One of the most popular spa treatments today is salt glow. Incorporating scented oils and therapeutic salts, this treatment stimulates the skin and exfoliates it, leaving the recipient of this luxurious treatment with a healthy glow.

Salt glows are also known as ‘salt scrubs’ and ‘sea salt scrubs,’ but they are essentially all the same. Because the salt is combined with oil and some type of aromatic such as lavender or lemon, it also hydrates the skin. Treatments can vary slightly at different spas, and most spas combine a salt glow with other treatments such as body wraps, steam showers and massages. The salt glow treatment itself takes between 40 minutes to an hour.

During this relaxing and invigorating treatment, clients lie unclothed on a massage table or special wet table with a sheet or towel draped for modesty. The therapist rubs a mixture of sea salt and oil over the skin, covering both front and back sides of the body. Because salt is somewhat abrasive and therapists may use different amounts of pressure, it is important to speak up if the pressure applied is too much, or to request more pressure if desired.

Afterward, the salt mixture is rinsed off. If a wet table is used, the therapist may use a hand-held showerhead or moist towels to remove the mixture. Some wet tables incorporate an array of showerheads that spray over the body. Other spas may provide a convenient shower enclosure for rinsing off.

Once all traces of salt are removed, other treatments follow, most often a body wrap or massage. If no other treatments follow, the therapist applies body lotion with massaging strokes, leaving the skin feeling soft and radiant.