Without spas, terry-cloth bathrobes would have to make ends meet by taking part-time jobs as car-wash rags and Muppets. Help keep bathwear gainfully employed with today's Groupon to Blu Water Medi Spa Salon in Monroe. Choose between the following options:

• For $22, you get a Shellac-manicure package (a $45 total value). The package includes:

  • Shellac manicure and paraffin wax hand treatment (a $35 value)
  • Hot-towel neck wrap (a $10 value)

• For $50, you get a massage package (a $112 total value). The package includes:

  • 60-minute Swedish massage (a $68 value)
  • 15-minute paraffin wax treatment on hands and feet (a $24 value)
  • Aromatherapy treatment (a $10 value)
  • Hot-towel neck wrap (a $10 value)

At Blu Water Medi Spa Salon, guests are urged to leave their cares, worries, and mobile phones behind and enter a sanctuary teeming with soft robes, soothing candle light, and a team of seasoned aestheticians and massage therapists. Famished fingers find new nourishment with the Shellac manicure, which cleans up cuticles before buffing nails into their desired animal shape. Digits then swim in a moisturizing paraffin dip and robe themselves in a comforting hot-towel treatment that leaves skin feeling soft and clean. The Shellac polish coats claws in a high-gloss sheen that is easily removed within minutes yet resists chipping, scratching, and most telemarketing pitches for up to 14 days.

The 60-minute Swedish massage glides soothing strokes down clients' musculature, stimulating the circulatory and nervous systems to assist the release of pent-up tension. As therapists knead body dough, aromatherapy releases pleasing sniffs into the air including fragrant wafts of rose, lemon, lasagna, and lavender, throwing a surprise party for olfactory nerves to boost mood, promote relaxation, and increase energy. A coconut-mango paraffin treatment then hydrates hardworking paws and hooves with a warm wax, followed by a massage that pushes moisture deeper into the skin.