Mother’s Day Gift Guide: For the Real Housewife

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Your mom is a very special lady. A lady who is able to host plastic surgery parties for her closest friends, boozes by the barrel and probably owns a basketball team. Your mom has everything. So what do you buy her for Mother’s Day, the Real Housewife? Whether she resides in New York, New Jersey, Atlanta or Beverly Hills, she is going to love her gift no matter what, especially if it’s one of these five fabulous picks. See them after the jump.

Treat Mind, Body & Sole to a $50 Spa Week Treatment at Saks

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

April has us heart deep in eco-month, and our soul feels great. Now let’s focus on the sole (and the rest of the body). Spa Week starts next week, and with it comes $50 spa treatments!! Sometimes saving your wallet and your body can be as important as saving the world. And if you hit up the Halcyon Days Salon & Spa at Saks or Neiman Marcus, you can take your utterly relaxed self down to the shoe department, and spend what you saved on the Spa Week special on a new pair of neon Prada pumps. Anything to wash away the feeling of the low spa slipper…

Body Balancing Backpacks

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Everyone can use a little balance from time to time. And what Spa Week and Czeching out foreign spas have made me realize is that our backs are a precious, precious place. Even out the load you carry by taking on a backpack, and save the hunch for editorial. Right now, you can win the sleek Botkier Misha backpack on FashionIndie. But in case you’re not the lucky winner, here are 10 more that we love.

The Packing Czech List

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

I’m going to the Czech Republic and I’m bringing with me….

Though they say I’ll be spending the next 7 days in a bathrobe and/or naked at various spas across the Czech Republic, I know that I’ll want more than just a plain white terrycloth backward snuggie. I’m ready to style the spa, but I’m also packing smart. Here’s the Czech list for what should be brought on a Spa-cation. I’ve never been on one before, so if I’m missing anything crucial, I’ll let you know at the time I need it most.

Czech It Out: FashionIndie goes Euro Spa Clubbing

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

FashionIndie is taking you on a beauty and spa adventure. See what ensues when social media spa boy wizard @OzSultan and I, Indie fashion head, @JessicaLapidos, trek to the Czech Republic to discover treatments that have evolved over centuries in the natural mineral water reserves, and have kept models skinny and even-faced for even longer. Across the Atlantic, they don’t really believe in the “Day Spa”; they subscribe to at least a week of spa at a time. With CzechTourism as our generous guide, we’ve teamed up with Spa Week and the EuroSpaClub to show you how to get your body into model condition via a week of intensive wellness werq. Czech it out.

James Corbett Studio & Spa Will Heal Your Mind, Body & Soul

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

Pampering certainly isn’t the most important thing in this world, but it sure can help an aching mind and body to feel better. Lucky for me, I got to experience the most amazing Spa Week preview at James Corbett Studio & Spa right in the middle of Fashion Week. For one blissful hour, I was lost in a full-body Swedish massage that melted away the stress, shoulder knots and foot pains of NYFW. Not only was the masseuse Henry incredible, the staff welcoming and the environment relaxing and friendly, but James Corbett’s nonprofit Hair2Help makes you feel good about supporting his business. Want to learn more? Click through to get the details.

Spaaaaahtlight :: Thai Yoga Massage

Edited by Michelle Joni Lapidos

Spa Week Daily presents: 1 Treatment. 3 Spas. 5 Reasons why you should try it.

Indies, de-stress.

Fashion Shoots the Spa

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

When Spa Week Daily editor Michelle Joni finally got fed up with searching through the snoozefest of google image returns on “Spa”, she put her background of fashion editorial to work. With the Lovely Wanderlust ladies as model/muses, they brought fashion into the spa. That’s no easy feat in a place where it’s customary to be naked.  

How to Get Sandal-Ready Toes Without Leaving Your Apartment

Edited by Amanda Gabriele

It’s not quite warm enough for sandals yet, but we’re getting closer. Are your toes ready for exposure? Mine are definitely not. But if you’re in the same boat, not to worry because you can get sandal-ready feet in no time from the comfort of your own home. Check out the six easy steps below and prepare to wear your most baring shoes.

Oh Thank SPA!

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Spa Week – you know, when spa treatments are just $50 – just officially ended yesterday. We fashionably late folk who missed out – take only a moment of sadness about not capitalizing on a $50 deep tissue Swedish massage, or a $50 organic pore detoxifying facial, or a $50 slimming wrap, the list goes on… because guess what… SO DOES SPA WEEK! Hundreds of spas across the country have extended Spa Week through April 24th, April 30th, even through June 1st! Whew! More details ahead.