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Benefits of a Sound Bowl Event

By Melissa Stewart | September 12, 2024

What Is a Sound Bowl Event and Why Is It Beneficial? A Sound Bowl Event at Soak Spa, also known as a sound bath or sound healing session, is a meditative experience where participants are immersed in soothing sounds and vibrations produced by instruments like crystal singing bowls, Tibetan bowls, gongs, and other resonant tools.…

April Skin Care Tips While Quarantined

By Melissa Stewart | April 8, 2020

Practicing self-care is more important than ever: It helps us relax, and it’s a reminder to nurture and love ourselves. One of those ways is to continue or start a skincare routine. Spending so much time indoors is affecting our lives and our skin in multifaceted ways. We wanted to offer some skin care tips…

Protect & Nourish Your Hands

By Melissa Stewart | March 30, 2020

  Nourish Your Hands with our DIY Recipe The outermost layer of the skin is of utmost importance as it helps protect us from environmental and external pollutants. The skin barrier or stratum corneum is the outer layer of the skin’s surface. It is chock full of cells and lipids (fat cells). It helps water…

Healing benefits of Roses…

By Melissa Stewart | February 28, 2020

    If you received roses for Valentines day then, Before those lovely petals fall off, think about harnessing the healing properties of the rose with one of these magical beauty benefits…..     Moisturizer ~  the natural oils in rose petals act as a perfect moisturizer for any part of the body, while the…

February is for Love…

By Melissa Stewart | February 22, 2020

    February is for Love… As is everyday, but with Valentine’s Day being February 14th, we celebrate love in all of it’s beautiful forms this month. Throughout history and still within psychology today, seven types of love have been studied by experts within both the soft and hard sciences. But, you don’t have to…

Decadent Soak for Two

By Melissa Stewart | February 8, 2020

    Decadence.   It’s a beautiful word, yet for me, can conjure feelings of unattainability and opulence. So, when I booked the Decadent Soak for Two with a Hot Stone Enhancement, I looked up the definition of decadent to better understand where Soak Spa & Foot Sanctuary was coming from.   Decadent – a…

This holiday season, enjoy the art of Lagniappe.

By Melissa Stewart | December 9, 2019

    Throughout Soak Spa & Foot Sanctuary, the art of lagniappe is a way of life, a mantra for all we do and give ‘a little something extra”.  Everyday, all year, the staff creates experiences that outshine expectations, with details that have been intentionally cultivated and perfected.    The first time I walked into…

NOCO Style “Best of Day” 2019

By Melissa Stewart | December 4, 2019

  What matters is our guests. Our clients. Our friends.   And when those people, whom we strive everyday to provide a beautiful spa experience for, show their love and support by choosing us, we are more than grateful.   Then, when those same people show up and vote for us and shout about how…

Why Shop Local?

By Melissa Stewart | November 19, 2019

Seems like a simple concept, right? Shop local, small businesses to support your community, your friends, your neighbors. But as the craze of holiday shopping sneaks up on us, those big box stores and online entities become more and more appealing. Local artists, restaurants, spas and boutiques thrive on your commitment to keep your money…