!
What a great idea for a friend!
Would love to treat myself….but I would pay it forward 🙂 great gift!
I really, really need to destress…
this would be amazing for my sister!
Love going to the spa
I like the sound of this!
Love Spa Utopia, have never had a mud wrap, sounds awesome!
Would love to win this for my wife, she deserves some relaxing time!
Would love this!
Sounds heavenly!
I know somebody who needs this.
This is a comment!
Amidst BlackFriday & CyberMonday shopping,what a calming way for one to
stop & enjoy the winter holidays.The wrap would definitely bring me back down
to earth,sounds blissful!!
I think I would keep this one for me 🙂
Love Spa Utopia, especially the North Shore location!
This sounds delightful!
Would love this for my girlfriend!
This would make a lovely gift for someone on my Christmas List!!
This would be a great gift for my Mom.
I haven’t been to a spa for ages! Would love to go and take my mother!
this would be awesome to gift my wife
This would be great to give to my mom!
really need this!
This sounds amazing!
This would be a great date or Christmas gift!
a gift for my hard working daughter
Oh how I would love to indulge….. Pick me!
This would be a great gift for my mom
As I’ve been on crutches, and have a really badly sprained,swollen ankle, a little mud, spa treatment would be really welcoming right about now!! Love this. 🙂
wife would love this!
I need to de-stress!!
This sounds FABULOUS!
I’d really enjoy this!
I swear just reading about this treatment relaxed me – I want to try it for real!
Sounds relaxing 🙂
My wife would love this gift!
This sounds amazing, would love to try it.
Sounds revitalizing and an awesome experience!
want so much!
This is an indulgence I fully support!
You gotta pamper yourself and indulge once in awhile!
My girlfriend would love this!!
Perfect for the holiday season. 🙂
Enjoying an Earth Mud Wrap would be a wonderful experience!
I believe in it too
Definitely would be great a much needed stress free day of pampering. ***Crossing fingers***
I’ve tried that!! It was AMAZING. I treated my sister the following month! Big fan
Sounds so relaxing! I would love to try it!
Spa utopia is my fave! I could do with a post-party pre-Christmas mudding!
I have a toddler and pregnant with twins….this would be incredible!!!!
What a wonderful treat this would be!
Back in Van after living in France for 7months for my bf (now ex) I could definitely use some pampering! xx
Even imagining it makes me start feeling zen. 😀
Can’t wait !
There is NOTHING more stress releiving than a trip to spa utopia.
Sounds perfect for a winter getaway!
a need a spa day
Muddy mud fun
I would love a pampering session.
My daughter would love this!
I’d love this!
My Mom Would totally love this!! She also deserves it!
Sounds absolutely fantastic!!!
There’s never a bad time to hit the spa!