About the spa
Stillwater Day Spa is a non-medical day spa on Stillwater Lane in Charleston, South Carolina.
The spa offers massage, facials and body rituals in quiet rooms: a signature and a deep-tissue massage, a barrier facial, a dermaplane facial, a mineral polish with a clay wrap, and a half-day retreat. Each is a single named treatment at a single published price, and the room is given over to it for the whole of its length.
Quiet is treated as part of the treatment rather than as a courtesy. The front desk settles the treatment and the price before the room door closes, every appointment has a fifteen-minute buffer either side and draping is strict, so nothing has to be discussed once the appointment has started, and nothing is offered for sale during it.
Three operating principles
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The price is the price
Every service is published with what it costs. No figure moves after the appointment, and no addition is proposed inside the room.
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Relaxation, not treatment
Stillwater Day Spa is non-medical. It does not diagnose, does not claim to cure and does not present any service as therapy for a condition.
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Quiet is kept
The rooms are quiet, the front desk keeps its conversations at the desk, and an appointment is not interrupted to sell anything.
What happens, in four steps
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Step 1
Get in touch
Send the treatment wanted and a rough time range through the contact form, or telephone during opening hours.
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Step 2
A time is confirmed
The spa replies with the times that are free and confirms the price of the treatment asked for.
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Step 3
Arrive fifteen minutes early
A robe, slippers and herbal tea are ready, and the front desk settles everything there so the room starts on time and stays quiet.
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Step 4
The room is yours for its length
The treatment runs for its full booked time. Nothing is added to it and nothing is sold inside it.
What the spa does not do
Stillwater Day Spa is a non-medical day spa. It does not offer medical or clinical treatment, does not perform injections, laser work or any procedure that breaks the skin, and does not advise on a medical condition. Where a request needs one of those, the spa says so when it is asked rather than taking the appointment.
Ask about a treatment
The name of a treatment and a rough time range is enough to start. Stillwater Day Spa replies with the hours that are actually open.