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What's the Best Massage Oil for a Couples Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

People who search what is the best massage oil for couples usually get ten answers and no decision, so here's one: the best massage oil for a couples massage is a light oil or lotion that you both like the feel and smell of, with sweet almond, jojoba, fractionated coconut and grapeseed as the usual candidates and unscented as the peacekeeper. Which one suits you depends on the occasion, the room and how fussy the two of you are about smell and texture. Each option below comes with the occasion it suits, so you can pick in five minutes and get back to the more important decision of what to eat afterwards.

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A warm, rustic arrangement of two dark essential-oil bottles in a wooden tray, surrounded by dried flowers, herbs, and natural aromatherapy massage scents.

What Scents Work Best for a Couples Aromatherapy Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

The best scents for an aromatherapy couples massage are the ones you both like, and a safe shortlist is lavender, sweet orange, sandalwood, rose and vanilla, matched to the occasion. A first session suits something familiar, an anniversary suits something a little special and a Sunday morning suits something bright. This guide pairs each scent with an occasion and a vibe, so you can choose in a few minutes and skip the hallway debate about lavender while your therapists wait with their oils. If you're arranging a couples massage at home for the first time, the scent is the fun decision.

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A couple lies close together on massage tables, the woman resting with eyes closed in the foreground and the man behind her; a warm, intimate, peaceful scene.

What's the Best Type of Massage to Get as a Couple?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

The best massage for couples is usually Swedish, because the pressure adjusts for each person and neither of you has to agree on how hard is hard. Deep tissue, hot stone, Thai and aromatherapy each suit a different kind of pair, though, and the right pick depends on what the two of you actually want from the hour. Here's which one suits two people, and why, so you can choose in about five minutes and stop doing the "I don't mind" dance. If you haven't had a couples massage before, it helps to know that each of you has your own therapist, so pressure and pace can differ even when the style is the same.

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A relaxed couple receives a back massage on a white towel-covered massage table while a pair of therapists work nearby; warm lighting creates a calm, soothing mood.

What Is the Etiquette for a Couples Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

Couples massage etiquette is mostly common sense with an audience: turn up ready, speak up about pressure and temperature, keep your underwear on, put your phone away and let your therapists do their job. Etiquette sounds fancy, but it mostly means not being weird in a room with three other people. Below are the dos and don'ts, with the reasoning behind each, because a rule is easier to follow when you can see why it exists.

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A couple relaxes under white towels as massage therapists gently work their necks and shoulders in a softly lit room, conveying calm and comfort.

What Should You Wear to a Couples Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

What to wear to a couples massage comes down to soft, loose clothes to arrive in, your underwear on for the massage itself and a sheet or a towel over you while you lie down. These are the practical questions people usually ask before their first one, answered as briefly as possible. If you'd like the whole session from first hello to last stretch, there's a couples massage from start to finish .

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A person in a red shirt leans forward in a chair massage as a therapist gently presses their shoulders, creating a calm, relaxing wellness scene.

Health Fair Ideas: How to Run a Chair Massage and Stretching Station People Queue For

By Diwash Shrestha | For Businesses, Workplace & Events

The best health fair ideas give people something to do, and a chair massage and stretching station does that better than a bowl of apples: plan the layout, pick a session length, manage the queue and book enough providers, and one booking through Blys can put local event massage therapists at your fair for the day, with their own chairs and supplies.

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A diverse group of women coworkers sit in a sunlit studio, listening to a yoga practitioner with a clipboard; art supplies and notebooks suggest a warm, corporate retreat.

Away Day Ideas: Add Massage, Stretching and Glam to Help Your Team Recharge

By Diwash Shrestha | For Businesses, Workplace & Events

The best team away day ideas plan the wellness part as carefully as the workshops: stretching with the first cup of tea, chair massage at midday, a quiet hour in the afternoon and hair and makeup before the team dinner, and one booking through Blys can send local corporate massage therapists , stretching providers and hair and makeup artists to your venue.

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