Body Wrap ingredients come in a wide range of recipe combinations depending on what result you are hoping to achieve. With a purchase of a few key ingredients, like powdered herbs, epsom salts and therapeutic clays, you can pamper yourself at home with an inexpensive spa treatment. In addition to the herbal ingredients, you will need several soft towels, distilled water, a loofah and a few aromatherapy candles to enhance the setting and complete the spa experience.
Clays
Therapeutic mineral clays are the basic ingredient of most body wrap recipes. Choose the best clay for you based on your skin type. For oily skin, you will want to go with bentonite clay, a highly absorbant clay that extracts impurities and toxins from the skin. For highly dehydrated or sensitive skin, the best choice is pink kaolin clay. If you have normal skin type, yellow kaolin is the clay for you.
Powdered Herbs
Natural herbs can be purchased in fine powder form or you can choose to buy the raw herb and make your own powder in a food processor. Chamomile powder is soothing to the skin and may also act as an anti-inflammatory. Lavender, ginger, calendula, lemongrass, peppermint and rosehips are all commonly used herbs for body wrap treatments. According to Ask A Healer.com, a holistic treatment website, ginger is a warming herb that can be used to stimulate circulation and may provide pain relief for sore muscles and joints. (See Reference 3)
Sea Ingredients
Powdered seaweed or kelp is an ingredient commonly used in herbal wraps designed to tone the skin and reduce the appearance of cellulite in areas like your hips and thighs. Aloe Vera also seems to produce the same effect and may be used in your body wrap recipe for skin tightening.
Miscellaneous
In addition to clay, herbs and seaweed, you can mix in some epsom salts. Sea salt is also an option and may go well with your seaweed wrap. If your skin is lacking moisture, add a little oil. Flax seed, almond or olive oil are all good choices for softening and moisturizing the skin. Use distilled water as the base for all your ingredients.
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