In one of the most miraculous transformations in the natural world, an ugly caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon and emerges six to eight weeks later as either a beautiful butterfly or a much-uglier caterpillar. Revel in more predictable and effective beautifying treatments with today's Groupon: for $25, you get either an express facial (a $55 value for nonmembers, a $39 value for members), a sugaring hair removal (up to a $65 value), or a 30-minute relaxation, sports, or cupping massage (a $50 value) at The Encinitas Spa, located downtown in the Moonlight Plaza.
The Encinitas Spa whisks clients away to a soothing stress escape, where expert aestheticians pamper bodies and repair flagging façades with a variety of services. A 30-minute express facial will freshen faces and relax overworked bulldog-impersonation muscles by cleansing pores with a Clarisonic Pro brush and an AHA exfoliant treatment, followed by extractions and moisturization, all while hands or feet get a soothing massage. Revitalize work-weathered bone sacks with a 30-minute massage chosen from a variety of styles, including deep-tissue techniques for in-depth tension taming or sports massage for weary quarterbacks or exhausted baseball card collectors. Alternately, raze unwanted fuzz orchards with a sugaring hair removal, in which a paste of sugar, lemon juice, and other natural ingredients combine to lastingly defuzz the underarms ($20), brows ($25), bikini ($35), and other skinscapes.
Reviews
DiscoverSD featured The Encinitas Spa and 12 Yelpers give the spa an average of five stars:
- If you’re looking for an intimate experience where you will be one on one with highly trained holistic practitioners and estheticians, while escaping the typical oversized and busy spa setting, then The Encinitas Spa is a recommended North County refuge for you. – Michelle Guerin, DiscoverSD
- I also got a facial here before my massage and honestly, I felt like I was glowing for weeks afterwords [sic]! – Shaun G., Yelp, 12/30/10
Groupon Says
The Groupon Guide to: Rocket Science vs. Brain Surgery
For centuries, the debate has raged on: which is the more difficult discipline—rocket science or brain surgery? Here's a quick comparison of the two:
Useful For
Rocket Science: Sending spaceships to blow up that baby from the end of 2001
Brain Surgery: Checking astronaut brains for space-spider eggs
WINNER: Brain surgery. Finding even one space-spider egg in the brain of an astronaut could finally prove NASA's conjecture that there is such a thing as space-spiders.
Education Needed
Rocket Science: Four years of college or one really killer audition
Brain Surgery: Nine years of medical school or other access to brains
WINNER: Rocket science. If it were easy to send a man to space, we'd all be living on the sun right now. Any old fool can poke around a brain until something interesting happens.
Perks
Rocket Science: Chance to stow away aboard a manned flight to the Big Dipper
Brain Surgery: Touching the brain of another person gives you their memories
WINNER: You. The collective work of these two disciplines has made it possible to send enough brains into space to colonize Jupiter. Donate your cerebellum by thinking about doing so.
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