De-stress in luxury. Roses, honey, and lavender…Ahhh, let the relaxing begin

Through the ages, Kings and Queens pampered themselves in milk baths to reap the luxurious skin benefits it offered. One of the most famous milk bathers was Cleopatra. Milk contains fatty acids, vitamin A and E, and lactic acid that provide nutrition directly to the skin. Cleopatra’s soothing ritual increased her skin’s water content and acted as a mild exfoliate. Today, milk derived skin care can go beyond the royal tub. Products are incorporating milk-derived nutrients and vitamins into both topical and drinkable skin care.

The Internal Spa Treatment

We know that by applying nutrients directly on the skin we are helping keep our largest organ hydrated, vibrant and looking youthful. Well, the same philosophy applies to our internal health. The way we appear to the world actually begins from the inside. Our inner layers, organs and cells need just as much pampering as we do on the outside. Next time you want to draw a bath, customize your home spa experience with Sequence XO’s Spa Nutrition.

Calm it’s like a massage in a glass!

The Spa Nutrition line carries a refreshing beverage called Calm, clinically tested to relax your body, heighten your mental clarity and help restore your natural energy. Calm is enhanced with Lactium, a milk protein extensively researched in France to provide stress relief, beautiful skin and maintain healthy hormonal levels. Calm has all the benefits of spa cucumber water, yet royally charged with amazing healing ingredients.

So next time you take a bath make sure you reach for a martini glass full of Calm for your internal spa experience. Look and feel beautiful with Spa Nutrition.

How to make your next tub fit for royalty!

Prepare an 8-ounce martini glass of water and drop a Calm wafer. Let dissolve for 4 minutes and add ice cubes for a cool beverage. If it’s a cold day, drop Calm in warm water for a sensational tea. Set aside for your drinking pleasure once you enter your bath.

Then draw your bath. Before getting into your bath brush your body to remove any dead, dull cells, so that you allow all the wonderful nutrients to be absorbed by the deeper layers of the skin.

Add one cup of liquid milk or half a cup of dried milk to your bath water, depending your preference. The milk will help exfoliate, soften and nourish your skin from head to toe. Soak for 15-30 minutes.

Dry yourself by blotting your skin with an extra soft towel. Try not to rub the water off, as this could strip away your newly acquired nutrients. Leave skin moist for your final step. Generously apply a multi-vitamin-milk body lotion to finish off your royal treatment.

Other ingredients you may want to add to your bath water:
Honey: Adding 1-3 teaspoons of liquid or dry honey can help soften and protect skin.
Baking soda: Adding 1-tablespoon purifies the skin and acts as a cleanser.
Sea salts: Adding 1-teaspoon helps to detoxify and also soften skin.
Lavender oil: Add a few drops for an added stress-relieving aroma as well as for its antiseptic qualities.
Rose pedals: Use liberally for its intoxicating aroma to provide further relaxation as well as adding a complete luxurious experience to you next bath.

Post or email us your favorite recipe and enter to win a month supply of Spa Nutrition! Emails should be submitted to info@sequencexo.com.

Spa Spotlight: Meet one of our Spa Resource Partners

Steaming Stone Spa and Salon offers massage, steam and stone therapies. We also offer skin, hair and nail care solutions. Nutrition and fitness Consultation and Chiropractic services are also available.

Steaming Stone Spa: Essential Pampering from Head to Toe

Spa Mixer: Relaxing Island Mojito

3 Mint sprigs
1-2 teaspoon of organic sugar
3 tablespoons of fresh lime juice
1 ½ oz of Coconut rum or light rum
1 Calm effervescent wafer
4-6 oz of Sparkling water to top off
Ice cubes
Bar shaker

Add Calm to room temperature sparkling water. Let dissolve and set aside. In a tall thin glass, crush part of the mint with a fork and coat the inside of the glass. Add sugar and lime juice and stir thoroughly. Top with ice. Add rum and mix. In a bar shaker add ice cubes and Calm mixture, stir for 10 seconds to cool. Top off your glass with the cool Calm mix. Add a lime slice and mint sprig for garnish and enjoy your Relaxing Island Mojito!

Acai! Its berry good for you skin

Imagine a rich purple berry from the Amazon being a new, luxurious beauty product. Yes, you heard us right! Acai berries are the latest sensation in skin care. The antioxidants in acai berries provide your skin with a host of health benefits – including strengthening capillary walls, reducing inflammation and restoring the skin’s radiant look and feel. This summer make sure your skin is looking its best and protected from harmful elements that might show up later down the road.

