Food & Drink
UV Treatments Make a Comeback in Local Spas
During the dungeon days of winter, who couldn't use a sunny burst of Vitamin D?
By Seattle Mag January 19, 2011
This article originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Seattle magazine.
After years of living in disgrace (we’ve sworn off tanning beds for good), UV is making a comeback as spas heap on extra doses of safe rays with therapeutic and innovative uses of light. Thank goodness. During the dungeon days of winter, we could use a sunny burst of Vitamin D without the guilt trip.
Sunset Ritual Body Wrap: Northwest Face Spa
The newly revamped Northwest Face Spa has captured the calming, new morning sunlight (sans the brutal alarm) in this signature wrap. Guests pick their preferred scent for a full body scrub and sugar mask, and are then wrapped in a Mylar blanket (human burrito alert!) while the spa’s custom-designed UV light system cycles from the deep violets and indigo blues of sunset back through the oranges and reds of sunrise for an energy-boosting exit from your warm cocoon. $125/50 minutes. The Woodmark Hotel, Kirkland, 1200 Carillon Point; 425.803.9000; thewoodmark.com/spa
FAB for 14 Manicure: Julep Nail Parlor
Though not surprising, it’s still depressing when perfectly manicured nails last less than a week. Julep has doubled that life expectancy with a natural, hybrid manicure (part polish, part gel), introduced last fall. Available in a range of shades, the fast-dry polish is cured under UV light, is slightly thicker, and it lasts up to 14 days. (Our own electric pink experiment lasted 26 chip-free days, despite our best efforts to wreck it.) $48/45 minutes. Available at downtown and Bellevue locations; Bellevue, 221 Bellevue Way NE; 425.440.0861; myjulep.com. Also at Gene Juarez Salons ($35/30 minutes. Multiple locations, genejuarez.com).
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