A facial is the best way to take care of your skin!

A facial is a beauty and health treatment that includes the following basic steps: consultation, cleansing cream, toner, mask, facial massage and a moisturizing cream. Facials are the second most popular spa treatments after massages. The process is always customized to meet the unique needs of your skin.

A licensed facialist with special training in skin care should be the person who performs your professional facial. She should not only be knowledgeable, but passionate about her work.

The Solmar Spa Collection recommends that you have a facial at least four times a year, as the seasons change. You may need one more frequently if you are trying to clear up skin blemishes such as acne, especially at the beginning. Otherwise, every few months is sufficient. Once a month is fine but make sure you don’t overdo it, especially if you have sensitive skin.

What a facial can do:

-Deep cleanse

-Exfoliate

-Increase circulation and detoxify

-Calm the senses, nerves and muscles

-Stimulate skin functions and metabolism

-Treat conditions such as dryness, oiliness, redness and acne

-Soften wrinkles and age lines

 The Solmar Spa Collection offers facials specially designed for your skin type. 

For more information, please visit our website at www.solmarspacollection.com or contact us at spacollection@solmar.com

Pioneer Art Gallery

Experience the history of Los Cabos through old photographs, the art collection of Don Luis Bulnes, the pioneer behind Solmar Hotels, and art pieces from local artists.

The Pioneer Art Gallery is located next to the Brigantine Restaurant at Playa Grande Resort and Grand Spa, a portion of the art sales will benefit the Solmar Foundation. 

Artists participating:

Joann Cappon:  She was born in México City and studied at "La Esmeralda" National School of Paint, Sculpture and Engraving and the Academia de San Carlos. 
At an early age Joann came in touch with art and painting. The aroma of oils, turpentine, and linseed oil evokes happy moments of her childhood.
These lovely memories accompany her and surround her amidst her moments of doubt and chaos and it is with these that Joann finds in her paintings an opportunity to show part of her essence. 

Yandi Monardo: Visual artist, originally from Young, Uruguay. Yandy is committed to the education and dissemination of the art and culture of Baja California Sur. His work was selected for the MOLAA catalog (The Museum of Latin America Art) in Long Beach, California. In 2009 and 2012, he received and Honorable Mention in painting and sculpture at the Biennale of Baja California Sur, Carlos Olachea. 

Enrique Bascón: Presents "Hungry for color", a sample born of coffees and social gathering, meals and travels, some in space and others in time, a tribute to México he loves and the innocence of a child's smile, both of them, their teachers. 

For more information about Pioneer Art Gallery or Solmar Foundation 

please contact: dinorah.deharo@solmar.com

Wedding Collection

The perfect day

The magical moment

The perfect dream

The perfect beginning and love history…

You’ve dreamed about it your whole life. It’s your wedding day and you deserve the most perfect and romantic wedding, you want it to be the happiest day of your life.

We invite you to live the dream of your most magical day in a remarkably, romantic surroundings. At Solmar Hotels & Resorts you can choose between a variety of deluxe wedding packages.

Our wedding planner will work with you to tailor the details of your wedding to your taste, so on your big day, you'll have nothing to worry about, and all you have to do is say " I DO."

For more information please contact:

Alana Durán (Grand Solmar Land's End Resort and Spa) Wedding Coordinator: alana.duran@solmar.com 
Erika Quiroz (Playa Grande Resort and Grand Spa) Wedding Coordinator: erika.quiroz@solmar.com 

Fajitas recipe by Solmar Resorts

Ingredients:

Canola oil

One green, red and yellow pepper

One garlic clove

1/2 red onion

Serrano chile

Chicken breast

Tablespoon soy sauce

Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Tablespoon lemon juice

Instructions:

Heat a large cast iron frying pan on high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Add a tablespoon of canola oil (or other high smoke point oil) to the pan. As soon as the oil begins to smoke, lay the chicken breast slices in the pan. Depending on the size of the pan, you may have to work in batches. Let the chicken cook undisturbed for 2-3 minutes, until you have a good sear. Once seared well on one side, turn the pieces over and cook for another 2-3 minutes until well seared on the second side.

While the chicken is resting, cook the onions, chile and peppers. Add another tablespoon of oil to the frying pan. Heat on high. As soon as the oil is hot, add the onions and peppers to the pan. Use a metal spatula to scrape up some of the browned bits from the chicken and stir to coat the onions and peppers with the oil and brown bits. Spread the onions and peppers in an even layer in the pan. Let them cook undisturbed for 2 minutes. You want them to sear with some blackening. Stir the vegetables and continue to cook for another 2 minutes.

Add the chicken to the pan with the vegetables, add the soy sauce and the Worcestershire sauce and the lemon juice to marinate.

Serve with guacamole, refried beans and mixed tortilla shells.

