FRIDAY FEEL GOOD: DOING A HOME SPA!

 
Hi Guys,

A friend of mine swears by home spa days. In fact, she has religiously kept Thursday as her home spa day, and has been doing this for years now. Fluffy white towels, scented candles, and positive affirmations on her walls, make her bathroom one of her favourite rooms in the house. Nothing will keep her from this Thursday ritual. As far as she is concerned — it’s non-negotiable!

I was having a bla day on Wednesday. My gel nails have gone — never to return!! Enooo — they destroyed my birth nails! My roots were looking dull, my skin needed a perk-me-up, and yes, I had been downing far too much feast food. Nothing for it but to schedule a home Spa date with myself. It felt totally luxurious and afterwards, I was re-born. I told hubby I was at the Spa. He believed me! His response was “Oh, so they have opened up again!’ lol!

Allow yourself an hour or two to really luxuriate in the experience. My Spa kit contains lavender scented epsom salts, Watkins lavender body wash to add yummy bubbles to the bath, Crest whitestrips, Clairol root touch-up, bath and body works Happiness scented body cream, and finally Charlotte Tilbury Goddess skin clay mask, which really does make you feel like a Goddess!!

I add 2 cups of epsom salts to the bath, a couple of squirts of lavender bubble bath and soak for around 30 mins. During this time, the whitestrips are on the teeth doing their thing too. The face mask is also working hard! The root touch up only takes 10 minutes and I do it before the bath. Later, moisturize your body with a nice scented body cream. I love the Bath and Body Aromatherapy products. My two favourite ones being Happiness, which is a mixture of Bergamot and Mandarin essential oils. I also love Stress Relief, which is a mixture of Eucalyptus and Spearmint essential oils. Try them!

My nails were in really bad shape, so I started to really take them on hand — pardon the pun! TLC, and not having to see anybody, has really helped them return to their roots lol!! The products I love are Aveda Hand Relief moisturizing creme with calming shampure aroma (love it!), Cutex intense recovery, Cutex all-in-one strengthener, and Sally Hansen Vitamin E nail and cuticle oil. Great products! In addition, my daughter Claudia gifted me with a Fancii gel nail remover kit which she bought online. It’s fantastic to help get rid of the gels and also deal with the ridges and smooth and buff the nails.

Hope I have inspired you to spoil yourself! You’re worth it! Just think of all the money you are saving yourself not getting your nails and hair done! So you can afford to be generous with yourself.

Have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Patricia xx