Friends, how is your morning going? I started mine off with a nice peanut butter steam facial. I love peanut butter, so do my kids. What I do not love is the hot peanut butter steam that rises to open my pores as I clean out a bowel full of peanut butter used to dip apples in.
It’s pungent, it’s greasy, it’s not nearly as nice as it tastes. And I’m fairly certain it does not work wonders for ones skin. It got me thinking, in the throes of motherhood what other fancy spa treatments have we adapted to “treat” ourselves with that aren’t really treats at all.
The skin steam facial that comes with doing any amount of dishes with hot water. It opens the pours and can occasionally be relaxing depending on what it is you’re washing. Be careful though, I don’t recommend the pan fried facial this one does tend to cause breakouts.
Warm towel hand treatments, if you manage to fold laundry fresh out of the dryer. 10 out of 10 recommend doing this in the evenings, it’s very relaxing to fold hot towels, aside from having to do some work for the nice warm feeling it’s really not too bad.
Microdermabrasion facial scrubs when toddler hands covered in gritty sand and dirt grab your cheeks to give kisses. These, they are a personal favorite, especially when you can also get the sand blast teeth whitening treatment. This is complimentary and is usually only handed out as a door prize of sorts when at the beach.
Body masks from organic local mud. They don’t tend to be fully encompassing but they do generally get those neglected areas like your ankles, knees and thighs. Essentially anywhere a kid can wipe their hands clean...on you.
Scalp massages that are slightly brutal but you’re so starved for any type of relaxing anything that it’s almost relaxing when your children try brushing your hair.
Pedicures and manicures. These are a high risk scenario as they may result in decent looking nails alongside matching colored cuticles, orrrrr they might be textured...to the extreme and never actually dry completely due to the volume of polish applied. Of course let’s just leave out the customer reviews mentioning spilled polish and anything of the sort.
Maximum Moisturizing Massages. Again a personal favorite, usually some sort of a bribe is required and please do not try to walk barefoot on wood or tile floor following one of these bad boys. You are slathered up with lotion and somehow the kids still need “whittle bit more” to rub on again. Does the lotion ever absorb? No. Do you get a deep tissue massage? Perhaps if they use some sort of a roller or kitchen tool they found within their reach. But does it feel nice just the same? Yes yes it does.
Okay so maybe these aren’t exactly spa treatments per say. B U T its all about perspective, lemonade with lemons and what not. So the next time you’ve got a mouth full of sand after trying to eat a snack on a wind blown beach think “grime blasting teeth clean”, when your son smears mud on your legs and runs away think “local organic mud mask”. When your infant slobbers on your chin trying to nurse your face, or your toddler slobbers on your cheek as she tries to give you a kiss think “raw enzyme soak” for those problem areas on your face prone to acne. Perspective people. Motherhood can be G L A M O R O U S if you adjust your lens and narrate you’re life with some flare!
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