Today, there is a huge variety of decorative and skincare products available. Among the most popular products are masks, scrubs, and creams. They are used during or after SPA treatments because properly prepared skin absorbs and responds to nourishing ingredients more effectively. Our tips will help you choose and use these products correctly.
Features of Application
A Turkish bath — Hammam — is an excellent way to prepare the skin for the application of skincare products. Therefore, using them before visiting the hammam is unlikely to provide the desired effect.
The best approach is to apply a scrub to steamed skin and use masks after cleansing. To maximize the benefits, we recommend following this sequence:
- after visiting the massage salon, go to the oriental steam room to warm up;
- rinse yourself with warm water;
- you can return to the steam room once again;
- thoroughly cleanse the skin;
- exfoliate with a scrub;
- rinse away the dead skin cells in the shower;
- apply a mask;
- rinse yourself again.
Throughout the entire session, we recommend drinking enough fluids, relaxing, and enjoying the experience. By following these steps and recommendations, your body warms up and the skin is thoroughly cleansed, while the treatments help support the removal of excess salts and metabolic waste. At the same time, the skin is able to absorb the beneficial ingredients of the skincare products more effectively.
Which Products Should You Choose?
The most effective options are often products prepared at home from natural ingredients. For example, salt, sugar, and coffee can provide an exfoliating and skin-smoothing effect and may be used as part of body-care routines, while mustard, pepper, apple cider vinegar, and cosmetic clay are traditionally used to stimulate circulation. Honey, yogurt, and sour cream can be used to nourish and soften the skin.
For an oriental steam room, cleansing products containing salt, coffee, sugar, bread, cinnamon, or oatmeal are particularly suitable. Moisturizing ingredients may include kefir, cottage cheese, egg whites or yolks, fruit and berry pulp, lemon, and chocolate.
A key ingredient that is difficult to imagine many skincare formulations without is plant-based oil. You can use flaxseed, apricot kernel, almond, olive, burdock, or another suitable type of oil.
All ingredients should be selected according to your individual skin type and needs and can be complemented with a vitamin complex appropriate for the desired result.