Bridal parties are so fun and I had the privileged of organizing one for my bestie not too long ago – and I was asked to do it for another friend next week.   I’ve decided on a spa party – since it would not only be fun – it was something we all needed before the wedding.  From pedicure to manicure and a facial – we were all ready to go – except for some special music for the party.  But no worries, the spouse has a  tascam cd-rw900sl that can burn whatever songs we need – and mix the cd for us from our original cd or the ones we bought from iTunes.

The bridal party is like 3 days before the wedding – because I want to make sure that the bride and the rest of the bridesmaids and maid of honor have time to rest and relax before the big day.  I ordered some champagne and wine from Annapolis Valley and Lunenburg and the rest will be taken care of by the spa.  Our local spa will be semi closed during the evening to give the party of 6 a spa manicure and pedicure – but the bride gets a facial and a body scrub with steam bath.   Now if the rest of the girls want extra stuff done – they can of course – but they are paying for it themselves.  There will be finger sandwiches and a salad and lots of fruits and sparkling water during the bridal party.  No, no strippers – hahahha!

A month ago, when I was at the spa waxing my eyebrows and my upper lips, my esthetician told me about the re-elasticizing mask, she said that this mask is so good for me – and that I should try it.  Apparently, this mask can be added to the to target  facial and it provides optimum hydration, calms and soothes, lifts and firms wit results lasting for 5 – 7 days.  Good for all skin types – and even sensitive skin – I’m going to try it out this week and will let you know how I find it.  It’s an extra $20 on top of whatever facial you have – and if it says it can do what it should do – I’m happy to spend that extra $20.

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A blogging friend from New Orleans sent these from New Orleans for New Year – they are body shop gifts that I loved so much.  Thank you so much – June! you are too sweet lah!!  I loved all my body shop gift – from face cream – to home fragrance and even something for Chloe.

10 bottles of cranberry fragrance oil – woohoo!! now that would last me for a year at least.

And 2 bath lilies for Chloe – thank you very much.  I know all the above must have cost you a lot of money – I don’t know how to thank you for your generosity.

Tinting one’s eyelashes isn’t expensive at all – but what does tinting of your eyelashes do for you?  especially if you have short eyelashes like mine?  will it make it longer and more prominent?  your guess is as good as mine – so i’m making an appointment with my esthetician and go try it out and let you know – stay tune.  In the meantime, if you are thinking of doing the same thing – here’s a video I found on youtube that may give you an idea about eyelash tinting.  I have been told that you can do it on your own – but if you have the money – then you should let the professionals do it for the first time at least.

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Going for a spa manicure is a must every now and then – but what about those times that we can’t go for a manicure?  Well, I try to do it on my own at home – so I’m always on a look out for a good manicure kit for home use.  We all know that the dead sea mineral is said to have the best natural and rich ingredient, so I took a  look at the dead sea nail kit which contains milk and honey for the nails and hands.  It does look like something I could use and we all love honey and milk right – look at Cleopatra – she bathed in milk – of course I won’t have that kind of luxury – but hey – who said i can have some milk and honey on my hands and nails right – hahah!!   Shipping is free for those living in USA – like always I wished i lived in the States – but they do ship to Canada as well.  Would be a nice Christmas gift for a girlfriend too since it’s currently on sale at $39 – not a bad price and worth thinking about – afterall, who doesn’t like beautiful hands and nails right.

I’m never lazy when it comes to exfoliating my face but that’s another story when it comes to exfoliating my body.  Why?  because the body is a lot bigger area and sometimes – a quick shower is what i can afford.  Well, that was until I tried this FarmHouse Fresh Fine sugared Maple Body Scrub – costing like $23 – which is not bad at all for body scrubs – even the body shop’s body scrub cost more – and this one comes with s scoop – that way – you don’t have to put in your dirty fingers or leave water into the bottle of scrub.  And you will smell so sweet – you want to do it all over again – the next time you shower.  I still don’t find a lot of time scrubbing but I do try to do it more often than I used to.

I had gone for a facial a few days ago – and it was great – it was so relaxing – but when i got back – i realized that my nose had black heads still.  So i called the esthetician up and asked for another half a session the following day – for I didn’t want to walk around with ugly black heads on my nose.  The half a facial as i called it – lasted for 45mins – and it cost $45 + tax and tips of course – but I also found out that it wasn’t really black heads that I had – they were little fine hairs that appeared after I had my full hysterectomy – which the esthetician suspected.  She was quite worried about how she should tell me – so as to not offend me i guess – but I already suspected – but thought they had to do with my black heads – so it was fine hair – now we all know.  hhaha!

So I decided to go for another reflexology session hoping I can get some kind of good feeling from it and that my health can be improved – I would also like to try out that t-zone vibration machine as well and even though it is some money to be spent – it’s nothing compared to the gaming computers that the spouse was thinking of upgrading for himself this month.   So i felt that my reflexology sessions and my t-zone vibration course was reasonably priced and since it was for health reasons – well – it should be done.  But alas, the night I went home – I didn’t feel good at all – in fact, I felt a little antsy – which wasn’t the kind of feeling I was hoping for – darn!  So the spouse joked that he could buy a better gaming computer?  since I won’t be spending money on a course for the reflexology.   Oh well – the process was good – in fact it was so comfy I fell asleep – and was totally relax – but the bloated feeling and the weird leg feeling – so heavy – just didn’t do it for me – so for now – I’ll not do the reflexology in Canada and wait to get home to Asia.

We were up in the city last week and had the opportunity to visit a spa in the city and spend a day there with my friends who moved there.  It was a good to see them again and it was very relaxing without any of our children with us that day.  The beau had taken the kid for a swim in the hotel – to amuse them.   The spa was quite different from the one at home and I especially liked the  laminate floor that they used because I had been thinking of putting laminates down for my basement floors too.  I honestly feel that they are so much easier to clean and mop and at the end of the day – they are better for the beau who has asthma.   I love my carpet during the winters but it irks me that I cannot shampoo it as often as I would like.

They have a corner for people who wants to learn how to do their make up better or a spa party.  We had a steam bath, an aromatherapy massage and a pedicure that day  – the package came with a light lunch and some green tea.  What I liked most was that the massage bed had heated beds – and it was really nice.   Like all my spa treatment – I’m a bit shy having to disrobe in front of another woman – and massages makes me wanna just totally forget about the world – and not chat – but when you go with your girlfriends – well – you know what chatterbox we can be.  The estheticians were very helpful – and even provided with me information for my interest on the laminate floors.  The package cost us about $175 + taxes and of course we tipped 15% as well.