Create a Relaxing Home Spa
Would you like to experience the relaxing feeling of a spa getaway from the comfort of your own home? A health spa vacation can be relaxing, reduce stress, and it's great for your inner spirit. It can also be very costly, and when the weekend is over, you return home to your stressful hectic life.
Why not make your own home into a spa oasis. You can create the spa experience at home. Even minor changes can be very healthy and help set the tone.
Start slow with one or two healthy changes, and build. Check out some of the relaxing home spa ideas here, and incorporate the ones that fit into your lifestyle.
Before you know it your home will become a spa haven. A healthy place to relax and get away from the stress of the outside world.
Home Spa Kits
Women's Sampler
For her, An alluring bouquet of petite lotions, soaps, creams and more. Enjoy this sampling of our favorite products to cleanse and calm, soothe and soften. Presented in a Caswell-Massey gift box.
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 11/16/2009) 
- Citrus Spa Delights Bath & Body Gift Basket--Large
Mmmm, the scent of citrus, the magic of lemon butter and lotions, tangy bath gel and soaking balm on the skin. Relaxing music to help you drift away, spa water to quench your thirst. So, soak up the citrus, -It's pleasure pure and simple. Citrus Spa Delights is available in Medium and Large.
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VANILLA SCENT SPA BATH SET SLIPPERS LOTION BRUSH BASKET
Turn your home into a spa with this basket full of indulgence. Shower gel, sponge, and body lotion for luxurious skin care; pumice stone and nail brush for hands and feet; a wooden massager for sore muscles. Slippers make a cozy endnote. Vanilla scent.
Amazon Price: $9.92 (as of 11/16/2009)
Murad - Energizing Pomegranate Body Spa Set
The Gift of a Spa Experience at Home - Relax, Revitalize and Receive Results
Science continues to show that the healing power of relaxation can have amazing benefits for boosting the immune system, reducing stress and lifting your mood. With this in mind, Murad has created a selection of luxurious body products formulated for treating yourself to a rejuvenating Spa experience at home.
Amazon Price: $35.00 (as of 11/16/2009)
Home Spa Recipes
When you go to a spa, they feed you delicious healthy food. Spas also offer naturally healthy spa treatments. Here are some great recipes you can use in your own home to copy that healthy spa atmosphere.Strawberry Smoothie
1 Cup of frozen, or 6-8 fresh strawberries
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vanilla yogurt
If fresh strawberries are used, include 4-6 ice cubes.
Put all ingredients in the blender, and blend until smooth. Serves 2
(This recipe can be adapted by using blueberries, or raspberries in place of the strawberries, or any combination)
Jujoba Herbal Hair Conditioner
12 drops vitamin E oil
1 cup floral water (rose)
1 tablespoon jojoba oil
Warm the floral water in the top of a double boiler, remove from heat and add the jojoba oil. Add vitamin E, and pour mixture into a blender. Blend on high for about 2 minutes. This will create 1 treatment for long hair, and approximately two treatments for shorter hair.
After wetting your hair, pour the treatment over your hair, and leave in for 1-5 minutes, depending on how dry your hair is. Rinse.
Home Spa Recipe Books
The Herbal Home Spa: Naturally Refreshing Wraps, Rubs, Lotions, Masks, Oils, and Scrubs (Herbal Body)
The Herbal Home Spa contains recipes for wraps, rubs, lotions and scrubs.
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Secrets of the Spas: Pamper and Vitalize Yourself at Home (Life's Little Luxuries)
Learn the secrets of luxury spas. This book is packed with recipes. From facial scrubs, to skin toners. Discover the secret recipes of luxurious day spas, including delicious spa food and beverages.
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Amazon Price: $10.36 (as of 11/16/2009)
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Joey Green's Supermarket Spa: Hundreds of Easy Ways to Pamper Yourself with Brand-Name Products from Around the House
Joey Green has become a cult favorite for his offbeat uses for brand-name products. In Supermarket Spa, he turns his attention to the hidden pampering potential of dozens of everyday items found at the local grocery store.
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Amazon Price: $8.76 (as of 11/16/2009)
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Relaxing Home Spa Herbal Recipes
Herbal Foot Bath8 cups water
6 sprigs of fresh, or 12 sprigs of dried lemon verbena leaves, or rosemary, or a combination
Boil water. Add sprigs of lemon verbena or rosemary. Let the mixture stand until it is warm and comfortable to the touch. Pour into a bowl and soak your feet from 10 to 20 minutes. Rinse with cold water.
Relaxing Bath
1/2 cup lemon balm leaves
2 tablespoons thyme leaves
2 tablespoons lavender flowers
Tie the herbs in a cheesecloth, leaving the string or ribbon long enough to hang the bag under the faucet in your tub. Run bath water and leave the bag under the faucet, or just throw it in the tub. This is a great bath to sooth and relieve tension.
