Sensaria's Melissa Soete Says Brides Can Have Their Cake and a Foot Soak, Too!

SHELTON, Wash. -- Dim the lights. Light the candles. Slice the cake and pour the champagne. Welcome to today's bridal shower, where the bride and her friends are pampered with an at home Spa Experience complete with facials, salt scrubs and foot soaks.

"Rather than tea parties and games, today's modern bride - and her friends -- is looking for bridal shower alternatives that are fresh, new and distinctive," says lifestyle expert, Melissa Soete. "More and more women today are focused on a healthy-lifestyle and enjoy the pampering and self-care that spa treatments offer. A Spa Experience Bridal Shower - held in a private home -- is the perfect solution to showering the bride with a unique, pampering experience that she'll remember for a lifetime. In addition," says Soete, who is president of Sensaria Natural Bodycare, "an in-home Spa Experience Bridal Shower is a great way to offer the benefits of the spa without the heavy price-tag."

Here are a few of Melissa Soete's ideas to get you started on hosting your own Spa Experience Bridal Shower for your pampered bride:

Spa-vitations:

Create your own invitations - "Melissa's Day Spa Cordially Invites You to Join Me in Pampering Judy Smith - See you at my House - oops, my spa."

Be sure to advise what to wear: "Flip flops and bathrobes only, please!"

Advise what to bring: "A basketful of your favorite spa-grade products as a gift for the bride." Or, "your favorite pink nail polish - there will be a 'judging of the pink' directly following our facials."

Set the stage...Ignite the Senses:

Light the candles. Fill glass bowls with natural stones and the bride's favorite flowers. Select her favorite music. Fill individual plastic foot soak tubs with bubble bath and a drop or two of aromatherapy oil. Chilled champagne or sparkling water go perfectly with a soothing foot soak.

Create a Spa Experience Beauty Bar:

Set out your favorite spa-grade products or have your guests bring along their own. Choices might include nourishing cleansers, glistening salt scrubs, clay masks, freshening mists, botanical moisturizers and hydrating body butters. Have on hand plenty of clean towels.

Nurture and Pamper 

Enjoy giving one another nurturing spa treatments while you sit back and relax, sip your champagne, share your favorite memories, and experience the special healing touch that the hand of friendship gives.

Melissa Soete is president of Sensaria Natural Bodycare, the premier direct seller of naturally-based products formulated to enhance health, wholeness and individual beauty.

A guest on news and talk shows and a source for reporters, lifestyle and beauty expert Melissa Soete is available for interviews to address the importance of self-care and daily nurturing rituals that promote health, wholeness and individual beauty.