float relaxation lounge

The Vancouver View Magazine

 May 2008

March 19th, 2008

Vitamin V SAYS RELAX

Getting your guy to a spa might be tougher than a microwaved steak, but getting him to the new Float Relaxation Lounge is easy like Sunday morning.

Book him the Executive facial ($35) and let them pour the bubbly, recline the chair, and perform a face, shoulder and scalp massage while treating him with top-notch Eminence organics skincare.

But when he starts requesting the same in your living room, you know it’s time to say “Easy there, Lazyboy,” and make him a standing appointment.

Float Relaxation Lounge, 1087 Hornby St., Vancouver, 604-715-8482, www.floatrelaxation.com

from www.vitaminv.ca

  April 2008

www.martiniboys.com

In an area that seems to be Vancouver’s spa row (there are at least four on Hornby Street outside the Wall Center), Float Relaxation Lounge bills itself as the “anti-spa”. Owner Chris Binder wants her mostly male clients to feel pampered, but not be scared off by past “spa” experiences where they may have sat half-naked in a room awaiting their service. Hence the term “anti-spa”.

The room has a definite masculine feel, but ladies will feel equally at home. There are five reclining chairs spaced throughout the lounge, as well as a private bed in the back for massages and facials. Choose from a pedicure, which begins with a red pepper or herbal soak, a mani, or facial treatment. The bonus here is that all services come with a complementary back or head massage. Curl up under their comfy blankets, lean back in your recliner and prepare to be pampered. You’ll leave not only with perfect feet or hands, but with a whole new attitude. -C.A.

Mani ($50), Pedi ($60), Combo ($95), Facial ($85)

Float Relaxation Lounge,
1087 Hornby Street,
Vancouver, BC
604-715-8482