Touch of Heaven

            For all the ladies reading this- you MUST save up and go to a spa one day.  I have been pampered for the last four hours and I feel wonderful, relaxed, rejuvenated, and my soul feels full.  I got a marine mud body wrap and a facial.  Relax, kick your feet up and try to come along on my experience.

            First off- the spa is inside this posh hotel and we needed a security guard just to let us into the section that has the elevator up to the spa.  Then we needed to go up two floors and through another two locked doors before we were greeted with a blast of steamy good smelling air and the noise of waterfalls in the distance.  Everything was done up in white and cream- very pleasing to the eye.  Piano and nature sounds drift through the air from speakers hidden in every nook and cranny.  The ladies who are going to be doing the work on us meet us in those white costumes/scrub type gear that look like the fake ones you buy for Halloween.  They ushered us into the ladies changing room, which had mirrors everywhere and running water off the walls.  Whit and I just looked at each other and smiled as we exchanged our street clothes for fluffy white robes and slippers. We part ways in the hallway and off I go to my little bit of heaven. 

            Body mud wrap was first.  Oh! As soon as I got in the room she told me to take my robe off, get under the blanket but to first put on the disposable undies. Haha!  For those of you who have never seen disposable underwear- let me tell you…I took them out of the wrapper and held them up to discover four strappy things.  I turned them this way and that and inside out and upside down and really couldn’t for the life of me figure out the correct way they went!! I laughed to myself and put them back in the wrapper- I figured four straps really isn’t going to make much of a difference so why not just go in my birthday suit.?  After I got all settled under the towel, she came in and put sea salt all around my legs, the side of my body and under my back.  Then came the mud! It was thick, warm and gooey and felt wonderful as she slathered it pretty much all over my entire body.  Once I was covered she wrapped by body in plastic, covered my eyes, shut off the lights and left for a good half hour to let me bake in my little mud hut.  I was so warm and comfortable that I’m pretty sure I fell asleep.  When she came back, she unwrapped me, poured a bit of water on the mud and used the salt that was around my body to give me a good scrub down.  I think she took off the top layer of my skin but it felt good!! Along with the scrubbing was pretty much a full body massage- ahhhhh *sigh* - my body felt like jelly.  I showered once she was done and never before has my skin felt this smooth, soft and glowing.  I want to go up to strangers in the street and have them feel me!!! Haha…don’t worry- I won’t.  (unless they’re cute J)  I don’t know if what she did brought out my tan, but I have to say I feel as though I am five shades darker somehow! A nice little perk. 

            Next comes the facial and I must say- this rates as one of my top five ways to spend an hour and half of my life.  She started by putting lotion on my face, neck and chest and massaging it all in.  Several more creams followed this along with serums, exfoliations and sprays.  All were washed off with warm water and a really soft sponge before the next was applied.  Now comes the best part- she put a really thin almost cheesecloth type gauzy thing over my face and applied this thick mask that smelled like fish.  Once that was on she massaged my arms/hands and legs/feet with some amazing smelling lotion before wrapping me back under the towel and leaving me to ripen under my fishy mask.  The music that was playing reminded me of my yoga music.  I was trying to meditate and stay aware of what was going on so I could enjoy every possible minute of the experience, but I’m pretty sure I fell asleep again.  Anyways, she came back in after awhile and peeled the mask off.  Oh I forgot! Before she put the mask on she did what is every girl’s worst nightmare (I think)…she covered my eyes with cotton and then shined this ultra bright white light on my face to check it out and to basically tell me what I’m doing wrong with it :0).  She was nice about it though and yes thank you mom and dad for big pores.  After the mask was off she again applied about 1,000 different creams and sprays of good smelling things before I was ushered into my robe and whisked off into the relaxation room.  There I enjoyed a nice cup of herbal green tea and lounged on a couch for good 20 minutes before I thought I should probably rejoin the real world.

            So TaDa! That was my spa experience.  It was lovely- I feel great and I hope every women will someday get the chance to have a day of pamper.