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Testing the Treatment – Massages at Blush + Blow and Park Plaza’s Aurora Spa

I’m always on the lookout for new treatments and am more than happy to sacrifice my face/body in the name of beauty. I’ve recently tried two fantastic massages that are must visits for this Bank Holiday weekend. First up is The Aurora Spa at Westminster’s Park Plaza. This spa is a little gem. It may […]

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Testing The Treatment: London’s Best Local Waxes

Regular readers of Blush, will know how much I love a good a treatment. Full body massages, blow dries, facials; I’ll take them all. There are a few necessary evils that when the time comes, I always dread: threading (it looks awesome but there is no pain quite like it) and waxing. Eyebrow waxing: is […]

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Testing the Treatment – Smooth You Dalston – Luxury Pedicure

As readers of Blush will know, I love a good treatment, and I have tried some greats. I’ve been to the outskirts of North London, swanked it up in Mayfair and been to the creme de la creme of neighbourhood classics in Chelsea and Hampstead. It’s been a while since I ventured east for a […]

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Testing The Treatment – The Coconut Massage at Milk

I’m yet to meet anybody who doesn’t love a massage. An entire hour of being slathered in oil and rubbed into relaxation is most people’s idea of heaven. Having this in the comfort of your own home, well surely that’s too good to be true? In the case of Milk beauty it isn’t. Milk beauty […]

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Blush Asks… Charlotte Mensah

It’s not often that I come away from an interview so pumped, but after my chat with Charlotte Mensah, I left feeling so inspired by somebody who had experienced personal tragedy at an early age, but instead of letting it knock her down, endeavoured to achieve so much. She’s won British Afro Hairdresser of the Year twice, […]

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Testing the Treatment – Jo Hansford Salon – Mayfair, London

I have a deep rooted love for Mayfair, partly because I have a penchant for the finer things in life and unlike Bond Street, Mayfair proper (anywhere between Dover St and Park Lane) somehow manages to remain an oasis of calm amidst the mayhem of central London. South Audley St, is one of my faves […]

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Testing the Treatment – The Bardou Blow-Dry

Blow dry bars are no longer novel for Londoners so it takes a pretty special one to stand out from the crowd. When I visited Bardou they were still located at their High-St Kensington pop-up but have now settled in at a swanky central spot, in London’s Covent Garden– which is fast becoming the number one […]

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Testing the Treatment – Foster London – Blow Dry

I strolled into Foster London on a very lazy Wednesday afternoon. Whilst I’ve been a fan of the East London salon from afar for a while now, I’ve never actually been in; much like Radio Hair a few streets down, I’ve always found it a little intimidating. The semicircular salon, that presides over the bottom […]

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Testing the Treatment – Unruly Curls, Notting Hill

Unruly curls are standard procedure if you have Afro or curly hair, so I was delighted to discover a hairdresser that celebrated them. Tucked away on a residential street in Notting Hill (about a 5 minute walk from Latimer Road station) and across the road from Stella McCartney’s HQ, is unruly curls- a salon dedicated […]

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Testing the Treatment – Cucumba – Soho

I love the idea of Cucumba– the urban pit stop for women on the move. Situated in London’s Soho the salon whose exterior belies it’s vast inside, is the perfect place to pop into if you need a quick mani before that crucial meeting, or need a head to toe preen in under an hour. […]

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Get the look – Margot Tennenbaum

Gwyneth Paltrow is famous for many things: Sliding doors (classic), that oscars speech (hilarious), Goop (admirable but depressing) and the much mocked ‘conscious uncoupling’ statement (embarrassing). But what I know and will always love her for is Margot. I watched the Royal Tennenbaums on a flight to visit my family in Hong Kong, upon landing […]