Author: Bardey, Catherine
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub.
Copyright: 1999
Number of Pages: 192
ISBN: 1579120636
Price: $12.95
Treat yourself right at home!
Learn pleasurable and smoothing techniques to revitalize skin, deep clean, moisturize and ultimately relax your mind and body. Indulge in luxurious spa treatments including:
- Invigorating and cleansing body scrubs
- Replenishing Skin Toners
- Comforting Moisturizers
- Relaxing Baths
- Luscious Massage Oils
- Rejuvenating facial masks
- Stress relieving facial steams
- Regenerative Facial Peels
Secrets of the Spa includes 75 spa treatment recipes for shampoos, conditioners, hand and feet care, finger nail strengthening to make every part of your body glow from head to toe! Most ingredients are readily available at your local supermarket and are easy to prepare with standard kitchenware.
This publication includes a special list directing you to over 100 spas around the world, 20 spa food and beverage recipes and a shopping guide to help you find the perfect body care products.
Detailed advice tells you how to achieve the perfectly calming spa environment in your own bathroom from the candles and incense you need to the oversized, ultra-soft terrycloth robe to wear and inflatable neck pillow for reading in the tub.
Catherine Bardey worked as a fashion stylist at Elle as well as other fashion magazines and as editor for the J. Crew catalog. She lives in New York and Paris.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Body
- Body Scrubs
- Body Wraps
- Herbal Baths
- Essential Oil Baths
- Moisturizers
- Massage
- Chapter 2 - Face
- Cleansers
- Steams
- Masks and Peels
- Toners
- Moisturizers
- Chapter 3 - Hands and Feet
- Cuticles and Nails
- Hand and Foot Scrubs, Exfoliators & Washes
- Moisturizers
- Chapter 4 - Hair
- Pre-Shampoo Treatments
- Shampoos and Conditioners
- Rinses
- Chapter 5 - Spa Cuisine
- Drinks
- Soup and Salads
- Desserts
- Chapter 6 - Essentials
- Oils - Essentials and Carriers
- Pampering Tools
- Glossary
- Associations, Resources and Suppliers
- Spa Listings
- Shopping Guide
- Bibliography
- Conversion Table
- Index
This product does not qualify for any promotional discounts.
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