Home Spa Facial

Ingredients and tools

Beautiful wash bowl you have selected specifically for your facials

Band or clips to keep hair out of face

Hot steamy distilled or spring water

Facial Sauna Herbs

Towel, large enough to provide a tent over the steam bowl and your head

Wash cloths

Exfoliator for removing dead cells, stimulating circulation and clarifying skin tone

Eye cream or oil

Cream for massage

Facial Mask (specific to skin type)

Toner (specific to skin type)

Moisturizer

Precautions

Always use clean hands and utensils when working with ingredients you are applying to your face.

Wash your hands before and after each application.

Steam should be moderately hot - if it feels as though it is burning your nostrils when you breathe, it is too hot.

Don't rush. This facial is meant to be an experience in self-care and relaxation. Take time to experience the process.

Prepare your face

Wash your face, removing all makeup with soap or facial cleanser.

Fill a wash bowl with hot, steamy water. Add facial herbs. Allow to steep.

Holding your face above the bowl, cover your head and bowl with a towel tent. With elbows on the table and hands holding the

towel at your head, this should be the right height to the water. Allow the steam to work for 5 - 10 minutes.

If you feel the steam is too hot, allow the water to cool slightly and try again.

Do not dry your face, allow to air dry.

Or, if you prefer-

Dip a clean soft face cloth in hot water to which you have added the herbs or essential oil.

Squeeze the excess water from the cloth and smooth the cloth over your face (barber shop fashion) from your chin and cheeks to

your forehead. (leave the areas around your nose and mouth uncovered, so you can breathe properly. 

Let the compress work for 5-10 minutes. If the compress begins too get cool, dip into the hot water and reapply the compress.

Exfoliate your face

Using an exfoliant for your face type, gently apply to a moist face, neck and décolletage

in circular motion. Avoid eyes, inside nostrils and mouth.

Rinse well, with plenty of tepid water.

Allow to air dry, or if you prefer gently pat the skin dry with a clean towel or wash cloth.

Skin will be especially receptive to your skin care products following exfoliation.

Massage your face

A gentle massage with a light cream or oil will stimulate circulation and help with skin tone.

Rub the cream or oil between your hands to warm and lubricate.

Apply the cream or oil using gentle, upward strokes, blending outwards from the middle of  the face; to neck and décolletage using upward strokes and blending outwards from the center of the décolletage.

Sit, or lie down for a few moments to relax and allow the skin to breath.

Deep clean your face

Prepare and apply a facial mask in generous proportions to the face and neck area.

Avoid the sensitive area around the eyes, inside the nostrils and the center of the lips.

Gently apply an eye cream or oil around the eye area and onto the lips.

Sit, or lie down for 15-20 minutes, relax and allow the mask to detoxify your skin. You may feel some tingling or tightening of your skin.

Remove the mask by rinsing with plenty of tepid water.

Allow to air dry.

Tone your face

Tone your face with either a toner or astringent. Apply by gently moving a clean dampened cotton ball over the facial area.

 (Avoid the eyes, inside the nostrils and inside mouth)

Moisturize your face

To complete your facial, apply a moisturizer, suitable for your skin type.

Massage into the skin in gentle, light, circular movements.

Finish by gently applying moisturizer over the décolletage, neck and facial area moving

upward and outward from the center.

Relax your face

Take some time to either, sit in your favorite chair and listen to some music, soak in a warm tub, or lie down and daydream.

Relax and allow your skin cells some time to rejuvenate.

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Home Manicure

Ingredients and tools

Non-acetone nail polish remover (if you wear nail polish)

Cotton Balls

Small bowl you have selected specifically for your Manicures

Warm distilled or spring water

Virgin Olive oil or Lemon Juice

Cuticle Salve/Cream

Cuticle Pusher

Nail Clippers or Scissors (kept separate specifically for your nails)

Nail File - we prefer glass files as they can be sterilized and last

Nail Buffer

Towels

Hand Cream

Cotton Gloves

Precautions

Be sure not to clip your cuticles so that you avoid infection

Don't tear hang nails, clip them off

Water should be moderately warm, not hot

Nail polish should be fresh

Don't rush. Relax. Take time to experience the process

Prepare your hands

Using clean cotton balls and nail polish remover remove an nail polish. (change balls frequently)

Wash your hands in lukewarm water with a natural soap, if you like, use a nail brush, rinse well and pat dry.

