SELF Magazine to Host the 'Ultimate Luxury Lounge and Spa' at the Sundance Film Festival

SELF Magazine to Host the 'Ultimate Luxury Lounge and Spa' at the Sundance Film Festival

Exclusive Suite's Celebrity Gift Bag Tops $25,000 Worth of Goodies; Special Charity Auction Will Benefit Fertile Hope and Inner-City Filmmakers

NEW YORK and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- SELF, the premier magazine devoted to women's health and well-being, will host the magazine's first-ever Ultimate Luxury Lounge and Spa in Park City, Utah, during the Sundance Film Festival from January 19-24, 2006. An exclusive celebrity guest list will be invited to the lounge to rest, relax and rejuvenate. Visitors will be admitted by invitation only to receive pampering spa treatments and an unprecedented luxury gift bag of distinctive products valued at more than $25,000. Funds raised by auctioning special gift bags featuring dozens of celebrity signatures will be donated to Fertile Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping cancer patients faced with infertility, and to Inner-City Filmmakers, a nonprofit organization that provides low income, yet capable, high school seniors with skills training, mentors and paid work opportunities in the motion picture and television industries. The auction will go live on eBay beginning January 29. SELF will also feature the gift bag in the March issue, as a prize giveaway to one reader.

SELF's Ultimate Luxury Lounge & Spa will be located in adjoining suites at the Silver Queen Hotel on Main Street. Mini-facials will be provided by experts from Kate Somerville Skin Health Experts, the renowned Los Angeles medi-skin clinic favored by Hollywood's elite.

The celebrity gift bag offered at SELF's Ultimate Luxury Lounge & Spa will include:

* SELF Magazine - 4 SELF fitness DVDs and SELF Magazines
* BlackBerry - BlackBerry 8700c
* Indianapolis 500 - 90th VIP Race Package
* Marquis Los Cabos - Ultimate Adventure Package/Private Villa
* Podfitness - MP3 player fitness program
* Pink by Victoria's Secret - Women's sleepwear
* Dooney & Bourke - Medium Croc Nile Duffel
* LPG - Endermologie treatments
* Kate Somerville - Spa treatments and product
* Paige Premium Denim - High-end women's and men's jeans
* Ajne Perfume - Custom blended fragrance
* T3 Hair Dryers - High-end ionic hair dryers
* Occhi Eyewear - Sunglasses and eyewear
* Lotion Glow - Candle and massage oils
* Tracy Matthews Jewelry - Jewelry
* Sobella - Jewelry
* Ha Ha Boots - Winter boots
* Trixie and Peanut - Dog products
* Evolve Wellness Acupuncture - Wellness treatments
* Blue Marlin Clothing - Premium vintage-inspired menswear
* 5 Star - Young men's sportswear
* Monarchy Men's Clothing - T-shirts
* Rix Chix Clothing - Women's jogging suits
* Kookoon - Slippers and eye patches
* Netflix - One year subscription

Food and beverages offered at SELF's Ultimate Luxury Lounge & Spa will include:

* Robert Rothschild Farm Gourmet - Gourmet dips
* Drambuie Liqueur Champagne - Champagne
* Ile de France - Gourmet brie and goat cheese
* Organic Protein Bars - Protein bars
* Fiji Water - Water
* BV Sterling Vineyards - Wine
* KROL Vodka - Mixed vodka drinks
* Monster Energy Drink - Energy drink
* Stella Artois - Light lager and glass chalis

"Hollywood's biggest VIPs will be buzzing about SELF's Ultimate Luxury Lounge and Spa and our extraordinary gift bag," says Kim Kelleher, Vice President and Publisher of SELF. "We're pleased to be able to take this opportunity to raise funds and awareness for Fertile Hope and Inner-City Filmmakers, two very unique and important organizations."

SELF is the premier magazine of total well-being, incorporating health and beauty, fitness and nutrition, happiness and personal style all in one package. 5.4 million readers turn to SELF each month. SELF is published by The Conde Nast Publications. For more information, visit http://www.self.com/.

Source: SELF

CONTACT: Lauren Theodore of SELF Magazine, +1-212-286-8157,
lauren_theodore@self.com; or Jim Dobson of Indie PR for SELF, +1-323-896-6006,
STARPR@aol.com

Web site: http://www.self.com/

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