Noevir is The Bathery's sideline skincare product. This wonderful product line is made in Japan using herbs and botanicals from the Baden-Baden region of Germany, where our family is from! This excellent video demonstrates the use of cleansers, toners, masks, and moisturizers. This protocol can be used for all skincare products. The video also explains the importance of daily skincare, something we teach all of our clients. 8 minutes worth watching! If you would like a facial at The Bathery using Noevir products, just ask!http://www.noevirusa.com/linkfiles/vid_skincare_philosophy.html
Was recently reading in some industry mags and had to chuckle over some of the marketing ploys some spas are using to draw you in and make you think you are getting something "unique" and therefore justifying the ridiculous prices they charge. Let me be the one to tell you, there is a lot of hype over some newer but somewhat standard treatment methods. Last year The Bathery got a Clarisonic face brush and an ultrasonic skin scraper. The Clarisonic is an amazing ultrasonic brush used for cleansing the skin. The skin scraper is a useful tool that gently and effectively "scrapes off" dead skin cells via "cavitation". A lot like the Sonicare ultrasonic toothbrush. Interestingly, we have been hearing a lot about "crystal-free microdermabrasion" and had to find out what this could be.... well.... it's nothing more than ultrasonic skin scraping. And spas are charging hundreds for it! Another spa we recently read about is offering an "ultrasonic facial". Of course this perked our interest since we are using ultrasonics at The Bathery. As it turns out, the facial is 30 minutes of nothing more than using the Clarisonic brush to cleanse your face, then exfoliate using the ultrasonic scraper, and the additional use of the new Clarisonic Opal which is for exclusive use around the eyes to penetrate eye creams deeper into thin tissue. (The Bathery may get one of these soon). What we find so humorous in all this is that, at The Bathery, we incorporate ultrasonics into almost every facial we do. We almost always use the Clarisonic brush for cleansing, and depending on the type of facial we are doing we like to use the ultrasonic scraper for both exfoliating and penetrating of masks and creams. And we don't charge extra for it! It's standard operating procedure. So don't be fooled by these high end fancy spas telling you that you need to spend hundreds of dollars for their special procedures. You don't. Just come to The Bathery. Spa services for the over-educated and under-paid!
Excellent article explaining why you need to stop over-exfoliating, and start nurturing your skin. http://www.beautymagonline.com/pages/epidermal_integrity_16.htm
Straight from Germany! Super simple anti-aging Apple Mask! Peel one organic apple in one complete ring. Place apple peel, flesh side onto face. The anti-aging, anti-oxidants in apples lie directly beneath the outer peel. Phloretin is an ingedient found in many anti-aging cosmetics.
Express Hand Care! Add olive oil to 1/2 tsp. sugar to make a paste. Scrub hands and rinse. Warm 1 cup olive oil and soak hands for 5 min. Rub oil into nails, cuticles and hands. Dab off excess oil with a kleenex. Soft and smooth hands in minutes!
Lemon-Herb Wrap! Cut two lemons into thick slices. Put into large pan along with several sprigs fresh Rosemary. Add hot water & let cool slightly. Add 1/4 cup olive oil. Soak a large plush cotton bath towel in mixture. Wring out and wrap body for 10 min. Lemons refresh and tighten. Rosemary stimulates circulation. Olive oil moisturizes.
