March 2015 archive

Natural Beautification

beautification naturallyIf you take an interest in beauty culture but want to go the natural route instead of using synthetics or processed beauty supplies, spa services can be one of the most beneficial ways of achieving beautification. When you spend time at the spa, you will encounter beauty services such as manicures, pedicures, skin exfoliation, facials and other cosmetology related processes. Most spas have very high standards for using the least toxic products available, as well as performing beauty services in natural health ways.

Obviously, a spa is a place to go to temporarily as a special occasion, so it is not going to offer the health benefits of a long term health plan. However, the beauty services performed to a person’s exterior at a spa are similar to getting your teeth cleaned. They should be performed every so often in order to maintain your exterior’s optimal health. The beauty focus on the skin, hair and nails in a spa is some of the best you can receive. The restorative services offered for the skin in a spa will improve your skin’s circulation drastically. The manicure and pedicure services at a spa will leave your nails healthy and shining. And the hair treatments at a spa will moisturize and repair damaged hair.

Exfoliating, toning and moisturizing the skin is one of the primary concerns of a professional spa facility. The exfoliation process begins with a gentle scrub that removes dead skin cells from the skin’s outer layer. Often, this is followed by a mud mask that draws out toxins deep from within pores. The mud mask is given time to harden, then is washed off with water. Next, a toner is used to bring out the skin’s colors and correct impurities, and lastly, a moisturizer is applied to keep the skin’s elasticity in shape. With beauty services such as this, it is easy to improve your personal appearance by making regular trips to the spa.

Removing Toxins from the Body

cleanse toxins from bodyWhen you spend time at the spa, one of the most beneficial processes you can go through is detoxification. Detoxification is the removal of harmful chemicals and compounds from the body. Nature intended for people to be free of toxins, but our collective lifestyle has created pollutants in our food, water, air and other elements we encounter and ingest. This means that toxins effect our bodily chemistry, interacting with it, changing it and corrupting it. The removal of these harmful toxins from our bodies is essential to our health, and many services at day spas and retreat spas are created to do exactly that.

A sauna is a favorite spa based method of detoxification. A sauna can either be wet or dry, but it is always hot. Saunas are rooms made out of wood that are heated by an internal furnace. The idea of a sauna is to help people sweat out toxins they have ingested or metabolized by raising circulation and activating the sweat glands. Many people find that their skin is visibly healthier looking after they come out of a sauna because the detoxification takes effect that quickly.

Steam rooms are another favorite way of detoxing. Steam has long been known to have beneficial health properties. It is healing to breathe steam and healing to surround yourself in. Its positive effects on the skin have been noted by medical professionals. Our bodies are largely comprised of water, and being surrounded by steam and humidity is very good for replenishing our water content. The heat that comes with steam aids our sweat glands in secreting out harmful toxins we have been exposed to.

And lastly, the whirlpool jacuzzi is another long time favorite of spa attendees for detoxification purposes. The lightly chlorinated water is excellent for cleansing the skin of impurities. It is important to wash the chlorine off and moisturize when you leave a whirlpool so your skin and hair is not excessively dried out by the chlorine, but the combination of the moving water and the light chlorine are great for removing toxins that are at the skin’s surface.

Improving Your Health with a Spa Retreat

body and mind relaxationA day or a few days at the spa can do wonders for your physical and mental health. Many people forget to make occasions like this a priority, which is a shame because they are shown to improve cognitive and immune system function. A trip to the spa can restore and replenish the parts of you that have become drained by the daily grind and give you your glow back. Many people who have recently spent time at the spa claim to feel reduced tension, renewed invigoration and broadened perspective on life.

There are many ways a trip to the spa renews your physical health, including ridding your body of toxins, relaxing bodily tension and mending your cosmetology. Everyone acquires toxins into their body as they go about their days. Toxins can come from the food we eat, the air we breathe and many other elemental things we encounter. Spa services and treatments such as saunas, steam rooms, whirlpools, massages, heated stones and mud face masks contribute greatly to the physical restoration one gets from time at the spa.

The benefits that a spa retreat has are also important to your mental health. The spa is a place of relaxing music, quiet sounds, therapeutic aromas and peaceful meditations. It is a place where the worries of the world do not follow you. You are free to leave behind cell phones, calendars and life obligations and find your inner peace for a time. Mental health studies show that people who find time for these things live more balanced, happy and productive lives.

Think of the enormous benefit that time at the spa would have to your life. Think of the focus and clarity that you would have after time in a whirlpool jacuzzi or on a massage table, being pampered. Spa days are not just frivolous outings. They are therapy for the soul.