How would you like to get all your vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants without having to take pills? And what if you could get these in a relaxing environment while sitting on a vibrating recliner before you leave refreshed and reinvigorated?

If that appeals, you may want to look into Drippy IV Spa. That’s IV, as in intravenous, not Roman numerals for the number four.

According to the Urban Dictionary, drippy is slang for swag, sauce, steez, style, or juice, and founder and CEO of Drippy IV Spa, Jordanna Hadeed, found the name perfect for her business because, according to her, it is fabulous.

Hadeed told Sunday Newsday she was introduced to the “drips” at her gym. She said her trainer was “always peppy” and looking healthy, which he attributed to the vitamin drips he got once a month from a gym member who was a doctor.

She first tried the drips in June.

“I was going to Miami on vacation and I thought, ‘How am I going to shop and party?’ Because once I go out at night I suffer during the day. So I had my first drip experience before I went on my trip.

“I went for four days and three nights, and I was just on fire. I didn’t stop. I went from shopping to liming or dinner in the evening, and back out in the night. I was just firing on all pistons.”

She said it was about four weeks later when she felt herself “starting to drag” and she realised she had been feeling good for a month.

“At the time, it was just house calls, and that’s how I started getting drips at home. I had also seen it in the US and a couple places in TT. Here, they were at places you would also go to get your facials or lashes with drips at the side. I wanted my spa to be primarily drips.”

She said getting the drips at home was too distracting with visitors coming by, phones ringing, and her children running around. She was wondering how she could get the experience somewhere nice and tranquil when the idea for the spa came to her.

“I probably did three rounds of drips at home when I thought, ‘This is it. This is my next move.”

In addition to wanting people to feel and operate at their best, Hadeed also wanted a more steady source of income, as being a promoter was a seasonal business.

She said, at one point, she thought of adding other spa services, but specialty machines would mean more startup capital, and other services would mean hiring more staff, and she wanted to start sooner rather than later.

[caption id="attachment_991528" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Reporter Janelle De Souza prepares to receive IV fluids at Drippy IV Spa, Regents Towers, Westmoorings. Jordanna Hadeed, CEO and founder of the spa, standing left, and phlebotomist Aricka Murrell are at her side. - AYANNA KINSALE[/caption]

So she opened Drippy IV Spa on October 1 at 102 Regents Towers, Westmoorings. Sessions are done by appointment only, but house calls are available.

However, she said it has been a challenge trying to convince people to make the time for the 60 to 90 minute process when they have busy schedules. But that is only because th