I was sitting pretty at the immaculate, stunning Peninsula Chicago Spa about to received a Salt and Oil Body Scrub ($90). Beth, my soft-spoken body therapist, asked me, "Do you want to feel relaxed, energized, or detoxed?" I paused. "Um, all the above?" No go, she said. So I chose energized.
That meant for the next half hour she would be scrubbing light blue salt into the crevices of my body — and there are many — to detox my skin. Leaving the spa, I didn't necessarily feel amped up so much as . . . clean. Dead skin went bye-bye, and I was tingly in a unexpected, exposed way. Though my skin felt a little sensitive for the next few days and I needed to heavily lotion up my arms and legs, I could still see the service being a once-in-a-while treat — especially if it were balanced by a hydrating massage. (Hint hint, wifey.)
