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Caring For Our Heroes: Supporting LA’s Wildfire Relief Efforts

January 20, 2025

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Thank you to the LA community for helping us amplify our impact by donating to the Los Angeles Fire Department to further their critical work. All monetary donations made by our community have been given to the LAFD. Thank you for your support!

 

Original blog article posted January 20, 2025

As fires continue to devastate parts of Los Angeles, our hearts go out to all those affected by the widespread destruction. The region has faced a harrowing combination of record-breaking heat, strong winds, and dry conditions, creating the perfect storm for wildfires to ignite and spread rapidly. These fires have displaced thousands of residents, destroyed homes and businesses, and left many communities grappling with the aftermath.

Amid this chaos, the resilience of our community inspires us. First responders, including firefighters and emergency personnel, have been working tirelessly around the clock to contain the flames, protect lives, and preserve properties. These heroes face grueling conditions, risking their own safety to bring relief and hope to those in need.

At milk + honey, we’re committed to supporting those impacted by this tragedy—including the brave firefighters and first responders on the frontlines. We aim to make a meaningful difference during this challenging time. From offering complimentary massages to first responders to donating essential self-care products and rallying our community to contribute, we stand alongside Los Angeles in its recovery efforts. Together, we can help rebuild, heal, and move forward.

We're offering 200 free massages to LA firefighters and first responders.

How We’re Caring For LA

1. Donating Essentials

Essentials are critical for those affected by the fires. We’ve partnered with By Rosie Jane, a collection of clean, safe fragrance, shower, and body products made in Los Angeles, to donate and distribute 300 of  aluminum-free deodorants, supporting first responders and individuals impacted by the fires. Our Regular Strength Deodorant is made with food-grade baking soda to neutralize odor naturally and is mined from the earth – not a lab – for a fine, non-irritating grit.

2. Caring For Firefighters + First Responders

We’re proud to donate 200 complimentary 60-minute Signature Massages to Los Angeles firefighters and first responders as a heartfelt thank-you for their service. These massages are more than a moment of relaxation—they’re an opportunity to recover, refuel, and be cared for after enduring the unimaginable.

3. Creating A Space For Healing

Our Brentwood and Culver City spas aim to provide a safe haven during this time. We will continue to look for ways to pull the community together through events and experiences this spring.

 

How LA Firefighters + First Responders Can Receive Their Free Massage
Available to redeem through 4/30/2025

Our Reservations Team is here to ensure your experience is seamless and stress-free. To book your complimentary massage, simply text the location that’s most convenient for you:

Brentwood Spa: (217) 885-2601
Culver City Spa: (310) 421-9805

When texting, please include your name, preferred date, and time, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your schedule.

Important Reminder:
To verify your eligibility, kindly bring your badge to your appointment.

We look forward to welcoming you and providing a moment of well-deserved rest and care.

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5 Reasons Why Massage Is Good For You

June 7, 2021

While massage is often viewed as the ultimate act of self-care, or a treat, or a luxury, the truth is regular massages can be incredibly good for you, and there are plenty of massage benefits beyond the obvious indulgence. Most people know that massage can be relaxing, but what you may not know is that massage can have a profound effect on your overall health and wellness.  If you’re feeling a little sore, a little tight, a little tense or anxious, massage therapy can help you get things back into balance. Ahead, we’ll take a look at 5 reasons why massage is good for you. 

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Our Founder’s Favorite Spa Treatments

May 7, 2021

I always receive the same text when a friend visits milk + honey for the first time. It’s always a little something like “What should I do?” or “Which service is your favorite?” And of course, it can be difficult to recommend just one spa service. For one, I haven’t tried all of them yet. And secondly, every single one I have experienced has been a dream. So, I decided to go to the top for advice. I sat down with milk + honey founder, Alissa Bayer to ask her for her current top three favorite services. Scroll for Alissa’s picks (in no particular order.)

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Which Massage Style Is Right For You?

July 11, 2017

Today, 2nd Street District massage therapist, Monique, gives us the 411 on the differences between three individual massage techniques.

Massage therapy is a vast field with a variety of different techniques and treatments. If you’re not a massage therapist, it can be a bit difficult choosing what type of technique is best for you. Well, take a deep breath. I’m going to break down the differences between the Big Three: Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Sports Massage. 

