Ideal Bite

Want the luxury spa experience in the privacy of your own W.C.?

06.16.2006

Submitted by idealbite on Fri, 06/16/2006 - 5:00pm.

The Bite:

Your own loo might lack the opulence of the powder rooms at Buckingham Palace, but a few of our favorite at-home spa treatments will leave you feeling like a queen. And of course it wouldn’t be a proper Bite if our recommendations didn’t come in a shade of royal green.

The Benefits:

Pamper yourself without spending the royal fortune. Many treatments are easily made using ingredients from your fridge or pantry.
As with everything else we’ve plugged during Beauty Week 2006, keep toxic chems off your body and out of waterways and landfills using at-home recipes or products made from natural ingredients.
Researchers and Biters alike recognize that human touch is key to feeling great. Splurge on a massage or tap your partner for a freebie.
Make sure there are no peas beneath your mattress. Biting princes and princesses alike need their beauty sleep - it’s the most surefire way to body rejuvenation and minimizing those bags under your eyes.

Personally Speaking:

Heather sometimes puts 2 chilled organic teabags on her eyelids to reduce puffiness. Jen loves to spa-up her toes with the following: lemon slices dipped in sugar to exfoliate, a nail soak in white vinegar to remove stains, followed by an olive oil moisturizing treatment using warm towels.

Wanna Try:

Natural Beauty at Home - more easy at-home recipes ($13).
Bamboo & Organic Cotton Spa Robe - a blend of two eco-fabrics are the reason for this robe’s otherworldly softness ($169).
Blooming Lotus Massage Lotion Bliss Blend - also comes in giant tubs, allowing you to work massage into your majesty’s daily routine and avoid the waste of small bottles ($15).
SpaFinder’s Spa Search - just check the Eco-Spas box for some of their palatial picks.

Share your own at-home treatments in the Ideal Bite blog.

Cocktail Fact

You’d have to sell the crown jewels for this one: the Rania resort in the Maldives is the most expensive spa in the world, at $10,000 per couple per night.

Bang For The Bite

You won’t save the world by adopting some of our eco-spa suggestions, but you will save cash and keep toxic chems (a royal pain in the butt) out of the waste stream.

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