According to industry experts, body wraps can transform a traditional tanning and nail salon into a highly profitable multi-service tanning and day spa facility. And, in some cases, it may be only a matter of months before a body wrap business is generating as much income as the tanning business. In addition, by providing body wrap services, salons steadily can increase their year-round profitability.
Weight loss is one of the most talked-about, researched and fretted-over issues in the world. It’s important to tanning salons because appearance, weight loss and tans all are feathers from the same bird, and it’s a main reason why body wraps quickly are becoming a popular service option. The unique service produces therapeutic and cosmetic benefits by cleansing the body of toxins and reducing inches. Body wraps can be added to a salon’s menu of services and provide a great way for a customer to improve, tone and tighten the look and texture of his or her skin.
Expanding services at the salon creates excitement that clients will share with their friends. News spreads fast for services that actually work, and quick weight loss or size loss is prime conversation material for any gathering.
Body wraps date back to ancient Egypt; however, the concept of using body wraps for inch loss and body contouring has been around for about 25 years. They first came into the public’s eye in the 1970s when Phil Donahue featured a series of demonstrations on his daytime talk show. Today, body wraps are one of the hottest beauty trends and an ideal complement to the "look good, feel great" tanning industry.
There are basically three types of body wraps, each with slightly different functions. Aloe wraps and mineral wraps are geared mainly toward moisturizing and conditioning the skin, while clay wraps are intended more for the quick withdrawal of impurities from the skin.
Experts say with each treatment, the customer can expect to lose a total of four to 15 inches from measurements taken at different places on the body. With these body wraps, the loss only will be from where the fat is. This is an internal toxin cleanse that will be flushed through the lymphatic system by drinking water.
In general, body wraps work on the lymphatic system to rid the body of toxins and impurities that have been introduced into the body through forms of pollutants. The circulatory and lymphatic systems then carry blood and lymph through the body. The lymph fluid is moved by the same mechanisms in the body that return blood to the heart.
