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Essential Touch Wellness Center and Boutique at Shea

Enhance your inner beauty through our healing therapies designed to reduce stress, improve health and create a foundation of well-being.

Day Spa

9003 E Shea Blvd
Scottsdale, AZ 85260

(480) 860-3655

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One of the few full-service day spas in the nation found in a hospital, the Essential Touch Wellness Spa and Boutique is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to holistic care for the mind and body. Located in the Women's Center of the Scottsdale Healthcare Shea campus, the intimate atmosphere of this 5,000-square-foot facility was designed with women's health and wellness in mind, although the spa does have a men's only day each month.

The boutique offers everything from specialty items for new moms such as breast pumps and nursing bras to signature-scented candles and carefully selected books and resources. Also for sale is the full line of Pevonia Botanica products, a top skincare line which is used in all their spa services.

Tucked in a private corner of the boutique, the salon has two spa pedicure chairs and three manicure stations. The nail technicians are medically trained to also provide in-room manicure and pedicure services to sensitive-needs hospital patients such as individuals undergoing chemotherapy and patients with diabetes.

The Wellness Spa area houses a full-service fitness center staffed by highly educated exercise physiologists, a small but intimate waiting area, seven therapy rooms including a Vichy shower room and a hydrotherapy room, a steam room, and an immaculate locker and bathroom area. You'll find that everything about this day spa has so much thought and careful consideration behind it; for example, the air-circulated, 36-jet hydrotherapy tub was chosen over the water-circulated models because air jets do not carry the bacteria that water jets can. You'll also find that the subtle ambiance and comfortable décor of the wellness area is so peaceful and inviting that you'll feel very much at home.

Whether your visit to the hospital is one of joy or anxiety, the unique therapies, the friendly and knowledgeable staff, and the tranquil surroundings of the Essential Touch culminate in a very healing and stress-reducing experience.

Services:

nails, facials, massage, waxing, body treatments, maternity and infant massage, hydrotherapy, fitness training, wellness evaluation, childcare

Amenities:

steam, lockers, fitness center, complimentary refreshments

Pricing:

$66 to $100 (average price of 50 or 60-minute treatment)

Size:

5,000 sq ft

Hours:

Mon-Sat, 9 am to 9 pm

Payment:

Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Discover

Products:

Pevonia, Medela, Bella Mamma, Dreamtime, OPI, Creative Nail

SpaGirl Review:

Well now I've done just about everything! Before I go on, let me first tell you that I'm not a "naked" personI don't do massages, wraps or any other types of body treatments in the buff because I'm just too darn modest. So when the opportunity came up for me to try the Essential Touch's Esthébuste treatment, I was a bit apprehensive.

Haven't heard of an Esthébuste yet? It's essentially a facial for the neck, chest and bust. A boob job, if you will. The Esthébuste treatment was developed by Pevonia Botanica to heal, repair and tighten the sensitive skin between the chin and lower bust line. A combination of an ingredient called Kigelia Africana from a tree in Africa (curiously known as the Sausage Tree) along with Chamomile and Elastin helps to produce smoother, hydrated skin with improved elasticity and texture.

Being rather uneasy as I mentioned, I still managed to relax once I had on my spa robe (the same robes apparently found at the Bellagio in Las Vegas) and my Sensi slippers. One thing I have to mention about this placeit's immaculately clean! And the waiting area is so quiet and homey feeling that I found it no problem to let go of my anxieties, plop my feet up on a footstool, sip some delicious herbal tea and await my Esthébuste treatment.

"The Once my therapist escorted me to the therapy room, she instructed to me to lay face-up (boobs up) on the table. The room was warm, thank goodness, as the therapist started the treatment. First, she cleansed, exfoliated and toned the area between my neck and bust line very much like a facial. Then she gently massaged the area, which she explained would increase the blood flow and improve circulation. Next she applied the specially formulated Esthébuste cream, covered my chest with a later of gauze, and began preparing the mask. The Esthébuste mask was a very thick, greenish goo that when first applied, felt warm and heavy. But once it began to cool, it took on an intense tingling, almost slightly stinging feel. Something was definitely going on under there!

After several minutes, the therapist peeled off my mask in one huge piece. And behold, there were my boobscould've been a piece of artwork had I not been lying on my back (you know, the whole gravity thing). She cleansed the area again and applied a cooling, protective cream.

So were "they" any different after the treatment? Truth is, I really don't know. I'm so worried about the laugh lines around my eyes and the size of my thighs, that I don't pay much attention to my chest. My skin was definitely softer and maybe a bit firmer, but I think the thing that I really took away from this treatment is that I tend to ignore this part of my body. It's high time I start paying attention to this area and maybe give my thighs a break.

Getting a mammogram, just finished nursing or maybe just having stressful day? I say, go get a boob job at the Essential Touch! Celebrate those sensual, life-giving, sometimes perfect, sometimes imperfect breasts of yours by giving them an hour or so of uninterrupted attention. You'll be all the perkier for itmentally and physically!

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