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.

]]> http://www.casanspa.com/2012/01/re-elasticizing-mask/feed/ 0 http://www.casanspa.com/2012/01/sleeping-well-for-best-beauty-remedy/ http://www.casanspa.com/2012/01/sleeping-well-for-best-beauty-remedy/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:56:11 +0000 Un-SloppyWife http://www.casanspa.com/?p=2525

Beauty sleep is very important to not only one’s health but your skin as well.  I was so tired last night I went to bed at midnite and only got up at 8 am – to send the kid to school – and yet I didn’t get a good rest.  Friends tell me that it’s my mattress and that a mattress store los angeles has the kind of mattress that would do good for my sleep.   If I was in Los Angeles – it would have been perfect but since I’m not – I wonder too if there is anywhere that carries the same kind of mattress that this store in los angeles carries.   I also hear that the mattress at the Los Angeles store is 30 – 50% cheaper than other mattresses – now that i an awesome deal eh.  I really do need to change my mattress – our mattress is about 7 years old and it was supposed to last longer but I wake up with backache all the time for the last few months and that’s not good at all.  Getting a good sleep is very important for keeping me beautiful and a woman needs her beauty rest – I don’t want any back pain nor eye luggages.

So we went shopping at the mall after the new year – to find this new nail store opened for business  – now that’s cool – the mall needed something like that – especially for people who loved to shop.  So I tried calling the girlfriend to see if she would meet me at the mall – to check out this new nail place – but my cellphone connection wasn’t that great n the mall – wished they would invest in some cell booster – for folks like myself who needs to get good reception all the time.   There are some blind spots in the mall – and it can get very frustrating.

Anyhow, I finally gave up calling the friend and took a look around the nail place – it’s pretty equipped as you can see here – and a team of Vietnamese people doing the nails and feet.  Their prices are pretty good too – a Pedicure and Manicure is only $45 and they do BIO Gel nails too and Solar Nails and Acrylic Nails.  What i’m looking forward to try is the hug massage chair that comes with your pedicure.  But wait a minute – I’m also worried about hygiene – I certainly don’t want to catch any fungus – but thus far it’s new – so I should go check it out soon.

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.

Yes! you won’t see me in town this Christmas – we are heading to the South to get some warm and the sun. The hotel we are staying in provides everything – it’s the all inclusive type of vacation but we are not bringing our kids because we are going to be spending a lot of time at the pool.  When she is older we will bring her a long – but if only the hotel had a  pool gate – i bet all my girlfriends would bring their kids with them.  You know when you are on a vacation – you don’t want to be worrying about the kids falling into the pool right?  so we rather be safe than be sorry – our homes have pool gates when our kids were young – so such a big hotel – I would say it would be really nice if they do it with the big people’s pool.  But anyhow – we are heading to the south for the New Year but only 7 days – see you when we come back.

Last year, we had attended a bridal show up in Toronto – and this year we are planning on going for another one.  Not because I am getting married again – but because it’s fun to go on a road trip with my girlfriends.   One of them has a RV and we don’t even need to be driving because her spouse will be doing the driving.   It’s nice to have an RV and of course a 5th wheel insurance that goes with it – and we girls are so lucky to have a friend’s spouse who would drive us up to Toronto once a year.  We get to eat, shop and watch the bridal show and come home with a lot of photos for my friend’s bridal shop here in town.  We get treated so well during the event, champagne,  mini sandwiches and all sorts of fruit tarts that you can eat.  I love the make over too – and the tips we pick up from the bridal show and all the new product samples that we get.   All our money we bring are spent on ourselves – we don’t have to pay for gas for the RV or hotels – pretty awesome trip.

I wanted to get the t-max brand insulated vest this year – for winter because it would go well with my t-max insulated jacket I had bought last year.  I wished they had this color for the jacket but mine is gray/black in color.  The only reason why I loved the t-max is because it is so light – yet keeps you really warm.  Unlike the bulky winter wear I’m used to when I first came to Canada – this brand of winter clothing I highly recommend.  I told the spouse – I’m all set this winter – with a t-max insulated vest and a jacket.  I know it’s a lot more than your usual vest – but it was worth every penny that I had spend on it.

My girlfriends and us gathered at this special spa that is in town – when one had a special announcement to make to us.   She was moving away for a job as  Billing/Coding Specialist Jobs were not easy to get in our town – so this was her treat – when the new spa in town opened its doors last month.   As sad as we were to see her go – but one has got to do what they got to do right.

So coming back to this special spa in town – it’s a fish spa.  Now as popular as it is back home in Asia – I don’t think many of us in the West had been to one here.  It was quite fascinating to a lot of people here – for the fish spa is said to do good stuff to your skin.  The fish is put in a pool and you put your foot or  submerge your entire body into the pool and they nibble off your dead skin.  They said it works – so we had to try it – so I hear you asking – did my skin glow?  well some dead skins were definitely gone – and would we go again ?  well – maybe in a few months – but not anytime soon.

We headed out for high tea after the special spa – and my girlfriend explained how she found this job out of town and that if any of us wanted a career change or seek a job that we can’t find here in town – she can definitely recommend us to this place.

We were invited for an open house recently by our friendly real estate agent – whom we had bought our home from – 7 years ago.  The spouse knowing that I love looking at new real estate – went along with me – to see if there was a business opportunity here – an investment for an income home.   This was only for the first phase – and we hear that the second phase home comes with steel storm shelters in all the new house and I was quite intrigue by it.

I asked the developer why he thought a storm shelter was necessary in the second phase homes – and he mentioned that we have been getting bad storms of late – and every year they seems to get even worst.  So the second phase homes are a new try out with the storm shelters – for those very bad storm and hurricanes.   He mentioned that in the city – about 4 hrs away from us – most of his properties has storm shelters now – after Hurricane Juan hit us some years ago.  Interesting right?  I never thought of a storm shelter for the hurricane and the bad storm we have had here – now we might consider building one for our current home.

Yes! i love to go to open house just for that reason – you never know what you will learn and pick up.  Every year – the developers – come up with something new and useful – I also picked up lots of interior decoration designing tips when I go for these open houses.

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Halloween is finally over and since we’ve been invited to several Halloween parties – you know what it means right?  lots of eating and drinking.  There were just too much goodies around – I can’t even stop myself – and then there is a new bakery in town and her cream puffs are to die for – i feel so sinful now.  I told the spouse that we have to get me some best appetite suppressant else I won’t be able to fit into my Christmas party dress this December.  Perhaps, it’s the old age that is catching up on me – because I can’t seems to get those stubborn fatty weight off whenever i put them on.

Looking at these kids in their Halloween costumes made me think of when I was younger and have no problem gorging down tons of chocolates and donuts – without any problems of losing the weight later.

But one can’t turned back the clock right?  so the best way to help keep my weight down – and not eat too much – is to get the appetite suppressant.  Gotta admit that I’m getting older.

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