Acai the richest antioxidant source

Acai pronounced ‘ah-sigh-ee’, is unlike any other fruit on the market, with a subtle hint of chocolate and cherry, it’s a flavor unlike any other. Over the last decade acai has been researched for its many health benefits ranging from boosting energy levels, building the immune system, and its detoxifying properties.

So what makes Acai so powerful?
Acai is a rich source of polyphenolic flavoniods, which are the same antioxidants that give wine its health benefits. Antioxidants are needed by the body to battle free-radicals, whose oxidative damage contributes to wrinkles and aging skin. As well as being considered the richest source of antioxidants, acai is also rich in mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids – providing sources of nourishment for supple looking skin. Acai also contains phytosterols, which can help the body prevent absorption of cholesterol.

How to get Acai
Luckily you can get acai in supplements, beverages and other berry formulas! We recommend our Radiance Age Defying Beverage. Not only is Radiance rich in acai berries, but also blueberries, pomegranate, mangosteen and gogi berries. Ninety percent of the skin issues start within the body so why not take your skin care to another level – deep within. Radiance provides internal care for sun protection, vibrant skin, suppleness and rejuvenation.

Look and feel beautiful with Spa Nutrition™! Check out all three of our formulas -Radiance, Fusion and Calm

SPOTLIGHT: Meet one of our resource partners!

Meet our resource partner BodyWerks Spa – Rated one of the top spas in Orange County

BodyWerks was created by husband and wife team, Dennis and Gina Loya, who reside in Orange County with their four children. Dennis is the Healer while Gina handles the business end of things.

BodyWerks Spa Extreme Pampering Perfected

Antioxidants 101

The latest buzz around the health industry today is antioxidants. Research has shown that antioxidants provide a wide range of benefits when it comes to the sustainability of your health. These helpful compounds help with cholesterol and blood pressure stabilization. They aid in the break up of plaque in the blood vessels ultimately supporting the body’s circulatory system and enhancing blood flow. They are a great source for enhanced energy levels and they improve nutrient uptake at the cellular level which leads to many health benefits including healthy aging.

What are antioxidants and how do they work?
We know that antioxidants are good for us. But what are antioxidants and why are they so good for us? To truly understand the answer to this question, we must first understand how antioxidants work.

As we all know, we need oxygen to live. But oxygen has one major downside in comparison to the many benefits it gives us. Oxygen initiates a process in our body called “oxidation”. Under normal circumstances, our cells are made up of molecules that have a full set of electrons, which are responsible for keeping them stable. Think of these molecules as three legs on a three-legged stool. The stool is stable with all three legs, but as soon as one of those legs is missing, the stool falls and looses its functionality. When oxygen comes in contact with these molecules, they lose an electron (or they get “oxidized”), which converts them to an unstable type of molecule known as a free radical.

Because of their instability, free radicals are always scavenging the body looking for other molecules to attach to and steal their electrons for their own stability. During this scavenger hunt, free radicals will attack proteins, fats, and even DNA to look for these electrons. Once they find those electrons and steal them, the molecules they attack get their structure changed, which ultimately affects their function. Eventually, those structures cannot perform their function as efficiently as they would have before they were attacked by roaming free radicals.

The answer to keeping these free radical from attacking our body are antioxidants. Antioxidants immobilize free radicals by donating one of their electrons to replace the ones lost during the oxidation process. The body produces antioxidants naturally, but with the ever-changing environment we have reached a point where our body cannot sustain enough antioxidant production naturally to help with the growing free radical intake. Supplementing with antioxidants will aid in efficient free radical neutralization.

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SXO products with rich sources of antioxidants:

Fusion – the antioxidant formula
Fusion is a formula developed with the world’s most effective antioxidants including Acai berry, pomegranate, grape seed extract and green tea for immune support, enhanced circulation, and detoxification for healthier looking skin.

Radiance – age defying formula
Dubbed as our internal skin care product, Radiance has an array of health benefits that positively affect the health of our bodies that have a direct reflection on our skin. Radiance is sweetened with fructooligosaccharides also known as (FOS) or sweet fiber. FOS are extracted from fruits and vegetables and known to contribute to our dietary fiber intake. Provide your body with great nutrients on the inside and see the beautiful results on the outside!