Preventative and restorative treatments for your skin, including hand and foot care, make a tremendous impact on how you move through the aging process and feel about yourself along the way.
In addition to treating visible concerns, our student practitioners can assess and advise on elements across a broad spectrum of wellbeing, including the connections between diet, exercise, stress and the health of your skin.
Services and pricing
FACIALS
Facials can delay the signs of aging by increasing collagen production and improving skin elasticity, tone and texture. Facials can open up your pores to eliminate blackheads and allow your skin to absorb essential product nutrients while stimulating blood circulation and lymphatic drainage during the facial massage to increase oxygen to the skin, promoting an overall feeling of wellness. Regular facial massage can improve your skin's firmness producing a more radiant appearance
All classic facials at the DC Spa use Moor Spa skincare, with 100 per cent naturally sourced ingredients that are cruelty-free with CertClean certification in Canada.
Our esthetician students will conduct a consultation to determine your skin type and recommend the classic facial best suited to your skin needs.
Suitable for: Oily skin types
Features: Naturally soured, anti-bacterial, anti-septic, e.g. Tea Tree, lemongrass and ylang-ylang.
Purpose: Minimize the appearance of pore size, remove excess oils and dead outer layer of the skin while cleansing deeply.
Results: Refreshed, bright and purified skin.
Suitable for: Sensitive skin types
Features: Blend of naturally sourced, gentle and non-drying ingredients, e.g. glycerin, olive and lavender oil.
Purpose: Calms and helps soothe irritation while hydrating the skin.
Results: Calm, smooth, silky, moisturized skin.
Suitable for: Dry skin types
Features: Naturally sources botanical extracts, e.g. chamomile, yeast and arnica extract.
Purpose: Heals, nourishes, increases moisture retention, plump dehydrated skin).
Results: Rejuvenated and hydrated silky smooth skin texture.
Compliment your facial with one of three Skin Accents Peel off Powder mask that encourages deeper penetration of ingredients during a facial treatment. Our Esthetician students will provide a recommendation during your skin consultation.
- Alginate: Improves melanin production, promotes skin lightening and protection
- Vitaliz Vitamin C: Promotes lifting and firming, smoothing stress and age relate lines
- Pomegranate Peptide Alginate: Anti-Inflammatory, improves cell regeneration and protects against UV light related damage
Advanced Facial Treatments
Featuring Diego dalla Palma Resurface2 skin renewal Treatments with no unpleasant side effects or inflammatory processes, which equals little to no downtime.
Benefits of Chemical Peel treatments –
Designed to reduce visible wrinkles, acne scars, skin imperfections and uneven complexions. To achieve optimal results
3-incremental intensity packages that address different types of skin.
- Resurface2 Fresh UP: Initial treatment consisting of 2 sessions for clients experiencing loss of radiance and experiencing an uneven complexion & prepares the skin for subsequent treatments.
- Resurface2 proAge: Designed to target wrinkles and visible signs of aging, comprised of 2-steps.
- 2 medium intensity treatments
- 2 high intensity treatments
- Resurface2 skinRefine: Designed to target skin discolouration, after effects of teen acne, acne scars and uneven skin texture, comprised of 2-steps.
- 2 medium intensity treatments
- 2 high intensity treatments
Includes: Consultation to predetermine the recommended customized treatment series required to achieve optimal results.
Benefits of Microdermabrasion –
A non-surgical treatment that gently buffs the surface of the skin, promoting new skin growth, collagen production, restoring smoothness and firmness to the skin. This treatment reduces the appearance of fine lines, age spots, hyperpigmentation, uneven skin texture and tone.
Includes: Each microdermabrasion treatment includes a Classic facial to achieve optimal results.
Anti-Age Facial Treatments
Featuring European Diago dalla Palma dermocosmetic clean cosmetic formulas with ultra concentrated top quality pure ingredients to ensure optimal skin penetration and absorption at a cellular level for maximum results.
Features: Customized intensive anti age peptides, advanced cellular boosting massage and galvanic suction - anti wrinkle treatment
Purpose: Stimulates new formation of collagen and elastin, re-densifies, repairs and deeply hydrates the skin
Results: Increased suppleness, skin density plus wrinkle and under eye bag reduction
Features: Salicylic Acid to purify and exfoliate the skin, Dead Sea alginate plus active ingredients that stimulate the elimination of toxins along with high frequency or de-incrustation rejuvenation treatment
Purpose: Stimulates cell detoxification, improves microcirculation, purifies and exfoliates the skin
Results: Increased protection from contaminants and free radicals and a brighter healthy complexion
Features: No preservatives or fragrance allergens, trigger point relaxing massage with a gentle enzymatic exfoliation
Purpose: To protect sensitive skin from the signs of aging and external aggression such as: heavy metals
Results: Uniform complexion, soft smooth skin that is purified of dead cells
Pedicures
A therapeutic treatment for your feet that supports chiropody, a pedicure can even help improve posture as a result of the improved comfort one feels after walking on feet that have been properly cared for. All services begin with a consultation during which your student esthetician will conduct a needs assessment to determine a plan to meet your goals.
All pedicures at the Durham College Spa use transformational products by CND, BLC Organics and Gehwol.
