Spa Beauty Trends

Earlier this year, SpaFinder Lifestyle Online released its annual Top 10 Spa Beauty Trends To Watch in 2009. Here are a few you should consider implementing at your spa:

Gemstones
Move over gold, silver and platinum, spas worldwide now boast the beauty benefits of products infused with precious and semi-precious gems. Whether gem extracts work as well as the real thing has yet to be scientifically determined. However, more spas swear by the subtle healing energies imparted by them. See how business owners use them in their treatment menus in DAYSPA's June issue ("Great Gems," page 10).

Antioxidants
Teas and hearty alpine herbs, such as edelweiss and rare fruit extracts, have become obscure sources for skin-benefiting antioxidants. Plus, burdock fruit is the next big antioxidant, suggests a recent article in Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. For more on nature's latest free-radical fighters, see "The New Age of Antioxidants" in DAYSPA's upcoming July issue.

Skincare Diet
Food is the new skin care. It reflects a return to the inner beauty mantra that a good diet begets radiant skin. Organic-derived ingredients, topical probiotics (the beneficial bacteria) and a growing number of supplement-like beverages are on the rise.

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