Your Feet Smell ... Fruity

Ok, so the title is alittle weird but I promise this won’t stink.

Whether you want to pamper yourself or relax your feet after a long day of exploring our wonderful city, here are a few options from off-the-beaten path spas that will make you smell and possibly act a bit fruity.

Allyu Spa located at 600 W. Chicago Ave., just 5 minutes via taxi from the hotel. This spa provides massage, skin, sauna, acupuncture, and most importantly (to this posting) manicures and pedicures. Their signature manicure and pedicure treatments draw upon the wisdom of earth-honoring cultures from around the world and incorporate natural ingredients to beautify, nourish and detoxify your hands and feet. A few options are: Andean - honey powder, Bolivian pink salts, quinoa meal, lemon verbena, pumpkin and avocado butter. Indian - coconut milk, garbanzo bean, ginger, herbal clays, yogurt, and kokum butter. Indonesian -coconut milk, brown sugar, honey, kaolin clay, yogurt, honey, and mango butter. Mediterranean - Dead Sea salts, aloe, couscous, orange peel, yogurt, mint, and shea butter

Think of it as a cultural experience for your fingers and toes.

Spa Space, located at 161 N. Canal Street just 10 minutes via taxi from the hotel, has quickly become one of the innovators of spa services in Chicago. Their services have been covered in Shape, InStyle, and Red Streak magazines. For fingers and toes, they have a few options. First, the Rose Petal Pedicure, which includes a rose bath salt soak, grapeseed scrub and a massage with hydrating rose oil. Second, the Citrus Salt Glow (Mani or Pedi) which includes a citrus sorbet soak, intense salt glow scrub, orange blossom cream, and citrus sorbet paraffin treatment. Lastly, is the Mango-Pineapple Enzyme (Mani or Pedi)– mango fizz soak, pineapple papaya sugar scrub, pineapple papaya enzyme cream and mango paraffin treatment for deep hydration – very fruity. Not only can you get a spa service, but they also offer appetizers, soups, sandwiches, and entrees – plus you can bring your own wine (they’ll supply the glasses) for an even more relaxing experience.

Lastly is Mojo Spa in Wicker Park at 1468 N. Milwaukee, just 10 minutes from the hotel via taxi. Mojo Spa began as a quest for the perfect lip balm. Amanda Kezios, a personal chef turned beauty product innovator, made use of her talents in the kitchen to concoct a unique, natural lip balm that could cure her dry chapped lips. Mojo Spa creates over 200 innovative bath & beauty products inspired by comfort foods & nostalgic treats. All their products are handmade in small batches and utilize natural food ingredients, aromatherapy blends, positive affirmations, healing crystals and sound therapy. Their services have also been featured in magazines such as Allure, InStyle, Chicago Social, and Time Out Chicago. Any service can be either a manicure, pedicure or combo.

The “Hot Mama,” is a treatment utilizing warming Shanti Spice Scrub and Shanti Spicy Body Lotion. Each is made with a blend of apple puree, clove, cinnamon, and ginger. This service also includes a mineral rich hand and foot soak, exfoliation, arm and leg massage, nail care and polish.

The “Dr. Feelgood,” is an arm and leg massage with Dr. Feelgood Energized Body Relief Cream, a homemade cream consisting of a special essential oil blend, and sound therapy to help relieve tension. This is then followed by a mineral rich hand and foot soak, a Vitamin C packed hand and foot exfoliation with their Lemon Lust Scrub, an enzyme rich hand and foot mask, nail care and polish.

If that isn’t enough, check out either the “Sugar Daddy”, “Queen for a Day”, or “Diva Deluxe”. You won’t be disappointed and it will definitely increase your mojo.