The Beauty of Blackberries

By: Cathy Christensen

Posted: March 26, 2010, from the April 2010 issue of Skin Inc. magazine.

Sidebars

• Quick Facts: Blackberries
• Recipe: Grilled Zucchini with Blackberry Compote
• Treatment How-to: Blackberry Mist Body Treatment

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The Blackberry Juniper Chamomile Scrub, an exfoliating scrub that stars the vitamin C content of blackberries—Elaia in the Hyatt at Olive 8, Seattle;

The Blackberry Signature Massage, which uses warmed, custom-made blackberry oil—Blackberry Spa at The Inn at Berry Hill, South Boston, Virginia;

The Linden Ritual, including a body wrap made of blackberry leaves, linden flowers, black birch, sage, eucalyptus and rosemary—Linden Spa at The Inn at Perry Cabin, St. Michaels, Maryland;

The Galiano Blackberry Experience, featuring a one-hour blackberry vinotherapy massage—Madrona del Mar Spa at Galiano Oceanfront Inn and Spa, Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada;

The Blackberry Retreat is a reflexology-based hand treatment using a blackberry salt exfoliation and blackberry vanilla body butter—Springs Eternal Spa at Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania;