3 more sleeps until Valentine's Day!

Well Saturday is the "romance" day of the year. February 14th is a holiday where about 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas!

Now instead of giving the usual chocolates or stuffed animal, treat her to a day of relaxation and luxury. She will be able to float out of A Touch Above on a cloud of tranquility!

You have so many options when you visit the Salon, you can choose the fabulous treatment you want to spoil her with or you can purchase a Gift Certificate she can choose from some of our favourite treatments such as:

Papaya and White Clay Body Wrap $70
A Touch Above's signature 60 minute body wrap. This anti-stress detox wrap includes exfoliation and massage followed by a marshmallow textured clay and papaya mask. Your skin will be delicately scented, smooth and sexy!
The Super Smoothie Sugar Scrub 20% off *on special this month!
Pick one of our delicious flavours and enjoy this 45 minute hydrating body scrub that will leave you super smooth from head to toe! On the menu are: Piña Colada, Mango Madness and Key Lime Pie. Try one, try them all!
Our Signature Manicure 40-60 minutes $30
Our Signature Pedicure 40-60 minutes $45


Now ladies don't about your men... at A Touch Above we welcome the guys to relax as well! One treatment they may like is:
Stress Buster Massage $40
Take 30 minutes out of your stressful schedule to do this! We will focus on relaxing the tense and tight muscles around your head, neck, shoulders and upper back. You'll leave feeling refreshed and revitalized.


Now for all the singles out there you can still celebrate and treat yourself on Valentine's Day! Body care bliss, a facial, manicure and pedicure treat yourself to a day of opulence, relaxation and bliss! And just in case, here are a few fun facts about February 14th.

• If an apple is cut in half, the number of seeds found inside the fruit will indicate the number of children that individual will have.
• To be awoken by a kiss on Valentine's Day is considered lucky.
• On Valentine's Day, the first guy's name you read in the paper or hear on the TV or radio will be the name of the man you will marry.
• If you see a squirrel on Valentine's Day, you will marry a cheapskate who will hoard all your money.
• If you see a goldfinch (a brightly coloured bird with yellow feathers) on Valentine's Day, you will marry a millionaire.
• If you see a robin on Valentine's Day, you will marry a crime fighter.
  
• If you find a glove on the road on Valentine's Day, your future beloved will have the other missing glove.
• 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.
• In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.
• The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.
• Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
• Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an "Improvement in Telegraphy", on Valentine's Day, 1876.
• The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C

We'll see you soon!