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Daylight saving time ending is rough enough on its own\u2014that \u201cextra\u201d hour sounds like a gift until your body spends the whole week arguing with the clock. Add a cross-country trip (with a layover in Atlanta) right before it, and your internal clock just gives up.<\/p>\n

That was my late October. I flew out to Big Sky, MT\u2014two hours behind my body clock\u2014came home three days later and attempted to readjust, then the clocks fell back on November 1 and I got to do it all over again. I never feel rested after flying from 34F on Delta, but with three time shifts in one week, I was tired in the bone-deep, is-it-lunch-or-bedtime way that coffee doesn\u2019t touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019ll also admit something: I thought I knew how to do lymphatic brushing. More pressure, more results, right? A good, vigorous pass, a little pink afterward as proof it was working. <\/p>\n

The fix came, unexpectedly, at the spa at One&Only Moonlight Basin, the brand\u2019s first U.S. resort, where I tried the Epicutis x Cecily Braden Body Ritual ($395 for 60 minutes; $590 for 90) in a treatment room with a floor-to-ceiling window framing Lone Mountain. Cecily Braden is the aesthetician behind the lymphatic brush that anchors the treatment. Epicutis supplies everything else\u2014and it\u2019s the part I keep thinking about.<\/p>\n

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If you haven\u2019t heard of Epicutis, that\u2019s partly by design: It\u2019s sold through licensed skin-care professionals, and its roots are more lab than marketing department. In 1991, Princeton molecular biologist Dr. Jeffry Stock discovered a class of small molecules in his lab; in 2003, he and his son, Maxwell Stock, spun that research out into a biotech company, Signum Biosciences. Maxwell, now Epicutis\u2019 founder and CEO, built the line partly out of personal frustration. \u201cI suffer from greasy, sensitive skin and could not find a product I was comfortable using,\u201d he has said.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a Japanese thread running through the brand, too. Signum\u2019s corporate partner is Rohto Pharmaceutical, and in 2016 Masanori Tamura\u2014the formulator Epicutis credits with developing Hada Labo\u2014joined as head formulator. You can feel that influence in the products, which proudly feature short ingredient lists, elegant textures and a fixation on the skin barrier rather than quick-fix actives. The brand\u2019s line is \u201cfewer ingredients, more intention,\u201d which, for someone whose skin reacts to practically everything, reads as fewer chances for something to go wrong.<\/p>\n

The ritual itself is a head-to-toe affair, and it\u2019s more thoughtful than your standard body treatment. It starts with a showerless body exfoliation (no peeling yourself off the table to rinse), then Braden\u2019s lymphatic brushing, followed by nourishing massage oils and Epicutis\u2019 Lipid Body Treatment ($225)\u2014the hero here. It\u2019s built on Hyvia, the brand\u2019s patented chia seed-derived oil for hydration and barrier support, plus caffeine, spilanthes flower extract, ceramides and glucosyl hesperidin, a citrus-derived flavonoid, and it\u2019s formulated without preservatives. It sinks in and leaves skin smooth and cushioned, not slick. A restorative facial mask and cooling globes finish it off. I had the 90-minute version, which adds an enhanced facial with Epicutis\u2019 Oil Cleanser ($85) and a sculpting gua sha massage.<\/p>\n

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But the brushing is what changed my mind. It\u2019s light. Very, very light. Long, unhurried strokes with barely any pressure behind them\u2014nothing like the scrubbing I\u2019d been doing at home. Lymphatic work happens just under<\/em> the surface of the skin, so you don\u2019t need force to move anything. In practice, the gentler I went, the better it worked, and the less I looked like I\u2019d lost a fight with a loofah. <\/p>\n

And then the part I didn\u2019t expect. I\u2019m not going to tell you a body treatment cured jet lag. What I can tell you is that I walked into that spa exhausted and slept like a rock\u2014not just that night, but for days afterward, through the trip home and right through the clock change. I\u2019ve had plenty of nice massages that left me relaxed for an hour, but this one carried over.<\/p>\n

The good news is that you don\u2019t have to fly to Montana for the at-home part. Guests leave with their own luxe Cecily Braden Lymphatic Brush ($130), and mine has become part of my nighttime routine: a few slow, feather-light passes before bed that signal it\u2019s time to wind down. My skin stays smooth, and the habit sticks because it takes all of two minutes\u2014if that.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re headed to Big Sky, book the ritual, and spring for the 90 minutes. If you\u2019re not, get the brush and the Lipid Body Treatment, and use a much lighter touch than you think you need. Then go to bed and be pleasantly surprised by how well you\u2019ll sleep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n