After Dinner Digestive Tea
2 Tablespoons dried thyme
2 Tablespoons dried rosemary
1/4 Cup dried spearmint
1 Tablespoon aniseed
1/4 Cup lemon verbena
Combine herbs, use 1 teaspoon of herb mixture for every cup of tea. Pour boiling water over the tea herbs, cover and let steep for 3 to 6 minutes.
Lavender Bath Salts
1/2 cup dired thyme
1 cup dried lavender flowers
1 cup bking soda
1 cup coarse salt
Combine thyme, lavender, baking soda, and salt in a jar and mix well. Keep jar covered to keep out moisture. Tu use, place 2T in a small piece of cheesecloth. Place in bath water or under faucet while filling the tub for a relaxing bath.
Aromatherapy Heat Wraps - $ 16.99
Treat yourself to a touch of spa-like luxury. Fragrant herb wraps are a self-hydrating moist heat source that absorbs water from the air while helping soothe some of your most stress-prone body parts. Each item includes a washable cover and relaxing music CD.
Home Spa Treatments For Your Feet
AW by Artemis Woman Topaz Foot Butter, 1 Ounce
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More Home Spa Recipes
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Give Yourself (or Your Partner) a Full Body Spa Sugar Scrub
Foaming Brown Sugar Scrub, Warm Vanilla Sugar
* This sugar scrub gives you a suddy deep scrub, removing built up dead skin cells while is freshens
* Exfoliates away dead skin cells, leaving you with healthy skin that glows.
* In a skin drenching foaming Shea Butter Base to clean and freshen while it exfoliates
* Contains: Vitamin A' B5 and E'. Sweet Almond Oil, Glycerin, Soybean Oil
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Shea Terra Organics Dark Chocolate Cocoa Bean Shea Sugar Scrub
Chocolate produces the same chemical in the brain as the one when you're in love. Prepare yourself for an intoxicating, love relationship as you scrub and moisturize with our unique creamed sugar scrub packed with organic chocolate liquor. Our delicious scrub is sensually complete with organic shea butter, organic sugar and real cocoa bean nibs. 99% natural. Paraben Free. Ingredients: Organic sugar, chocolate liquor, spring water, organic shea butter, vegetable emulsifying wax, cocoa nibs, vanilla extract, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol.
Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 11/16/2009)
Laura Mercier Body and Bath - Creme Brulee Sugar Scrub
Inspired by the aura and aroma of a French patisserie and part of the Gourmande Collection, Creme Brulee is a rich caramel and creme fragrance with subtle nuances of French vanilla beans and white musk - our most popular fragrance. ~Clarifies and tones the skin
~Warms on skin as it is applied
~Leaves skin feeling soft, smooth, and moisturized
Amazon Price: $46.00 (as of 11/16/2009)
What is the Best Way to Pamper Yourself In Your Home Spa?
How should you pamper yourself in your home spa? Think of your five senses, sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell. Look for anything that gives one or more of your senses pleasure and relaxation. What one person may consider pampering, may be torture to someone else. What relaxes you may not relax others. Here are some things you might do to pamper yourself at home:read a great book
a long soak in a hot bathtub
a manicure or pedicure
a facial or face mask
candles and soft music
meditation or yoga
take a long walk
a massage, or foot rub
a tall latte, cup of coffee, or herbal tea
These are just a few ideas. How many can you think of to relax in your home spa? Add your ideas to the guest book below.
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Create a "Spa" Feeling in Your Home
Water Bell Fountain
Here is another beautiful addition to your quiet space. Listen to the sound of water, and soft chimes while you relax.
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Spa Look Has Some Great Products To Pamper Your Skin
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Create an Outdoor Space for Relaxation and Meditation
Don't limit your home spa to the indoors. Create a relaxing space in your garden, on your deck, or under a nice shade tree. Place a comfortable bench, chair or swing in the space to help you relax. Getting in touch with nature is a great way to get in touch with your inner peace. It is also a great way to calm your mind after a stressful hectic day.Adding a water feature to your outdoor home spa can make it even more relaxing. Add a small fountain or pond to your garden. Check out The Virtual Garden for more information on setting up a relaxing outdoor spa space.
Peaceful At Home Spa Fountains
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You Deserve a Break From Stress! A Home Spa Can Help You Unwind
Why should you pamper yourself? You deserve a break from the stress of the outside world! You work hard, between family, running errands, your job, and whatever else is in your life. You deserve some stress free time for yourself.
Set The Mood For Your Home Spa
Voluspa 10 Votive Gift Set -Creme
There's nothing like candles to set a relaxing mood. Ten creamy scents to help you sit back and unwind.
