We all know that regular eating of fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of chronic diseases, cardiovascular disease and cancer.  We know we are supposed to but yet most people have a hard time meeting their recommend daily intake of fruits and vegetables.  Making fresh juice is an easy and tasty way to help meet your daily requirement of fruits and vegetables.

Spas are catering to children more and more. This provides and opportunity to get the next generation engaged in spa related activities early, ensuring the future health of the spa industry. This also provides an incentive for mothers to choose a particular spa to unwind at. Some offer day care services while mother's are being pampered. Other's provide spa services geared toward the little ones.

In light of the favorable response to our post on the homemade brown sugar scrub recipe, I want to share another of my favorite homemade spa recipes with you. This recipe has helped my complexion soooo much. This egg and honey beauty mask is a great facial treatment for acne sufferers and also is great for those suffering with dry skin woes.  In addition, with a slight alteration, this facial mask can be used for those who have a problem with oily skin on their face.

Sugar scrubs have become a part of my daily bath ritual.  Once I experienced the benefits of exfoliating my skin with a nourishing sugar scrub I haven't stopped using them.  Many of you use commercial sugar scrubs as well on a regular basis.  While there are many commercial sugar scrubs that are absolutely divine, sometimes you run out or are needing to save a bit of money and need to cut out some personal luxuries.  There are many homemade spa recipes that can get you through the times you can't have you're premium bath products.  Why live without, if you don't need to!

 Just a note that we recently added some new articles to Spa Playground.  In the skin care section we added an article on the benefits of almond oil for skin care. 

Two weeks ago a couple that I am friends with went to the Los Angeles. While there they managed to find time to visit the Spa / Resort and Medical Spa Expo being held over the weekend. At the expo they came across a booth for the Arasys and the Perfector Spa Treatments. Being the curious cats that they are, they participated in a demo of these treatments to see what the hype was about. They had never heard of the Arasys or the Perfector before but were intrigued by the claims made by the presenters of the treatments.

Perhaps instead of risking fire damage and physical injury by using spa candles for mood lighting I should use these safe battery operated spa lights. They float, they stick, they change colors and they look great. The idea seems great; I haven’t tried these myself but they look like a nice alternative to candles.

Getting bored with your normal spa treatments? Interested in trying something new? How about having 6 snakes slither across your body for half an hour while getting a massage from a masseuse?

If you use Spa At Home’s Everlasting Jelly candles then should know that they have just been recalled due to a fire hazard. There have been 7 reports of the flame igniting something nearby, and also 4 reports of hand burns, supposedly due to excessively high flames.

The Spa Intoxication Blog has finally launched along with Spa Playground and the Spa Business Blog. We are eager to get started and excited about finally launching Spa Playground. We hope to provide spa lovers the ultimate resource in spa information, specials and fun.

Spa Intoxication Is...

Spa Intoxication is a blog focusing on everything related to the spa lifestyle from the spa lover’s point of view. We will be giving opinions, tips and reviews on spa treatments, services, spa products, homemade spa recipes, health, wellness, beauty, relaxation, pampering... well, you get the idea. We hope to expose spa enthusiasts to new aspects of the lifestyle they may not be aware of and of course to just have fun talking spa.

As you know mothers day is just around the corner. It can be tough to find that special gift Mom will love.  We aren't all natural born gift givers and some of us need help.  If you are having trouble deciding what to get for your mother on her special day then look over these unique mothers day gifts.  Who knows maybe you'll find something that's just right this mothers day.