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Considered the finest most luxurious hotel spa in Santa Barbara, The Spa overlooks the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands. Set between the award-winning Rose Garden at Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore Santa Barbara and the Resort’s Jungle Pool, The Spa, designed by world famous Peter Marino, a sophisticated contemporary décor melds with traditional Spanish colonial architecture and finishes to create a uniquely fresh and classic environment.

Spacious at 12,000 sq.ft., the Spa features an upper level relaxation space, expansive locker rooms with sauna and steam room, and eleven lavish treatment rooms. Indulge in a luxurious experience in a tranquil setting with stunning views of the Pacific. The Resort is delighted to feature nail treatments from SpaRitual. This luxurious, eco-conscious brand offers vegan and paraben-free products for hands, feet and nails. Energise or soothe sore muscles with organic ingredients, such as Indonesian ginger and eucalyptus.

Unique holiday grape treatments include OLAVIE WINE THERAPY
The Spa is pleased to introduce wine therapy treatments and products by Olavie.
Each decadent and deliciously frangrant treatment features Cassis and French Oak, a powerful antioxidant seven times more potent than Vitamin E. As part of their spa experience, guests enjoy a complimentary glass of local Santa Barbara wine.

ANTIOXIDANT CASSIS AND FRENCH OAK SCRUB
Renew and revitalize your skin with an all-natural sugar body scrub. Includes an emollient-rich Cassis and French Oak massage oil application.

CASSIS AND FRENCH OAK FACIAL
This deep cleansing European-style facial is customized to your skin type. Enjoy a relaxing hand and arm treatment with Cassis and French Oak massage oil at the conclusion of your facial experience.

WINE THERAPY MASSAGE
Enjoy a customized massage with Cassis and French oak massage oil.

CASSIS AND FRENCH OAK MANICURE AND PEDICURE
Our mandi pedi treatment includes a antioxidant foot soak to remove toxins, an emollient-rich Cassis and French Oak massage oil application to replenish and refresh the skin, and a polish application.

The Grape de Vine, a treatment that highlights the benefits of grape seed, has become a major attraction in communities where wine reigns. The wine products featured in these current services are French in origin, but soon a new wine therapy treatment including local wines will be introduced. In this treatment dull skin is gently exfoliated, releasing a natural glow. The antioxidizing and relaxing benefits of grape seed are enhanced with rose gel, followed by a wine essential oil during a full body massage.

Spa Ritual provides 100 DBP-free, formaldehyde-free and toluene-free lacquer shades to choose from in the Palm Nail, offering a natural alternative to conventional nailcare.Treatment rooms include our ocean view. Indulge in a luxurious experience in a tranquil setting with stunning views of the Pacific. The Resort is delighted to feature nail treatments from SpaRitual. This luxurious, eco-conscious brand offers vegan and paraben-free products for hands, feet and nails.

Highlights at the Spa include Palm Suite for manicure/pedicure services, two private rooms dedicated to signature facial treatments, and three ocean view massage Spa Suites including a luxurious VIP Suite for couples with its own oceanfront private terrace. All Spa Suites offer sensorial steam showers with hydrotherapy and in room bubbly soaking tubs.

Experience the range of signature facial and body treatments, stroll or sit in the spa garden amid dozens of roses and flowering sage overlooking the sea and islands while enjoying teas and fresh juices from the tea bar, served by peacefully accommodating attendants. Enjoy 11 personalised spa treatment rooms – including four day suites, each with a fireplace – or in the privacy of your guest room. The Spa offers a lunch menu to guests. Visit http://www.fourseasons.com/santabarbara/spa/.

Contact the Spa directly at+1 (805) 565-8250. Hours: Every day 8:00-8:00 pm.

Amoung the many taletented artists included in The Artisan Group presentation at the GBK-Pilot Pen Gifting Lounge for the 2016 Emmy Award Nominees was Vicky creator of hand-made Macrame Jewelry pieces, and also beautiful Angel Wings Earings that come in a variety of beutiful colors.

This link will show the details of the event and who was enjoying The Artisan Group hand made gifts.

Why Buy Handmade?
Because it is the work of an Artisan, his/her feelings, thoughts, ideas, emotions, so much goes into artisanal work. You see the finished piece, but this piece was born out of an idea sparked by a color, a shape, a thought, it slowly took form, many times it goes through a long transformation process as the artisan encounters road blocks and has to recreate his/her path to the finished product. Sometimes that product differs vastly from the artisan original idea, but in the end it is with pride and joy that said piece is offered to you, no matter what your taste or feelings about it, it is that artisan’s greatest form of expression.

When you buy truly hand made products you buy unique pieces of art, sometimes even exclusive, something that only YOU have. I have many pieces that were made only once, and none of my jewelry is mass produced. My store remains small and I never duplicate any item more than a few times, so they will always remain unique.

They are carefully hand made from beginning to end, with high quality materials, and techniques that I have perfected with hours of practice over the years. My knots are steady and uniform, my pieces are made to last. They are light weight, soft, colorful and can be both elegant, and casual.
So enjoy a piece of Art made by Han. Visit: knotsandsparklez.com and TheArtisanGroup.org.

Great Holiday Grape Benefits at Four Seasons Biltmore Spa