THE JOY OF A PROFESSIONAL BODY SCRUB

Having someone else exfoliate your body is, admittedly, indulgent—but there’s nothing better for your skin, particularly post-winter. After being scrubbed within an inch of my life at a bare-bones hammam in Istanbul a few years ago, I felt smoother, yes, but also somehow physically lighter, like I’d shed a layer of skin. (And, uh, I probably had.) At home in Toronto, I make a biannual trip to the Miraj Hammam Spa, which offers traditional hammam treatments as well as body scrubs and wraps from Caudalie. When I leave, my entire body feels softer than a baby’s foot.