Just In Time For Spring/Summer…
ISS Introduces Some Enticing Spa Recipes & Tips To Reduce Cellulite

It’s summer and once again you wish you had some magic trick to get rid of unsightly dimples better known as cellulite. Well, you are not alone. Statistics say nine out of ten women have cellulite. Between the skin and muscle, fat is held together by collagen fibers. With age, gravity pulls down and creates a pressure that causes fibers to swell with fat and fluid. This action manifests as cellulite which affects mostly women. Marlene Katz, the founder of Intelligent Skin Sense (“ISS”) has done extensive research on this and developed some great products to help reduce cellulite and easy homemade recipes & tips. Products include Diva Soak (SRP: $25), Micro-Manage Kit (SRP: $50), Cellaction Contour Gel (SRP $46), Cellaction Cleansing Tea (SRP: $13) sold at specialty boutiques and spas and online at www.intelligentskinsense.com.

Home spa tips and recipes from Marlene Katz

Tip 1: Bathe and Shower
Ruins of ancient beauty baths are reminiscent of the now popular healing water therapies found in spas across the world. Using water to renew the body is easy to do at home. Just fill your tub with warm to hot water, add in a cup of Epsom salts and bathe until you work up a sweat. Then jump into the shower for a cool rinse or wash your body down with a washcloth dipped in cool water from the faucet. This is what holistic therapists call “contrast therapy”. The benefit of bathing is the thermal effect, which stimulates production of the anti-stress hormone. A cold rinse after the warm bath stimulates blood flow and the lymphatic system.

ISS bath pick: Diva Soak astringent minerals and herbs induce perspiration to release toxins.

Tip 2: Exfoliate
Use a towel to exfoliate dead skin cells and invigorate the skin. Take the opposite corners of a bath towel and hold firmly in your hands. Use the middle section of the towel to sweep back and forth on the skin. Work the body on the front and back beginning at the ankles up to the chest. Exfoliation removes dead skin cells and helps to further enhance your circulation.

ISS exfoliation pick: Micro-Manage Home spa micro-buffing kit: Includes a brush, Microdermabrasion exfoliation cream and a soothing skin gel masque.

Tip 3: Reduce Cellulite Naturally
Your skin, the largest organ, is a reflection of how well your inner organs are functioning. Skin flare-ups like rashes, acne, and cellulite are indications of imbalances in the body.

When inflammation occurs in our body it is a sign that the inner plumbing system is clogged. The kidneys and liver are the body’s filters. Too much fluid can cause swelling in the connective tissue. Toxins that normally are eliminated by our lymphatic system accumulate when the system slows down. It is not uncommon for women to see a redistribution of fatty cells that show up mainly in the abdomen, hips and buttock area. While exercise and diet help to tone the skin, the skin needs to be stimulated from the outside to break down fatty deposits as well. You can massage the skin by using a natural bristle brush and lightly brushing dry skin from the ankles up to the abdomen and continuing on the buttocks and back area. It is also good to use a cellulite gel to massage the skin in a similar fashion as if kneading bread.

ISS Pick: Cellaction Contour Gel
Cellaction Contour Gel’s key ingredients blend invigorating botanicals to enhance circulation such as Guarana, Rosemary, and Butchers Broom Extract. Guarana, a small shrub in Brazil, slowly releases a form of caffeine that aids the body to produce its own heat to help metabolic function. A patented ingredient Pronalen™ Anticellulite HSC* complex of plant origin treats cellulite with iodinated plant glycoproteins. In a vivo ultrasound study participants using a cream containing Pronalen™ at 10%, showed reduction in appearance of cellulite in three weeks.

4. Working from the Inside Out-Spa Recipes
It’s often said you are what you eat and this is absolutely true! Food offers vital nutrients that the body needs. Our choices are to fuel our body with healthy foods or fill it up with toxins. Many delicious fruits and vegetables help to purify and cleanse these vital organs. Cucumbers are great for the kidney area. Chlorophyll rich greens like dandelion and arugula are wonderful for the liver. There are many recipes that not only taste great, but help the body to function more efficiently. Eating foods that nourish the body will reduce inflammation and cellulite. Here are some of my favorite age rebelling concoctions that take 15 minutes or less to prepare. Recipes: Citrus Zing Juice, White Cucumber and Grape Cold Soup and Pine Nut and Arugula Salad.

ISS Pick: To make summer iced tea try Intelligent Skin Sense’s Cellaction Cleansing Spa-T. This delicious blend is made with peppermint, rose hips, hibiscus flowers, lemon and orange peel. Help with water retention and acts as a natural diuretic. Add a slice of orange and lemon.

For further information, please visit www.intelligentskinsense.com or e-mail mk@intelligentskinsense.com Marlene Katz, President and Founder of the ISS Intelligent Skin Sense product line, is a pioneer in the spa industry, having launched one of the first NYC day spas in 1983, Feline. She then went on to continue her studies in paramedical esthetics where she became an expert in lymphatic and electronic facial treatments. She contributed to product development work in Texas and later on opened Intelligent Skin Spa in Westport, CT in 2005 before launching her own product line, ISS H202 series in 2007. Committed to the best products with the most efficacious results, Marlene still personally develops and oversees production for all ISS products. You would think that after 25 years in the spa industry, Marlene Katz would want some time off for a much needed break. Turns out, she’s just getting cookin’, and how appropriate considering her latest project to date is a lifestyle book on spa living at home titled “Age Rebel”.

Marlene’s New Blog - http://www.agerebel.blogspot.com/