Prelaunch StyleCast

July 13, 2009

Canyon Ranch's Ocean Salt Glow Conditioning Body Scrub At Home

Alexis Wolfer

Summer skin should be smooth, soft, and sexy. Unfortunately, after a dry winter and too much summer sun, our skin often begins to look dull, dreary and well, just way too far from the warm glow we are hoping for. While exfoliating body treatments at a spa are certainly the best, with the economic slump many of us are cutting back on luxurious spa days in favor of cheaper at-home treatments. Lets be honest, though, mixing olive oil and sugar in a measuring cup doesn't quite cut it when it comes to truly wanting to recreate the spa experience. So turn off your phone, light a candle or two, and recreate Canyon Ranch's Ocean Salt Glow Conditioning Body Scrub, an exfoliating treatment based on the healing powers of sea salts, with these tips from Canyon Ranch's Spa Director, Charlotte Prescott.

Start by drawing a warm bath enhanced with a sachet of Phytomer's Oligomer Sea Water Bath Lyophilized. The 100 percent freeze-dried seawater with trace minerals deliver all the re-mineralizing properties of the seawater to nourish, smooth, and enliven the skin all the while you allow your body to relax. After soaking for about 20 minutes, fully exfoliate your body with Phytomer's Toning Body Scrub. Rich in Oligomer and marine salt crystals, this scrub is designed to eliminate dead skin cells and leave your skin soft and radiant. Finish your treatment by toweling off and applying the Elasticity Body Balm by Canyon Ranch Your Transformation. The rich buttery balm with botanical Shea Butter and Borage Oil sink into your skin leaving it resilient and supple while ceramides lock in moisture.

Want to take the benefits of sea salts to another level? Start your at-home spa experience with Upper Canada's Sea Spa Detoxifying Mineral Mud body mask and Yes to Carrots' C the Difference Exfoliating and Soothing Mud Mask for your face. Both, with their Dead Sea minerals, exfoliate and detoxify for a perfectly pampered treatment.

(The products suggested may not be drugstore-cheap, but they will last much longer than a 60-minute spa treatment.)

Phytomer oligomer sea water bath lyophilized, $78, dermstore.com

Phytomer's toning body scrub, $45, dermstore.com

Upper Canada's Sea Spa detoxifying mineral mud, $10 Canadian (about $8.67), tweedandhickory.com

Yes to Carrots' C the difference exfoliating and soothing mud mask, $14.99, target.com

Canyon Ranch Your Transformation Elasticity Body Balm, $55, drugstore.com