Best Day Spa in Napa Valley - Winner 2010

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Body Contour Wraps, Hype?..... or do they really work?

After offering the Mlis Body Contour Wrap as our January Special, our Greenhaus team is finding this treatment to be both relaxing to receive, and a very effective approach to cellulite and slenderizing overall. Some of our clients have commented that the morning after their wrap not only had they maintained the inch loss, but actually felt their clothes were looser and in some instances dropped a pant size.

Read more about our results and client feedback on our Greenhaus Spa Blog
Please feel free to add your own comments and/or questions about contour body wrapping at the Greenhaus in Napa.

Happy Blogging!


Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Sexy Curves - Guaranteed with a Body Contour Wrap at Greenhaus

Greenhaus Day Spa's favorite Detox Body Contour Wrap to a slimmer, more toned you offers the perfect solution to your New Years Resolution.

It’s the morning after New Year's Eve and all of a sudden the fun of the Holiday season has come to a jarring stop. You look in the mirror and lack of sleep has its name doodled all over your face, your head hurts a little and you can’t tell for sure, because your vision is a little bleary, but you think maybe your face has filled out along with your waistline over the holidays. Well, lucky for you, it’s January; a chance for that yearly “rebirth”… New Year's day is indeed a perfect day to start new with resolutions that are realistic, and beneficial that you can practice all year long. So, how about that waistline? Make a New Year's resolution to trim the waistline, remove cellulite and get those sexy curves back in shape. Achievable, "do"able and even relaxing! Here are the facts about body wraps and cellulite.

SEXY CURVES – A NEW YEARS RESOLUTION YOU CAN KEEP!
With the right Body Contour Wrap Program

What is actually Cellulite?

Cellulite can be described as a condition of uneven deposits of fat, water and wastes that have become trapped in connective tissues of the body, just below the skin’s surface. Therefore, cellulite is actually a toxic body condition where toxins stored in the colon are carried into connective tissues, and deposited forming cellulite. Main contributors to cellulite are:

* Overcooked, fatty, dead foods
* Not drinking enough waterBody Contour Wrap
* Constipation
* Excess weight
* Lack of exercise
* Drugs (prescription or recreational) including alcohol, nicotine, caffeine
* Stress
* Increased hormonal activity
* Crash dieting followed by weight gain

What types of Body Contour Treatments are available?
External Cleansing Wraps
Salt Solutions, Mineral Salt Wraps, Seaweed Wraps, and Liquid Herbal Wraps - All of these processes draw toxins and water out of the body through the pores of the skin. Though there is a detoxification benefit, these processes dehydrate and age the skin through water loss. When there is an immediate weight loss after a wrap, it has been accomplished by water loss. With a water loss wrap, you may be required to wear a rubber suit or booties to promote sweat and catch the body hydration. These wraps are generally messy, uncomfortable and the inches come back as you ingest liquids again to replace hydration.
Clay and Seaweed Wraps - Act as a poultice to draw impurities and water from the skin. A dehydrating wrap that tends to age the skin due to dehydration. This is also an internal to external detoxification.
Thigh Creams - The main ingredient is aminophyllin, which in this product is applied externally to the skin. Aminophyllin then shrinks, or reduces cells containing moisture. This treatment is actually a form of water loss or dehydration, and the most damaging of all cellulite treatments, as it is putting a chemical into the body's blood stream.

Internal Cleansing Wraps
Body Contour Internal wraps use herbal formulations which work external to internal. This type of program aids in the removal of wastes that have become trapped in vulnerable parts of our bodies. It is basically a cleansing process of the tissue underneath the skin, and helps restore elasticity to loose, flabby skin. With an internal cleanse wrap there is no weight loss for at least 72 hours. It does not dehydrate and age the skin. This is the healthiest type of wrap.

The Greenhaus Spa recommends and performs the M'lis professional contour wrap.

4 Key steps work synergistically with the M'lis body contour program:

1. Regular Body Wrap Treatments - to help free and remove trapped waste in the connective tissue, eliminating internal disfiguring deposits and stimulating inch loss.
2. Eating cleansing foods - like fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean protein rather than clogging foods, chemicals and empty calories.
3. Daily exercise - to encourage circulation and overall health
4. Massage - assist toxin elimination

The M’lis Detoxification program is an important piece of the Total Body Contour Program, as it cleanses the systems of the body and the tissues internally. Natural body functions become stronger and more efficient and established wastes and toxins are eliminated. Detoxification makes the body wraps many times more effective and reverses the cycle of cellulite accumulation.

As a home protocol to support professional salon wrap, the following products will strengthen results:
1. BUFF to remove dead skin cells before the wrap. This helps dilate capillaries, enabling nutrients to get to the cells and activating the metabolism of the skin for better wrap results.
2. MAINTAIN LOTION is a milder form of the spa-strength Contour Cream that is used at home on cellulite-prone areas to stimulate circulation and continue the contouring process on a daily basis.
3. CELL-U-RID tissue detoxifier - (for the really serious fast blaster) a combination of pure, natural herbs that work together as a mild herbal diuretic to soften and break down cellulite and help stimulate and strengthen the waste elimination system. It is to increase the cleansing action of the body, preventing the formation of cellulite and assisting in its removal.

So how do I get my sexy curves then?
Cellulite does not respond to normal weight loss and exercise programs. The M’lis Program incorporates professional spa treatments, home care products, and a nutritional plan. The goal is to create an environment in the body that helps eliminate current cellulite buildup while preventing future accumulation.

Wrap your mind around loosing inches, and start with a spa wrap ritual. Think of your resolution as a guide for balanced nutrition and healthy living habits with the goal of keeping those sexy curves all year. (No need to put this on resolution list next year!)

Here's to a new beginning, and a curvaceous New Year!
Your Greenhaus Team

Greenhaus Day Spa in Napa says - Danke Schön

We would like to extend a BIG Thank You to everyone who attended our Holiday Open House here at the Greenhaus in Napa. All of your kind words, affirmations, and holiday spirit contributed to a most successful and fun evening, what a treat! We couldn't imagine it going any better, even without the cold wet weather!

Everyone enjoyed Wein und Käse, chatting with Greenhaus owner, Sonja, and her Crew, but most of all everyone loved the mini-treatments and demonstrations. While learning about the services we offer, you may have had the opportunity to meet our fabulous staff, who had a great time being available to share knowledge and expertise. We at the Greenhaus think our crew is extraordinary, and were so pleased to give you all the opportunity to meet them and see first hand how even a mini-treatment can be transformed into a real spa experience only making you want more, more, more…..

Another big “Danke Schön” to those who made generous donations to NEWS (Napa Emergency Women’s Service). Your donations will allow our salon stylist, Christina to spend time at the shelter providing hair cuts and styling to those in need.

Sonja had such a great time catching up with clients and meeting new faces. The Greenhaus spa "family" has grown so much, and having you bring friends to share your local day spa (best kept secret!) meet our staff, and enjoy a little Holiday “cheer” was the best way to celebrate the closing of one year and gearing up for a new year in the making. The party was such great success, we are already talking about when we should hold our next one in 2011! All comments and suggestions are welcome, so Blog on! and share your thoughts with us.