To start, Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Sports Massage are all massage modalities.  Within each of these modalities, I’ll use different massage techniques to help you achieve your individual goals. I like to tell my clients to think of massage as a blank canvas. The primary colors are the basic techniques of Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Sports, which provide the foundation for any session. By mixing these colors, or techniques, you get different variations and modalities. All of these different massage techniques can be incorporated into your session so that it caters to your unique and individual needs.

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5 Ways to Relieve Body Stress and Tension

June 4, 2017

From sitting at a desk all day and active wear-and-tear to heavy-lifting and unexpected tweaks, we’ve all experienced some degree of muscle, joint, and body pain. In an effort to help you relieve it, our massage therapists share their five top tips.

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Celebrate Mom: 2017 Mother’s Day Retreats From milk + honey spa

April 25, 2017

Treat Mom to milk + honey’s Mother’s Day Retreats. Designed to help her relax on her special day, these luxurious limited-time packages include a combination of massages, facials, manicures, and pedicures.You can purchase these retreats now through May 31st at any of our locations, online, or by calling 512.236.1115 (Austin) or 713.231.0250 (Houston).

Take a look at the 2017 Mother’s Day Retreats from milk + honey… 

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New In: SweetCheeks Minimizes Appearance of Cellulite

August 18, 2016

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Fact: We sit — a lot. Between commuting to the office, working at a desk, or even just lounging in front of the TV, we spend a lot of time on our backsides. One study suggests that, on average, we sit for up to seven hours a day! Sitting for extended periods of time can not only lead to serious health issues, but it can also be a factor in getting cellulite.

It’s time to put your sitting to good use with SweetCheeks.

What is cellulite?

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Cellulite is the bunching of fat cells that push against the connective tissue and causes the epidermis to pucker or appear bumpy and dimply. This problem can affect both men and women and is commonly found on the back of your legs and around your hips.

 

How does SweetCheeks work?

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Our newest product, SweetCheeks Cellulite Massage Mat, temporarily increases local circulation to help decrease the appearance of cellulite and can assist in relieving muscle aches, pains, and spasms. The patent-pending technology in these mats works by leveraging your body weight against the mat’s textured surface to deliver an effective manual massage to your backside. After sitting on this mat for 30 minutes, take a walk around the office or stretch. You’ll notice a slight flush in your skin along with slight impression marks. These will disappear within the hour and will leave you visible results you’ll like.

Shop these mats at your favorite milk + honey location.

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Op-Ed: A Mother’s Treat

April 28, 2016

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In my eight-year career as a licensed massage therapist, I have worked with a lot of mothers. From relaxing and ache-relieving prenatal work for expectant mothers, to women who are balancing a full plate of job responsibilities and child-rearing, to stay-at-home moms, those who are nursing newborns, coordinating their schedules around the school drop-off and pickup times, managing a household, fundraising, PTA-committed, and after-school ferrying to this lesson or that soccer team, the to-do list of a mother is literally endless.

Even when the kids grow up and move out on their own, it’s a lifelong bond that sustains throughout our whole lives. Beyond the day-to-day minutia and the emotional labor of mothering, there is so much that is culturally wrapped up in the archetype of “Mother.” And as human beings, we start to “should” on ourselves about what it is to be a mother. Not only do we try to measure up to what society dictates what motherhood is, we try to shoehorn that into our own identities, expectations of ourselves, and busy schedules. Being a mother can be an emotionally complex roller coaster ride: a constant dance of your child’s needs vs. your needs.

It can be very hard to justify self-care as a mother. There will always be something that your children need, and it is easy to prioritize those needs without a second thought. But at some point, because we are all finite human beings, our energy stores run low, and our giving power dwindles. There is a popular analogy I like to use in the treatment room with those who are mothers or caregivers: in the event of an emergency on an airplane, the oxygen masks are released from the upper compartment. You are always instructed to put the oxygen mask first over your own nose and mouth before attending to your children. Why is that? Because, as caregivers and mothers, if we cannot breathe first, we cannot help anyone else. Past a certain point, it can become nearly emotionally impossible.

Here’s hoping no one ever has to experience anything like the above scenario, literally or figuratively. And all of this is to say that self-care is, at the end of the day, just as crucial as the oxygen we breathe! So if this rings true for you, or if it’s bringing someone to mind whom you know and love that would benefit from some much-needed self-care, guess what? In celebration and support of mothers everywhere, milk + honey is offering exclusive Mother’s Day packages and specials.  It’s one-stop shopping for services to help you or someone you love create a day of relaxation, love, and gratitude.

Contributor: Kelly M, one of our talented 2nd Street District massage therapists.

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