#2.A Day Spa

When was the last time you were treated like a king or a queen? Whether it was in this millennium or the last, spending the day at a Spa guarantees the Star Treatment. Day Spa’s are like hair and nail salons, only better. In addition to hair and nail services, they offer relaxing muscle massages, pedicures, manicures, deep cleansing facials and even body scrubs, all in a comforting, soothing environment.

The following are benefits from having a proper spa treatment:

• enhancing spiritual awareness
• increase the body’s energy flow
• improving flexibility of our body
• reducing high blood pressure and hypertension
• healing emotional distress
• reduce the effects of aging
• soothing our tired muscles
• toning and nourishing the skin
• detoxifying our body
• stimulating circulation
• reducing weight and weight-related problems
• reducing insomnia, stress and fatigue

Or you can choose cheaper way by creating your own spa at home. Taking a milk bath is one of the easiest ways to improve the look and feel of your skin almost instantly. If you have a bathtub and a carton of milk in your refrigerator, then you already have everything you need. Materials:

• A bath tub filled with warm water
• 1 and ½ quarts of whole milk
• Stove
• Pan
• Measuring Cup

How to:

Find a clean pan in your kitchen and measure out the milk. (If you want to use more than the above listed, that’s fine but you don’t need more than ½ gallon.) Pour the milk into the pan and gently warm up the milk on low to medium-low heat. Your milk need not come to a boil! While the milk is heating, start running the warm bath water. When the milk is heated pour it into the bath and viola! Your milk bath is complete.

At this point you can soak and enjoy. However, many people complain about the scent of a milk bath. There are a numerous optional items you can add to the bath to make the stink disappear. You may want to add to the bath some citrus oils or a strong scented flower essence such as rose oil. Adding lightly crushed lavender petals will cover any odd smell and its fragrance is known for its soothing qualities. Adding fragrant crushed herbs such as mint or thyme can also help.

If you are feeling particularly indulgent, add chocolate shavings or powdered cocoa to the milk while you are warm the milk. Remember to warm the milk and chocolate gradually because chocolate burns easily and burned foods will not ease the bad smell that can occur during the bath.

Don’t forget to drain the tub and then shower after you are done soaking to wash off the offensive scent that milk residue can leave behind.