May 2010 Newsletter Article
Preparing Your Skin for Warmer Weather With An Exfoliation
As we embrace the season of summer, it is time to shed that dried layer of winter skin.
Body treatments are essentially a facial for your whole body and leave your skin feeling velvety smooth and soft. The idea behind a body treatment is that is just as important to cleanse, exfoliate, and hydrate the skin on your body as it is the skin of your face.
Exfoliation is the process of removing dead skin cells from the surface of the skin. This exposes new skin and eliminates bacteria. The body naturally does its own exfoliation: 30 to 35 days after a new skin cell has formed, it becomes saturated with keratin (which protects skin from outside elements) and the cell reaches its “sell by date” and falls off. Through the ageing process this natural process of skin erosion becomes uneven, giving skin a dry and rough character. This is where a full body exfoliation can help.
At Pax we use a special formula that utilizes three separate sizes of Dead Sea and Mineral Salts to create a “three layer” exfoliation to refine and improve skin texture. This scrub increases circulation to let skin breathe while removing accumulated residues and skin impurities. Dead Sea salts are known for their healing and therapeutic properties and have a considerably high content of minerals and trace elements to relax and soothe the body while providing a healthy and radiant glow. We offer two different aromatherapies in our scrubs: a Green Tea and Lemongrass scent that leaves you yearning for summer, or our signature Lavender and Vanilla scent that has a strong calming effect on the mind.
While the Pax Body Exfoliation isn’t a massage, it is very relaxing to have this exfoliation done as our therapists use long, swooping motions to apply the scrub (getting to those hard to reach places like your mid back). This treatment is ended with at 15 minutes back massage and will not only leave you feeling completely de-stressed, but with smooth, soft and glowing skin.