EsSpa Organic Skin Care and AVEDA Hair Spa

Ellie is awesome! She is so talented at what she does!

I love this place. The best facials in state college. All the other professionals (massage, body wraps) really know what they are doing. The staff make me feel pampered and the facilities are clean and beautiful.

Shelby was very personable and does a really great manicure and pedicure!! She was very thorough and does flawless work!

Very efficient and friendly staff. I had a sugar body scrub and manicure. I didn't know I also recieved massage with the sugar scrub. Felt refreshed relaxed and pampered at the end of my experience.

Wow...had the most disappointing experience at ESSPA State College over the weekend. I used to go there all the time and I've given them lots of business over the years, but my regular service providers have left one by one and so I do not frequent as much as I once did. I needed a manicure and a pedicure before I take a trip out of the country very soon and my regular manicurist is also away, so I made the appointments with ESSPA, whom I've trusted before. When I met the provider and told her that I wanted gels on my toes, but not my fingernails she asked if I currently had gels on my toenails, which I did. She gave me this story it takes 30 minutes to remove gel polish and I needed to schedule additional time for that. I explained to her that When I made the appointment, the only thing asked of me was if I wanted a regular mani/pedi or Hungarian. I asked what the difference was and selected the Hungarian, for both hands and toes, which is the more expensive. AT NO TIME did ANYONE ask me if I had any gel polish to be removed on fingers or toes so they could schedule additional time. I told this to the provider on Saturday and I also explained it takes my regular manicurist 10 minutes to take off my gels with just some acetone, cotton and foil. I however did offer to have less done to the hands so we could accommodate the additional time for the toes. She then told me she had to speak to her manager and I should pick colors. When she returned, I was told she would not remove the gels from my toes because ESSPA didn't put it on, so they would not give me a pedicure at which point, I simply left the spa. Seriously, what professional spa/nail salon who knows what they are doing will not remove nail polish? I could have taken it off myself at home before I went into the appointment had I known this. If it's an issue, then ESSPA should be asking the right questions when appointments are scheduled. While I'm sure they don't care because I am only one person, I won't be returning.