Though best known for expanding the limits of human thought, the great philosophers were also ardent proponents of skin treatments—rarely furrowing their brows without first applying a de-furrowing cucumber mask. Today’s Groupon will wipe out your own philosophical furrows. For $55, you get your choice of one of three services and a $15 gift card (up to a $180 total value) from Woodhouse Day Spa at its location off Capital of Texas Highway at Westlake Drive. If you buy two of today's Groupon, one must be used for a massage and the other for your choice of facial.

Sidle up to the spa that DAYSPA magazine named Top Day Spa/Medical Spa Chain, where a spacious oasis of calm awaits. Slough off your outermost facial layer like a snake shedding last year's tired fashions with a 50-minute glycolic-peel facial with a hydrating B5 mask ($140) and an eye-contour treatment ($25) that tightens and firms the eye's naturally occurring sandbags with hydrotherapeutic compresses and cold, marble eye stones. If exfoliation isn't your cup of sports-drink, opt for a 50-minute reconditioning and firming facial with a Vitamin C mask ($130) and an eye-contour treatment ($25). Or calm a back that's screaming in agony with an 80-minute Swedish massage ($125), a full-body relaxation experience that utilizes long, flowing strokes to reduce muscular tension and gently encourage apathetic circulation into caring once more. All treatments are preceded by a complimentary skin analysis using guilt and sparrows to get deep into your pores for a close look at normally unseen, subcutaneous issues that may be percolating. Before leaving, you'll also be given a $15 gift card to use on a future visit or to give to a luxury-deprived friend.

Woodhouse Day Spa provides luxurious experiences for stressed-out folks from every eyeblink and arm wave of life, offering organic approaches to skin care that are rooted in scientific sense. All of its holistic treatments begin and end with rituals that do not involve circles of bearded men holding candle-knives; instead, a calming ritual at the outset eases visitors into a state of tranquil introspection, and awakening rituals at the end utilize essential oils to slowly draw the client back into a state of heightened awareness. Whether you want to improve the condition of your skin or you're bedraggled from a job-interview marathon, a relaxing massage or facial performed by the skilled Woodhouse staff is a sure-fire way to gain top honors at your upcoming poise-and-radiance cage match.

Reviews

Woodhouse Day Spa was named a 2007 Top Day Spa/Medical Spa Chain in America by DAYSPA magazine. Citysearchers give the Austin location an average of five stars, and Yelpers give it a three-star average:

• It has the most relaxing atmosphere, friendliest staff, and the best facials… – mimicher, Citysearch
• The facility was very clean and well kept, and every member of the staff was friendly and courteous. – mediums, Citysearch
• This place has great service and treatments, and a wonderful atmosphere. – Allison B., Yelp