If you seek a place where everyone speaks in soothing tones, the music is meditative, and the gentle touch of a massage therapist lulls you to sleep, the Imperial Spa is not for you. But if you want ...

A Korean body scrub, or seshin, is the full-body answer to our ongoing lust for all things K-beauty. While jimjilbangs—spas replete with steam rooms, saunas, and mineral-water hot baths—have been ...

Self-care seems to be a cultural nuance in our modern first (western) world. But consider the spa. What we may think of as a luxury indulgence involving plushy robes, cucumber eyes, and hefty ...

Exfoliation is the unsung hero of a radiant face, and if becoming an expert on this phenomenon is your goal, then Korean body scrubs “Seshin” in Korean parlance once and for all are the ones to be ...

For the months that Korean spas were shut down during the pandemic, customers were aching to go back to their reliable sources of relaxation and escape — whether it was getting a body scrub; ...

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The first time I experienced a Korean spa, I was a youngster, visiting my grandparents in Taegu, South Korea. The shallowness of the oval tub reminded me of our local kiddie pool, except everyone was ...