MILK AND HONEY WRAP
Where it’s at: Soaring Eagle Spa in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Description on menu: To give your lymph system a boost, your journey will begin with a dry brushing. A warm milk and honey mixture is applied to exfoliate, recondition and rejuvenate skin. After being wrapped in a warm cocoon, stress is washed away by a rinse in our Vichy shower.
Who does it: massage therapist
What she needs: dried milk, fresh honey, dry brush, water, thickening agent, warm blanket, Vichy shower
How long it takes: 50 minutes
How much it costs: $ 100
Product cost: $ 1.50
Chocolate Spa Pedicure
Where it’s at: Warm Springs Day Spa and Salon in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Description on menu: This treatment includes a milk and honey soak, followed by an exfoliating scrub and finish up with a chocolate mud mask for the feet and a delightful massage, nail shaping and polish.
Who does it: nail technician
What she needs: mixture of European Rose Body mud and Black Baltic mud infused with chocolate essence, cellophane, hot towels, milk and honey soak, hydration lotion, nail polish, file, buffer.
How long it takes: one hour
How much it costs: $50
Product cost: $8.80
East Meets West Combination
Where it’s at: The Balance Spa and Fitness in the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Description on menu: The perfect blend of Eastern and Western techniques beginning with Shiatsu, the Japanese art of applying pressure to specific points to release tension and then adding Thai massage, employing gentle rocking and stretching techniques, finishing with Swedish/deep muscle massage to soothe and aid the body in healing.
Who does it: massage therapist
What she needs: massage oil
How long it takes: 50 minutes
How much it costs: $100
Product cost: minimal
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