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Exfoliation, the natural way!

Every culture has had some sort of body exfoliation mechanism or way of removing dead skin cells from ones’ epidermis. We all know that our bodies are about 70% water and our skin sheds daily. Why not try a new “old fashioned” devise such as Le Edge recently introduced at Cosmoprof North America 2011 and…

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A Brief History of Spa

With more and more people looking to spas for health, wellness, anti-aging and relaxation, spa going has been described as a new cultural trend. But in fact, spa going (ie. Social bathing in “healing waters”) has been practiced for thousands of years – from the Mesopotamians, Egyptians and Minoans, to the Greeks and Romans (the…

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MarktheSpaman tried Beauty Buster Skin Care and said this…

Mark McKenney, aka @MarkthesSpaman is a spa industry expert who not only follows trends, he creates them! He tried the men’s Beauty Buster Skin Care, as well as the Secret Weapon Serum and shared his experience below.  To follow Mark and stay on trend, find him on Twitter, @MarktheSpaman and https://markthespaman.com/ At first, I thought…

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Chai to Resist a Fall Exfoliation!

Fall is upon us and both of these products are just what a skincare esthetician would prescribe going into the fall and winter season. I was given this body scrub to try out and it turned out to be the right ‘necessity’ and very apropos for the season. It’s time for an exfoliation! On the List On…

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Eight Wellness Things to do in Dallas

Upon my return to the Dallas area in 2008, I was asked about how “Dallasites” are into health, wellness and spas. My response was, and still is, we are very much into health and wellness including spas, wellness centers and clinics. As a visitor to Dallas you may have to look around a bit for…

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The Ancient Healing Art of Hot Stone Massage

The ancient healing art of Hot Stone Massage has been around for thousands of years and used in a variety of ways in many different modalities. Since early stages of humanity stones were used to make tools and weapons. The ancient Chinese used stone therapy as a precursor to acupuncture and is considered “the mother of acupuncture”. In many religions around the…

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