In order to get the absolute BEST results with these wraps, you MUST follow each of these steps! This is not optional--It's MANDATORY!! 99% of the time when I hear from clients that the "wraps didn't work," it turns out that they did not follow these steps totally and completely.Please read ALL and complete ALL!
* Before doing anything, take photos of the area you are going to wrap, both front and side views. Make sure the photos are CLEAR, appropriate distance from the mirror, pants are down low enough and not covering any pooch or belly, etc. You WILL want these for after. Even when I lost 6 1/2 inches, I didn't think I had lost anything until I compared my before afters.
*Measure! Measure! Measure! Standard measuring applies for the arms and legs--just wrap the tape measure around. However, if you are wrapping your tummy, there will need to be 3 measurements taken. (at the belly button, 2 inches above it, and 2 inches below it.) Write these measurements down!
*Take a hot shower right before applying the wrap for best results. (this will open your pores so you can absorb the ingredients!) Do NOT use any soap or lotion as these can block pores and keep the wrap ingredients from properly absorbing. This is especially true of anything Dove related since it's super moisturizing. My suggestion is to literally just stand in the shower and let the hot water open your pores. No washing the area you are going to wrap--at all!
*Also for best results wipe rubbing alcohol on the area after drying off from the shower. This further opens your pores.
*Apply wrap to desired area with lotion side on your skin. To keep it in place, wrap over the wrap with saran wrap.
*Leave the wrap on for a MINIMUM of 45 minutes to a MAXIMUM of 8 hours. Most people wear it 3-4 hours. You can sleep in it also (most of my clients do).
*While wearing the wrap, drink 1-2 bottles of water. If you are sleeping with it on, no, you do not have to get up every hour and drink bottles of water. Just drink what you can before you go to bed, and you'll still have great results.
*When you take the wrap off, there will be lotion leftover on the area you applied it to. DO NOT WIPE OFF. Rub it into your skin until it's basically gone.
*Meausre the same spots again and write them down.
*Immediately take your photos again, and continue taking them each morning over the next 3 days. And again, make sure they are clear, in the same positions as your before photos, clothing is not covering anything that needs to be seen, distance is the same from the mirror as your before photos, etc. MAKE SURE THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR BEFORE PHOTOS! When you go back to view your before after, please make sure not to just scroll through your cell phone. You won't be able to actually see the difference that way. Use an app like *picframe* and put them SIDE BY SIDE-- or send them to me, and I will do it for you! :) THIS is CRUCIAL-- do NOT skip the pictures.
*Drink at least 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water THE DAY YOU WRAP & EACH DAY FOLLOWING FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS. (ie: if you weight 200 lbs, drink 100 ounces of water-- that's 6 bottled waters.) NO EXCUSES. If you don't see results, you didn't drink enough water. I can't stress this enough.
*Stay away from fatty foods, coffee, tea, soda, sugar, smoking, alcohol, etc. during this time also for best results. The wrap will do its job getting rid of the toxins--don't jeopardize that by putting toxins right back in.
*Do NOT exercise while wearing the wrap OR the same day you wrap. This is NOT a wrap that makes you sweat out water weight. The lotion needs to absorb without sweat interfering in any type of way. You can, however, exercise the following three days.
*Do NOT shower immediately after removing the wrap. I suggest waiting until the next day to shower.
*95% of people will have results on the very first wrap. If you don't, please check to make sure you did everything mentioned above. Smoking can lessen the results. Also, if you are on any medications or it is that time of the month, the wrap will not give results due to water retention, so if you are going to use it, time according.
*Do NOT apply another wrap until at LEAST 72 hours later. The botantical-blend in one wrap continues to work over the course of 3 days, and results get progressively better during this time. You will have your best results on the 3rd day.
*You can NOT wrap the following at the same time:
Stomach & Back
Stomach & Thighs
Stomach & Butt
Back & Thighs
Back & Butt
Thigh & Butt
Thighs & Back
*You CAN wrap the following at the same time:
Stomach & face
Stomach & upper arms
Stomach & lower legs
Stomach & neck/chin
Back & face
Back & upper arms
Back & lower legs
Back & neck
**You MUST MUST MUST do all four wraps. Four wraps is one treatment. One wrap is not a treatment, it is only 1/4 of the treatment. If you don't get huge results after taking off your 1st wrap, remember that that wrap will still be working for another 3 days--this is just the beginning. And THEN you still have THREE more wraps to do. Do not stop after one or two wraps. Complete the entire treatment, following these instructions completely EACH time.
*Again with the water. Drink ALL your water. The more you drink, the more you shrink. If you do not get results, you did not drink enough water.