The rituals of the hammam and the sauna
To relax and get away from it all, steam and sauna offer real parentheses without the need to travel. In a bag, plan for mules, a mono-kin for those who do not like to be totally naked and your beauty products - then fly away!
The time to devote, for a good hammam session is an afternoon. You will go from one room to another, the hottest where you will not exceed the 15 or 20 minutes, the average where temperatures reach 50 ° C, the first where it is good to enjoy the wet steam. In between, fresh showers help firm the skin and boost blood circulation.
For a sauna, you can count three cycles of up to 10 minutes, with intermediate break times of about twenty minutes during which you lower the body temperature with a cool shower.
Cares that you can receive or perform yourself during a hammam session and sauna always start with a hot shower, hygiene issue first and preparation of the body.
In a hammam, beauticians offer relaxing massages (often with several hands), scrubs with Moroccan glove and black soap with exfoliating and moisturizing properties, masks with oriental natural products (purifying rose water for the face, moisturizing shea and protective for the skin, rhassoul astringent and softening for the hair) and waxing with oriental wax. All treatments are performed after sweating in the hottest room. If the pores of your skin are not open enough, the beautician will send you sweat a little!
In the sauna, you will not find a beautician but you can enjoy the benefits of heat to offer a scrub to your skin or request a massage if the spa is part of an institute. The basic care of the sauna is to alternate the hot shower, the dry heat bath, the cool shower (or the cold bath at 17 ° C) and the rest.
After a hammam or sauna, enjoy your state of well-being and relaxation to have a calm end of the day.
Our advice
Remember to hydrate abundantly during a session of steam room as sauna because sweating and elimination of toxins cause significant water loss.
The time to devote, for a good hammam session is an afternoon. You will go from one room to another, the hottest where you will not exceed the 15 or 20 minutes, the average where temperatures reach 50 ° C, the first where it is good to enjoy the wet steam. In between, fresh showers help firm the skin and boost blood circulation.
For a sauna, you can count three cycles of up to 10 minutes, with intermediate break times of about twenty minutes during which you lower the body temperature with a cool shower.
Cares that you can receive or perform yourself during a hammam session and sauna always start with a hot shower, hygiene issue first and preparation of the body.
In a hammam, beauticians offer relaxing massages (often with several hands), scrubs with Moroccan glove and black soap with exfoliating and moisturizing properties, masks with oriental natural products (purifying rose water for the face, moisturizing shea and protective for the skin, rhassoul astringent and softening for the hair) and waxing with oriental wax. All treatments are performed after sweating in the hottest room. If the pores of your skin are not open enough, the beautician will send you sweat a little!
In the sauna, you will not find a beautician but you can enjoy the benefits of heat to offer a scrub to your skin or request a massage if the spa is part of an institute. The basic care of the sauna is to alternate the hot shower, the dry heat bath, the cool shower (or the cold bath at 17 ° C) and the rest.
After a hammam or sauna, enjoy your state of well-being and relaxation to have a calm end of the day.
Our advice
Remember to hydrate abundantly during a session of steam room as sauna because sweating and elimination of toxins cause significant water loss.