Wellness Wednesday

Massage, the best remedy for stress

Massage is an excellent method to improve lymph movement and blood flow. In turn, a massage aids in getting cellular waste products and accumulated toxins out of tissues, into the bloodstream, and to the kidneys where they are eliminated from the body.

In the same way that a massage is good for repairing the body, a massage administered without the correct technique can cause injury. Consequently, only physiotherapists and people with academic and practical training have the necessary knowledge of human anatomy, specifically musculoskeletal functions,  to provide a beneficial massage.

A professional massage is based on the application of different manual techniques where layers of the skin and underlying tissues are kneaded and pressed with a specific rhythm and intensity according to the intended effect.

Benefits:

-Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.

-Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow, the body´s natural defense system.

-Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.

-Improve skin condition.

-Promote tissue regeneration and reduce scar tissue and stretch marks.

-Release endorphins, the amino-acids that work as the body´s natural painkiller.

-Reduce muscle spasms and cramping.

-Lessen depression and anxiety.

-Relieve migraine pain.

Massages are a pleasure for the senses and are used to treat and relieve numerous diseases and pain.

 We invite you to visit us and feel the difference! just click here.

For more information please write to spacollection@solmar.com 

Solmar Foundation Joins Forces with The International Community Foundation to Offer Tax Benefits to U.S. Donors

 Los Cabos, Mexico (April 10, 2014)- Solmar Hotels & Resorts, a collection of five resorts located in the popular tourism destination of Cabo San Lucas, announced today their charitable arm, the Solmar Foundation, has joined forces with the International Community Foundation to establish the Solmar Foundation Fund. 

Founded in 2011, the Solmar Foundation was established by the son of the late Don Luis Bulnes Molleda, founder of Solmar Hotels & Resorts, in an effort to help those in need throughout the surrounding Los Cabos community, just as his father had for decades prior. Since the foundation was established, hotel guests have had the opportunity to give an optional donation to the foundation at check-out, as well as take part in a "Helping Hands Tour" which includes helping serve breakfast at a local shelter, playing with kids at a nearby orphanage and bringing smiles to the faces of senior citizens at a nearby nursing home

"This is great news for the Solmar Foundation and the resort group as a whole", said Ricardo Orozco, Managing Director of Solmar Hotels & Resorts. "We take corporate social responsibility very seriously and this latest development will enhance our efforts to provide ongoing support to those in need within our local community, thanks to our loyal guests."

Solmar's alliance with the International Community Foundation now provides donors all of the traditional advantages associated with a public charity including U.S. tax benefits and the opportunity to have one's charitable wishes followed after their lifetime.
For more information on the Solmar Foundation please click here

To make a tax deductable contribution to the Solmar Foundation Fund, please click here. 

About the International Community Foundation: 

The International Community Foundation is a public charity founded in 1990 with a mission to expand the level of charitable giving internationally by U.S. donors with an emphasis on Mexico and Central America.   For more information regarding the International Community Foundation, visit www.icfdn.org.

Delicious drinks for special days!

Cocktails recipes for those weekends when you stay at home wishing to be in Cabo San Lucas

Better than expected

*Ingredients:

2 Oz. tequila Don Julio Blanco

1 Oz. lime juice

1 Oz. pineapple juice

40 Grs. cucumber

4 Grs. clices of serrano pepper

1 whole serrano pepper for decoration

2 leafs of mint

2 sugar teaspoon

*Preparation

1. Place 2 slices of serrano pepper and 2 sugar teaspoons into the shaker 

2. Squeeze the juice from one lime and 2 mint leafs into shaker 

3. Use a muddler to mash in the bottom of the shaker 

4. Add tequila, pineapple juice, lime juice and shake with about a half full of crushed ice

5. Pour into an old fashion glass with sugar on the ring and garnish with whole serrano chile.

Whale Tail Drink

*Ingredients:
Ice cubes
3 Oz. vodka
1 Oz. curazao
1 Oz. lime juice
5 Oz. pineapple juice

*Preparation
1. Fill the glass with ice 
2. Add vodka, pineapple juice and lime juice (in this order) 
3. Mix it
4. Pour curazao, do not mix to keep the color

Dirty Monkey

 *Ingredients: 
1 Oz coconut cream 
1 Oz evaporated milk 
1.5 Oz banana syrup 
 5 Oz coffee liqueur 
1.5 vodka ice 
0.5 Oz chocolate (Just for decoration) 

*Preparation:
1. Mix all the ingredients in a blender 
2. Drizzle the chocolate into the glass 
3. Pour the mix into the glass

Margarita Jumbo

4 oz tequila
3 oz orange liqueur
2 oz dash of lemon or lime juice
1 1/2 oz natural syrup
Lime wedge for garnish
Salt or sugar to rim the glass (optional)


Preparation:
1. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes
2. Shake well
3. If desired, salt the rim of a chilled margarita glass
4. Pour contents, with ice, into the glass
5. Garnish with the lime wedge.