East Village Spa

12/19/2025

🚧 Shoot. We will be having construction work in the spa that will be most impactful Friday-Monday. We have notified our guests for Friday and just learned some Saturday services will also be impacted. WE WILL BE OPEN!

We will be contacting guests, the biggest issue will be noise in portions of the spa. We can’t say when or which rooms will have the greatest impact.

We are so sorry! We truly just learned about Saturday’s plan in the last hour. We cannot wait to have a fully functioning physical space again, to match the quality of our great service providers.

Thank you for your understanding and patience! This truly is the worst time for disruptive construction, however, there is never a good time for a fire so we’re thankful we can rebuild and have been able to work the last 2 months while we waited!

P.S. thank you to our friend for showing up for a silly photo shoot with no shame and lots of costumes!

12/19/2025

New! crafted these stunning earrings that bring traditional Persian Art designs to Des Moines.

Each handmade pair of earrings is $65, and would make a unique, beautiful gift for your most stylish friends! We are OBSESSED with the details.

Shiva ( ) is an architect who blends her love of Persian design and fashion to make one-of-a-kind jewelry and even shoes!

Shop her designs at Etsy.com/shop/ziiva and now at East Village Spa!

12/18/2025

Shower bombs are flying off the shelves to help with sinus congestion. 🤧 We’ve also got bath soaks, hot drink mixes, and cooling face masks to de-puff and calm the sinuses!

12/17/2025

Last minute openings for massage this afternoon with Anna and Thea! Call 515-309-2904 asap or book online!

12/13/2025

It’s not too late to snag our favorite holiday gift for yourself or the person on your list who likes clean, simple, vegan beauty. cosmetics limited edition trios have mini versions of products that are in perfect shades to complete a look, in sizes that are a great way to pick a favorite or tuck in a travel bag or purse.

The lip glazes are super hydrating, a perfect cross between a lip gloss and a lip oil.

The eye color sticks help you look put together without the hassle of carrying a compact and brushes. They come with our favorite tubing mascara, the Jane Iredale Lash Fixation.

Seriously, these are the best way to test out Jane Iredale items you’ve had your eye on, at a great price. Shop in spa or online.

We’re shipping orders over $50 FREE this season, no code needed!

Link in bio for our online store 🛍️ 💄 👁️

12/12/2025

An update about our fire and flood:

It has been a rollercoaster since the spa laundry room caught fire on October 20th. We’ve been able to operate at about 90% capacity after the first 2 weeks of urgent clean up, but uncertain of timing of the remaining construction repairs has caused lots of anxiety.

We received great fire prevention help from John Tucker, a DMFD engineer. John, pictured with me at (in front of the photo of our charred laundry) shared fire safety tips with our club today. Our fire was a spontaneous combustion of clean linens. We are committed to sharing how others can prevent a fire at their home or business because we would NOT recommend it.

Now our big ask:

It looks like the remaining restoration work will happen soon, and we ask for your patience if we have to reschedule some services before the end of the year. We still don’t have information we need to contact guests, but we’re dreading it, especially during the holidays.

Disaster restoration involves coordination, insurance approvals, contractor scheduling, permits… and the sprinkler damage impacted all 3 floors of the building, not just the spa. We are all at the mercy of the process.

Obviously losing some capacity during the holiday season is not the timing we’d have chosen but we’re lucky to still have a spa to repair and can’t wait for it to feel whole again.

Thank you again for continuing to trust our folks with your wellness, and for reminding us why it’s worth pushing through these less fun times. 💚

Images: John Tucker from Fire Department and Cassie at Rotary with images of the bin of linens that combusted, and images of the current status of the spa to show the scope of repairs we will having.

12/11/2025

Anyone else enjoying the feeling of being inside a snow globe ❄️

12/07/2025

Wondering why our great LMT Logan hasn’t been open for bookings for awhile? It’s Ballet Des Moines Nutcracker season! Catch Logan and his wife Amelia at a show, you won’t regret it 🩰

The magic begins this evening... The Nutcracker Ballet opens TONIGHT, Friday 12/5, and continues through two performances on Saturday 12/6.

This production is selling out across the state, but we still have a few good seats left just for you! Get your tickets now though, or you may miss it.

Visit https://shorturl.at/kiL7Z in a hurry! Or, call our Box Office at (641) 472-2787 for discounted youth tickets and group rates.

12/06/2025

🛍️ Enter our small business Saturday “redo” contest! 🛍️

Enter to win a bag of gifts we’ve purchased from a few Iowa-based small businesses we love and want to highlight!

To enter: tag 3 Iowa based small businesses you love for gifts! You can enter on IG and FB, we will randomly pick one winner from the combined entries on Monday 12/8 after 12 pm central.

💇‍♀️ $50 gift card to (offering hair, massage, skincare, amazing scalp treatments, )

🇮🇹 🧑‍🍳 Ammazza Suocera Spicy Italian blend created in collaboration with

🥗 A $20 gift card to (good through 5/1/26) to shop a locally owned grocery store this season

🕯️ A soy candle from Iowa based

💆‍♀️ Two stickers from in Iowa

🎄 A red and green recycled paint necklace made by Cassie

The fine print: this contest is not endorsed by Facebook, Instagram, Meta or any companies featured. It is solely an East Village Spa contest. BEWARE OF SCAMMERS AND SPAMMERS! Do not give payment or other personal info to anyone who messages you, the spa and our employees will not do that. We will tag the winner and comment under their name, then message to notify them, but that’s it! Prize must be claimed in person by 12/23 or it will be forfeited. We cannot ship prizes. Employees are ineligible to win. No purchase necessary to enter.