Spring is the season for comprehensive body care programs.
The end of March-April is the ideal 5-6 weeks for a series of massages, wraps, body masks. If you've been waiting for a sign to start, this is it.
What are body wraps
Wraps are a kind of thalassotherapy, a cosmetic procedure for the skin of the body during wich you use products based on natural ingredients for nutrition, hydration, tone, body lifting.
Depending on the goals of the cosmetic program, wraps can perform various functions: lymphatic drainage and removal of toxins, intensive nutrition and enhancement of the protective functions of the skin, modeling, leveling the relief, reducing the intensity of stretch marks and other skin imperfections.
The wrapping procedure can be carried out both in the salon and at home. It's not at all difficult.
To perform the procedure in your own bathroom, you will need a product for deep cleansing and exfoliation of the skin, the body mask itself (wrap), a semi-permeable cosmetic film and a body skin moisturizer after the procedure.
The procedure, including skin preparation, takes from 30 to 50 minutes.
The course of procedures is about 10-15 wraps, with intervals between procedures from 3-4 to 7 days.
How to carry out the procedure of wrapping yourself
Stage 1
Prepare your skin. It is important to carry out high-quality exfoliation of dead cells, freeing the pores so that the beneficial components from the products of the subsequent stages can freely penetrate into the deeper layers and work effectively.
Magnesium Scrub and Salt Body Scrub are salt scrubs with an exfoliant combination of sea salt and cane sugar. Such scrubs cleanse gently and delicately, nourish and make the skin smooth, like silk.
Lifting Body Scrub and Active Body Scrub have exfoliants of natural origin, insoluble in water. Powder from coffee beans in the lifting scrub is a delicate soft exfoliant, volcanic sand from the active scrub cleanses more intensively, helps to obtain the effect of velvet skin after the procedure.
An alternative class of deep cleansing products are acid peels.
Cleansing Peeling is a soft foam with a delicate citrus aroma, due to the content of a complex of acids and natural oils, it exfoliates dead skin particles, evens out tone and relief, stimulates cell renewal, makes the skin smooth and pleasant to the touch, and prepares the skin for the next stages of care.
Stage 2
Body mask. Apply it to cleansed skin. The layer of the agent should be sufficient for the supply of nutrients, but not too dense. Keep in mind that the mask must be covered with a film, that is, the product should not spread.
Apply the wrap on the areas of the body that you plan to work on: thighs, optional knees and lower legs, buttocks, abdomen and lower back. Often wraps are also applied to the upper areas of the arms from the elbows to the shoulders.
Immediately after applying the mask, wrap the treated areas of the body with the film. For cosmetic procedures like this, a special film is used. Such a film, unlike food film, it is semi-permeable.
The duration of the exposure of funds is usually from 20 to 30–40 minutes.
Choose a wrap according to the result you expect after a course of treatments.
For example, Tonus Wrapping with Mint and Spirulina and Lymphatic Drainage Body Wrap are wraps for improving the skin tone, that remove excess fluid. Both are cold. During the procedure, you will feel a noticeable cooling effect.
Lifting Wrapping with Cinnamon and Orange is a hot wrap, with the effect of heating the skin during the procedure. Lifting wrap with cinnamon and bitter orange oil gently warms, stimulates metabolic processes and improves cellular respiration, takes care of skin restoration, improves elasticity, and has an anti-aging effect.
Mask Hot Lifting Chocolate is a warm body mask with a breathtaking aroma of hot chocolate. The natural components of the mask saturate the skin with microelements, vitamins, nourish and moisturize.
The mask contains extract and cocoa butter, as well as coconut and jojoba oils. Together, these components are the perfect spa quartet for caring for the skin of the body, akin to salon treatments.
And this mask also improves mood, like everything chocolate but with benefits for the figure.
Micronized Algae is a pure-micronized algae. No additives, preservatives, flavor. This is thalassotherapy. And it can (and should) be done at home.
Micronized algae is fine powder, a mixture of three types of algae with a powerful set of properties for firming and lifting and ideal skin hydration.
Be prepared that the mixture, after adding water, acquires the aroma of washed ashore algae. It smells like the ocean and bears all the benefits of active substances accumulated by algae.
Stage 3
Completion of the procedure, moisturizing the skin.
Remove the wrap from the skin: first remove the remnants of the product with napkins, and then rinse with water at a comfortable temperature. Do not use excessively hot water.
Pat the skin of the body with a towel and you can complete the procedure.
To do this, apply one of the products according to your skin type: lotion, emulsion, cream or butter.
Works great for this feature Moistening Emulsion or Magnesium Lotion.
For more intense hydration, you can use Multifunctional Massage Cream.
You can also complete the procedure with one of the simulation tools:
Lifting Gel or Anti-cellulite Gel. After these products also leaves a feeling of comfort and hydration of the skin.
After a full course from 10 wraps at intervals of 4-7 days, procedures can be carried out as needed, from time to time.
Repeat the full course of procedures every six months. And your skin will always be well-groomed and healthy.