Glen Ivy Hot Springs - the Best Day Spa in Southern California

Great for a Girls' Day Out!

Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa, located in Corona, California, is the ultimate day spa experience. What makes it the best? The relaxed outdoor atmosphere is like no other, and you do not have to book a spa treatment to enjoy the spa. The one thing that Glen Ivy Hot Springs has that no other spa I know of has is ClubMud.

According to Glen Ivy’s website, www.glenivy.com, ClubMud is, “California’s only therapeutic red clay mud bath. The fine clay exfoliates the skin, draws from the pores, absorbs impurities, and helps release waste from the skin.” According to me, it is like being a kid again! There is this great warm pool that basically looks like muddy water, but don’t worry, it’s not gross. Since it is clay, it just colors the water, but runs clean through your fingers and is not mucky. In the center is a stone block that has mounds of fresh mud. Grab a chunk of the clay and rub it all over your body. It’s best to have friends around to help, so they can get your back. Then you go lay out in the sun, or sit in the drying room (“Wafa”), and wait for mud to dry on your body. They tell you it’s best to flake it off roughly with your hands to exfoliate your skin, but you really will need to shower after you do that. I recommend making another trip into the mud pool to help get off the chunks that get stuck in between toes and other hard to reach places. Then shower to remove and residue. At first, it seemed to me like it was just a fun idea, but honestly it does make for softer skin.

In addition to ClubMud, the spa has many other things that make for a wonderfully relaxing experience. There is a pool specially for lounging that is only about a foot deep. It is perfect for lounging around with a delicious fruit smoothie, which they serve at the hut nearby. There are also several deeper pools that are great for just swimming around and staying cool, as well as mineral baths and hot tubs. The mineral baths are usually pretty crowded, and smell like rotten eggs (sulfur, I guess), and I don’t really see a great benefit from a mineral bath, but hey- whatever floats your boat.