My Day At Dove Spa – Part I
June 24th, 2009 
written by: No Longer Just Your Mom’s Bar of Soap
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. . . and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” Miss Piggy
As a now six-months-to-thirty year old, I’ve been idly watching Dove make progress over the years in their refreshing attempt of enhancing self-esteem in girls of all ages.
I was just starting out at college the first time I noticed the Dove campaign; the local drugstore had pamphlets near their soap products for free t-shirts with purchase. If I remember correctly, I had sent away the store receipt with proof of purchase for two different products and soon received a plain white and really soft cotton tee in the mail, stating “EveryBODY has a best feature”. It became my well loved comfort-shirt for several years.
I believe that was the infancy of what is now the Doves Self-Esteem Fund: Campaign for Real Beauty; a fund that is striving to reach out to 5 million girls by 2010 to convince them that they’re already beautiful naturally.
Last month, I had written a short article of Dove Spa’s grand opening in Toronto, something that I had long anticipated when I had first heard about their North American expansion to Oakville (the first Dove Spa in North America after opening 40 locations around the UK). I had a really great experience and I knew I’d go there again soon.
Turns out, I didn’t have to wait very long at all for that next time! Soon after publishing my article online, I was contacted by Dove Spa and asked if I wanted to try something more. I answered, “Yes!” of course, and a few weeks later I found myself at their Oakville location, enjoying a four hour treatment experience that I’m going to share with you now.
When I had arrived, I was introduced to Oakville’s Spa Director Silvana who showed me where to change from my street clothes into a plush-white robe and slippers. Their locker system is fairly easy to use, with no key to worry about holding onto while you walk around the spa. I was left to dump my clothes, shoes and purse into the locker (and locked it by creating my own 4-digit pin number on the key pad), then I travelled the short distance of five feet to the lounge while I waited for the personal skin care expert to find me…
Stay tuned so that I can tell you all about it!
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