What is a Manicure?
During a manicure, you will get your hands professionally taken care of. The nails are cut and filed, your cuticles pushed back, and to finish off polish is applied. Expect smooth, fresh, elegant and well-groomed hands.
Preparation for Manicure
• Can remove your old polish, if any.
• Ask the therapist how they clean their manicure tools – they should be sterilized after each client.
What is a Pedicure?
During a pedicure, you will get your feet professionally taken care of. The hard skin is smoothened out, the toe-nails cut and filed, your cuticles pushed back, and to finish off polish is applied. Expect smooth, fresh, elegant and well-groomed feet.
Preparation for Pedicure
• Bring along your own flip-flops to wear afterwards, as otherwise you’ll have to hang around for a while until the polish dries enough to be able to wear your shoes again.
What is a Massage?
A massage is a deep relaxation treatment. It can focus on a special body part – such as the head, the feet or the back, or it can be a full-body massage. Oils are usually used – and essential oils are added if the massage is an aromatherapy one.
Preparation for Massage
• Exfoliate your whole body prior to your treatment and leave it clean of any products.
• Remove all jewellery.
• Leave your worries behind you.
• Arrive 5 minutes before your treatment so that you’ll be completely relaxed before the beginning of the treatment.
What is a Body-Wrap?
A Body-Wrap is usually a body contouring wrap. A mud or gel is applied onto your skin, and then the body area is wrapped in plastic, and left for 30 minutes or so to work and penetrate. A body-wrap will leave your skin glowing and deeply hydrated, and depending on the body –wrap you can have some or all of these benefits – decrease of water-retention, decrease of cellulite, inch-loss, detoxification, toned skin, contoured body.
Preparation for Body-Wrap
• Have a warm shower – this will help for the product to penetrate more – and do not apply any products on your body.
• Exfoliate – although at times it is performed during the treatment.
• Wear old underwear and take an extra pair of under-pants as yours will tend to get wet. However, usually the therapist will give you disposable underwear.
• Do not eat a heavy meal.
What is a Facial?
In short, a facial is a treatment for the face, where the face is cleansed, steamed, any blackheads are removed, the face is treated and massaged, a mask is applied and finally a moisturizer and a sunscreen. It usually lasts 60 – 90 minutes. And at times, machinery can be used. At the end you will have a healthy glow. When facials are done as a treatment to treat a particular concern such as ageing, acne, pigmentation, etc, a series of treatments need to be performed.
Top winner loses 6.62% total body fat in 8 weeks.
mySKiN&CO’s latest Fat-Loss Challenge was a success. Tuesday 12th July 2011 was the last session – where the results and the winners were announced.
Marion had the greatest percentage of total body fat lost at 6.62%. Marion lost a total weight of 4.8kg and total centimetres loss of 17cm. In second and third place were Philisienne, who lost 5.57%, 4.4kg and 30cm, and Alison who lost 5.01%, 3.5kg and 21cm.
The Fat-Loss Challenge is a NEW concept and FUN group programme that meets weekly for 8 weeks. It is a healthy competition among participants who have similar weight loss goals.
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