How Santu Beauty Is Reclaiming Mexican Beauty Rituals

The 120-minute treatment began with a concentrated scrub made from Guerrero salt that gently exfoliated her skin. “It was one dry hour, where they practically bathe you, scrub you dry, and then rinse you. Then they wash your hair and give you a little facial. I felt very vulnerable, but also held,” she says. Then it was time for the massage. They used a massage candle that melted into a silky oil for the rubdown. The oil is infused with Mexican lime, soothing eucalyptus, and grounding rosemary to nourish her body as well as copal resin sourced from trees native to Mexico that left her feeling radiant, both physically and spiritually. “When I opened my eyes, I felt very pretty and clean,” López adds.