Day spa at home? Wouldn’t that be nice? It’s easier than you think using your basic pantry and fridge staples. There are many reasons why we can’t get to the day spa as much as we would like but you don’t have to make it hard for yourself. You can create a haven at home and treat yourself as often as you need.
Table of Contents
- WHY HAVE A DAY SPA AT HOME
- WHAT TOOLS YOU’LL NEED
- INGREDIENTS FROM THE PANTRY & FRIDGE
- DIY BATH SOAKS
- BATH & SHOWER SCRUBS
- EASY DIY FACIAL AT HOME
- FOOT SOAK/PEDICURE
- MANICURE
- CONCLUSION
WHY HAVE A DAY SPA AT HOME
Of course it’s just as easy to go out. But with the worldwide pandemic it was hard to get out of our homes at times and we missed out on our regular treatments.
We’re all busy too. It’s not just about the 20 to 30 minutes you’ll actually spend at the day spa. It’s about getting ready to go, driving there, coming home and what about your children or if you’re working out of the home full time? Creating a day spa at home is ideal for those who are time poor.
There are so many benefits to your overall health if you try some of these treatments. Not only are some of them great for your skin and hair, there are medicinal properties to some of the ingredients in these treatment recipes I’m going to share with you.
Stress, tired muscles, sore feet, damaged skin, nails and hair will all benefit from these treatments. Let’s also take into the account the benefit for your mental health when you’re able to treat yourself with kindness because you deserve it.
If you are at home most of the time, a bit of time out for yourself can be used as a reward. If you’ve got decluttering, organising or cleaning to do, say to yourself that you will reward yourself with a DIY facial, soak in the bath, pedicure or aromatic shower. You deserve to be treated in a way that is going to benefit your overall health.
It’s also a very cost effective option. Why spend hundreds of dollars to pay someone else to do this for you when you probably have all the ingredients yourself?
Sure. It is nice to go out and pamper yourself once in a while but even as an inexperienced beauty consultant you can easily apply these products to yourself.
WHAT TOOLS YOU’LL NEED
You really are spoiled for choice when it comes to finding ingredients for some of the following beauty spa treatments. Substitute where you can. If you only have rose essential oil, use that instead of lavender. Or if you only have white sugar and not brown sugar, use that.
Set yourself up with all the tools you’ll need and keep them in a tub or a box that can be your special home day spa treatment. Here are just some tools you might need before you start:
- small mixing bowls and utensils
- food processor to blend oats etc
- hand held mix master to whip some products
- tea infuser
- tongue depressors for applying product
- reusable face pads, cloths to clean your face
- Head band or hair wrap
- Small jars to keep recipes made up
- Small spritz bottles for toners etc
INGREDIENTS FROM THE PANTRY & FRIDGE
Like I mentioned above, these ingredients are only a guide to what you can use. If you don’t have the essential oil, use your favourite. If you don’t have a particular type of tea or fruit, use what you have. It’s all about being as cost effective as possible.
From the Pantry
- Oats
- Quinoa
- Honey
- Coconut Oil
- Vanilla extra or vanilla bean pods
- Extra virgin olive oil
- White sugar or brown sugar
- Salt including Himalayan Pink Salt
- Tea bags including herbal tea, green tea or flavoured tea like Chai
- Used coffee grounds
- Milk powder
- Canned coconut cream or coconut milk
- Spices, eg turmeric, cinnamon, pepper etc
From the Fridge
- Avocado
- Citrus fruit, zest and/or juice
- Mayonnaise
- Greek yoghurt
- Eggs
Miscellaneous
- Epsom salts
- Essential oils
DIY BATH SOAKS
The following are only a limited number of DIY bath soak recipes for your DIY home day spa. Use what you have. You also don’t need anyone to tell you what time of the day you can take a bath. Have a bath when your young children have a sleep or they’ve gone to school.
Did you also know that In a recent study on metabolic diseases or in other terms diseases linked obesity, heat exposure in the form of a hot bath is shown to have the same effect as exercising (Faulkner, S.H. 2017). The study indicates that just one hour spent in a hot bath burns as many calories as a half hour walk. Passive heating decreases inflammation and boosts metabolism exactly like exercising.
BATH & SHOWER SCRUBS
We may not have time for a long soak in the bath but an all over body scrub in the shower can leave you feeling refreshed plus exfoliate and replenish your skin. Remember to substitute ingredients with what you have an use your favourite essential oils.
EASY DIY FACIAL AT HOME
One of the things I used to love going to the day spa for (before children and when I was working full time) was for a full facial. It was so relaxing to have someone else really cleanse my face but I always found the products irritated my skin and left it feeling greasy.
I soon learned to do it easily from home and I can leave on a DIY mask while I have a soak in the bath or while showering. Create that ambience at home while doing a facial with soft music and lighting and put your feet up, have a cup of tea or glass of wine, read a book or meditate.
Whatever you can do to relax to allow the benefits of a facial to do it’s magic, do it. Here are some recipes for a simple DIY facial at home.
The steps usually involved in a facial are:
Click on each step above to go straight to the recipes or keep reading.
CLEANSE
EXFOLIATE
DEEP CLEANSE
TONE
MOISTURISE
FOOT SOAK/PEDICURE
I actually feel sorry for the women (or men) at the day spa that have to work on my feet after a long hibernation. My husband actually bought me a foot spa last Christmas and I intend using it more often. Prior to that, I would use a shallow tub, wide enough to put my feet in.
With a few simple ingredients added to warm water, you can give your tired aching feet a long soothing soak after a long day at work, a day in the garden, a day running around after your children or working out or running.
Smooth off the dry skin with a pumice stone, trim your nails and give your toe nails and feet a rub with coconut oil or your nails a lick of nail polish.
Here are a couple recipes for DIY foot soaks.
MANICURE
‘I’ve had so many manicures, acrylic nails and gel nails over the years and every time I get them, I soon regret it. They weaken my nails when the nail ‘artists’ buff off the polish or acrylic. I type a lot so don’t like long nails so I’m happy with short, natural nails. I do like to give my hands a good moisturising so sometimes treat myself to a DIY manicure.
Here is a step by step guide to help you.
CONCLUSION
Whether you use your favourite brand named products or some of these DIY recipes using common ingredients you can find in your home, treating yourself to time out to rejuvenate, replenish and restore you is what you’re trying to achieve.
Not only are you treating your skin, hair, nails and body to a therapeutic treatment, you are taking time out for yourself. Sometimes you just need a total distraction from the stress in your day and what better way to do than with a DIY day spa day at home.
Make this time really special for yourself by putting on the music, lighting a candle or diffusing essential oils. Treat yourself to a new fluffy towel or hand towel and make the most of the experience.
The other thing is a lot of these products make great gifts for your friends and family. Why not share some of the recipes with them made up into jars with instructions. I’m sure someone you know also needs a reminder to take time out for themselves.
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