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Archive for October, 2011

Better looking than the Hanson from my teens, I want these to be the Hanson of my thirties!

Kurt Geiger Hanson, £119 and available here from Shoeaholics, fast becoming my most favourite website.

I’m 30.

3-0

Eeek.

And I’m starting to look it.  Fine lines have formed round my eyes, I have HUGE creases between my eyebrows, I have more hair on my face than I would ever like to admit, and yet I’m still getting outbreaks of spots, on my face, jawline, and even on my neck.
FML.

I’ve decided that perhaps it’s time I seek professional advice, and stopped just using whichever products are on special offer in Superdrug. But where to start?

I think personally for me, a full skin care consultation will be the best starting point, having no idea how to treat my ageing skin, but I’m wary of someone who is trained to sell products to me. Yes, they are supposed to have your best interests at heart, and yes I probably will walk out looking fantastic, but I’ve avoided spas and beauticians up to this point for a couple of reasons:

1. I’m suspicious of just being told that a particular brand is THE one for me, considering the beautician won’t have used another type on me to compare,
2. I’m too tight to spend £30+ per product, and be told that I need half a dozen products, and use them every day,
3. Routine.  I fail so badly at routine.  I rarely take my make up off at night, and its not for want of products, I’m just a lazy sod.
4. What the heck is in all the stuff anyway??!? Every time you turn the tv on, you hear the latest beauty craze is going to kill and/or maim you. Look at the man eating fishies.  Prime example.

OK, so that’s more than a couple. How do I overcome these? Well I’m not sure many spas/salons stock more than one range, so there’s not much I can do about that. I will ask for advice from friends and check online reviews on the best local salons, and technicians.  Routine is up to me and me alone to sort, so I’ll just have to have reason to do it every night. That reason is becoming pretty evident in the lines and wrinkles that are forming as I type!  Learning what is in the products can be from a good beautician, or from online reviews/advice websites.

The money part really can be no excuse now as there are dedicated websites that concentrate only on the beauty offers. One of which is Wahanda. Instead of being offered cheap hotel breaks, meals for 2 only valid Mon-Thur between the hours of 6pm and 6.35pm, you will find only health & beauty deals, including free skin consultations, facials, spa breaks, discount haircuts and massage deals. What caught my eye most was the £49.50 spa breaks.  For 1 night stay including breakfast, with full use of all the spa facilities!! It’s the perfect alternative to a night out on the tiles.  Have a relaxing stay and wake to no hangover, and spend less than it costs for the entrance fee to most clubs, and a dirty kebab.

Click to check out the Wahanda spa breaks.

Unfortunately none of the spa breaks on offer at the moment are local to me but I will certainly keep my eye on the Wahanda website, or make an excuse to travel for a cheap stay, having 2 nights spa & shopping somewhere sounds like a brilliant Christmas present to myself! I’m also going to take advantage of a free beauty consultation, and blag as many free samples as I possibly can.

By the way, my blog fishies on the left are vegetarians.  Please feed them!!

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