Nadia Okonjo
Master esthetician
Takes the barrier and dermaplane facials, names every product before it is used and changes the plan for sensitive skin.
Charleston, South Carolina
A quiet room, a named treatment and an agreed price
Stillwater Day Spa offers massage, facials and body rituals at published prices, each explained before it begins, in rooms kept deliberately quiet from the door onwards.
Three from the menu
Each treatment names what it covers and what it costs. The half-day retreat is priced as one visit, and no price depends on buying a second treatment.
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Custom Clinical & Botanical Barrier Facial
A skin reading, an enzyme exfoliation and a botanical mask to calm and rebuild the barrier.
$145
Barrier facial details -
Dead Sea Mineral Polish & Warm French Clay Wrap
Dead Sea salts, a warm clay wrap and a rinse, finished with a plain unscented lotion.
$185
Polish and wrap details -
Signature Therapeutic Custom Massage
A full hour at a pressure, scent and focus agreed before it begins.
$135
Signature massage details
How a visit works
A visit begins with the treatment named and the price confirmed, not with an assessment that leads to a longer list. Stillwater Day Spa offers massage and care of the skin and body; it does not diagnose a condition and does not present any treatment as therapy for one. Where a request falls outside that, the spa says so before the appointment rather than during it.
The rooms and the materials
Rooms, water, warm stone and plant material of the kind a visit is built around. None of them shows work completed by Stillwater Day Spa.
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A dry room, lined and benched in plain timber. -
Warm basalt stones set along the back before deep-tissue work. -
Linen is counted out per room before the day starts.
Who is in the rooms
Four people share the treatment rooms and the front desk. Here are the esthetician who takes most facials and the therapist who takes most massages.
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Elias Moreau
Licensed massage therapist
Runs the signature massage and clay wrap appointments, with pressure and positioning agreed before the door closes.
Reflections from rested guests
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Nadia named every product at the basin and left out the two I was unsure of. My cheeks were calm that evening.
Audrey P.
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Elias set the side-lying bolsters before I came in and checked the pressure once partway through.
Meghan R.
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Tea, a full hour of massage, then a facial with nobody watching the clock, and no sales pitch at checkout.
Katherine S.
Asked often
Should anything be paused before a facial?
Yes. Pause retinol and other strong actives five to seven days before, and mention any recent injectables when the appointment is arranged.
Are the displayed prices final?
Published prices apply to the stated scope, with nothing added in the room. Gratuity is optional; eighteen to twenty percent is customary.
When should a first-time guest arrive?
Fifteen to twenty minutes early, to change into a robe and agree pressure, scent and any areas to leave out over herbal tea.
Can a guest request a particular therapist?
Yes. Name the therapist in the contact form or on the telephone; the desk replies with the times that person has free.
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.