Four
Treatments at home:
1. Energizing Hair Treatment
What You'll Need:
Peppermint essential oil (available at health-food stores)
Daily rinse-out conditioner
Do It at Home
After rinsing out your shampoo, add 1 or 2 drops of peppermint
oil to a dollop of conditioner. Coat your hair. Massage your
scalp with your fingertips, making small circular motions --
start at the hairline, move toward the crown, cover both the
right and left sides of your head, and finish at the neckline.
Rinse with lukewarm water (the peppermint oil makes the
temperature feel colder).
2. Soothing Body Wrap
What You'll Need:
Blender
1 cucumber
Bunch of mint leaves
Aloe vera gel (available at drugstores)
Lavender and chamomile essential oils (available at health-food
stores)
Plastic wrap
Do It at Home
Combine 1/4 cup shredded cucumber, 1/4 cup finely chopped mint
leaves, 1/2 cup aloe, 5 drops lavender essential oil, and 3
drops chamomile essential oil in a blender and puree.
Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then spread on hot spots like your
feet, neck, and legs. Cover skin with plastic wrap to help the
hydrating mask soak in, relax for 15 minutes, then rinse.
3. Invigorating Pedicure
What You'll Need:
Large basin
Salt body scrub
Spearmint essential oil (available at health-food stores)
5 small, smooth-edged garden stones
Body or foot lotion
Nail-polish remover and cotton balls
Tools (file, cuticle pusher, toenail clipper)
Polish
Do It at Home
Soak feet for 10 minutes in a basin filled with lukewarm water.
Use a handful of salt scrub and 2 drops of spearmint oil to
exfoliate feet and lower legs; rinse. Place stones in a bowl of
ice for a few minutes, then gently massage your feet and lower
legs with them. Add 1 or 2 drops of spearmint oil to lotion and
rub over feet and legs. Wipe oil from toenails with a cotton
ball soaked with nail-polish remover, file, gently push back
cuticles, and paint nails.
4. Refreshing Facial
What You'll Need:
Cream face cleanser
1 green-tea bag
Aloe vera gel (available at drugstores)
Plain yogurt
Honey
1 cucumber
Do It at Home
Cleanse skin with face wash and cool water. Soak a cotton pad in
chilled green tea, then gently pat onto skin. Gently apply
pressure to facial acupressure points with fingertips --
eyebrows, inner corners of your eyes, below the lower lip, and
under each cheekbone. Mix 1 cup aloe, 1/4 cup yogurt, and a few
drops of honey in a bowl, then apply the mask with your fingers.
Place two slices of chilled cucumber over your eyes; relax for
10 minutes, then rinse with cool water.
