A dash of health with your tea
MULDERSDRIFT – Health and skin therapist spreads consciousness by revealing industry secrets.
Honeydew health and skin therapist, Celeste van Eijnsbergen, educated residents about the importance of good health and skin care.
Her talk was held during a High Tea at the Barefoot Kitchen in Ngwenya Glass Village. Van Eijnsbergen explained that society is physically and emotionally demanding and therefore time is needed to de-stress and break away from the usual grind. This is why she thinks massages are very important for one’s health as besides facilitating relaxation, it stimulates the blood flow.
Van Eijnsbergen suggested the best places to get massaged are the head, neck, back and feet. These areas hold many of the muscles that are likely to hold tension.
However, in her experience there are many shortcuts that can be taken that customers should be aware of. She stressed that it is important to know what qualifications the therapist has who is giving you a treatment. According to her, an individual should have studied for at least two years to be able to give a proper massage treatment.
“The industry has changed since I first started as you are able to get a qualification from a six-week course but those women do not know all the theory behind it. They end up giving the industry a bad name,” said Van Eijnsbergen.
Her advice was to know exactly what your booked treatment entails so that you are not cheated. Furthermore, customers have every right to choose whether or not they want things done during the treatment, such as cutting one’s nails in a pedicure.
“At the end of the day it is about how you feel. This is why we need to be more conscious and hold therapists responsible.”
Health tips:
- Exfoliation is the key to getting rid of dry skin. An easy to make home exfoliating product would be to mix olive oil and brown sugar into a rough paste
- Oily skin still needs to be exfoliated and moisturised as the skin is lacking water moisture
- Bathing in water that is too hot can dehydrate your skin and hair. Rinse your hair in cold water to prevent dry ends
- Dead skin should be filed and not cut off your feet to minimise the amount of hard skin that grows back.
