At Body Café, we pride ourselves on making sure your visit to either of our clinics is enjoyable and comfortable.  Whether down at the River Road clinic for an express nail file and paint or at the Victoria Street clinic for a hot stone massage and facial, our team will ensure that they will do all they can to help you relax.

BUT, that’s all coming to an end in September (which by the way starts on Thursday of this week)!  Our staff would REALLY like if it you’d step out of your comfort zone and perhaps book a treatment you haven’t tried before. 

Maybe it’s time for a lash tint and eyebrow tidy?  Have you considered a spray tan?  What about a skin rejuvenation treatment?  Perhaps you could try a forearm, chin, whole leg or even a hair-raising Brazilian wax! 

September is Body Café’s “step out of your comfort zone” month.  Treat yourself and try something new.

Oh, and keep an eye on this blog…we've got a great special coming up for September.  All will be revealed.

 

YM

It seems as though we may be in a bit of a historical time warp. This week, we were hoping to move past Ancient Egypt, but imagine our surprise when we discovered that besides Brazilian style waxes, the women were keen on nail polish.

In Ancient Egypt, the leaves of the henna shrub were dried then ground into a paste and then mixed with oil and Arabic gum which was applied to the nails.

The Chinese also formulated a nail polish several thousand years ago. Their concoction was made of Arabic gum, egg whites, gelatine and beeswax (seriously, who had the time to figure this stuff out?!).

In China, royalty often wore gold or silver coloured polish.  In Egypt, Queen Nefertiti preferred bright red while Cleopatra had a thing for crimson coloured polish.  Neither wore pink polish, as that was considered beneath them.  

Whizzing back to modern day, and luckily for you, Body Café stocks the OPI range of nail polishes.  A family owned business started in 1981, OPI products have a reputation for quality, innovation and excellence. 

At Body Café, we’re now running a manicure special, and if you buy your OPI polish from our range in the clinic, you will receive a voucher for a free nail file and paint with Michelle, Steph or Liana. 

Alternatively, book in for an “Island Inspiration” manicure and you’ll get a free upgrade to our “Pleasure Island Blend”.  These offers with purchase expire at the end of August, so get in quick Hah, see what we did there?

Red, crimson…pink, etc…the choice is yours.  Nef and Cleo might spin in their graves if you go for pink though.  Just sayin’.

 

YM

Since we’re all about beauty, we have decided to do a series of blogs on beauty through the ages.  What better place to start than ancient Egypt.  Cleopatra, Egypt’s most famous woman (although heavy-handed in the eyeliner department) was considered a great be beauty.  Indeed, having Elizabeth Taylor play her in the 1963 film will probably forever skew our image of Cleopatra.

In ancient Egypt, both men and women were big on complete hair removal possibly to curb lice and keep cool in the desert heat.  Furthermore, a clean-shaven face was considered a status symbol by men, as it differentiated them from lowly slaves who couldn’t afford to shave.  Prostitutes were very keen on Brazilians, because it demonstrated a lack of venereal disease (probably to the clean shaven men). 

Their hair removal techniques were much the same as today – either by shaving or ripping out the hair by the root in a method similar to modern day waxing.  No pain, no gain…right?

On the 12 day of August 30BC and following the death of Mark Antony, Cleopatra committed suicide by forcing a snake to bite her breast.  A couple of thousand years later and that does seem a bit extreme, but obviously Cleo couldn’t live without her Ants.  We wonder if his four previous wives also felt the same way upon hearing of his passing?  Old Ants was quite the man about town.

So, in honour of Cleopatra and the ancient Egyptians love of hair removal, Body Café is offering half price Brazilian’s with Liana on Wednesday 10^th August.  Call now to make your appointment.

YM

Hi everyone!  As you’re aware, things have been hectic around here, especially since the opening of our second clinic on River Road.  If you haven’t already, pop in and say hi to the team.

Speaking of time, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve secured the services of Yvonne Milroy of Write On to assist with this blog.  Yvonne and I are both really excited about where the blog is headed, and all will be revealed over the coming weeks.

As an aside, for the small business owners amongst you, I highly recommend becoming involved in twitter.  If it wasn’t for twitter, Body Café and Write On would probably not have joined forces. It’s a total win-win situation.

From now on, in the bottom corner you’ll see either a MM or a YM at the end of the blog so you’ll know who wrote it.  I hope you enjoy the further changes we’ve got up our sleeves for you. 

 

Cheers

MM

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