Business
BY SIENNA WIGHT
Folklore Spa fosters social wellness at Camp Lucy in Dripping Springs A town hall from 1800s Vietnam, Victorian antiques and curated color come together to create a unique wellness experience at Folklore Spa. The details Owners Kim Hanks and Whit Hanks designed Folklore to encourage engagement, rather than silence and solitude. “We built it to be more of a social spa,” Kim Hanks said. “We’re not going to shush you. You’re going to have conversations and play games in these spaces.” The spa features personal touches from Kim and Whit Hanks sprinkled throughout the design, from custom tiles of their wedding to the treat- ment rooms named after a place that the couple has enjoyed traveling to together. What they o er Folklore’s providers o er a variety of services, including Hydrafacials, custom facials, massages, body rituals and “Folklore Stories,” which are longer bookings featuring multiple services. Booking a service also grants guests access to amenities such as the pool, bar, sauna and restaurant. For those who wish to extend their stay, a row of cabins sits beside Folklore. “I think wellness is not something that you have to do under the cloak of silence,” Kim Hanks said. “We need to be sharing. So we created these sharing spaces.”
The main entrance of Folklore Spa features a reconstructed 1800s town hall from the Ninh Binh region of Vietnam.
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Kim and Whit Hanks are the local owners behind Camp Lucy, where Folklore Spa is located.
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