Sometimes Just Let Go…. and Have a Spa Day!

December 8, 2024

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Call it luxurious, special, exquisite, pampering, fancy, palatial, lush, upscale or sumptuous, but it is all very clear. Just Let Go

Skin Love Beauty & Body Bar is a very new, very unique very one-of-a-kind experience that just opened on West avenue. In Atlantic Highlands.

Meeting the owner Carrie Ann Blendowski gives you some idea of her love and intensity for what she does, to say nothing of the education and experience that backs up her desire to keep everyone happy, relaxed and looking forward to a brighter future.

Skin Love Beauty & Body Bar is the intimate salon nestled in a charming little house with pots of flowering plants on the steps even on cold wintry days. That’s the first sign of the attention Carrie Ann pays to the slightest detail to ensure charm, rest, relaxation and peace. Inside, it’s hard to tell whether at this time of year it’s the charm and comfort of a beautifully decorated Christmas trees nestled next to the glowing fireplace that first makes you feel at home, or the light blue walls, comfortable chairs and soft, fluffy white pillows and framed photos of clouds against more blue that convinces you there’s a certain aura here that cannot be denied.

Carrie Ann has had the dream for THIS business in THIS little house ever since she moved across the street several years ago.

As an esthetician , a skilled health and skin certified and licensed trained technician proficient in a variety of areas from massage therapy and health coaching to dermatology, and armed with more clinical degrees and excellence than can be mentioned, Carrie offers facials, massages, holistic health, sale of high quality health, beauty aid and skin care items, and more, limiting her clients to no more than 15 or 20 a week to ensure all are given complete attention. Couple all that with the fact she has been recognized as the top esthetician in the country for training, and you get an idea of how unique this shop on West Avenue truly is.

Then, think about this: Carrie offers many of her facials and massages for two-hour long appointments.

There is one more very unique aspect of this newest business in Atlantic Highlands. Carrie offers facials and treatments for two.

There are many times she said when, for instance, a mother might want to give her daughter a special gift and share special time with her before the birth of her grandchild; or a couple of long-time friends might want to share a couple of hours of pampering and relaxation together. Or a husband and wife might want to share the comfort of dual facials. There are many times people want to share the experience, she explained, so in a darkened first floor area, she treats both simultaneously the two tables where the guests lie separated just enough for Carrie to be able to treat both to relaxing facials and arm and hand massages and special treatments.

Upstairs is still another story of pampering and comfort with another very unique attraction. The table in the darkened room lit only by candles, soft music wafting throughout the home, is covered with plush warm, organic sheets and blankets, ensuring warm comfort for relaxing massages. There is also a very unique , very personal sauna on the second floor, a body size ‘cocoon’ in which the client is tucked in and the temperature adjusted for different parts of the body, or treating specific aches or muscle pain, filtered with eucalyptus, lemon, or other aromas and oils that work on healing as well as relaxation.

Wanting only the best cosmetics, oils and treatment for her guests, Carrie offers Premium Diamond Glow treatments for face and body, as well as Sunlighten sauna and body services customized for each guest.

Still more is coming to this cozy nook that opened earlier this month. On Dec. 12, the first six to eight guests who reserve can participate in Sound Ball Healing, a special relaxation and meditation program that will be offered at 6:30 on the second floor, for $25 per person. On Dec. 21, those who reserve can participate in an individual Ignite your Aura service for $68 each, when individual photographic auras will be read from noon to 4 p.m.

Skin Love & Beauty Bar also specializes in facials for men, and reservations can be made for any day of the week, generally from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. But Carrie is also generous with accommodating unusual schedules and time frames whenever possible.

Gift certificates for any services are also available. In any amount, enabling the recipient to select her own services.

Luxury does not always come cheap, the spa owner admitted, but she prefers perfection and assurance each client will leave rested, relaxed and happy. Massages start at a dollar a minute or $30 for a half hour massage, and facials start at $118 for a first timer with many in the $150 and above range. There are special treatment offerings for couples as well as individuals, and even an ultra-specialty treatment for two that runs in the neighborhood of $3,000. There are individual services from $25 up that include dermaplaning, exfoliation, lip service, scalp massage and more. Carrie will also be offering CBD, a derivative of the cannabis plant that includes a multitude of medicinal properties without any intoxication, offer a balance of mind and body for better health and correcting irregularities in the body. In short, if it’s therapeutic for your skin, relaxing for your body and makes you feel happy, it can probably be found at Carrie’s little shop on West Avenue.

The shop is open seven days a week, generally from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. reservations are essential, and can be made by calling 732-773-5542 or visiting Skin Love Beauty & Body Bar online.