If you are interested in learning how to make a body wrap that will help shed inches, tighten loose skin, and detoxify your body, then read on! I don’t like to “toot my own horn” but I like to think of myself as sort of a body wrap guru
But first…
Before you begin making a body wrap, there are some things you will need. Some of the things can be found around your house, while others will have to be purchased either online or at a local health store.
What You’ll Need to Make a Body Wrap:
You will need a number of things before you get started making your own body wrap.
Here is a list of exactly what you need:
Ingredients
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In order to make an effective home body wrap you will need a body wrap solution to apply to your skin before you wrap yourself. These ingredients are becoming easier and easier to find online and at local health food stores.
The best ingredients to start with are:
- Body wrap clay – Clay is a little messy, but if your goal is to lose inches then it is a must. There are different types of body wrap clay including dry mineral clay, sea clay, and seaweed mud clay.
- Herbal liquid – Herbal liquid formula is fantastic on it’s own to help improve the skin and detoxify the body. It can also be added to your clay to maximize the benefits of your body wrap.
- Liquid Aloe Vera – Pure Aloe Vera is a great for body detoxification, and is know for being extremely good for the skin. Aloe Vera liquid can be used alone, or added to your clay.
Important! Although you can combine all of these ingredient together to make a “super solution”, using only clay, herbal liquid or Aloe Vera alone will work fine for your body wraps.
Optionally, you can add some essential oils to your body wrap solution but that is optional. The body wrap ingredients that I sell have essential oils in them already, and you will find this quite common depending on where you shop.
Next, you will need some accessories to allow you to perform your wrap.
Accessories
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In addition to the ingredients, you will need some body wrap accessories in order to make your body wraps. Nothing too crazy here so don’t worry…
- Large pot to fill with boiling water
- Dry skin brush
- Robe and/or large blanket
- Body wrap bandages
- Access to a shower / bath
Optional Accessories:
Once you have your desired body wrap ingredients along with the accessories, you are ready to start your wrap!
Making Your Body Wrap: Step-By-Step Instructions
Now that you have everything you need to make your home body wrap, you can finally begin!
Step 1: Prepare your skin for the body wrap. The best way to do this is to use a dry skin brush to exfoliate. This will help open the pores in your skin allowing the body wrap ingredients to penetrate deeply.
Step 2: Fill a large pot with water and heat it. If you are using an herbal liquid body wrap solution or Aloe Very as opposed to clay, then you will actually use this pot to head the solution. If using a clay, then fill this pot with water.
Step 2 (if using clay based formula): Begin to apply the body wrap solution to your skin starting from your legs and working your way upwards.
Step 2 (if using liquid based formula): Dip your body wrapping bandages in your heated liquid solution allowing the formula to absorb into them.
Step 3: Begin to apply the wraps to your body, starting from the ankles upwards. Wrap slowly, making sure that the body wraps are tight, but not so tight that they hinder circulation.
Step 4: Find a warm relaxing place to sit for 45-60 minutes. The bathtub is a great place. Apply a robe, blanket, or wear a sauna suit and lie down and relax! Peaceful music and aroma therapy will help calm you.
Step 5: After 54-60 min, slowly remove the body wrap bandages. Be sure to move slowly as you might feel light headed at this point. Once the wrapping bandages are removed, you can take a warm shower or bath to remove the body wrap solution from your skin.
Step 6: Apply a post body wrap moisturizer to your skin after your shower or bath. This will make your skin feel silky smooth!
Let’s Wrap This Up…
Well there you have it… a step-by-step guide that explains how to make your own body wrap. I hope I’ve made things as clear as possible in this article. I am currently working on videos and pictures that will make things easier to understand, so stay tuned!
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Please post a comment below if you have any questions or need any clarifications.
I’d also really like to hear about your body wrap experiences, whether they were at the spa, or in your own home!
I am going to try this an an alternative to paying large amounts of money at SPAS for body wraps. I sure hope it works. I’ll keep you posted.
I’ve been inspired by your website to create my own concoction. i figured out a formula on my own and it works! yes girls, it an be done from home with A LOT of research and about $200. you’ll get about 15 wraps from this.
Wow- way to go! This is how I ended up coming up with my recipes. Lots of testing and experimentation, but the time spent is well worth it!
Thanks for posting your comment.
