The Mini-Day Spa
With a Heart

What is it with Valentine’s Day that makes us think about our significant other? Is Valentine’s Day more romantic than other days? or is it just a reminder to think about them more. For me it’s more like a hard stop, a forced time to re-evaluated myself for the past several months or year and to make sure that my partner knows that I deeply love and care about them if I haven’t already made that effort some other time during the year. There are many ways to show you care and

Doors are open and business is running. The turnout for the first few weeks is leaps and bounds above what we expected to see for initial opening which such a relief. In the first week or two all our original Vidura pioneers showed up in droves bringing in friends and family which really helped the boat lift. We just want to thank you guys so much from the bottom of our heart, you know who you are! The next wave of clients came from our employees which also was wonderful. Now

Well we finally did it, we are now open at our retail location on 9702 Huebner Road. We had so many hiccups along the way but the day is finally here. This last week passing final inspections and getting everything set up has been the biggest challenge of our lives. Be warned if you get a city permit inspector who is looking at your mechanical, electrical or plumbing and he feels like holding every detail to the letter of the law (as was in our case in pluming) then you might

Before I got into the spa business I never really understood why spas would put cucumbers on a client’s face during a facial treatment and skin enhancement session. I would think, "what a funny thing to put on the face", plus it feels a little slippery and cold. However now that I’m all grown up, I fully understand the benefits of cucumber as part of a routine facial treatment. Cucumbers are full of antioxidants and contain powerful minerals such as silica (good for collagen)

It goes without saying that extensions to your eyelashes must be performed with extreme care and attention to detail; but what and how exactly must extensions be performed and what about the maintenance that goes along with them? We are going to consider both of these questions. As stated in previous blogs, eyelash extensions should be performed by a trained professional using the best products such as Minky® or Xtreme Lashes®. With that being said, the next thing you will wa

Greetings San Antonio. Here’s a quick update on progress. Concerning layout, we’ve decided to go with an approach that pretty much splits the space 50/50. Fifty percent of the spa will be dedicated to massage/lash/waxing and the other half will be dedicated to manicure and pedicure. The back half will have 6 massage rooms with one of the rooms used for multi-purpose waxing, facial, threading and massage. Two massage rooms can be converted into one large room for couple’s mass

Wow, what a road it’s been. We received final approval and checks in hand this past month from LiftFund. We thought we would NEVER get here. From our business plan to our design layout to our contracting to final build out, we finally made it to actually having cash in hand funding. Having cash in hand from conceptual ideas is one of the greatest feelings. It’s no longer abstract, it’s real, it’s here and it’s on! To be honest, we sweat it out several times, actually more tha

Last week Saffron took an extensive class on back & body walking massage here in San Antonio, the class was called FasciAshi Fundamentals hosted by Heeling Sole. Heeling Sole is the best in the business when it comes to various forms of back walking and we are not afraid to admit it! Heeling Sole has been on Dr. Oz’s TV program as a recognized leader in the U.S. and has been in countless health and massage magazines for their form of back & body walking. Saffron herself is an

I’ll have to admit I had a strange thought the first time someone asked me if I wanted paraffin wax when I was getting a pedicure, I believed they were saying something about a puffin bird; “…Puffin? No thanks I don’t think I need that…” Once I realized what the host was talking about I still rejected it because I didn’t know anything about it but now I desire it. A little history on paraffin. Paraffin was not originally used in the beauty industry. It was initially used in t

As you may or may not know we have not had a blog article written in a long time. Why is this? Well frankly the location at Camp Bullis we had our eyes on, and made an offer to, fell through. But not because of anything we had done. The landlord of this new strip mall that was being built decided to give the entire building lease to a medical group. There was a pizza place, a dentist office and a few other possible tenants that also got the boot, lol. To be honest we are not

Naturally I've been thinking about spa design lately as we are planning on how to build our retail space out. I never cease to be amazed at all the various day spa designs I’ve seen everywhere I go around the world. I love almost all of them and have a hard time choosing a favorite but I do have a few designs that continue to stick out in my mind. The following are a few ideas I hope to incorporate in some small way into our day spa. Water. A reoccurring theme in all day spas