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GUIDE relax Unwind from the holidays at The White Barn Inn. Sweet Treats THESE FLAVORED SPA TREATMENTS INDULGE HOLIDAY CRAVINGS WITHOUT THE GUILT. BY KARA KEARNS Bliss Do your tired toes a favor with the 60-minute hot milk and almond pedicure from Bliss. Your feet will be dry-buffed with a diamondsided flexible fiberglass callus fighter, then soaked in a bath of steamed whole milk. The technician will massage lotion onto your legs and feet before applying your choice of nail polish. W Boston, 100 Stuart St., 617-261-8747; blissworld.com Corbu Spa & Salon Corbu's chocolate mint manicure and pedicure will leave tired digits feeling minty fresh. A technician will soak your feet in a hydrating bath, then massage homemade mint chocolate body butter into your skin. This moisturizer deep-conditions cuticles while also softening hands and feet. Choose a polish color while sipping on a mug of steamy peppermint hot chocolate. 5 Bennett St., Cambridge, 617-661-5772; corbuspa.com Exhale The Mocha Loca Smart Peel will lift holiday stress from your skin instantly. The antioxidants in this caffeine-infused treatment brighten dull skin while nourishing and stimulating underlying skin cells. The cocoa offers firming properties and the caffeine reduces redness and puffiness. The peel is followed by a rejuvenating facial massage. 45 Province St., 617-532-7000; 28 Arlington St., 617-532-7000; 2 Battery Wharf, 617-603-3100; exhalespa.com 178 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 178_BC_TG_Relax_Holiday_13.indd 178 Omni Mount Washington Resort Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa Give your morning routine a jolt with the 75-minute Triple Shot caramel coffee body scrub. Your skin is soaked in a hydrating butter brulée whole-milk bath and then moisturized with a revitalizing coffee-bean body polish. The technician will finish off the treatment with a decadent Back Country caramel body cream. 310 Mt. Washington Hotel Road, Bretton Woods, NH, 603-2781000; omnihotels.com Stoweflake's maple sugar body polish is a favorite of spa director Surinda Oberai Cavanagh, who admits that clients leave smelling like a frosted sugar cookie. The experience begins with hot towel compresses followed by a full-body maple scrub. The treatment is finished off with a body butter massage. 1746 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT, 800-253-2232; stoweflake.com Portland Regency Hotel & Spa The winter aromatherapy oil at Topnotch features a homemade blend of cinnamon, apples, and spices. This oil is mixed with Himalayan pink sea salts and lathered onto your tired limbs in a full-body scrub. The salts are massaged off with hot towels, an herbal fusion wrap is applied, and a relaxing massage finishes the treatment. 4000 Mountain Road, Stowe, VT, 1-802-253-8585; topnotchresort.com The Portland Regency's holiday exfoliation special will soften even the driest winter skin. First, your body will be lathered with a rich coffee, sugar, and lemon-rind exfoliating scrub; then skin will be hydrated by an 18-jet Swiss shower. The finishing touch? An oil massage and moisturizing fig butter foot treatment. 20 Milk St., Portland, ME, 207-774-4200; theregency.com Skoah Let the experts at Skoah slough away your dull winter skin with their vanilla and brown sugar holiday facial. The pampering begins with an exfoliating mask that fights against dry, flaky skin and ends with a deep moisturizer that will leave skin soft and dewy. 641A Tremont St., 857-350-4930; 35 Newbury St., 857-350-4896; skoah.com SKIN DEEP Surinda Oberai Cavanagh, Stoweflake spa director and ayurvedic consultant, shares how to keep winter skin fresh. Topnotch Spa The White Barn Inn The White Barn Inn begins its 90-minute Chocolate Indulgence spa special with a heated aromatherapy foot soak. Next, enjoy total body exfoliation with a rich chocolate scrub, followed by a chocolate oil massage and a moisturizing chocolate buttecream body wrap. 37 Beach Ave., Kennebunk Beach, ME, 207-967-2321; whitebarninn.com BC What's the best way to keep dry skin hydrated? Eat a diet containing ample healthy fats and proteins, and drink warming herbal tea. How often should one exfoliate in the winter? Exfoliate weekly and moisturize daily with highquality oils, which nourish the skin and nervous system. What can refresh dull winter skin? The ayurvedic treatments Abhyanga and Vishesh will clear heaviness and hydrate the body. The Aqua Solarium at Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa. 11/1/13 11:47 AM