Body wraps are relaxing and cleansing treatments that encourage “totally
letting go”. At a spa, wraps usually take place in a special room,
where body coatings can be removed more easily in a private
shower. Wraps are not done easily without a partner and can be quite
messy since they require hot or cold sheets, along with the
towels and blankets for wrapping. Some spas even have a tent that
steams you. In addition, you will need a warm place with a table
or bed for you to rest on while the products used have time to
make you incredibly smooth and soft.

Body wraps come in any number of moisturizing, aromatic,
rejuvenating substances, ranging from purified mud poultices, to
honey, mango, apple, and pears, or other fruit mixtures, paraffin
wax, aloe gel, or even seaweed.

When visiting a spa, and you are not sure if what you are reading about on
the list of treatments they provided is a body wrap, look for words
such as: botanical, herbal, honey, paraffin, seaweed, mud,
detoxification, aloe, and such. Sometimes, they may replace the word
wrap with mask, masque, or pack.

Read on for a perfect example of one special spa that treats you like a
goddess with their herbal body wraps.

The herbal body wrap starts with the attendant giving you a robe and
slippers and taking you to the women’s locker room, where you dress
down to nothing on. One thing you do not have to worry about
when getting naked. Spa’s in general will not make money if their
people do anything that isn’t professional. Their business depends on
you coming back, so relax and enjoy.

If you have never had an herbal body wrap, the attendant who will be
doing your body wraps, who is also, likely, a masseuse, will tell you
what steps to expect for your treatment.

You start with a Japanese dry brushing technique. The idea is to wake up
your skin and get your circulation moving. She instructs you not to
move so the bowls of warm sugar scrub sit on your legs as she
scrubs you down. You are never totally naked. A towel always covers
your private parts.

After the scrub, you then get a body mask goes over the sugar scrub,
which is also the same scent. Your front and back are scrubbed down
and then a mask is placed on both sides.

As you are lying there feeling totally relaxed, a tent is placed over you
from your neck to your feet. A warm steam blows over you for about
twenty minutes. Under the tent, you can remove the towel, if you
wish. After your steam bath, you will be feeling so relaxed you won’t
want to move. The attendant will come back into the room and ask
you if you are totally covered up before the tent is lifted. You then get
up and rinse off the scrub/mask, and then she lathers your total
body with a body crème.

That would be the shortest 60 to 90 minutes ever and you will, for sure,
want to go back just to be totally pampered again.

Short note – After three days, don’t be surprised if your skin still feels as
soft as a baby’s skin.

Body wraps not only relax and pamper your body, they relax your mind.
The whole idea of someone else pampering you is a treat you must
give yourself as often as you can. Give a spa body wrap to your
friends or family as the gift of a totally relaxing experience. They will
thank you.

Copyright 2007 Kim Snyder, owner Overall Beauty Great lover of all natural beauty care and products.
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I would like to thank Sue Ellen at The Sandhill Spa at the Running Y Ranch Resort in Klamath Falls, OR
for the most beautiful first Herbal Body Wrap I could ever have! I will be back Sue Ellen!! :)
Visit Running Y for more information about The Sandhill Spa. What better way to do research about body wraps? LOL ~ Kim