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Upgrades for your Luxurious Salt Lake Facial
Looking for non-invasive facial sessions in Salt Lake City? Consider these 2 spa upgrades-facial reflexology and guasha massage! Facial Reflexology is an incredibly relaxing face massage designed to stimulate points on the face that may assist other body areas or organs. It’s similar to foot reflexology but many customers find it more soothing than the foot type, maybe because we are working near the vagus nerve on the face. The vagus nerve is in control of our parasympatheti

Jennifer Betts
Jul 63 min read


Skinscript Cucumber Hydration Toner
My ultimate product for skin in dry climates! So softening and healing, a nutritious drink of water for parched, dehydrated skin. Water loss due to evaporation aka dehydration or tewl (trans epidermal water loss) is something that everyone in a dry climate needs to deal with. It causes dull, rough skin, milia, stubborn blackheads, fine lines, crepe texture and clogged pores. It stops your skin from naturally shedding dead cells and reduces the amount of products your skin can

Jennifer Betts
Jun 93 min read


Customizing your Facial or Massage Appointment
You may have noticed that I offer quite a few spa services: Skincare Facials, Relaxing Massages, Hot Stone Massage, Crystal Energy Balancing, Gemstone Facials, Buccal Massage, Crystal Healing Massage, Fire Cupping, Guasha Face Massage, mini Sound Bath and more. But with so many choices, how do you decide what you want to book? Or what if you want to try more than one spa treatment? Here's where it gets really fun... We can customize your appointment to include the things you

Jennifer Betts
Apr 72 min read


Example of a Custom Facial at Calm & Glowing Spa in Millcreek
This return guest booked a 75 minute Dry Climate Facial plus added guasha, so we have 90 minutes to custom create their relaxation hydration experience. We started with lymphatic drainage massage and a double cleanse with steam, then lactic acid exfoliation and scalp massage with occipital release. Cucumber hydration toner and careful lancet extraction for 3 small milia! Peptide hyaluronic serum and Black Currant mask for collagen stimulation, vitamin C and brightening herbal

Jennifer Betts
Mar 71 min read


Buccal massage for TMJD and Sculpting
When I was in massage therapy school in 2010, we learned a technique called Intraoral massage aka "inside the mouth". (Using gloves of course!) It's great for TMJD pain, teeth grinders or clenchers, and headaches. We performed it one side at a time, going very slow, searching to feel the tight muscles, trigger points, sore spots and reactions of the client. Now massage inside the mouth is trending as "Buccal" massage. I pronounce that B-YOU-cal but some say it like buckle. Bu

Jennifer Betts
Feb 252 min read
Do you have milia?
If you’re not familiar with Milia, they are hard, round white pieces of crystalized oil that develop in our skin. They may look like a white head, sesame seed, or a pimple without the red inflammation, but you’ll notice how stubborn they are if you try to squeeze them out. They have no liquid or pus to “pop” and will not come out no matter how hard you push. That’s because they are not located inside a pore, which would be the tunnel to the surface that pimples pop out of. Th

Jennifer Betts
Feb 192 min read
When a knot is not a knot
So you’ve just had a massage and the knots were targeted, you get up and begin to get dressed…you reach up to feel your melty shoulders and you feel a knot! What?! I get asked about this all the time and I'd love to clear it up for you. As a massage client, “knots” are your focus and the way you measure the results of your massage...knots are gone vs. knots are still there. It’s become universal to ask things like “Do I have the worst knots you’ve ever seen?” “Did you get ALL

Jennifer Betts
Feb 194 min read


The anti-aging power of facial massage
Many spa guests ask me “Is Face Massage important or just fluff?” Yes, facial massage can be so much more than spreading products! The average face contains 43 muscles which we use to chew (or grind our teeth-TMJ dysfunction!), smile, worry, squint and talk. Most muscles in our body connect to tendons and bones, which keep them supported, positioned and stable. Our face is the only area where some muscles connect directly to the skin, without the anchor of bone, making them p

Jennifer Betts
Feb 192 min read
Benefits of infrared heat during your massage or facial
Enjoy a new feeling during your buccal facial, massage or facial! This technology mat is replacing my traditional spa table warmer, allowing more temperature settings and healing benefits. What are Far Infrared Rays? A type of deeply penetrating, natural, invisible light. It’s a warm, comfortable part of sunlight that stimulates cells and is used for plant photosynthesis. Why should you get Infrared heat sessions? -Boosted immune system and increase in white blood cells -Redu

Jennifer Betts
Feb 192 min read


A facial for your back?
It’s that time of year when we start baring more skin, wearing bathing suits and tops with slim straps. And there are so many skin challenges you could be facing back there. Just think of all the lakes and swimming here in Salt Lake City! Do you have any of these? dry, itchy skin that you can’t reach with lotion scars or discoloration from old breakouts out-of-reach blackheads or clogged pores rough or sun damaged skin A Back Facial can really help all of these, plus you g

Jennifer Betts
Feb 193 min read


SkinScript Golden Honey Nourishing Mask
We are obsessed with this warm, gooey moisturizing mask! During our customized relaxing facials, I use this mask as a massage oil for your facial massage. It starts out very thick, but as the massage flows, it melts and creates a soft warmth. The sweet smell of lemons is released and the ingredients begin to penetrate your skin, driven deeper by the massage. All skin types receive help from these amazing ingredients: Honey is wound healing, antibacterial and pulls moisture in

Jennifer Betts
Feb 182 min read
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