Cheap is the new black--Have a spa night at home!

One of my favorite pastimes with my single gal pals is spa night. I started back when I lived in the dorms, and my wingmates and I would host spa nights in our big community bathrooms. (which worked great for making a steamroom out of a fourstall shower!) Anyway, tonight Good Girl and roomie will detoxify our pores, exfoliate our feet, and moisturize from head to toe. I'm fairly certain that when I do marry someday, spa nights will not be something in which my husband will want to partake. So I relish this particular activity because I know that in the future it will occur less often.

If you want to do your own spa night, which by the way will save you a hundred dollars compared to going to the salon, you will need a selection of your favorite facial scrubs and masks, foot scrub, pumice, nail file, and your favorite nail colors. I like to start with a deep cleansing treatment (my favorites are Estee Lauder Idealist Dual Action Treatment or Clinique Deep Cleansing Emergency Mask) While that treatment is doing it's job on your face for about ten minutes, I soak my feet in a warm bath and start scrubbing with my pumice and salt scrub(If you don't have any scrub, make your own with coarse sea salt and olive oil). After pumicing your feet, apply foot lotion (I recommend Origins Reinventing the Heel) and let it absorb while you remove your facial mask. I personally like to follow my deep cleansing facial with a moisturizing creme mask (such as Estee Lauder Resilience Lift Extreme Mask or Origins Drink Up Mask) to get a range of benefits that complement each other and let that set while I paint my toes. While painting your toes is a good opportunity to multi-task your entertainment so feel free to pop in a movie, turn up the music, or break out the magazines.

So there you have it, Good Girl's basic spa night. In case you are one of those women who has never tried to do your own beauty treatments, I think you'll find it's still fun and pampering but you'll pay a fraction of salon costs (the first time you buy all the products, it will probably cost you what one salon trip costs but you get to use them for many months to come). And if you haven't already heard cheap is the new black.