- Cleansing warm foot soak
- Skin softening techniques
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Foot and lower leg massage to stimulate blood and lymphatic flow
- CND VinyLux long wear polish application
- Cleansing warm foot soak
- Skin softening techniques
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Foot and lower leg massage to stimulate blood and lymphatic flow
- CND Shellac brand gel polish application
*We may not be able to accommodate your appointment should the previous application and or techniques used to apply your shellac by another spa prove to be resistant to the removal methods and products used by our DC Spa Esthetician Spa management students.
- Cleansing warm foot soak
- Skin softening techniques
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Hot stone therapy: used to relieve muscle tension, increase circulation and sooth and relax feet (Foot and lower leg massage to stimulate blood and lymphatic flow)
- No polish application
Add-ons must accompany a pedicure service.
- Scrub and mask: Exfoliate and hydrate feet and lower legs
- Paraffin wax: Moisten and soften feet
Pricing as shown includes all taxes.
Manicures
A therapeutic beauty treatment for hands that can help improve the texture and health of fingernails and skin. Manicures promote relaxation using gentle compression of pressure points during hand and arm massage which correspond to other parts of your body.
- Cleansing warm hand and nail soak
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Relaxing hand and forearm massage to stimulate circulation and blood flow
- CND VinyLux long wear polish application
- Cleansing warm hand and nail soak
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Relaxing hand and forearm massage to stimulate circulation and blood flow
- CND Shellac brand gel polish application
*We may not be able to accommodate your appointment should the previous application and or techniques used to apply your shellac by another spa prove to be resistant to the removal methods and products used by our DC Spa Esthetician Spa management students.
- Cleansing warm hand and nail soak
- Nail shaping, cuticle treatment and work
- Hot stone therapy: used to relieve muscle tension, increase circulation and sooth and relax feet (Relaxing hand and forearm massage to stimulate circulation and blood flow)
- No polish application
Add-ons must accompany a manicure service.
- Scrub and mask: Slow down the signs of aging - exfoliate and hydrate hands and forearms (includes the elbows)
- Paraffin wax: Moisten and soften hands
BODY TREATMENTS
All body treatments at the Durham College Spa are delivered using Moor Spa Products.
- Features: nourishing vitamins and minerals including kelp extract, blue green algae and healing rosehip oil, which is rich in vitamin C
- Purpose: relax, purify and nourish the skin
- Results: rejuvenated, soft, glowing, healthy skin
- Includes: A dry exfoliation, seaweed body gel applied to the back and legs, scalp and foot massage while being encased in mylar aluminum, followed by hot towel cleansing and a full-body relaxation massage.
- Features: a nourishing blend of Canadian Willow Extract and Aloe Vera
- Purpose: Contouring, anti-aging and cellulite treatment
- Results: Toned, supple skin
- Includes: A dry exfoliation, body gel applied to the back and legs, scalp and foot massage while being encased in mylar aluminum, followed by hot towel cleansing and a full-body relaxation massage.
WAXING
Achieve smooth, stubble-free, even skin by removing unwanted hair completely from the root. Waxing helps with reducing ingrown hairs, allowing you to enjoy finer and sparser regrowth between appointments.
All waxing treatments at the Durham College Spa are delivered using a pure botanical line of soft and hard waxes made from the purest, basic ingredients, yielding a quick, painless waxing experience.
Eyebrows (under, over and between the brows) | $7
Lower leg (includes knees) | $15
Full leg | $25
Underarm | $10
Lower arm (to the top of elbow) | $10
Full arm | $15
Back (to the navel line) | $20
Chest (to the navel line) | $15
Upper lip | $5
TINTING
Achieve fuller-looking, naturally smudge-proof brows and lashes for a transformative look where the shape and colour lasts three to six weeks.
Eyebrow tint | $7.50
Pricing as shown includes all taxes.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
All services are provided by student estheticians from the college’s intensive Esthetician – Spa Management program, under the guidance and oversight of faculty who are all experienced estheticians and beauty professionals.
- BLC: Formulated with certified organic ingredients, where natural sugar suspended in certified organic oils create the base of these products.
- Gehwol: affordable therapeutic footcare products that use natural ingredients, including botanicals and essential oils, combined with science. Gehwol products are known for their unique problem-solving properties and feel-good care. Products use the unique ingredient Urea to bind moisture and restore, revive and replenish the skin of the lower limbs and feet.
- CND Shellac brand gel polish: features nail colour system that delivers mirror-like shine that lasts up to 14+ days with zero drying time and removes gently in only eight minutes with no filing or scraping to protect nails from damage.
- CND VinyLux long-wear polish: features two-step system of all-in-one base and colour coat plus top coat with three caring ingredients: keratin, jojoba oil and vitamin E, which delivers high-impact colour that last up to seven days with a gel-like shine without use of UV lamp.
Yes, our boutique stocks retail sizes of the products used in our treatments that can be purchased to incorporate into your at-home care routine.
Each appointment begins with a warm welcome and conversation with your student esthetician to identify your goals and address any concerns. Once the consultation is complete, your student esthetician will make their recommendations and explain how they would like to proceed with your consent.
Our industry-certified faculty will oversee all services and will check in with student estheticians at various times throughout to ensure student learning is supported and guests experience the highest level of care.
Upon completion of your service, student estheticians and faculty may ask for feedback to enhance the student learning experience.
Esthetic treatments and services are delivered within the new facilities at the Durham College Spa, located on the second floor of the Centre for Collaborative Education at the college’s Oshawa campus.