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milk + honey spa is excited to join in the fun of the TRIBEZA Style Week Boutique Crawl. Attendance is free! Click here to sign up.

When: Thursday, September 22 from 5pm to 8pm
Where: downtown milk + honey spa, SALON by milk + honey and other great 2nd Street District boutiques

Shoppers will enjoy prizes, complimentary beverages and more at their favorite boutiques during the TRIBEZA Style Week Boutique Crawl.

milk + honey spa and SALON by milk + honey are giving away a robe and hair and makeup products. Those aren’t the only prizes. Other boutiques are giving away a pair of tickets to Blondie at ACL Live, designer denim from Girl Next Door, a shopping party and gift cards to Plain Ivey Jane, gift cards to Estilo, Langford Market, PRIZE, Teddies for Bettys, Etcetera, Etc., Eliza Page, Delish, Duo, Gallery D and MISSBEHAVE, a night’s stay at the W Austin, and 2 VIP tickets to TRIBEZA Style Week!

Attendance is free! Click here to sign up.

SALON by milk + honey – Austin Fashion Week Special
Blowout/Makeup Application for $50!

Austin Fashion Week is quickly approaching and milk + honey is proud to be involved.

Timing: Blowout = 45 minutes, Makeup = 30 minutes
Valid: Downtown SALON only, Tuesday August 23rd – Friday August 26th
Details: Clients will receive a full service, shampoo + blowout and a full-face makeup application for $50.

How to Book: This $50 deal is only valid when you book BOTH the Blowout and Makeup Application. You must mention this blog post to receive this exclusive deal.

During Austin Fashion Week each of our locations was paired with a local jewelry designer with events taking place during the big week. Stop by each of our locations to check out their jewelry.

Alissa Bayer, founder of milk + honey Spa, is speaking at an event with Austin’s top innovators.

RISE (Relationship & Information Series for Entrepreneurs) is having an exclusive member day.
When: Friday, July 22
Where: Acton School of Business

Sessions will be hosted by RISE entrepreneurs Alissa Bayer, Founder of milk + honey Spa; Kim Overton, Founder of SPIbelt; and Gary Hoover, Founder of Hoovers, and more. The sessions will run from 10:00am until 5:30pm followed by a Member Happy Hour.

Registration will open on Tuesday, July 5. More info under Upcoming Dates on your RISE Member profile.

This event is for RISE members only. It’s not too late to sign up; only $99/year ($8.25/month) gets you access to exclusive events and resources throughout the year. Learn more.

Summer starts June 12. Well, not technically (that’s June 21), but Sunday, June 12 is the beginning of 2ND Sundays at the 2ND Street District.

About 2ND Sundays

Starting June 12th, the 2ND Street District will host 2ND Sundays. We invite you to brunch and browse while we roll out the red carpet for you. (Ok, maybe not actual red carpet, but we will have in-store promotions, sidewalk sales, even some bites and bevvies while you shop. Austin is the Live Music Capital of the world, so who knows, we may have some accoustic accompaniment.)

milk + honey is joining in on the fun. If you’re already strolling the area, make sure to stop by our downtown location. We’ll be giving away a free gift to everyone who comes in the spa.

We love our mothers. That’s why milk + honey held a Mother’s Day Makeover Contest. Thank you so much for all of your entries. It was wonderful reading all of the stories on what makes mothers so special. It was very difficult to pick a winner for our downtown and Galleria locations, but we pick two. We can’t wait to do it all over again next year.

Click here for our downtown winner’s story.
Nanette is the Galleria winner. Her mother Nancy nominated her and wrote the entry below.

Nanette - BEFORE

Last year, just before her 42nd birthday, Nannette got the life-changing news that she had breast cancer. It was so unexpected, as there is no history of breast cancer in our family. Nanette has been a vegetarian for many years, and is now a vegan. She loves to do yoga and to walk and to keep herself healthy. She is a single mother of a 12-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son.

Nanette went through her double mastectomy, chemotherapy and reconstruction with the help of wonderful friends and an amazing attitude. She decided to wear glittery eyeshadow, lipstick, sprinkle glitter in her hair and wear glittery t-shirts and shoes to every cancer treatment to help herself feel cute and sparkly. She started a blog and called it “Glitter Every Day,” in which she bared her soul. The blog made her friends and loved ones laugh, cry and become deeply aware of the reality of breast cancer.

She absolutely adores spas and massages, but the cancer treatment and recovery have been very expensive, so she has had to give up her favorite indulgence for a while. Also, she has to constantly battle the feeling that she is unattractive and different because of her breast cancer treatment, so winning a Mother’s Day Makeover would be so wonderful and welcomed by Nanette.

Her breast cancer diagnosis was a huge setback, but she is back on her feet and grateful for her life, her family and friends.

Nanette - AFTER

We love our mothers. That’s why milk + honey held a Mother’s Day Makeover Contest. Thank you so much for all of your entries. It was wonderful reading all of the stories on what makes mothers so special. It was very difficult to pick a winner for our downtown and Galleria locations, but we pick two. We can’t wait to do it all over again next year.

Click here for our Galleria winner’s story.
Laurie is our downtown winner. Her daughter Kristin nominated her and wrote the entry below.

Laurie - BEFORE

My mother has worked hard to raise all four children (all girls). She works to this day to make sure that we all have what we need. While growing up we all (six family members) shared a two-bedroom trailer, but we never felt the need for more. We were given so much love by my mother. She would do all the house work on top of her daily job of cleaning other peoples homes. She would make a hot meal every night, may it be fish my father had caught or a quick meal that we could afford.

My mother also took great care of my granny before she passed away. Living on the same property as my parents, my granny needed extra help after her husband was killed in a car wreck. Her health went bad, so my mother drove her to doctors appointments and to many hospital visits. To the end on my granny’s life my mother was by her side. She did everything for her.

Now three of us girls are grown and out of the house. My mother still cleans homes to provide for her family. If anyone asks my mom for help she never says NO. Even if she doesn’t have the time, she will always help. With all the work that my mother has done in her life, she deserves to be treated like a queen. I believe this makeover would mean the world to her and give her some much overdue down time.

Laurie - AFTER

Join us for a night of fun for the 1st Thursday of May at ART on 5th! milk + honey will be there providing complimentary makeup, hair styles, + chair massages from 6pm-8pm. ART on 5th will be highlighting the beautiful work of Starla Halfmann. They’ve also invited our neighbors Sullivan’s Steakhouse & Savvy Vodka for complimentary appetizers and cocktails. Make us your first stop for your 1st Thursday outing!