Find your little piece of paradise in one of Canberra’s most luxe day spas. From massages to mani-pedis to facials, here are our favourite places to truly unwind.
It could be because of the weather (or our taste for the finer things in life), but Canberra is home to a higher-than-average concentration of luxurious day spas.
From massages to mani-pedis to facials, if you’re in desperate need of some pampering after a long, cold winter, never fear—we’ve put together a list of our favourite day spas.
Right on the beautiful Kingston Foreshore, you’ll find H2O Spa offering a range of facials, massages, OPI GelColor nail treatments, tanning, waxing and tinting. As part of the Medi Spa menu, the skin and body specialists at H2O are also able to provide LED light therapy (which can be used to treat skin conditions including acne, anti-ageing, after-lifting scars, psoriasis and pigmentation), non-invasive performance facials and LPG® Endermologie cellulite body treatments.
The H2O team have more than 15 years’ experience in the beauty and wellness industry, offering Spa Experience Packages that combine face and body treatments to leave you reinvigorated.
Shop 68/71 Giles Street, Kingston | Open Monday to Saturday | 02 6295 7072 | h2ospa.com.au
With a focus on holistic healing, Live Well Spa aims to help you live a happy, healthy and natural life. Guests can enjoy a variety of unique massage and facial treatments, as well as full-body scrubs and exfoliations. Every treatment at Live Well starts with a flower essence welcome ritual and finishes with a cup of herbal tea in their signature recovery pods.
Live Well also provides health services including acupuncture, herbal medicine, integrative medicine, kinesiology, naturopathy, remedial massage and osteopathy, to leave you feeling balanced and rejuvenated.
35 Murray Crescent, Manuka | Open daily | 02 6295 0400 | livewellnaturally.com.au
endota spa wants to help you reconnect with your best self. As soon as you walk through the doors of this tranquil haven tucked away in the Canberra Centre, you’ll be greeted by endota’s signature scent and a cup of calming herbal tea.
The endota therapists specialise in organic, advanced and anti-ageing facials, light therapy (LED) facials, hydro-microdermabrasion, relaxation, remedial, pregnancy and hot rock massage, body wraps and scrubs, manicures, pedicures, waxing and a complete range of beauty services. Endota also uses and stocks their in-house brand of Australian-made skincare, endota spa Organics™.
Shop DG20, Petrie Plaza, Canberra Centre | Open daily | 02 6223 2275 | endotaspa.com.au
With locations in both Griffith and Woden, Essence Salon and Spa has been pampering Canberra for over 20 years. Specialising in results-driven facial treatments, including Omnilux LED light therapy, radio frequency, skin needling, IPL, cosmeceutical facial peels and microdermabrasion, the team at Essence are the pros when it comes to your putting your best face forward.
With everything from waxing and tinting to teeth whitening, spray tanning, body wraps, massages and Shellac manicures on the menu, this is a spa experience to suit everybody. Essence has also put together day spa pamper packages from one-and-a-half hours to more than six hours of indulgence.
4 Barker Street, Griffith | Open Monday to Saturday | 02 6295 0276 | essencebeauty.com.au
4 Irving Street, Phillip | Open Monday to Saturday | 02 6281 4112 | essencebeauty.com.au
Indulgence is on the menu at Hale, a day spa located within the heritage-listed Brassey Hotel. Guests can make the most of the plunge pool, women-only steam room and infrared saunas, then relax with an herbal tea in the lounge in front of the fireplace.
When it comes to treatments, you can choose between massages (including hot stone therapy), anti-ageing facials, body wraps and manicures. With nine private treatment rooms, Hale can cater to groups including hen’s parties, birthdays and couples. If you’re looking to work up a sweat, Hale Gym also has casual classes including pilates, barre, yoga, spin and boxing scheduled daily.
10-14 Macquarie Street, Barton | Open Tuesday to Saturday | 02 6188 3299 | halehealth.com.au
The Beauty and Wellness Hub brings together some of Canberra’s most passionate independent practitioners under one roof in Bruce. Take a spa day with the team at Le Beaute Lounge, who provide a range of professional skin treatments, including advanced skin needling treatments, laser hair removal and spray tanning, plus personalised body and beauty treatments.
In the Le Beaute infrared sauna, you can even experience a soothing and therapeutic heat session that promotes relaxation, detoxification, improved sleep, pain relief, anti-ageing and healing.
57/1 Braybrooke Street, Bruce | Open Tuesday to Saturday | 02 6162 1790 | thebeautyandwellnesshub.com.au
Step into the luxurious, recently-renovated Fab Face and Body salon in Kingston and you’ll be treated to an array of indulgent facial and body treatments from a full body Swedish massage to the standout sensorial spa ritual.
Using a combination of Babor, Sothys and Ultraceuticals products, Fab also does waxing and tinting, facials and peels to leave your skin looking and feeling flawless.
The Fab Face and Body team pride themselves on using the latest technology, including most powerful LED light therapy treatments available in Canberra. They aim to help you destress, from the moment you pull into the complimentary on-site client parking.
4/28 Eyre Street, Kingston | Open Tuesday to Saturday, Monday by appointment | 02 6239 6493| www.fabfaceandbody.com.au
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