Exhale Day Spa ready to primp and pamper

Published 2:52 pm Monday, November 16, 2015

Exhale Day Spa in Joseph offers a list of amenities you just can’t find anywhere else in the county — massages, body scrubs, facials, pedicures and other foot care, as well an infra-red sauna. The spa also offers the Farm House Fresh bath and body care products as well as Eminence organic skin care products.

Co-owner Anna Butterfield hopes to add an outdoor saltwater soaking pool in the future.

“I think it would be very popular in both the winter and summer,” Butterfield said.

Butterfield has lived in the area for over 30 years.

“I’ve always wanted to have a space like this,” she said. “I feel like our town needs a quiet, day spa environment.”

She said she had wanted to wait for her last child to graduate before going into business, but Exhale, located at 601 B N. Main St. in Joseph, was too good an opportunity to pass up.

Co-owner Rachelle Winterton of La Grande is proud of the new business that she shares with Anna Butterfield. Both are cosmetology school graduates.

Winterton graduated from massage school in La Grande and worked as a massage therapist in the area for several years before relocating to Joseph in July.

The two women met when Winterton began dating Butterfield’s son. Almost immediately they began to discuss opening a spa. The project took well over a year from planning to fruition.

Exhale Day Spa is open by appointment only, in order to serve customer needs, particularly in the realm of privacy and personalized care.

“When I’m with someone, that’s my person,” Winterton said. “I can’t be stepping away from them to deal with everyone who comes through the door.”

Winterton did almost all the interior work herself, from refinishing furniture to painting the walls. A spacious shower to rinse off scrubs or sauna perspiration also is available.

“This is really a perfect space for an exclusive day spa,” Winterton said.

Because the two owners provide all the services offered, neither feels the need to add employees, although a manicurist station or a weekend pedicurist are future possibilities.

“We’re pretty happy with the way things are now, but we’re open to expanding if demand calls for it,” Winterton said.

To make an appointment, call 541-910-0012. Gift cards also are available.