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Thank goodness its not 1411!

October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment

I’m determined to move on from Ancient Egypt.  I can’t believe how innovative and into beauty those women were.  It is truly incredible.  Anyway, I’ve leapt forward several thousand years because it was time. Seriously.

But all l have to say for the Middle Ages is “ewww” actually, make that “EWWW”.  Girlfriends had a warped sense of beauty back then.  Totally warped.  Thank goodness we’re not all there now because:

  1. We’d all be furiously plucking our hairlines to give ourselves a higher forehead (ala Tyra Banks, a fivehead);
  2. The Catholic Church frowned upon beauty as sinful, so we would have been forced to wear shapeless sacks for dresses;
  3. We’d regularly pop down to see the local apothecary to be drained of a substantial amount of blood, to give ourselves a paler complexion; and
  4. As well as “blood letting”, we’d whip up a paste of chalk, lead and flour and use that as a foundation.  Lead?  Ugh.

On the upside (kinda), perfume became extremely popular during this period because the forests were depleted of trees and the fumes from burning coal to heat water were ghastly.  Therefore, people didn’t bathe, and quite frankly for a couple of centuries, it was pretty pongy. 

But the spunky Crusaders (ok, yes, I used a bit of poetic licence) returned from their journeys bearing gifts for their whanau including perfume, and it wasn’t long before every man and his dog was mixing up a concoction by infusing herbs and flowers, and applying that to their pungent skin.  Gotta love the quick fix.  How ironic is it that 800 years later, we still like to be brought perfume from overseas.  It must be fully ingrained into our DNA.

Speaking of fragrances, have you smelt Body Café’s Coconilla range yet?  It is divine.  Maid Marian would be so jealous of this gorgeous concoction.  The range includes massage bars, body lotion, bath salts, hand & body cream, hand & body wash, soap, body polish and even a candle.  There’s plenty of options and definitely something for everyone.  Pop in and say hi to the team and try some of the samples if you haven’t done so already.

And, don't forget to count your blessings that its not 1411.  I will be.

 

YM

Oct

5

Brow Tidy aka Catepillar Removal

October 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment

Imagine my horror when I went to touch up my makeup in full sunlight last week. HOLY COW!  So much for friendship.  Why hadn’t anyone told me that I had caterpillars walking across my forehead?

About two months ago, I started renovations and had to take down the mirror in the bathroom and the mirror in the living room.  Both had great natural light and were perfect for putting on makeup and tweezing my eyebrows.  Obviously the mirror in the bedroom isn’t  up to scratch in the lighting department.

Once I had my heart rate back under control, I was able to think straight and the first thought that came to mind was “Body Café will save me!”.  One tweet later and my appointment was made.

Tara at the Victoria Street clinic took me and my two caterpillars under her wing and dealt to us.  For those of you who’ve not tried waxing, I believe that eyebrows are the least painful part of the body to get waxed.  I guess it is because the skin is already quite taut in that area. 

Tara offered me the choice of either waxing or tweezing, but I chose waxing because of the little blonde blighters that had crept up on me since the reno’s began.  A discussion about renovations and interior design followed and within ten minutes Tara was putting a soothing cream onto my newly shaped brows. 

Because the brow tidy went so well, I’m just going to leave my brow shaping to the Body Café team from now on.  It saves me the hassle, and means that I can have a nice, relaxed natter about whatever’s on my mind whilst being pampered on their comfortable beds.

In closing, I’d just like to say…need a brow renovation?  Make an appointment with Body Café, you won’t be disappointed.  Promise.

 

YM


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