RECREATING THE MOROCCAN HAMMAM RITUAL AT HOME
The Hammam, or community bathhouse, is central to Moroccan life. Men, women and children visit their local Hammam at least once a week and spend two or three hours relaxing with friends while ritually massaging, scrubbing and cleansing themselves until their skin glows.
In the gender-segregated bathhouses, women can relax completely while bonding with their sisters, cousins, daughters, mothers and friends and helping each other with the ritual of soaking, scrubbing and rejuvenating.
If you want to re-create the Hammam ritual for yourself or a spa party of your close friends, you will first need traditional Atlas Beldi soap and an exfoliating glove.
First have a relaxing soak in a hot bath. When you come out, cover yourself in Atlas Beldi soap and let it penetrate your pores while you relax, listen to music, talk and release all stress.
In the Hammam, after you wash off all of the black soap, your mother or sister, or the Hammam attendants do the hard part of exfoliating your skin. This intensive scrubbing treatment is also common in East Asian countries and is excellent for stress relief, lymphatic circulation and fresh, glowing skin.
To give this treatment to yourself, start with your arms, scrubbing vigorously until you see dead skin cells coming off. Scrub every inch of your arms, including the underarm, then move on to your legs, feet, torso, neck, shoulders and face. If you are doing this right, it will feel intense but invigorating. The quantity of dead skin cells that this scrubbing produces will astound you, but this is normal and leaves your skin delightfully soft and clean.
After showering off the dead skin, you can pamper your fresh, glowing skin with an application of Argan Oil.
The ritual of bathing and relaxing with friends, and the vigorous scrubbing of your entire body combine to leave you feeling completely relaxed, bonded and on top of the world. It is something that Westerners, with our packed schedules and stressful lives, could definitely use more of!
In the gender-segregated bathhouses, women can relax completely while bonding with their sisters, cousins, daughters, mothers and friends and helping each other with the ritual of soaking, scrubbing and rejuvenating.
If you want to re-create the Hammam ritual for yourself or a spa party of your close friends, you will first need traditional Atlas Beldi soap and an exfoliating glove.
First have a relaxing soak in a hot bath. When you come out, cover yourself in Atlas Beldi soap and let it penetrate your pores while you relax, listen to music, talk and release all stress.
In the Hammam, after you wash off all of the black soap, your mother or sister, or the Hammam attendants do the hard part of exfoliating your skin. This intensive scrubbing treatment is also common in East Asian countries and is excellent for stress relief, lymphatic circulation and fresh, glowing skin.
To give this treatment to yourself, start with your arms, scrubbing vigorously until you see dead skin cells coming off. Scrub every inch of your arms, including the underarm, then move on to your legs, feet, torso, neck, shoulders and face. If you are doing this right, it will feel intense but invigorating. The quantity of dead skin cells that this scrubbing produces will astound you, but this is normal and leaves your skin delightfully soft and clean.
After showering off the dead skin, you can pamper your fresh, glowing skin with an application of Argan Oil.
The ritual of bathing and relaxing with friends, and the vigorous scrubbing of your entire body combine to leave you feeling completely relaxed, bonded and on top of the world. It is something that Westerners, with our packed schedules and stressful lives, could definitely use more of!
モロッコのハマムをご家庭で楽しんでみませんか
ハマムとは浴槽のない公衆浴場の呼称であり、モロッコの生活には欠かせないものです。男女を問わず、子供から大人まで週1回程度は通います。そこではおしゃべりをしながら背中を流し合ったりして2、3時間を過ごすのですが、ハマムは男女に分かれおり、女性たちはゆっくり身体を温めてみんなでアカスリやマッサージをし合います。
このようなハマムの習慣はモロッコ特有の石鹸とアカスリが欠かせませんが、アルガンフローラの製品を使うことでご家庭でも楽しむことができます。
まず、お風呂で体を温めます。次にアトラスソープかローズソープを体にぬったら5分から10分程そのままリラックスして下さい。モロッコのハマムではアカスリをしてくれる人がいてミトンを使った痛いほどのマッサージで全身の古い角質を取ってくれます。ご家庭でアカスリをする場合は、まず腕から始めミトンで古い角質が落ちるまで擦ります。次に足、腹部、胸部、首、肩の順に擦ります。少々の痛みはありますが、古い皮膚が落ちるとツルツルのお肌になります。最後に、シャワーで石鹸と垢を落としてからアルガンオイルやアルガンシアバターでお肌をマッサージして下さい。
このようなハマムの習慣はモロッコ特有の石鹸とアカスリが欠かせませんが、アルガンフローラの製品を使うことでご家庭でも楽しむことができます。
まず、お風呂で体を温めます。次にアトラスソープかローズソープを体にぬったら5分から10分程そのままリラックスして下さい。モロッコのハマムではアカスリをしてくれる人がいてミトンを使った痛いほどのマッサージで全身の古い角質を取ってくれます。ご家庭でアカスリをする場合は、まず腕から始めミトンで古い角質が落ちるまで擦ります。次に足、腹部、胸部、首、肩の順に擦ります。少々の痛みはありますが、古い皮膚が落ちるとツルツルのお肌になります。最後に、シャワーで石鹸と垢を落としてからアルガンオイルやアルガンシアバターでお肌をマッサージして下さい。