It’s impossible to defy the ageing process and to some extent as a woman that lives in a predominantly Aphrodite culture, where we must remain eternally youthful, slim and beautiful, it’s hard not to feel guilty for nature’s natural deterioration. But aside from the societal demands to stay youthful there is something to be said for skin maintenance. I […]

      Now that I have passed the 40 threshold I feel it’s now more important than ever to look after my skin. Real life is aging – I have two children that suck the living lifeforce out of me at times and I am not getting any younger. The first time I had a microdermabrasion facial I was […]

  In 2013, women are trying to be everything to everyone (with no small degree of success), but while we’re climbing career ladders, raising families, and being the ultimate socialite as well, it is often our own wellbeing that gets neglected. So on 16th September 2013, the UK’s largest spa booking agency, Spabreaks.com, will be launching the first Women’s Wellness […]

With a life as busy as mine making sure I make time for beauty and spa treatments can be an uphill struggle even during the long summer days. When the winter rolls around and the nights draw in much earlier, it seems I have even fewer hours in the day to get things done so my beauty regime quite often […]

I feel like I have just spent a few hours at the spa. These products are amazing. They smell very natural but at the same time spa like and marvellous. I cleansed with the Aloe-herb cleanser – very tangy! Then mudded up with the purifying mud mask. I washed it off and then cleansed my face with an ayurvedic facial […]

I have been to Dubai three times because my very good friend, Mrs Vino, lives there. She and I met at a NHS run ante-natal class at Frimley Hospital, circa 2003, and we have been friends ever since. The first visit was part of a 24 hour stopover from Fremantle, Australia. I was managing the communications for the 2006 edition […]