For a traditional Indonesian style foot massage,
have the masseuse focus on foot reflexology, and
soak your feet in flower water before your massage
treatment. Use pumice made from volcanic stone to
remove dead skin from your feet before the massage
as well.
Use Coconut Milk as
a Hair Conditioner
For dry, brittle hair try using the ancient
Indonesian remedy of rinsing the hair with coconut
milk instead of a commercial conditioner during your
shower. The milk will leave your hair moisturized
and smelling like coconut.
Give your Body a
Steam Treatment
Traditional Indonesian spas offer steam treatments
to specific parts of the body to tone the skin and
flush toxins. To mimic these treatments, steam parts
of the body for a ½ hour at a time. Steam your face
by holding it over a sink full of hot water with a
towel over your head. Steam other parts of your body
by turning your bathroom into a steam-room after a
shower.
Try Eating
Indonesian Kepel Fruit
Kepel fruit is a brown fruit that is about the size
of an egg. The fruit is known in Indonesian beauty
as a natural deodorant and eating the fruit is
supposed to cause the body to smell like the
aromatic fruit.
Keep
Coconut Oil in Close Reach
In Indonesia and Java coconut oil is used to massage
the skin and to treat damaged hair. Add a small
amount of essential oil of orange flower or rose for
added fragrance.
Soak in Goat’s Milk
Mandi Susu is an ancient beauty bath used for
princesses of Java to help them maintain soft and
youthful looking skin. The old-fashioned treatment
was to sit in a goat’s milk bath for 30 minutes and
do not rinse afterwards. In a big city Indonesian
spa you can get this treatment with new products
that take out the taste and smell of the milk but
keep the protein content for soft skin. Sheep’s milk
or cow’s milk can also be used for mandi susu.
Relax
with a Floral Bath
Treat yourself to an Indonesian style floral bath
after your home spa treatments. Add fresh or dried
petals of jasmine, gardenia, hibiscus, magnolia, and
rose to bathwater and soak for 20 minutes to relax
your muscles and help build internal wellness.
