Your skin is your largest eliminative and absorbing organ, so it needs special care.
Why a Body Wrap?
Choosing Your Ingredients
Preparation
Botanical and Herbal
Nutritive Raw Additives
Seaweed
Enzymes
Infrared Heat
Anti-cellulite
Clay
Nutritive Wetting Agent
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WHY A BODY WRAP?
Body wraps are therapeutic treatments that may:
Detoxify the body
Remove excess fat and fluid from tissues,
Restore balance and strength of skin
Reduce joint pain,
Tighten and tone the skin, and
Nourish, hydrate and soften the skin.
Body wrap bandages are wrapped tightly for an effective and specific wrap. Linens, porous elastic bandages, plastic or similar material is used to wrap individual body parts. Care must be taken to not wrap too tightly and constrict circulation.
The body can be wrapped as a whole, with a blanket of plastic or foil sheet/ polyester film or vinyl suit with an electric blanket, this is called cocoon wrap or body mask. Linen, sheets or towels may be used.
CHOOSING YOUR INGREDIENTS
A wrap does not need to have many ingredients to be effective - the ingredients that you chose should fit the purpose. A wrap can be very simple with clay, and some salt or it can be more complex with the addition of herbs, essential oils and nutritive ingredients. For one wrap, you will want to make up about 4-5 cups worth of dry ingredients.
For example: (2 cups clay, 1 cup salt, 1 cup herbs, 1 cup seaweed, 2 tablespoons nutritive wetting agent)
PREPARATION
The skin is first prepared by exfoliating or dry brushing with a salt/mineral scrub, also called a body polish.
Body polish removes the build up of dead skin cells on the surface of the skin which affects the skin permeability and hinders the absorption of topical products, in this case the body wrap.
Dead Sea salt, Citrus Polish and Fruit Acids (AHA) are popular body scrubs used for body wrap preparation.
BOTANICAL AND HERBAL
Herbal Therapeutic natural ingredients are applied to detoxify and deeply nourish the body.
Active herbal ingredients are reported to break down cellulite and reduce the size of fat cells by drawing fat from cells into the interstitial fluid.
Herbs are renowned to condition, tighten and tone the skin.
Ayurvedic Herbal and Botanical extracts are very popular ingredients in herbal packs and herbal wraps:
Bhringrai, Rose, Chitrak, Daruhaldi, Tulsi, Alfalfa, Fennel, Comfrey, Ginger, Ginseng, Juniper, berry, Marshmallow root, Parsley, Rosehip, St. Johns Wort, Lavender, Chamomile, Rose.
NUTRITIVE NATURAL RAW ADDITIVES (OPTIONAL)
Aloe Vera, Coconut powder, Milk power, Honey powder, Oatmeal Powder, Yoghurt Powder, Dead Sea Salt, Berries and Fruit pulp, Collagen.
THE POWER OF SEAWEED
Seaweed does wonders to our skin. When applied topically, seaweeds draw out toxins from our body and release its nutrients through our pores. Body wraps that use Algae, Kelp, Seaweed, Irish moss powder and Bladderwrack are detoxifying treatments that help rid the body of toxins through metabolic stimulation. Seaweed contains a high vitamin and mineral content, micro and macro cell-regenerating nutrients, amino-acids and very high levels of anti-oxidants.
ENZYMATIC BODY FIX
Enzymatic Body wrap, also called Fruit Acid Wrap. This brightening wrap is formulated with low concentrations of Alpha Hydroxy Acid (max 20%) The AHA Body wrap is often formulated with Aloe Vera and Green tea/ Chamomile extracts/Rosehip. These emollients soothe and nourish the skin. AHA can be helpful for exfoliation of the top layers of the epidermis. An occlusive dressing similar to plastic wrap or layering may be used for deeper penetration and better results. AHA’s are effective for lightening skin pigmentation and smoothing roughened skin.
Alpha-Hydroxy stimulates cell regeneration and effectively draws hydrating ingredients found in the body wrap into the skin.
AHA s is potent and should not be left on the skin for more than 30minutes to prevent irritation to the skin.
INFRARED HEAT
Infrared Body Wrap is targeted infrared heat therapy.
It is effective as a source of healing that improves the circular, cardiovascular and immune systems. It is more effective than other traditional heat treatments since the infrared heat penetrates twice as deep getting at toxins and cellulite trapped in pockets beneath the skin.
Each infrared body wrap session usually takes an hour and does not require a lot of labor. The infrared wrap system comes with infrared pads that are wrapped around the customer’s thighs, hips, abdomen, and arms.
Benefit of using the infrared body wraps are that it improves the appearance of cellulite, relieves minor pain relief, contours and shapes the body, and possible inch and weight loss.
ANTI-CELLULITE
New and Innovative Body Wraps are becoming popular as a visible solution in improving cellulite dimples within the first few wraps. Results are accumulated.
Anti-cellulite wraps help minimize the appearance of cellulite by encouraging circulation in your body and increase metabolic stimulation and help the body get rids of the toxins.
Popular Anti-cellulite-fighting ingredients:
Cypress: Astringent and toning, reduce fluid retention and cellulite
Algae seaweed: Releases the toxins that have long been trapped in the bodies fat storage cells.
Juniper berry: Detoxifying, fortifying, Skin toning, stimulating, astringent
Geranium: Eliminate toxins and relieve fluid retention, by stimulating the lymphatic system
Rosemary: Diuretic, stimulant and tonic properties
Lemon: Decongest the tissue, repair cell damage, and draw out toxins
Lemongrass: To drain out toxins
Aminophylline: Break down fat cells into fatty acids
Coffee Bean Extract: Tighten blood vessels
Fennel: Improving circulation and fighting water retention and puffiness.
Horse Chestnut: Increases blood circulation, firming and calming
L-Carnitine: Boosting metabolic rate.
Fenugreek: Prevents the formation of excess fat deposits.
CLAY
Also called Mud or Mineral wrap
Rhassoul clay reduces dryness, improves skin clarity, and improves skin elasticity, texture and firmness. Famed for its refreshing, invigorating and revitalising properties, Rhassoul mud is particularly renowned for helping to heal rheumatic complaints as the heat helps to relax muscles and improve circulation.
White Mud: Purifying, deeply cleansing, calming and soothing for the face
Yellow Mud: Revitalizing, refines texture of the skin of the upper body and arms
Red Mud: Detoxifying and firming for the tummy, hips and buttocks area
Brown Mud: Full body potent detoxifying or for the back
Green Mud: Detoxifying reduces fluid retention and cellulite for legs
Black Mud: Detoxifying reduces muscular aches and pains
NUTRITIVE WETTING AGENT
Nourishing Oils (optional))
Almond
Grape seed
Arnica
Evening primrose oil
Avocado
Emu
Apricot kernel
Pomegranate
Jojoba
Vitamin E
CUSTOM WRAPS
Let your imagination run wild! Imagine a Chocolate soufflé wrap, Chardonnay Vinotherapy Wrap, African wrap with Marula and Rooibos or a Grecian wrap blended with Marigold, Yarrow, healing ointments, organic herbs and nutrient rich oils.
Blend your own revolutionary body cocktail wrap. Create a decadent indulgence or an intense slimming wrap. |
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