Body Treatments
Different Body Treatments And Their Benefits:
Steam / Sauna / Scented Bath:
After cleaning, treat your skin to a steam bath twice or thrice a month to deep-cleanse the pores and stimulate blood circulation. People with oily skin should steam more regularly than those with dry skin. There are many different types of steam baths like the Turkish bath, steam room or steam shower. A sauna bath is induced by throwing water on a hot stove. A steam bath is an ancient type of bath. It originated from the Romans. The origin came from the Roman bath, which began during the height of the Roman Empire. Just like a sauna, steam bath induces sweating, but the atmospheric condition is different, the steam bath not only relaxes you and gives increases your energy, but also promotes your health and beauty as well. It is works effectively at temperatures of between 43C(110F) and 46C(116F) and a relative humidity above 100%. In a steam bath, steam should be permanently present. This requires an efficient steam generator, a precise control system and a steam-tight cabin to prevent steam from escaping and damaging the fabric of the surrounding room.
A sauna is a small room designed and a person gets to experience dry or wet sessions. The word sauna is used usually to describe an unusually hot or humid environment. A sauna can be done in a group, where people disrobe and sit in temperatures of over 80 degrees. This induces sweating. There are two types of saunas: one that are conventional and warm the air and the other one infrared saunas that warm objects. Many North American and Western European and Russian sports centers and gym have sauna facilities. You get them at public and private swimming pools too. The hottest sauna’s have relatively lower humidity level as water is pour over the hot stones to cool them. The door of the sauna has to be shut, it should not be kept open for more than a few seconds as the air will escape.
Home made Scented Bath:
Scented baths make you wash away the stress of the day and makes you relax in a sea of aromas. Now a scented bath means using scented soaps and bath salts to essential oils. One way of having a scented bath is given below:
Method 1: 15-20 drops (1/8 dram) essential oil or oil blend; 3/4 dram carrier oil; 1 1/2-3 ounces Epsom salt.
Be sure that the mixture is properly blended, as the oil may have a tendency to form into clumps in the salt. Even amount of distribution is required. The mixture will last for several baths. It only takes 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons of mixture for an entire bath. While there are different preferred methods for preparing the aromatic baths, two of them emerge as the easiest and least complicated in the preparatory stages. One is to introduce the essential oil or oil blend into a small amount of Epsom salts, and to dissolve the salts into a tub of hot or warm water. Some take the trouble to add colour and fixatives to the mixture but it is not necessary. In fact, the salts can be prepared just minutes prior to the time of use.
If the essential oil blend contains ingredients that may act as irritants, you may be able to still utilize their virtuous properties if you increase the amount of Epsom salt and introduce a carrier oil to dilute the oil blend. However,if you are not certain that you can eliminate the negative effects of the irritating factors, it may be better to choose another method.
Method 2: Another method of creating an aromatic bath is to introduce the essential oil blend directly into the bath water. Although this is a viable way to prepare a bath quickly, it is not the choice method for optimum effectiveness. Because oil and water do not truly mix, it is easier to get an even distribution of the fragrance if a moment is taken to mix the essential oil blend with the bath salts before adding it to the water. Like heated massage oil, the warmth of the freshly drawn bath serves to open the pores of the skin. Thus, in addition to the benefits of inhalation while immersed in the scented water, the individual is actually taking in the healing properties of the essential blend through the skin. Aromatic baths are used in many of the available applications of the fragrance arts. They can be directed toward ritual, toward healing mind, body, and spirit, or as a lavish way of pampering oneself to beauty and elegance.
