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From top: Lumina/Stocksy; iStock; Sarah BoyumWELLNESS
Spoil Yourself
Colorado-St yle
Your house isn’t the only thing that’s due for a refresh this
spring; those sore joints and irritated skin deserve a pick-
me-up, too. Instead of splurging on the same old massage
or manicure, though, try mixing up your routine with one
of these trending Centennial State treatments. —KATIE CIAGLO
CANNABIS CARE
While Denver’s Utopia All
Natural Wellness Spa and
Lounge—where you’ll be
able to vape to your heart’s
content—waits on the
city to approve its permit,
cannabis-loving spa-goers
can still relax courtesy of their
favorite plant. For instance,
Nature’s Root in Longmont
turns locally grown hemp
into topical treatments and
partners with local spas, such
as Veda Salon & Spa-Denver,
to provide them to the public.
Right now, Veda offers a
hemp-infused therapeutic
deep-tissue massage starting
at $135 for 60 minutes.HIGH AND DRY
Local massage therapists are
well aware that Colorado’s
elevation can wreak havoc
on visitors’ bodies, triggering
everything from headaches to
nausea to vertigo. Their solu-
tion: acclimation treatments.
The Four Seasons Vail Spa’s
High Altitude Adjustment
Cure ($325) includes a 75-min-
ute massage with acupressure
techniques to ease symptoms
of altitude sickness and a take-
home kit with goodies such as
bottled oxygen to keep visitors
breathing easy (OK, easier) on
future adventures.ANIMALFREE
You’d be surprised at the
number of critters that end
up in spa treatments. For
example, most massage
therapists can’t guarantee
your mud scrub doesn’t have
ground-up beetle parts in it.
If the thought of crushed-up
creepy-crawlies, well, creeps
you out, consider Colorado’s
growing number of vegan
skincare options, such as the
Spa at St Julien’s Pampered
Vegan Treatment ($145).
The package features a body
scrub with 100 percent or-
ganic sunflower oil and finely
ground sugar followed by a
full body and scalp massage
with wild lime and avocado
oils—no insects involved.
If you want
to get really
edgy (or
New Age-y)
with your
spa services,
check out
Vive Float
Studio+:
You’ll find
halotherapy,
cryotherapy,
float rooms,
and more
at the four-
month-old
Cherry Creek
location.SPA-LEVEL
SKINCARE
A Longmont
skincare line debuts
products fit for
an aesthetician.Although Colorado
Aromatics has sold its
locally made skincare
products to the public
for almost four years,
the Longmont com-
pany just launched
professional-grade
creams and serums
(those designed ex-
clusively for licensed
aestheticians) in
January. he line takes
three of Colorado
Aromatics’ most popu-
lar items—Springtide
Gold face cream, Razz
tightening serum,
and Meadow Mist
cleanser—and adds
even more of their ac-
tive ingredients (think:
peptides to promote
collagen production
and hyaluronic acid to
tighten skin). To reap
the beneits of these
amped-up products,
you’ll have to head to a
spa that carries them;
right now, that’s Body
& Face Aesthetics
Skin Spa, which sits
just a short walk from
Colorado Aromatics’
production facility. —KC