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Skin care

Care or treatment of the skin to achieve more healthy, beautiful and younger looking skin.

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Skin care

detoxification

Beauty; Skin care

A body cleansing to remove toxins accumulated by over-taxing the body with addictive habits.

dosha

Beauty; Skin care

One of three subtle energies (vata, pitta, kapha) that hold together two of the five elements.

dry brushing

Beauty; Skin care

Dry brushing with a massage brush, glove, or a rough towel improves the skin’s circulation. Brushing is performed in a specified manner from the feet upward and leaves the skin slightly red, but ...

dry room

Beauty; Skin care

A treatment room in which there is no shower or hydrotherapy equipment. Instead, hot towels are used to remove products from the client's body or clients take showers in a different area.

dulse scrub

Beauty; Skin care

Powdered dulse seed combined with water or oil is used to scrub the body, eliminating dead skin and leaving a smooth surface. This also serves as a vitamin/mineral treatment. Gentle enough for ...

effleurage

Beauty; Skin care

Firm or light soothing, stroking movement that doesn't drag the skin; employed in massage, using either padded parts of fingertips or palms.

emollient

Beauty; Skin care

A substance that softens the skin by slowing the evaporation of water.

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