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How to do a Moroccan bath at home?

Posted on January 3, 2023April 8, 2023 by GG Salonuae

Visiting the Moroccan Bath is a weekly routine for most health and beauty-conscious people across the Middle East. The wellness beauty treatments of hammams hold high appeal among men and women. Women who visit the ladies beauty salon regularly now ensure that the salon offers spa treatment in the Moroccan style along with traditional beauty treatments. The time spent at the Hammams will simply take you to another world as your body and soul undergoes a cleansing process most naturally. After the session, you will feel completely relaxed and clean with a stress-free mind.

Visiting the Moroccan bath in Abu Dhabi is on the bucket list of every visitor to the Emirates. However, to experience the age-old beauty treatment near your home, you must go to a beauty salon that provides services in Moroccan Bath. Yet, if you still feel that visiting the salon is difficult for you or not to your liking, then you can set up a Moroccan bath at home.

Get the cleansing products and accessories first

To set enjoy the Moroccan-style beauty ritual at home you must first get the original ingredients and products necessary for the sessions. The treatment covers your body from head to toe and includes hair treatment, too. You will need the traditional black Morocco soap which is a jelly-like substance, a Ghassoul clay mask mixed with rose water and better known as Moroccan Ghassoul, and argan oil to pamper your body with a special oil massage. The Kessa Hammam glove is the only accessory that you will need for exfoliation and skin cleansing.

Here we go with the seven-step process of Moroccan beauty treatment at home.

Hair treatment with argan oil

Before you expose your body to steam, which is what the Moroccan bath is all about, you must take proper care of your hair by treating it with premium Moroccan argan oil for nourishment. Apply the oil to your hair and leave it for a few hours while covering your head with a lukewarm towel. The oil ensures deep nourishment for all kinds of hair. Leaving the hair soaked in oil for a few hours ensure its deep penetration into the hair and scalp. Using a heat cap works better than a warm towel.

Prepare your bathroom for a steamy experience

While allowing time for hair nourishment, you can start preparing the bathing environment. You must aim for getting maximum steam available in your shower. Allowing the hot water to flow for 2-3 minutes will make the shower ready to emit steam. For making your hammam experience more enjoyable, add a few drops of essential oil to a napkin and leave it in the open for diffusion aided by water and steam.

Cover your body and face with black Moroccan soap

Soon after the shower is ready to generate steam that smells amazing, get under the warm water coming out from the shower. Soak your body in warm water for 2-3 minutes to help open up your skin pores. Once completely drenched, apply black Moroccan soap all over your body and face. The soap is a dark paste of dried plants and olive peels that starts foaming like soap on coming in contact with the skin. Your skin is now ready for the exfoliation process.

Apply a deep conditioner to your hair

Give some time for the black soap to, penetrate your skin and meanwhile clean your hair of the oil by using a gentle shampoo that cleans the scalp too. After cleaning the hair, apply a deep conditioner.

Scrub to exfoliate

Wear the Moroccan Kessa glove on your hand and start scrubbing your body to start the exfoliation process for removing dead skin cells. A gentle Kessa glove is suitable for most people but chooses the glove according to your skin sensitivity.

Ghoul Mask application

After rinsing your skin with warm water, apply the Ghoussal clay mask mixed with rose water all over your body and face. Leave it for 5-10 minutes and then rinse it with water. The softness of your skin will leave you amazed.

After properly rinsing your body and hair, wipe it completely dry with a towel and apply argan oil on your body while gently massaging the entire body that glows in the effects of the exclusive bath you just completed.

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How to prep for a Moroccan bath: step by step guide

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What do I need to do?

Hammam which means bath house is the traditional name of the Moroccan Bath ,which is highly popular across the Arab world. These Spa wellness centers are the ideal weekend spots. They are frequented by the urban population in search of luxurious relaxation that aids overall wellness and well-being.

Spending about an hour at the Spa salon, leaves you completely rejuvenated. Your body goes through a detoxification process that eliminates physical and mental stress.
Every session leaves you fresh as a lily, ready to enjoy life with renewed vigor. Those who prioritize self-care visit the spa clinics regularly. Spas are good for pampering your body and enjoy the accompanying therapeutic benefits along with skin care.

Tourist guides encourage their guests to visit a Moroccan bath in Abu Dhabi for an exclusive and authentic experience of a lifetime.

What’s inside a Moroccan Bath?
Any moroccan bath in abu dhabi includes Spa and body massage by trained therapists ensuring complete relaxation of the body and mind. Women can avail of the Spa services in any ladies beauty salon.

The salon has special rooms that offer the best Moroccan Bath experience while exposing the body to steam followed by soaking and scrubbing.

You come out sparkling clean, both physically and mentally. A Moroccan bath in Abu Dhabi is not only a wellness center but also a place for socializing for the local population. However, such an opportunity of socializing is available only in the local hammams.

However, tourists must visit some tourist hammams that have special arrangements to offer an exclusive Spa experience.
If you are visiting a Moroccan bath in Abu Dhabi for the first time, then you need to know about the prep process. The knowledge should help to maximize the enjoyment and derive the best experience.

Prepping steps:

1- Do not apply any sort of makeup or any creams on your face
2-Do not have your hair done or add any masks/treatment on the day of your Hammam
3-Wear easy comfortable clothing: You will change your clothes there so wear something comfy
4-Make sure you are not sensitive to any of the products that will be used
5-Drink 2 cups of water before your appointment

Set the right expectations
Moroccan bath is special because it originates from ancient Moroccan culture that highlighted the need for maintaining the cleanliness of body and mind before engaging in any religious ritual.

