Beauty Secrets of the Spas

Spa Secret
Protect extra-dry lips with lip and eye products for 24-hour moisture.

• Give your mouth TLC "To moisturize the thin, delicate skin on the lips, I advise my clients.who ski in extremely cold, dry air.to smooth an eye cream onto their pout and leave it on overnight," says Jenni Kading, lead aesthetician at the Remede Spa at the St. Regis Aspen Resort in Aspen, Colorado (stregis.com/aspen), where rooms start at $845 a night. We like Biore Skin Preservation See the Future Fortifying Eye Cream ($15; at drugstores), which contains skinquenching ceramides. For day opt for a balm, like June Jacobs Lip Renewal ($24; junejacobs.com), with ultra-soothing vitamin E.

Spa Secret
Rub out roughness on your elbows, knees, and cuticles with all-natural ingredients.

• Lube up your limbs "Pure jojoba oil is a close match to human sebum, so it makes an ideal moisturizer for dry skin—especially areas like the legs and elbows, which produce very little natural oil," says Thuyen Nguyen, creative director and lead managing therapist at the Asian-inspired Shibui Spa in New York City's Greenwich Hotel (thegreenwichhotel.com), where suites cost upward of $550 a night. Since jojoba oil is very concentrated, knead only a few drops into damp skin to keep it soft and supple all day long.



• Give your hands a hand “Mix up a gently sloughing scrub using turbinado sugar blended with enough oil [soybean and coconut work well] to make a paste,” says Nguyen. “Massage it into your hands and cuticles to shed dead, rough skin. Then, in a small bowl, mix equal amounts of the oil you’ve selected and raw honey. Spread the concoction all over your hands and cuticles, slip on gloves, and allow the mixture to sink in for 20 minutes before rinsing it off.”