The Great Escape: An Hour of Beauty with Belle Organic

Editor's Note:  Every once in awhile, with any luck, parents get a quick opportunity to have some well-deserved “me” time or even "us" time. It’s your time. Take it.

Each week, we’ll tell you about a great idea for that time off that will make your life a little easier, maybe a whole lot easier. If you have a suggestion for other “great escapes” for local hard working parents, email them to Laura.Tayman@patch.com.

Look, we are moms. We get the groceries, pay the bills, chauffer the kids, and clean the bathrooms. For the most part, not a luxurious existence. But every once in a while there comes an opportunity where we are free, nothing on the calendar, for an hour or two.

For many of us, we think of our other family members at this moment, what we can do for them. Every once and a while, we should think of ourselves, treat ourselves to something different, unique, relaxing.

Now there is a new offering at Big Vanilla in Arnold that doesn’t involve extending any more energy than you already do. Whether a member or not, the new Belle Organic Skin Care housed in the gym offers facials, body treatments, and waxing for preventive health and self-care.

These services, provided by esthetician Arabelle Minard-Le, use a natural approach to skin health. This includes the use of skin care products that are organic and natural (free of harmful chemicals).

Whether you are worried about aging skin spots, acne or sun damage, each treatment is customized to the needs of your skin.

Offerings include:

• Organic Facials;
• Organic Back Treatments (cleansing, exfoliation, extractions, massage, and a masque);
• High Frequency Treatment (infusing oxygen into the skin to kill off the bacteria that causes acne);
• Four or Three Step Eye Treatment (exfoliating, hydrating, calming and targeting dark circles, fine lines, and dryness);
• Three Step Lip Treatment (erasing dryness, refining the lip area, stimulating lip-plumping collagen);
• Infrared Hand Mitts combined with ultra-hydrating hand crème (de-stressing tired hands and/or arthritis);
• Mango Enzyme Body Wrap (purifying and hydrating body wrap for all skin types to exfoliate, lighten pigmentation, and reduce the signs of aging); and
• Sugar Scrub (exfoliating skin with raw sugar cane to increase circulation).

Services are available by appointment only on Tues. and Thurs., 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.; Wed – Fri, 4 p.m. – 8 p.m.; and Sat., 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. For more information, call 410-231-3235 (410-231-3BEL).

Could you be doing something else more “productive” during your “free” time? Of course. But a happy mom means a happier family. And a beautiful mom fosters enough energy to make it through another week!