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Essential Oil Beginners Kit
* Everything you need to get started is included
* includes: Lavender ,Peppermint ,Orange ,Lemon,Eucalyptus ,Rosemary,Tea Tree
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The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy for Personality, Mind, Mood and Emotion
This encyclopedia of aromatherapy presents the latest scientific research about aroma's effects on the mind and body. This title goes beyond listing aromas for specific ailments: it tells how to mix oils for massage, how to understand herbal mood enhancers, and how to review the information on aromatherapy and personality. An essential handbook.
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Essential Oil- Beginners Best of the Best Set 14/ 10 ml
100% Pure & Natural Essential Oils, Nothing Synthetic
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What Are The Benefits of Creating A Spa At Home?
Setting aside time every day to relax, pamper yourself, or meditate can be very good for your health. You need to take some time out of your busy schedule and enjoy life. People have a difficult time doing this, but it really is important. Relaxing can help lower your blood pressure, and improve your overall mood.Everyone feels better after they have taken a few moments to spend on themselves. It will help your self-esteem if you remind yourself, you are important too.
Don't get too caught up in helping everyone around you, and forget to help the most important person of all, yourself.
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Portable Home Spas and Steamers
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You'll be done before you know it, and feel better for the rest of the day.
These are some of my favorites. You may like something completely different. The most important part is to get up and move.
Turbo Jam Beachbody 5 Rockin' Workouts
I love these workouts, it truly does give you a total body workout. They will make you sweat, but you will have a great time doing it. Great music!
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Crunch - Cardio Salsa
I love the crunch series, and this salsa workout is no exception.
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World Dance Workout: Bellydance, Bollywood, Salsa, Samba, Flamenco
You get three in one with this workout, bellydance, bollywood, and salsa. Wiggle your way to fitness
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Yoga for the Rest of Us with Peggy Cappy
This one is for the mind, to help you stretch out, relax, and center yourself for the rest of the day.
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Do you have a home spa idea to share with others?
Share your ideas for making your home a healthier, more relaxing space.
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- Reggie_Marigold Reggie_Marigold Jun 16, 2009 @ 5:41 pm
- The recipes sound soothing. I'm going to try make the lavendar bath salts as I've got lavendar and thyme growing in my garden.
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- OrganicGiftsByDiana OrganicGiftsByDiana Oct 7, 2008 @ 1:12 pm
- I do this sort of stuff for my family.
Life can be so stressful !
We need a little "Me-Time" to shut out the world.
I take some of my organically grown (from my own gardens) herbs and flowers and put some in vase to scent my bathroom and then I grab one of my handmade soaps and some bath salts... (all made with my all-natural herbs/flowers...) and go in to enjoy a soak in the tub.
Then, I'll use my healing salve on rough patches of skin and my exfoliating lip balm or one of my regular ones to pamper my lips.
I love to get pampered, and I consider it a blessing to be able to do it without using any chemical junk from the stores.
It has got to be all natural for me and my family.
Thank you for the reminder that I am due for a little special relaxing and well deserved "Me-Time" very soon - LOL
Organically Yours,
Diana
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- CorrieWoods CorrieWoods May 27, 2008 @ 11:08 am
- What a great lens! It's so important for us to spend time taking care of ourselves, and this is an excellent way to do it. Please stop by my lens at http://www.squidoo.com/womansfieldguide and say hello when you get the chance.
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse May 21, 2008 @ 12:00 pm
- This is a really great idea. I need to check out some of these ideas for a spa at home experience - I think we all need to take a little more time for ourselves in this busy world!
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- millmm millmm Apr 15, 2008 @ 4:01 pm
- Nice lens. I know that there are times when we all get stressed, either physically or mentally. I have found that using a microwaveable heating pad like cozybagz can help relieve the discomfort of everyday stress and strain. cozybagz are reusable corn filled bags that can be used hot or cold. They are a wonderful, natural way to bring a little extra comfort into your life.
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- jacquelinestone jacquelinestone Mar 30, 2008 @ 12:59 am
- Oh, this is exactly what I needed! Thank you, Linette.
I pamper myself by putting a massage pad on my favorite chair, soaking my feet in a footbath, lighting incense, and listening to soothing music. By candle light, its even better.
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- Aug 2, 2007 @ 5:27 pm
- neat site! pretty simple.
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- test1163 test1163 Jul 30, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
- Hi Barkely, I really enjoyed articles on this lens. This squidoo lens really rocks. One of my friend also love meditation and has built his own lens. He has added some great content. You can check out his lens by visiting. http://www.squidoo.com/daily-meditation-for-you/
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- jasmineann jasmineann Jul 27, 2007 @ 4:03 pm
- Oh i really like the sound of this health spa at home! Another great lens from you, 5 stars :) Going to lensroll you to my coping with the stress of back pain lens as i think anyone coping with pain needs regular pampering :)
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- flaminglacer flaminglacer Jul 27, 2007 @ 10:20 am
- Glad to have you as a member of the Health and Wellbeing Group - drop by the Group HQ sometime and see what is there for you
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