Best Facial Ever!

On Friday I got a facial over at Kanvas. My skin has broken out like crazy from pregnancy. I have gotten several facials from them in the last year, but this was the first time I received one while pregnant. I love, love, love going there and getting facials! I have always been a big supporter of massage therapy, being a massage therapist myself and having grown up getting massages (that’s right, my mother started having a massage therapist come to the house, once a month for the entire family, when I was about 10 years old). I think massage therapy is incredibly important for everyone and even more important when you are pregnant. Every time a mother gets upset or feels stress, so does the baby. Your sweet baby inside gets flooded with flight or flight stress hormones, and it inhibits their ability to grow their organs and other things the best they can. But when you get a massage, facial, practice yoga or whatever your baby gets flooded with peaceful, good hormones that help them take in nutrition and grow.

When I get a facial at Kavas, I actually go into a deeper relaxation than I do during a massage or even in yoga class. I don’t know what it is, whether it’s Lisa and I just feel very safe and or the sound of taken care of or it’s the sound of trickling water, but 5 minutes in, I am totally out. I am in a relaxation zone for the next hour, and my baby girl is blissed out as I am. She massages my face, hands and feet on top of the facial, and just as I was about to warn her to stay away from my ankles (there are reflexology points on the inside and outside of your ankles that can cause miscarriage in early pregnancy or pre-term labor in later pregnancy and in labor if massaged, they can speed up contractions or make them stronger), she told me that she would be giving me a calf massage instead of the normal foot massage. I was relieved and passed back out.
After my facial, I was checking out their products like usual. Don’t tell Peter, but I can’t seem to go in there without buying something. They have several lines of organic products that are fantastic. I was looking at an anti-cellulite cream and asked if the stuff really worked. I am getting cellulite ALL over my thighs, which I never had before. She told me that pregnancy cellulite really can be alleviated. The solution is to exfoliate with any exfoliating type product and massage your thighs in an upward motion towards the highest point of your inner thigh, where you lymph nodes are (they drain excess toxins and water). You can guess what I was doing that night! Hopefully it works!