SpaHalekulani, Oahu, Hawaii

Before any treatments are performed, your spa pleasure begins with SpaHalekulani's signature foot pounding ritual. Your feet are first wrapped in fragrant, steaming towels, gently tapped with hand-woven Polynesian palm-branches, and finished with a light scent-ual misting. The maile (pronounced my-lee) vine is their signature fragrance and is used in many of the treatment products.

The spa offers guests seven relaxation suites, including two tandem suites; one featuring a traditional Japanese Furo and the other, a deluxe shower for two. The suites are fully equipped with regular and / or steam showers, changing areas, personal storage, luxe personal amenities and private restroom facilities. The spa also offers two Murano Spa manicure and pedicure stations, a full service organic salon featuring Pureology, SpaRitual, Caleel + Hayden's GloMinerals, Maile Kauai, Bissinger's Spa Chocolates, Pure Inventions (antioxidant boosts), and a premiere retail store featuring spa inspired gifts.

Guests can also enjoy a private (lanai) spa terrace surrounded by foliage and a garden courtyard, also allowing a view of Gray's Beach known by the Hawaiians for its healing "Kawehewehe" waters.

They offer a Samoan massage that uses smooth stones wrapped in mulberry bark, and toning, revitalizing noni juice and a Signature spa treatment Polynesian Steam Therapy, inspired by Tongan traditions. After a gentle tapping-style massage to loosen the upper chest and back, this treatment envelops you in your own humidifying steam tent made of kapa cloth. While your feet are pampered with reflexology, you inhale the lemony vapors of lemongrass, said to have antiseptic and skin-healing properties, along with earthy mists of kava root, said to ease anxiety and instill a profound calm, and eucalyptus to let you breath easy.

SpaHalekulani was developed by Sylvia Sepielli, operator of SPAd, (Sylvia Planning and Design). She has also overseen projects at The Mauna Lani Spa, on the Big Island, and Mii Amo at the Enchantment in Sedona, AZ as well as many spas in Japan & Asia. SpaHalekulani was the first spa to fully explore the healing traditions of Hawaii's diverse cultures, especially those from the Pacific Islands such as Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti. The Polynesian ambiance is abound - with sliding Japanese doors to the sandal-wood-scented massage beds.

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