How to Have a Relaxing Home Spa

There are some days that you just need to relax...Going for a professional spa treatment is expensive. Why not wind down by having a spa right in your own home? It's simple, easy, cheap, and is guaranteed to melt away your stress.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Neck wrap
• Eye patches & cucumbers
• Instant Manicure
• Foot Scrub/foot creme
• Lotions
• Small Tub w/marbles
• Candles
• Soothing Music
• Candles
• bath minerals
• Moisturizer

1. 
    
   Neck Wrap

   Start by getting everything ready. Warm your neck wrap in the microwave, get your eye patches or cucumber slices in the refrigerator to get cold, put your marbles in your small tub and add hot water and add some nicely scented bath minerals, Wet a washcloth with hot water. Get some small hand towels ready.

2. 
    
   Candles set the mood

   Set up all of your items in a comfortable location so you won't have to get up again. Dim or turn off your lights and light your candles. Turn on some soothing music. You're now ready to relax!

3. 
    
   Foot soak

   Put your feet into the tub of hot water, Wash your face with your hot damp washcloth, put on your neck wrap and your eye patches or cold cucumbers and sit back and relax.

4. 
    

   Spend some time just relaxing. Feel the tension from the day leaving your body...Think positive relaxing thoughts.

5. When the water in your foot tub starts to cool down you are ready to move on (or add more hot water if you aren't!). Take off your eye patches. Put your favorite moisturizer on your face and get out your food scrub.

6. Taking one foot out of the water at a time, wash each foot with your foot scrub. Massage your feet as you wash them. Rinse them off and then take them out of the water and dry them with your hand towel.

7. Use your foot creme or lotion on your feet and legs.

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   Instant Manicure

   When you are done with all of this, go to the sink and give yourself an instant manicure. To learn to make this at home, visit my article in resources. Complete your manicure with some hand lotion.

9. Repeat weekly!

Tips & Warnings

• You don't need to have every ingredient on hand to have a relaxing spa at home. Use what you had and get more items as you can.
• This is a great thing for couples to do together - really sets the mood!
• Invite your girlfriends over and have a girls night and a relaxing spa at the same time. Have each guest bring an ingredient.

Resources

• Make Your Own Instant Manicure

[tahmilly]

on 4/15/2009 Perhaps you might wish to trade off with a friend. One time you get the treatment, the next you give the treatment. Just an idea to save money and still get the "hand and foot" service. very good article--5***

[jimdris]

on 12/11/2008 Hey, wait, before you get in the tub, put the phone under a pillow three rooms away! (You know it is going to ring two minutes after you get into the tub.) Great article!

[luv2blog]

on 12/11/2008 Home spas are nice. I treat myself to one often. But when the money allows, nothing beats having somebody else wait on you hand and feet. lol. ^5!!!