New products just for you!

Dam Good Soap: Visually appealing, wonderfully scented and perfect for your skin, Dam Good Soap is created locally in Steveston, BC, and sold in all Spa Utopia locations. With a base of pure olive oil, each soap is enhanced with specialty skin care oils, beneficial botanicals, organic honey and milks, raw silk, aloe, herbs and spices, organic grains and raw cocoa butter, earth clays, mineral pigments and fresh-pressed vegetable purées. To further your sensory pleasure, each soap tablet is perfumed with pure essential plant essences and quality fragrance oils. That's a lot of goodness in just one soap bar!

All ingredients in Dam Good Soap bars are ethically sourced and the bars are free from parabens, sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) and sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), pthalates, triethanolamine (TEA), propylene glycol, triclosan and other questionable chemicals.

Alessandro® Hands! Up: All you need to keep your hands looking (and smelling) sensational.  

Hands! Up Cream Rich lifting hand cream contains Biopearl Complex to stimulate cell metabolism, while Biowhite™ fades pigmentation marks and prevents their reappearance. After consistent use, this anti-aging hand cream will help increase skin elasticity for a more youthful appearance.

Hands! Up Magic Manicure Complete is an exceptional product that contains sea salt (scrub) to open the pores and remove impurities and dead skin. Together with emollient shea butter, vitamin E and almond oil, your hands are left silky smooth, with a youthful glow.

Hands! Up Flower Bar hand creams contain shea butter, macadamia oil, allantoin and panthenol to soothe and moisturize the skin. Choose from four fabulous scents—Amazonia, Jasmine, Lavender and Pashmina.

Comfort Zone Skin Defender: This hand cream represents a new beauty treatment for hardworking hands. Rich in emollients such as vitamin E and karité butter, it protects the skin from harsh external conditions, including contact with water. The consistent use of this nourishing, antioxidant formula will help protect the hands, while hydrating and repairing surface skin damage. Unlike many hand creams that are nourishing, Comfort Zone Skin Defender is easily absorbed.

You can find all these fabulous new products at your local
Spa Utopia.

Happy Father's Day from Spa Utopia

Sunday, June 17, is Father's Day and—aside from hoping for some sunshine—you'll be wanting to show that extra special dad just how much you appreciate all that he has done for you over the years. (Very little people may also want to show how much they appreciate all that will be done for them!)

To help you give your special dad the best Father's Day ever, we would like to suggest a few spa treatments. 

Spa Utopia has a number of services just for men, (who, by the way, now account for more than 30 per cent of spa visits). Our exclusive-to-men treatments include the Equalizer Facial to purify and rebalance hard-working skin; the Anti-Stress Facial to soothe skin exposed to harsh elements and reverse the dehydration caused by frequent flying or sun exposure, and the Age Performer Facial to encourage a more youthful appearance. Nail Grooming for Hands and Nail Grooming for Feet are also popular treatments designed just for men. And is there a hard-working dad anywhere who doesn't love the idea of a stress-reducing, game-improving massage?

If more than one dad will be celebrated in your family, what could be more fun for the guys than sharing time at the spa, enjoying a signature rooibos cocktail perhaps, and spending a relaxing time in the steam bath? (Our Pan Pacific location also has a dry sauna.)  For busy dads whose schedules are booked around Father's Day, a gift certificate is the ideal way to say, "Thanks for being the person you are," and is available for instant purchase and printing here on our website. Gift cards are also available for pick-up or delivery.

To learn more about Spa Utopia treatments for deserving dads, or to book online, please visit our website, or call your local
Spa Utopia. We wish a wonderful Father's Day to all!

Acai Berry Antioxidant Skin Care

The Acai Berry is gaining recognition for its high nutritional value along with its many health benefits. This berry has been noted to be “one of the best superfoods in the world” by Dr. Nicholas Perricone, as it has been found to be packed with vital antioxidants.  It grows on the Acai Palm in the Amazon Rainforest, and has been used by the aboriginal people for centuries as a key part of their diet.

Ancient Secrets Inc., developers of the Beauty Through Balance spa line, has captured the antioxidant power of this berry in their new Acai Berry Series of products used to target signs of aging caused by exposure to harsh environmental conditions.  It’s an ideal product to use all year round, including the summer, when skin can become dry, dehydrated and sun-damaged.


Free radicals play a central role in the aging process, causing changes on the cellular level. The use of skin care products that offer a high level of antioxidant activity is a key component to targeting signs of age.  Sherina Jamal, founder of Ancient Secrets explains that clinical studies have shown the Organic Bio-functional Acai Extract used by her company in the development of their Acai Berry Series, to have exceptionally high antioxidant levels. These antioxidants can help combat signs of aging caused from exposure to harsh environmental conditions. 

The Acai berry has been found to contain:

• Essential fatty acids: Omegas 3, 6 and 9, beneficial in cell
    rejuvenation and healthy skin
• Phytosterols – a rich source of Vitamin C
• Flavonoids
• Remarkable skin revitalizing and renewal properties


High levels of antioxidants and essential fatty acids have been documented to have a positive impact on overall cell health, resulting in smoother, more supple, and glowing skin. Both these are found in pure acai berries, and form a key part of the benefits gained from the use of Beauty Through Balance Acai Berry Series of spa products.


Are all Acai Berry ingredients and products the same?  One challenge developers of skin care products often face in the natural/organic ingredient marketplace is ensuring that the nutritional value of the ingredient is maintained after processing and extraction. The harvesting and processing of indigenous ingredients such as the Acai Berry play a key role in how effective the end-product will be. This applies to both cosmetic products and juices.


In the development of the Acai Berry Series, Ancient Secrets has worked with experienced and certified harvesters. These men and women have developed specialized processes to ensure the natural value of the raw ingredient is retained. This ensures the final product will be highly effective and result-oriented. The harvesters have also been recognized and awarded for their sustainable harvesting practices and bio-diversity programs for the Rainforest and the aboriginal people.


The Acai Berry Series developed by Ancient Secrets combines the effectiveness of both Organic Acai Extract and Acai Pulp Bioscrub in their unique face and body formulas.  Added to these are Olivate from pure olive oil, Capuacau Butter (also from the Rainforest), and pure exotic essential oils.  


 Products in the series include:

• Acai Whipped Body Polish
• Acai Anti-oxidant Body Emulsion

The Acai Berry Amazon Body Wrap can now be experienced at Spa Utopia's North Vancouver, Langley and Vancouver (Pan Pacific Hotel) locations.  Read more about the Acai Body Wrap here.