Caviar Among Hot Beauty Treatments

Beautification is big business these days. Anti-aging, detoxifying and cleansing being some of the top buzz words in an industry that is booming with new trends and treatments.

At the Spa At Norwich Inn, they offer an unusual treatment, in the form of a caviar facial.
Betty Loiacono, the spa director, said, “It sounds like luxury and it’s really very funny because it is basic nature taking place right in our treatment room.”

But we’re not talking fish eggs on your face — it’s caviar extract.

“It’s very highly nourishing, it’s very replenishing,” Loiacono said. “It goes into the skin and body receives it really well so it begins to fight the signs of aging.”

If you prefer bubbly to beluga, the champagne facial may be for you.

But champagne and caviar don’t come cheap, at $110 and $225 respectively.

Ami Beach founded the Colonic Institute of West Hartford seven years ago with a focus on cleansing the colon and the body.

“Essentially by using warm filtered water we are able to pull out the toxins,” she said. “If we are cleansing from the inside our bodies, our skin our eyes everything will start functioning better and we’re actually going to add years to our lives, make ourselves more vibrant, more youthful.”

There’s also Biomat treatments, which are FDA-approved procedure that involves lying on a bed filled with crushed amethyst.

Jocelyn Colombe, an architectural health and wealth designer, said when heated, the biomat sends out negative ions that open up cells and infrared rays then flush the toxins out.

The treatment starts at $60 for a 30-minute session.