The vision has undergone a sea change over time. Today, the Moroccan bath is part of health, wellness, and beauty treatment packages.
The traditional bath spa treatment and massage that gained global popularity offers a wide range of health and healing benefits besides promoting skin care.

Today, bathing sessions are part of beauty treatments as it exfoliates the skin and removes dead
skin cells while flushing out toxins from the body through the cleansed pores of the skin.
Preparing for the hammam experience

Once inside the hammam, get ready to undress. Separate changing rooms are available for men and women. Men can get down to their underwear, boxers, or swim shorts while women can dress in bikini bottoms, and underwear or remain completely nude. Now, you are ready for the session and arrive at the room as directed by the therapist of the salon ready to lie down on the scrub-down table or a bathtub, depending on the setting of the salon.

You are now ready for the session.

Going through the session
Step-1 – As you lie down on the table completely relaxed, the therapist starts applying the black Moroccan soap and covers the entire body from head to toe. The soap is a mixture of olive oil and natural soap. Lie down for about 5 minutes or slightly more in that state after which the therapist washes away the soap layer with warm water.
Step 2 – The therapist begins the exfoliation process by scrubbing your body while wearing a special pair of soft gloves or kees that have an abrasive surface similar to soft sandpaper. The process removes dead skin cells effectively.

Step 3 – On completing the exfoliation process, the therapist rinses your body thoroughly including hair shampoo. The therapist then applies a typical Moroccan clay product, a mixture of clay and rose water, to smother your body, face, and hair and facilitate deep cleaning.

Your skin and hair turn soft, supple, and shiny after rinsing the clay mask with warm water.
Insights gained from the above should make you ready to experience the Moroccan Bath. However, be careful not to carry anything valuable to the beauty salon as leaving these in the changing room might be risky, despite an attendant keeping watch.

If you want to know what is a Moroccan bath you can check our dedicated article about that

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Best Moroccan Bath In Abu Dhabi: Is It Worth Trying?

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All you need to know about Moroccan Hammam

When traveling across the Middle East you will come across the term hammam quite often and in Abu Dhabi, you would hear more about Moroccan Hammam or Moroccan bath. Hammam in Arabic means bath and the name of the place usually remain tied to it. Some call it the Turkish bath while many others call it the Moroccan bath that has its roots in the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. There are so many salons for the best Moroccan bath in Abu Dhabi.

The history of Moroccan hammams

The Moroccan hammams of bathhouses draw inspiration from the bathhouses created during the Roman Empire more than 2,000 years ago. The Roman rule in North Africa during ancient times left its imprints on Moroccan culture and the remnants of Roman architecture are still visible in various parts of Morocco. The Moroccan Bath is the most glaring example of the Roman influence that persists even today.

The Moroccan hammams, meant for the purification of the body and soul, were usually located close to the mosques to allow visitors to the mosques to have a bath before offering prayers to the Almighty. These baths had vaults, domed ceilings, and tiled rooms of varying temperatures for visitors to perform their rituals.

The lack of bathing rooms in traditional Moroccan houses drove more and more people to the hammams and soon it became a weekly ritual among the Moroccan population. Water being an important symbol of cleanliness and purity in Islamic culture, the popularity of the hammams grew rapidly.

The health benefits of Moroccan bath

Steam baths provide several health benefits. Soaking the body in steam for some time relieves aches and body pain besides exfoliating the skin by removing the dead skin cells, rejuvenating and softening the skin. It aids in muscle relaxation and eliminates stiffness and muscle knots. The heated stem reduces the body’s water retention and improves immunity. Steam exposure opens up the pores of the skin and allows the toxins to escape while refreshing the body. The soothing and relaxing experience resulting from improved blood circulation helps in relieving stress and improves emotional wellness.

Beautification benefits

The Moroccan bath session which usually lasts from 30 minutes to an hour makes use of various ingredients rich in minerals and essential vitamins that help to maintain healthy skin. The body’s exposure to steam for an extended time results in automatic scrubbing of the skin that opens up the pores and removes the dead skin cells. Toxins escape through the pores and refresh the body besides controlling oil secretions that heal acne, and remove scar marks and the skin on the body and face becomes smoother and glowing. The benefits are much similar to the spa treatments offered in a ladies beauty salon.

The steps involved in each session

Therapists accompany the guests in modern Moroccan baths to help them get the best treatment.

The first step of about 5 minutes involves exposing the body to steam that helps in cleaning the skin and opening the pores to make the body ready for treatment.
The therapist then pours warm water on the skin and after applying black jelly-like Moroccan soap leaves the client for 10-15 minutes.
After proper cleaning, the therapist washes away the soap with warm water and starts massaging the skin in circular and linear motion while wearing exfoliating gloves.
Finally, a complete body washes with warm water removes all dead skin cells, residual soap, and oil. To moisturize and protect the skin, the therapist applies a full-body mask

Moroccan bath is a must-have experience for tourists who want to pamper their bodies with the spa treatment in grand Moroccan style. Like any other spa, the bath provides an amazing relaxing experience while cleansing the skin and softening it but any beauty salon that offers the service ensures a great experience for the clients. During your hectic time in the desert city, a session at a Moroccan bath is extremely refreshing and a quick way to clean your body and mind from deep within. At the end of the session, not only do you have a clean body free from toxins but also the mind is happy as the stress you had to endure before the session is all gone. You leave the salon feeling fresh relaxed and refreshed in the shortest possible time which perfectly suits your fast-paced lifestyle.

If you are interested, you can check our:
– what is a moroccan bath Article
-Our hammam services: We offer a moroccan bath in abu dhabi

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