MORE AT-HOME OOHS AND AHHS

FROM SPA DIRECTORS AROUND THE WORLD

Relaxation area at the Allison Inn's spa

Tara Calton, Spa Director of The Allison Inn in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, sheds light on the best at-home brightening and exfoliating skin treatments.

ROSEMARY LEMONGRASS BATH

Soak in the benefits of oats and rosemary (commonly grown in Oregon), by experiencing a moisturizing, anti-inflammatory bath

Ingredients: • 4-5 sprigs of fresh rosemary • 1 tsp of lemongrass (optional substitute for a cooling effect: 1 sprig of fresh mint) • 1 cup of Dead Sea Salt • ½ cup of raw oats (optional; best if finely granulated. a coffee bean grinder works!)

Directions: • To release the essential oils from the herb, simmer your rosemary and lemongrass for 5min, then steep them for another 10min. Using a strainer, pour this aromatic herbal tea into any salt or milk bath of choice. If your goal to soothe some muscle cramps, our pick would be Pure Dead Sea salt. If simply looking for a comforting bath

EDIBLE LIP SCRUB

Ingredients: • 1 teaspoon sugar • 1 teaspoon of coconut oil • 1 teaspoon of honey

Directions: Mix together with a spatula, and fill any free tins to use throughout the week

PINOT NOIR WINE BODY SCRUB

Ingredients: • 1 1/4 cup turbinado sugar • 1/4 cup red wine, *preferably a PNW Pinot Noir • 1 tablespoon honey • 1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted

Directions: Mix together, pour into a jar, and enjoy in a shower or bath!

Entrance to the spa at the Allison Inn

ROSEMARY INFUSED STEAM AND FACE MASK

Rosemary clears pores and noticeably brightens the skin

• Carefully pour boiling water over several stems of fresh rosemary • Place head over the bowl and cover with a towel for about 10 minutes, coming up for fresh air every few minutes. Brightening rosemary mask • 2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt • 1 tablespoon honey • 1 tablespoon rosemary-infused coconut oil, melted • Mix together, and apply directly to face for about 30 minutes, remove with a clean face towel

Located a mere 45-minutes from Portland, in the Willamette Valley, The Allison (https://www.theallison.com/) blends naturally into the lush beauty of the area featuring 77 luxury guest rooms and eight spacious suites, and a 15,000 square feet health and wellness haven, complete with 12 treatment rooms, a fitness studio, an indoor swimming pool, and a whirlpool jacuzzi.

Byron Bay’s Gaia Day Spa in NSW, Australia offers tips on a Four-Step Spa Ritual for a serene at-home experience:

Step 1: Create a peaceful space Choose an area where you won’t be interrupted and put on calming music, clean-burning candles, and diffuse some stress-busting essential oils.

Step 2: Make a healthy drink Sip herbal tea or a beauty elixir. Try this tonic from Gaia, called Cherry Beauty: freshly squeezed lemon; Camu Camu berry powder; acerola cherry powder; vanilla bean and orange extract.

Step 3: Face Masque Gently apply a masque to your freshly washed face and leave for 15-20 minutes. The Instant Glow Masque used at Gaia has antioxidant-rich emu apple, Kakadu plum, Amazonian buriti fruit, kale, and papaya enzymes.

Step 4: A Facial Massage Give yourself an easy facial massage with a restoring serum. Start at the forehead, give gentle temple pressure, and use a soft touch around the eyes. Massage your tense jaw and remember to give your scalp a little attention too.

The internationally recognized and multi award-winning Gaia Retreat & Spa (https://gaiaretreat.com.au/), is nestled on 25 acres in the breathtaking Bundjalung Country hinterland of Byron Bay, the region known as the healing heartland of Australia.

Elezer Charles, spa manager of Marigot Bay Resort on St. Lucia, shares her favorite energy-boosting body scrub.

COFFEE-INFUSED BODY SCRUB FROM MARIGOT BAY

This coffee-infused body scrub recipe will not only leave your skin smooth and soft, but it’s a great way to use up the mountain of coffee grounds accumulating while working from home. Benefits include the removal of dead skin cells and impurities, leaving skin looking rejuvenated, revitalized and glowing.

Suggested ingredients: • Coconut oil, almond oil, or oliv e oil • Brown sugar or white sugar • Epsom salt, Himalayan salt, sea salt, dead sea salt or kosher salt • Variety of essential oils (if desired, lavender is great for inducing a state of calm) • Coffee (used grounds work well), cocoa or oats • Nutmeg, Honey or Cinnamon

Directions: 1. Use any sugar or salts of your choice 2. Add 3 tablespoons of your desired ingredients to a mixing bowl (Sugar or Salt; Coffee, Cocoa, Oats, etc.) 3. Add the carrier oil (coconut oil, almond oil, or olive oil). Mix thoroughly 4. If needed, add more sugar, salt, or other ingredients until you are satisfied with the consistency. 5. Add essential oils of your choice for fragrance 6. When you're satisfied with the consistency and fragrance of your scrub, spoon it into a container.

Marigot Bay Resort & Marina

How to use scrub: Wet body all over, then use a scoop of scrub and apply from neck down to feet scrubbing and exfoliating in circular motions. Be sure to pay close attention to areas where dead skin cells are more apparent like the elbows, knees, back, and heels. When you have scrubbed your entire body, shower and towel dry then moisturize with a lotion of your choice.

Nestled in St Lucia’s Marigot Bay—described as “the most beautiful bay in the Caribbean” by novelist James A Michener—the Marigot Bay Resort and Marina (https://www.marigotbayresort.com/) is a luxury, all-suite getaway in the heart of St. Lucia, embodying a Caribbean Chalet type atmosphere, and 124 suites with extensive views of the bay and lush tropical gardens.