Summer fun unfortunately can give your skin and hair a beating. Below are some DIY tips to whip your skin, hair and hands back in shape.


For a clean, shiny and touchable face

• Prepare pot of boiling water with several bags of chamomile tea, allowing tea to steep.
• Place face over steam from pot and cover head with towel to trap steam.
• Place cucumbers or well-squeezed, icy chamomile tea bags on eyes to reduce puffiness.
• Dab off excess moisture. Apply scrub cream in gentle circular and upward motion to face, neck and chest. Place emphasis on beard and neck to help lift ingrown facial hair.
• Rinse thoroughly with warm, moist washcloth. Apply witch hazel, rose, or lavender water with spray or cotton pad.
• Apply moisture lotion/cream in upward massage strokes placing slight pressure on temples and under forehead bridge line to release tension.


For softer and shinier hair with improved scalp circulation

• Mix lemon juice and warm green tea. Apply mixture to scalp with brush or applicator. Pour remaining amount throughout hair.
• Allow mixture to remain on scalp for a few minutes to cleanse scalp and hair follicles.
• Rinse thoroughly with warm water. Apply a combination of two parts fresh avocado and two parts yogurt. Massage into hair in circular motion to relax the scalp and stimulate hair growth.
• Gently massage temples and base of scalp line. Place plastic shower cap on hair and wrap in warm towel for 10 minutes or until towel cools off.
• Rinse thoroughly.


For clean, soft and luxurious hands

• Buff and moisturize rough skin using a scrub cream and oil/body lotion.
• Mix four parts kosher/sea salt with one part warm grape seed, canola, or olive oil. Mix into a paste.
• Massage into hands in upward strokes and circular motion.
• Remove with warm/wet towel. Follow by pushing back cuticles and filing rough nail edges. Apply body/hand lotion.
• Wrap hands in warm cotton gloves or place in plastic bags and wrap with warm towels.

By Josie Feria, Director of Spa Operations at Lapis Spa at the Fontainebleau