5 Ways to Elevate Your At Home Spa Day
Written by Lauren Arent (Lo Clark)
Owner of Bewitched Esthetics & Licensed Esthetician since 2013
May 8th, 2023
Hello my darlings,
You know what my mom loves more than anything when I come for a visit? An at home spa day! She knows how lucky she is to have an esthetician in the family, someone who can share all the professional tips and tricks to bringing the spa experience into your home. Not every mother can have an esthetician on speed dial, but with the tips and tricks I am going to share with you today, every mother can have the perfect at home spa day for Mother’s Day.
What is Saging
#1. At Home Facial Kit for Spa Day
The easiest way to bring a whole facial’s worth of professional spa grade skincare into your home is with an At Home Facial Kit from Bewitched Esthetics, curated by me! Each season, I create a new combination of samples of Eminence Organic Skincare products for a target treatment facial. Each At Home Facial Kit contains at least 5 different skincare samples that can be used at least 2 times, most likely three, perfect for you & your mom! Or for the mother’s reading this, you and your kids, because yes, Eminence is organic skincare that’s safe for kids!*
The Bewitched Beauty Box is a great option for an all inclusive spa day! It’s the perfect self care kit in a box, including an herbal tub tea for the perfect soak in the tub with an organic soy wax candle for ambiance and a natural body scrub to polish & refine your entire body before you dive into the piece de resistance: the At Home Facial Kit.
#2. Dark Circle Erasing DIY Eye Pads
The best way to make these is to start them the day before if possible, or at least a few hours. All you’ll need is an organic green tea bag, cotton rounds, and some hot water.
Brew your tea, making sure the tea bag steeps in hot water for a good 10 minutes or longer to really brew a strong cup. Then put your cup in the fridge or freezer if you need to speed up the chilling process.
When you are ready for your epic spa day, soak cotton rounds in the cold tea and place them over your eyes (they should not be so wet they drip). The cold liquid will reduce the inflammation and puffiness while the green tea, which is full of caffeine and antioxidants, will improve blood circulation to diminish dark circles. *This won’t work as well on genetic dark circles.
You can make this patches with other herbal teas as well! Chamomile, adaptogen teas, rose, and any of these teas here.
#3. Create A Luxury Foot Bath For Your Spa Day
The bucket you use does not matter, I honestly use a home depot bucket when I make my foot baths at home! Add some hot water, and choose either lemons (their acidity will soften and exfoliate your feet for extreme softness) or baking soda (an alkaline substance that will soften your dry skin) to the water for baby soft feet.
#4. Steam It Up At Your Home Spa
Boil a pot of water on the stove to create a lovely steam for your face, you can even add essential oils to receive some therapeutic properties as a bonus! *Please be sure not to burn yourself, steam can absolutely harm your skin if it’s too hot.
While steam doesn’t actually open up your pores like people think, what it does do is increase the hydration of your skin by increasing oil production (in the best way) to naturally moisturize. It also increases the permeability of your skin, allowing you to better absorb your skin care products! This is why people believe that steam “opens” your pores.
#5. Hot Towels For A Next Level Spa Day
Hot towels are a wonderful highlight of any facial! The heat relaxes the facial muscles and the steam will allow for better product absorption, (see above). It might seem so fancy but it’s actually really easy to do at home!
Use the boiling water you used for your facial steam to soak your towels (hand towel size is the best size). Make sure to let them cool a little, from experience I can tell you, even if the water is tolerable the hot towels hold onto 2x as much heat. Once the towls have cooled enough to grab, wring out the excess water and fold over the face while leaning back into the couch. Feel all your stresses fall away.
*Pro tip for a pro tip, add a little essential oils to the water before soaking your towels to really maximize the therapeutic nature of your hot towels.
If you really want to get serious about hot towels, check out this hot towel cabbie!
Sage Advice
I hope these tips from your favorite esthetician help make your next at home spa day a hit, whether it’s just for you or with those you love most. Please share your favorite tips and tag me in any of your at home spa day pictures @bewitchedestheticsboise to be tagged on my story!
Wishing you a life full of beauty and blessings!
*Certain Eminence products should be used on children with caution, always checking allergies and sensitivities. Try a past test or ask your esthetician if you have any questions!