Trim your nails to desire length.

File nails (in one direction - Start at the edges and move to the top (back and forth leaves nails jagged and easy to catch on clothing)

Soak your fingers for about 5 minutes in warm water with 1 tablespoon Virgin Olive Oil or Lemon Juice.

Pat dry

Apply Cuticle Cream/Salve on your cuticles and massage each finger from the base to the tip.

Wipe the palms of your hands   

Using a cuticle pusher, gently and carefully push back your cuticles.

Massage your hands

A gentle massage with creams will stimulate circulation and help soften the skin.

Rub the cream between your hands to warm and lubricate.

Apply cream to back of your hand and each finger, one at a time working in a circular motion around each finger from

the base of the finger to the tip

Apply cream to your wrist and massage the cream into your arm from the wrist up to the elbow.

Take a moment to relax while the cream soaks in and your circulation begins to restore.

If you will not be applying polish

Gently wipe your nails with a clean damp towel and dry

Using the nail buffer, gently but persistently buff the nails

Wait a few minutes and then apply your favorite hand lotion

If you will be applying polish

Gently wipe your nails with a clean damp towel and dry

Rub bottle of clear polish back and forth between your hands  (shaking creates bubbles)

Paint each nail from the base to the tip on each side and then in the middle

Allow to dry for about one minute

Rub bottle of colored polish back and forth between your hands

Paint two coats of color one hand at a time, this allows the polish to dry between coats

Paint each nail with quick dry top coat

Take time to relax while your nails dry, about 30 minutes

Pamper your hands

Apply Shea Butter  to hands with a gentle circular motion.

Place your hands into cotton spa gloves.

Sit back, listen to music or read for about 30 minutes. If you are doing this before bedtime, leave the gloves on overnight.

Enjoy your hands

When your hands are smooth and pampered, you'll feel relaxed.

When you hands are cared for your health will benefit from proper circulation.

Wear protective gloves when working with paints, soap and water or gardening.

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Home Pedicure

Ingredients and tools

Two wash bowls you have selected specifically for your Pedicures

Warm distilled or spring water

Foot Soap

Pumice Stone

Salts or Foot Soak for detoxification

Towels

Wash cloths

Exfoliator for removing dead cells, and stimulating circulation

Cream for massage

Foot Salve

Booties or cotton socks

Precautions

Always use clean hands and utensils when working with natural ingredients.

Water should be moderately warm, not hot.

Don't rush. Relax. Take time to experience the process.

Prepare your feet

Wash your feet, with soap and a washcloth; paying attention to the areas between the toes.

A sisal cloth will gently exfoliate the feet.

Use a dampened toenail brush to increase circulation and clean each toe nail where the nail meets the skin.

With a pumice stone,  gently rub rough areas such as heels, ball of the foot, and sides.

Check for rough areas around large and small toes.

Carefully file your toe nails. They should be square in shape with rounded edges. Use a file in one direction, not back and forth.

 (try going from the outside edge to the center and then the other outside edge to the center and smooth out the center to finish.)

Fill wash bowls with warm water. Add foot soak or therapy salts. Gently swirl the water to mix.

Sit back, relax and soak your feet for about 10 minutes.

One foot at a time, remove from water and pat dry.

Massage your feet

A gentle massage with creams will stimulate circulation and help soften the skin.

Rub the cream between your hands to warm and lubricate.

Apply cream to feet and toes in a circular motion, ending with a gentle pull of each toe away from your body; if you include your ankles, begin with the ankles and work your way down to the toes.

Using your thumb push back the cuticle on each toe. NEVER cut the cuticle. Cuticles are essential to healthy toenails.

In the other wash basin, using soap, wash your feet clean.

Pat dry.

Pamper your feet

Apply foot salve to feet with a gentle circular motion.

Place your feet into cotton booties or socks.

Sit back, listen to music or read for about 30 minutes. If you are doing this before bedtime, leave the booties on overnight.

Enjoy your feet

When your feet are smooth and pampered, you'll feel relaxed.

If you wish to paint your toe nails, gently rub each toe nail with a clean dry towel to remove and cream or salve that may be left on them.

Pick a color that you like and enjoy.

Using a foot powder when wearing shoes during summer months will help to keep your feet dry. Also cotton socks and leather shoes allow feet to breath during the day helping them remain healthy.

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