DRY ROOM TREATMENTS:
BODY SCRUBS (1 & 2) AND BODY WRAPS (1 & 2)
Exfoliating treatments are a must on every spa's menu of offerings, and the starting point for other body treatments, such as body wraps. Exfoliation – whether with a scrub, microdermabrasion, or dissolving exfoliant – unclogs follicles and pores, improves the skin's texture and smoothes it, stimulates the skin's overall function, increases circulation, and allows for deeper product penetration. In Aesthetic VideoSource's new Dry Room Treatments: Body Scrubs (Volumes 1 & 2), Malinda McHenry, a licensed aesthetician and instructor, walks you through the steps of providing various exfoliating treatments in a dry room setting, making exfoliation an easy-to-offer service in any spa.

In Vol. 1, McHenry demonstrates how to provide three types of full-body exfoliation services: dry brush exfoliation (the standard method used prior to other treatments), gel-based chemical exfoliation, and the classic salt body scrub. In Vol. 2, she demonstrates how to provide two more exfoliation services: body microdermabrasion (with a hand-held rotary device and cream with aluminum oxide crystals) and a classic sugar body scrub.

In both volumes, McHenry covers all the steps from preparation to the finishing touches that your clients will love. She discusses room and table set-up, supplies, available product types, client preparation, and benefits and contraindications. She also shows step-by-step how to mix and prepare products, drape and position clients, keep clients warm, stimulate lymphatic flow, remove products in a dry room setting, and provide a pre- and post-treatment client consultation.

“Scrubs and polishes increase vasodilation without heating or cooling the body,” says McHenry. “They can be offered by themselves as a stimulating massage, or as part of other body treatments, such as anti-cellulite, body wraps, and sunless tanning, allowing for better product penetration.”

Body wraps are the quintessential spa treatments featured on spa marketing materials. Mud, seaweed, and herbs – high in vitamins and minerals – are highly therapeutic, and thermal wraps help in the vasodilation and penetration of those elements…as well as define the spa experience. In Aesthetic VideoSource's new Dry Room Treatments: Body Wraps (Volumes 1 & 2), Malinda McHenry, a licensed aesthetician and instructor, walks you through the steps of providing various body wraps in a dry room setting, so any spa can offer these services.

In Vol. 1, McHenry demonstrates how to perform three body wraps with seaweed: a seaweed gel wrap, a seaweed sachet wrap in a steam canopy, and a peel-off alginate mask. In Vol. 2, she demonstrates how to provide body wraps with mud and with herbal-soaked linen. The three treatments include a thermal clay modeling mask, a back mud treatment, and an herbal linen wrap.

In both volumes, McHenry covers all the steps from preparation to the finishing touches. She discusses room and table set-up, supplies, available product types, client preparation, and benefits and contraindications. She also provides step-by-step instructions showing how to mix and prepare products, cocoon clients in sheets and blankets, efficiently apply and remove products in a dry room, and how to use a steam canopy and hydroculator. Throughout, McHenry provides many useful insider tips that she has acquired from years of experience to create relaxing treatments.

“The heat is a luxurious aspect of body wraps,” says McHenry. “But the main benefit is gained by the ingredients used in the wraps and their penetration into the body.”

Body Scrubs 1: Running Time: 1 Hr. 35 Mins.
Body Scrubs 2: Running Time: 1 Hr. 25 Mins.

Body Wraps 1: Running Time: 1 Hr. 38 Mins.
Body Wraps 2: Running Time: 1 Hr. 20 Mins.

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Malinda McHenry is a licensed aesthetician and cosmetologist with over 20 years' experience. A co-owner of Elite Aesthetics and Academy of Aesthetic Arts, she has also been instructing since 1989.

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