Exfoliation, wrap and massage
A black soap scrub
– 1 jar of black soap
– 1 sponge or 1 scrub glove
1. Take a nice handful of black soap and apply it to your moistened skin.
2. Emulsify with a little hot water and vigorously rub your body in circular movements using a vegetable sponge or the traditional scrub glove (kessa).
3. Rinse thoroughly, dry yourself with a cotton towel.
4. Then moisturize your body with a rose oil, if you are not doing other treatments.
A rhassoul wrap
– 1 pot of rhassoul
1. Dissolve this natural clay in lukewarm water, mixing well. After a while, it turns into a soft, almost frothy mixture.
2. Apply the rhassoul on the body (after the exfoliation), but also on the hair and the face.
3. Rub, like with soap, in small amounts.
4. Leave on for about ten minutes.
5. Rinse off with cool water. In one application, the skin is purified, and the hair gains in shine and vitality.
A massage with argan oil
– 1 bottle of argan oil
1. Sit on the floor on a terry towel. Warm up a little oil in your hands, then start with the feet by penetrating the oil from the toes to the ankles using well-enveloping gestures.
2. Then go up with both hands along the legs, insisting on the thighs with circular movements at the level of the saddlebags, then go to the buttocks.
3. Then knead the stomach in a clockwise direction, then go up towards
the chest, touching it.
4. Wrap each shoulder with the opposite hand. Then stroke them to relax them, and extend the gesture to the trapezoids, often knotted.
5. Finish by placing your hands on each side of the neck and massage it with your fingertips, then go up on the skull.
The beauty ritual continues … in chapter 2.
Hand care, waxing, hair mask …
Hand and nail treatment with honey and sweet almond oil
– 1 to 2 tsp. 1 teaspoon of sweet almond (or argan) oil
– 1 C. teaspoon of honey
1. Immerse your hands for a few minutes in a bath of hot soapy water, clean your nails, and dry yourself.
2. Soak your hands in the oil and honey mixture for a good five minutes.
3. Massage hands and nails before wrapping them in a warm towel (moistened and heated in the microwave) for a few minutes.
4. Wipe off excess oil, if necessary, and massage again.
A hair mask with argan oil
– 1 bottle of argan oil
1. Take a small amount of the oil in your hands and apply it to the entire length of your damp hair.
2. Style your hair from top to bottom to distribute the product evenly.
3. Wrap your hair in a towel, and let it sit for an hour.
4. Wash and dry as usual. It is an ideal treatment to restore shine, luminosity, suppleness, and discipline to your hair.
Hair removal with honey and lemon
– 1 glass of water
– 1 glass of honey
– 1/2 lemon
– 1 pinch of salt
1. Heat the water, honey, salt and a few drops of lemon in a heavy-bottomed saucepan, without browning the mixture. When the texture begins to become elastic, remove from heat and let cool.
2. Take a piece of warm dough between your fingers and stretch it out. If it is not flexible enough or if it is brittle, add more lemon. Soften it between your hands to get a ball.
3. Place it on the skin, stretching it a few centimeters in the direction of the hair growth. And pull suddenly in the opposite direction to tear them off.
4. Change the paste when it no longer epilates as well.
5. Rinse off with water and black soap to soothe the skin.
A scent of jasmine
– 1 drop of jasmine essential oil
– 1 dab of cream
moisturizing
1. Mix jasmine essential oil with moisturizer (preferably fragrance-free).
2. Place this sweet perfume in the hollow of the ear, at the base of the neck, at the birth of the wrists …
