The Palms Spa Supports Communities Protecting the Rainforest with Aveda’s 2010 Holiday Collection

Miami Beach, Fl (November 16, 2010) – The Palms Spa & Hotel helps Aveda make a difference this holiday season. Conscientious shoppers will find Aveda’s 2010 Holiday Collection at The Palms Spa. These limited-edition gift sets offer a sensory journey of harmony and tranquility while bring hope to 400 families and 400 acres of rainforest in Colombia.

Featuring many of Aveda’s all-time favorites, the Holiday 2010 collection celebrates the beauty of well-being while honoring women artisans and indigenous people in Colombia who helped make this season’s gift sets one of a kind.  Every boxed gift set contains either a free tagua nut hair band or organic cotton travel pouch with a handcrafted tagua nut closure—created by artisans in Bogota, Colombia.  This holiday season, Aveda is uniting with Hope for Women, a socially and environmentally responsible fair trade organization committed to providing sustainable employment for economically disadvantaged women worldwide.  Joining together to source tagua nut accessories helps carve out a better future for 400 families and helps preserve 400 acres of rainforest in Colombia.  Collecting tagua nuts helps provide incentive to local forest inhabitants to protect the trees and keep the rainforest intact. Aveda’s purchase is the largest fair trade, sustainably harvested rainforest product export in Columbia’s history.

The following selection of Aveda’s exclusive Holiday 2010 gift collection is now available at The Palms Spa:

• SENSORY TREASURES $62 – What’s inside: Soothing Aqua Therapy, Replenishing Moisturizer, Lavender Fleurs Singular Note, a ravel-size Chakra Balancing Body Mist #4: Anahata, a Chakra ritual card, and a tagua nut hair band. Packaged in a reusable custom gift box featuring a design inspired by the tagua nut.

• GROUNDING RITUAL $26 – What’s inside: Holiday Soy-Wax Candle with a 100% organically-derived grounding aroma and a tagua nut hair band. Packaged in a reusable custom gift box featuring a design inspired by the tagua nut.

• BALANCING RITUAL $42.50 – What’s inside: A travel-size “root” Chakra Balancing Body Mist, a Chakra ritual card, Sandalwood Singular Note, Foot Relief, and a tagua nut hair band. Packaged in a reusable custom gift box featuring a design inspired by the tagua nut.

• FOLLOW THE SUN $22 – What’s inside: Travel sizes of Sun Care Hair & Body Cleanser, Sun Care Protective Hair Veil, Sun Care After-Sun Hair Masque, and a tagua nut hair band. Packaged in a reusable custom gift box featuring a design inspired by the tagua nut.

• SHINING LIP TRIO $21 – What’s inside: Three mini Lip Shines in Golden Prism, Juneberry, and Night Iris. Packaged in an organic cotton travel pouch adorned with tagua nuts.

• CUSTOM GIFTS. Aveda has expanded its selection of travel-size products exclusively for the holiday season. Guests can choose any three travel-size Aveda products to create a custom-made gift set and receive a complimentary reusable gift box featuring a design inspired by the tagua nut. Prices vary.
  

About The Palms Spa

The Palms Spa is dedicated to nurturing guests with highly personalized experiences and rituals influenced by ancient Ayurvedic holistic philosophy and enhanced with high performance, natural and botanically derived products in a tranquil atmosphere inspired by nature.  Situated in the hotel’s lower lobby, the 5,000-square foot facility features a series of multi-purpose rooms including a couple’s suite with experience snail shower, an indoor/outdoor relaxation area with steam room, poolside treatment cabanas, a beauty salon, an Aveda retail area and a fitness room. The Palms Spa is open 7 days per week from 9:00am to 9:00pm.

About Aveda

Founded in 1978, Aveda™ creates high performance, botanically-based products for beauty professionals and consumers—while continuously striving to conduct business in an environmentally sustainable manner. Headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, Aveda manufactures innovative plant-based hair care, skin care, makeup and lifestyle products, available at retail in Aveda Experience Centers and more than 7,000 professional hair salons and spas in more than 29 countries, as well as at www.aveda.com.

About The Palms Hotel & Spa

Epoque Classic Luxury Hotel, Boutique Hotel in Miami Beach > United States

The Palms Hotel & Spa, a luxurious beachfront paradise, offers guests an exclusive mix of boutique hotel style and first-rate resort amenities in a quiet location only a few minutes away from the ferment of South Beach. Long acknowledged for its tropical setting and authentic world-class hospitality, The Palms Hotel takes its guest experience to an exceptional level with the opening of two new venues, Essensia Restaurant & Lounge and The Palms Aveda Spa. In addition to its signature gardens, pool area and crescent shaped beach, the nature-inspired 251-room hotel also features extensive event and meeting facilities, a 24-hour business center and a romantic wedding gazebo.

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The Palms Hotel & Spa is located on the northern end of South Beach, directly on the beach, at the northern end of South Beach, the world famous Art Deco neighborhood offering numerous attractions for visitors to enjoy. World-class shopping, renowned museums and art galleries, a fabulous culinary scene and a hot nightlife scene, are at easy reach from The Palms South Beach Hotel. – View Location Map.

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