Body wraps have been around since ancient times.  It is believed that former civilizations used clay and mud on the skin, not only to exfoliate the skin, but to utilize the rich minerals in the mud for healing, detox and weight loss.  The detoxification actually occurs due to a physiological effect in the brain. Once the detoxification process begins with a body wrap, it creates almost a circular affect with the body losing waste.  The body is eliminating the bad toxins while the skin is absorbing the “good” ingredients applied under the wrap.

Benefits of Weight Loss Body Wraps

Depending on the ingredients used in the body wrap, the benefits to the body wrap treatment can be numerous.  No matter what type of ingredients that are used, the wrap will always detoxify the body.  Other affects to the body can be hydration, healing, weight loss, fat loss, and exfoliation.

Let’s focus on the weight loss aspect of body wraps.  While historically most wraps have touted weight loss as the number one reason to wrap, the real truth is that most of these so-called weight loss wraps actually dehydrate the body causing the weight loss to be a temporary loss of water.  The loss of water is the result of covering up the body with a wrap that signals to the brain to send down excess serums.  This perspiration process is what most body wraps produce as a weight loss.  The results are temporary and can actually harm the body through dehydration.

Weight loss wraps need to reduce the fat cells to be a permanent “result” wrap.  The wrap needs to contain ingredients that absorb into the skin.  If it is really going to work for weight loss, it has to reduce the fat cells and it must absorb into the lower layers of the skin (the subcutaneous skin layer).  

1. First, the molecules in the lotion must be small enough to be absorbed into the skin and move to the lower layers of the skin where the fat cells reside.
2. The wrap must increase the circulation of the cells so that toxins can be eliminated.  The faster the cell cycle, the cell’s toxins will be thrown off, but need to be eliminated.
3. Water must be used to eliminate the toxins through the body’s own “waste” system.  The body is very brilliant in that all of the “waste” systems work very hard to eliminate toxins.  The kidneys and the liver are just two great examples of the body’s smart elimination system.  This system requires water and a lot of it.
4. Fat didn’t appear overnight, but fat cells can be shrunk with correct, synergistic ingredients and the correct method of wrapping.  The more occlusive the wrap will produce the best results with weight loss.

Body wraps are a targeted method to jump-start the weight loss process.  Fat loss can be achieved with some body wraps.  Use these body wraps as a tool to weight loss. It is not a quick snap your fingers fat loss, but an ongoing tool to permanent fat and weight loss.  Put it into your arsenal of fat loss tools, just like a better diet, eating right, exercise, and supplements.  All of these tools lead to weight loss and thus a healthier you.

Yes, women have cellulite, not just some of us, a whole lot of us have the ugly cells of so-called fat bubbling under the skin.  Some people told us diets, others said to exercise, while Dr. Peter Pugliese said, it really didn’t matter if we exercised or not, some of us are just predisposed to cellulite.  So, you see, even skinny women have cellulite.

Now, today, we have a unique targeted body wrap that helps with cellulite and the “orange peel” appearance.  How does this work?  Well, there are several ingredients that target just the cellulite.  One ingredient is a mouth full, “methylsilanol mannuronate”.  According to Milady’s Skin Care & Cosmetic Dictionary “tests indicate that as a result of its cutaneous hydration activity, it increases skin suppleness and moisturization, and aids in the reduction of cellulite”.

Most of us have tried diets and exercise, with some success; body wraps are becoming more popular as a way to lose weight, detox the body, and get rid of those little fat pockets that never seem to go away.  And today, you can apply and use the targeted body wrap in your own home; you don’t even have to go to the spa!

Body wraps were originally designed to wrap around the body causing the body to sweat and perspire.  Some people thought this was fat disappearing, but this was actually water weight.  With the home body wrap that we are reviewing, the ingredients are actually infused into the fabric, similar to hormone replacement patch.  The cloth when applied to the body helps to push the ingredients into the skin.

Home body wrap kits such as the one we are reviewing are designed to be used at home and are fairly easy to use. This targeted body wrap can be applied as part of your treatment.  Different wraps can contain many natural ingredients, but you want to look for seaweed or algae as the Detox ingredient for the body. 

If you are using a body wrap in your home, you should allow a total of about 1 to 4 hours for the body wrap procedure – about 10 minutes to apply and the rest of the time you can run errands, clean house, or just relax.  The wrap will work in 1 hour, but it takes 4 hours to be 100% complete.   You can take a shower before you wrap, but be sure you don’t have any oils or lotions on as the wrap is most effective against the bare skin.  You will not want to take a shower for about 4 hours after the wrap and you will want to drink half your body weight in water.  This is not a dehydrating wrap, you will not perspire.  The water is to flush out the toxins.  To get the best results is up to each individual.  Some will plan on 2 a week for 2 months, and maintenance after that…while others will continue their results. 

Cellulite body wraps have many advantages.  It is a lot less expensive to wrap cellulite at home than to go to a spa.  Body wrapping at a spa can cost from $75 to $150 depending on your area of the US.  A typical body wrap kit for home is going to cost between $50 and $100 and contain enough wraps for 4 sessions.  If you are applying to the thighs, you may split a wrap in half.  Aside from helping with weight loss and removing toxins from the skin, body wraps also improve the texture of the skin, firming, tightening and toning the skin. And one of the biggest advantages of targeted body wraps is their ability to successfully remove cellulite from the body.

If you have tried everything to remove that cellulite without success –consider trying a home targeted body wrap to remove the cellulite and shrink the fat.  Body wraps may not be for everyone, like pregnant women, and if you have medical conditions, like dialysis, you should consult your physician.  Most people who use a body wrap will claim that it is a very effective way to get rid of cellulite and lose fat.

Find out here where you can get the best targeted body wrap on the market today.

Nancy Reagan is considered a spa expert and consultant.  She is extremely knowledgeable in body treatments and the spa industry, and is a professional marketer and distributor of It Works! herbal body wraps worldwide.

Yesterday, I spoke at the IECSC conference in Orlando to a jam packed room of attendees.  It was a great group with intelligent questions about retail, how to merchandise, commission structure, and the basics of retail in the spa.  What did we learn?  Retail is a revenue stream in a spa that cannot be ignored. It needs to be managed with utmost care. 

Of course, I am not the  end all expert on retailing in spas, but I have learned a lot about spa retail in the last 20 years.  In fact when I started out I didn’t even realize that retail was part of the spa business or even how to run spa. It was a long journey.   I built a multi-million dollar business where retail sales were 35% of the total sales.  I shared some of my step-by-step plans and spa secrets that will help to drive retail through the roof.  

I cannot stress enough the importance of retailing in the spa.  I hope the room got it!