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Bertrand Thomas, co-founder of the Caudalie Vinotherapie Spa in Bordeaux, France, says people should combine products to get the most spalike experience. Mix the body moisturizer with some essential oils, he says, and adapt the texture of the moisturizer to your skin. He also suggests customizing a facial mask with some hydrating oil. "That is what they do at the spa," he says. "But nobody tells them to do it at home." L'Occitane also urges customization. It sells a fragrance-free bubble bath to which you add the essential oil of your choice. Lemon, eucalyptus and lavender oils are among the options. Bliss' Mondoro says exfoliating products, especially the Hot Salt Scrub, are big sellers for the at-home market. Of course, buffing your body with exfoliating cream is not that difficult, so people often are perfectly happy to do it at home. But some treatments can be tricky. Waxing, for example, involves applying warm wax to the skin and ripping out the hair. The process may sound intimidating, but Mondoro says "everyone waxes at home." Favorite targets are eyebrows, bikini lines and legs. (He recommends practicing on a small area before graduating to the eyebrows.) Nu Skin offers a Galvanic Spa System that uses low-level electrical currents to improve skin's circulation and remove impurities. Haacke explains that you first apply a treatment gel, which "energizes" your skin, then rub the Galvanic Spa Instrument along your face. The instrument releases currents that "treat the skin" and "push things in and out of the skin." The last step is applying another treatment gel, which he says balances pH levels. Haacke adds that the instrument has a "circuit board inside that evaluates the skin and sets itself to one of three settings according to skin's resistance to electricity." Nu Skin uses a high-tech approach to the at-home spa, but many treatments are so natural that they're almost edible.
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