It helps to do a sea salt scrub then take a shower before the body wrap, I found it did a better job than the brush.
Thanks for the tip Donna!
i know this is gonna sound weird but i am a 24 year old male, names cody. i lost 30 lbs and have kept it off for 4 years now but i still have some cellulite around my lower abs “aka spare tire or fanny pack” that i CANNOT get rid of @ all. i have been searching over your website and i dont understand something about your body wrap guide. on this page here in your step 2 you mention heating a pot with water to “head the solution” but you dont explain what this means at all or how to apply it to the body wrap. i am new to body wraps and want to experiment with this concept. please elaborate here or email me with any tips.
The pot with hot water/formula is used to dip the actual body wrap in. Once you dip the wraps in the solution and it is absorbed, you apply the wraps to your body. Does this answer your question?
When i watched this done online, they soaked the bandages in the warm solutions as well as spreading all over?. Is that a requirement? Also, if the whole point of doing the body wrap is to remove toxins and water weight, why would i take a hot shower while my pores are open and then fill them back up with lotion? wouldn’t that soak the water weight right back in? My last question is, does my body gain back those inches after a few days, or is it a permanent weight loss?
Hi Kate,
There are a few options in terms of how to perform a body wrap treatment. The best in my opinion is to use both sea clay and herbal liquid. The sea clay is applied to your skin first. You then apply the wraps that have been soaking in the water/herbal liquid mixture.
As for a shower, hot would not be good but room temperature to warm is ok as long as it is short. This will help you rinse the sea clay off.
The lotion is fine but it has to consist of the right ingredients so that it does not clog the pores-so not all lotions would work.
The inch loss depends mostly on your lifestyle habits. If you eat unhealthy foods often and are not active, the inches may re-appear within days or weeks. However, if you exercise frequently and eat properly they should be gone permanently and you should continue to drop inches naturally.
With that being said, many people like to perform “maintenance” wraps for detoxification purposes once every 6 week or so, but that is personal preference.
Best,
Ella
I have a question; how much mineral powder and aloe vera needs to be used?
1-2 cups of clay, and 1/4 to 1/2 cup of an herbal liquid is enough for multiple treatments.
Best regards,
Ella
i was wondering if when you do the body wrap and loose weight does your face loose weight as well ?
Hi Karen,
You can lose inches from you neck if you wrap it like the rest of your body…
Best,
Ella
This is a great method and is significantly cheaper than going to a spa. I have tried this a few times recently and it is a great way to spend an early Saturday. It’s just like going to the spa except you get to the incredible relaxation and refreshment from home while working on the look of your body. It’s a great combination! I also found the aloe vera to be a very important component to my wrap and would highly recommend it. It has done great things for my skin because of the healing agents and detoxification it provides while leaving the skin silky smooth.
Thanks for the tip! I am definitely going to have my mom try this but with the sauna suit you recommended. I’ll let you know how it works out
Donna, what is a sea salt scrub ? I would like to follow the advice to do this prior to the wrap but can u clarify the steps of a sea salt scrub ? thanx in advance for replying – Donna or anyone
I really want to have a body wrap ever since, i believe that it can help me a lot based for what i read and advise of some great person. Just have one question, is there any pain in that body wrap?
Hi Kaye,
A body wrap should be a comfortable and relaxing treatment for everyone.
-Ella
What is the best post body moisture lotion to use…after your final shower…or what ingredients should I look for in my lotion to use that are good…what lotion should I absolutley not use.
Hi Danielle,
Essentially anything that will not block your pores will work.
Here is an example of some of the ingredients you will want to look out for:
- Algae Extract
- Carrageenan
- Hexadecyl Alcohol
- Isocetyl Stearate
- Isopropyl Isostearate
- Isopropyl Myristate
- Laureth 4
- Myristyl Myristate
- Octyl Stearate
- Oleth-3
- Potassium Chloride
- Red Algae
- Sodium Chloride (Salt)
- Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
- Wheat Germ Oil
Regards,
Ella
Can you keep wrap on all night, will that increase results?
Lillie,
We recommend splitting it in to 8 one hour treatments over the period of 4-6 weeks.
Regards,
Ella
I can not find a store in Clarksville tn that sells the clay! HELP
Laura,
Have you considered ordering it online? We sell a number of different clays, and another great online store is ‘From Nature With Love‘.
Regards,
Ella