Go To The Spa

You and your best gal pals deserve a day at the spa. Stat! There’s no questioning that right? Being pampered and relaxed is a great way to celebrate your friendship any day. You don’t need a special day or a special reason to gather up your friends so you can all escape the hustle and bustle of the daily grind of your life. There’s always a time and space for indulgence. It’s definitely a step up from your usual coffee and salon bonding.

For your day spa experience with your pals, Ireland has plenty of places to go and spend the day and then you can indulge in a well-deserved pampering and relaxing session, we are sharing with you our top pick:

Our Top Pick: The Buff Day Spa Dublin

The Buff Day Spa is centrally located just off Grafton Street, next door to The Gaiety Theatre. You can choose from a range of Dermalogica Facials & Various Massage to Image Peels, Aromatherapy, Voya Maternity Treatments, La Stone Massage, Shellac Manicures & Pedicures, Fuschia Mineral Makeup and Sun FX Spray Tanning all in a beautiful setting and very good ambiance. The Buff Day Spa has been awarded the status of Top Supplier in UK & Ireland for the ever-popular Universal Contour Wrap and has recently become the official training centre in Ireland for this wrap. How amazing is that right? It truly is a part of the creme of the crop of day spas in Dublin.

When you come into the day spa, be it for a treatment, a package, or simply to buy a product, you will be greeted by their professional yet friendly staff. Customer service and the very best of client care is at the heart of what they do which has been the secret of their success.

The Buff Day Spa is unique in Dublin City Centre as it not only offers an opportunity to pop in for a quick massage or facial as in most other beauty salons but you are invited to spend longer – to completely unwind, wrap up warm in one of our luxurious bathrobes, sit and read a book in the various chill out areas whilst enjoying complimentary herbal tea or ease tired muscles in the complimentary Sauna. There is also complimentary use of our relaxation area and tranquility room for our guests to use before and after their treatments.

An aromatherapy massage is one of the most sought-after services on every spa menu. When you avail of the aromatherapy massage, fragrant and therapeutic essential oils are utilized to activate the healing properties of your body. Aroma and therapy in one. It is especially good whether you want to clear your thoughts, ease muscle tension, clear the lingering effects of cold or other ailments as well as when you just need to relax. The essential oil added to a carrier oil can help alleviate most if not all of the symptoms that you are feeling.

If you are used to the usual Swedish or deep tissue massage, you may have experienced the therapist using oil or scream that has a neutral scent or no scent at all. In an aromatherapy massage, the carrier oil (such as sweet almond oil, sunflower oil, jojoba oil, grapeseed oil) that is being used for the usual massage is mixed with an essential oil or a blend of essential oils derived from plants such as rosehip oil, eucalyptus oil, lemon oil, peppermint oil, lavender oil, among others. Some spas even go as far as creating their own blends and make their signature blends to offer to their customers.

Essential oils penetrate the body through the skin which brings several benefits beyond just their pleasant smell. Essential oils can also affect your mood, lessen pain, detoxify your body or maybe even ramp up your immune system. A relaxing aromatherapy massage, for example, may include a carrier oil with lavender or bergamot while peppermint and eucalyptus may be used if you are under the weather and you need some healing and to soothe your sore muscles.

In some spa-like spa breaks in Ireland, the therapist will invite you to smell available blends at the beginning of the treatment. If you want to narrow down your choice to the perfect blend that suits your current mood, it is good to consider which one appeals to you and consider the effect of the essential oils as well – relaxing, balancing, invigorating, healing. Once you choose your blend, you will be allowed to inhale the mix because this is the quickest way to get the aroma into your body. It is a good practice that the aromatherapy massage will start at the head area so the scent will linger even when the therapist already works in your body.