If you’ve tried sun-less spray tanning, you know the horrible smell it leaves on your skin. If you are a guy into tanning, stop using tanning beds! They are not recommended and have health dangers. That’s where Organic Tanning comes in.

Yesterday we posted about Tanorexia, and a reader left us an interesting comment:

My husband tan’s like a fiend because he likes that healthy look it gives him. I keep telling him it is dangerous. Can you please suggest some quality organic bronzers that look natural when applied? - Debbie Metzger Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, I went to a sauna for the first time.  As spas are getting more and more popular in skin care, we found that the best way to talk about them is to try them first.  While I was speaking to the nice lady at the reception, she talked to me about their dry chamber sauna:

Basically what she said is that it was small chamber where you just sit and the temperature starts going up, making you sweat an freeing you of the toxins in your body.  This of course, translates into better skin health.

So what’s it all about?  You enter a small chamber, where all the interior is made from pine.  There are hot stones that keep the chamber hot, and the temperature gets very ht.  I think it’s called dry chamber because it is not like those saunas where you see steam everywhere.  The room is pretty clear. Read the rest of this entry »

Rick O’Shea, a new associate broker with Re/Max Allegiance in Annapolis, has never had major skin problems.

But sun exposure from playing golf and cycling has caused some fine lines.

While he’d gotten basic facials before, Mr. O’Shea needed a more intense treatment to achieve younger, more even-toned skin.

So last week, he lay down for a $110 “chemical peel” at the Pink Patio MedSpa, a company whose procedures are overseen by a medical director in a spa-like setting. It’s next to Talbots in the Jennifer Square shopping center.  Read full news at “More and more, men flocking to spas for skin treatments”

Spas are no longer a sweet refuge just for women, more and more men are starting to enjoy the relaxation and pampering of Man Spas. Why have men started to indulge in the treatments of spas? Spas have special treatments that can rejuvenate the skin, take the toxins out of the body, and make the skin look younger and looking fresh. Whatever lifestyle choices we make, or whatever forms of abuse we make our bodies go through, such as drinking and smoking, getting stressed out lots of times, or lack of exercise and sleep, show easily enough on our skin. Plus what guy doesn’t want to get pampered?!

Tempting huh? If your a newbie to spas for men we’ve got listed the basic treatments you can find in a spa:

Facials for Men. A facial is a way of deep cleansing the skin, removing the dirt, the impurities and the blackheads from the face. After a facial the skin of your face should feel clean, soft and hydrated.

Facial mask for Men. The idea of the facial mask is to make your skin feel tighter, smoother and hydrated. It is also supposed to exfoliate your skin and remove the dirt and dead skin cells from it, as well as to treat acne. Facial masks are done by putting some substance evenly on your skin and letting it dry on the skin before washing it off. Facial masks are typically made of algae, seaweed and mud, but it can also be made of other materials.

Men’s Body scrub. A body scrub exfoliates and removes the dead skin cells from the body using different types of oils and salts. This hydrates and makes the skin of the body soft and smooth.

Men’s Body mask. Body masks are also used for exfoliating and for removing dead skin cells from the body. It works exactly the same way as the facial mask.

Men’s Body wrap. In a body wrap treatment, certain creams, liquids or a special mud is applied to the body. The body is then wrapped tightly and allowed to stay so for a period of time. A body wrap treatment is supposed to detoxicate the body, or maybe help the body shed off a few pounds.

Day spas for men also offer different kinds of massages to relax the body, to relieve it from stress and detoxicate it. Having healthy skin is an inside job as well. If you are feeling pain or stressed out (what man isn’t!), it is best to relieve these aches and pains through massage so your skin can look healthy and attractive.

Visit a day spa for men and pamper your skin every once in a while. It will do your skin, mind and body good and trust me so much pampering and relaxation is addictive and renewing, so what are you waiting for? Renew yourself!

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For decades women have been invading what was once considered man’s domain, whether it be the boardroom or sports field. Now, men are responding in kind, going where no man has gone before, and they are doing it in droves.

Men are getting their nails done, their feet pampered and their skin moisturized. These are “real” men, not just models and actors who have to visit a spa as a condition of their employment.

According to a study commissioned by the International Spa Association and the Canadian Tourism Commission, men now comprise 29 per cent of Canadian spa-goers. Their top reasons for going are to feel relaxed, calmed and — get ready for this — refreshed.

This may be news to a lot of females, but it’s not to the spa industry.

Mary Hughes, editor of Spa Life magazine, said there are now male-only spas across North America, including Men’s Power Spa in Toronto which opened in June 2005. In this world of high-end locker room meets spa, men can watch sporting events on a big-screen TV while receiving a hand or foot treatment or receive a massage in a room decorated in masculine shades.

Hughes said the increase in the male demographic can be attributed to couple’s therapies where men are introduced to the experience by their wives or girlfriends and then become hooked.  Read the rest of this entry »