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Spa deals with body massage, facials, manicure
and various other body treatments in an
aesthetic and serene environment. It is
sometimes said to be an extension of a hair
salon. Spas are generally offered in holiday
or beach resorts as a part of their service
to the customers. Spa is later carried out
in hotels, drive inns and even in hair dressing
parlors. In some cases Spas are used as
a medication or therapy for certain ailments
like back or spinal problem, acne, athlete
foot, etc. It has an added benefit of meditation,
which can insist peace in mind during medication.
Spa treatments are said to be done using
special recipes
involving costlier fragrance to show of
its elite ness as Spas are often preferred
by royals. However, it does not mean that
spa can be done only with the recipes that
are expensive; it can be even adopted with
a simple recipe made at home using some
typical home products. Just like household
herbal beauty treatment, Spa can also be
done using Ayurvedic constituents like neem
oil, eucalyptus, rosewater, garlic oil,
etc.
Body care is very vital for all human beings
to say fit and healthy, thus spa can be
made as a routine practice everyday after
physical exercise. Try the following spa
recipes and feel the result.
To improve the blood circulation in the
face and help the tone lacking muscles a
facial spa recipe is made using chickpea
flour, turmeric, coriander leaves, rosewater,
orange juice and ground mustard. Take a
bowl; add a cup of chickpea flour, half
a spoon of turmeric powder, pinches of coriander
leaves; a cup of orange juice and neem oil,
some quantity of ground mustard and few
tablespoons of rose water for fragrance.
Stir the mixture to blend it well. Apply
the paste over all over the face and body
parts and left for few hours. Later wash
the paste using warm water.
Medicinal plaster in spa is a facial mask
applied over the face which absorbs the
impurities and makes the face look clean
and bright. The ingredients required for
preparing this medicinal recipe are few
tablespoons of sandalwood powder, natural
clay powder, turmeric powder, neem
leaf oil and half a cup of orange juice
if want some rosewater or crushed mint leaves
for fragrance. Add these ingredients in
a large dish mix it well and apply throughout
the face leaving the eye portion. Rinse
the mask 15 to 20 minutes after its application
using warm water. Aloe Vera gel will be
a perfect skin moisturizer after the treatment
as it can refresh and provide soothing sensation
to the skin.
Hair mask is another spa recipe that helps
in improving the strength of the hair. The
recipe needs half a cup of yoghurt and a
tablespoon of lemon juice. Beat the yoghurt
with lemon juice well. Before applying the
mask finely cleanse and oil the hair thoroughly
rubbing the scalp. The mask is left for
about 20 minutes and later swabbed by warm
water along with fragrant shampoo to eliminate
the raw flesh smell of yoghurt.
Hand and feet needs to be softened for ladies,
especially. For that, first clean the hands
and feet by wiping with a towel. Then, soak
the feet and hands in the tub of hot water
instilled with some drops of rosewater,
sandalwood, neem
and jasmine oil. A pumice stone is rubbed
on the rough parts of the feet and hands.
Moisturize the hands and feet after that
by using a solution prepared from a mixture
of neem oil and coconut oil. Finally cleansing
is done in warm water with a little bit
of lemon juice.
Author: Adam Teaser - neem articles |
