Wellbeing
Originally published on Tuesday, 9th June 2009
Special Treatment
This month, UJ’s beauty ed, Eminé Ali-Rushton, gets some exclusive treatment offers and discounts from The Ritual Rooms, Richard Ward, and Groom Selfridges.
Save Me
There’s a lot you can do in four hours. Read a novel. Fly to Istanbul. Play 2.5 football matches. Or, you could simply set lofty pursuits to one side and plump for a rescue from overgrown limbs and scaly skin. Think waxing, lash tinting, mani, pedi, deep cleansing back treatment, Shu Uemura hair styling… any combination is up for grabs. As long as it fits into your four hour slot. The result? An über-preened face & bod that’d give a pre-addiction Yasmine Bleeth a slow-mo run for her money.
The Ritual Rooms are offering the SOS Beach Babe Package at £250 (RRP £300) to all customers – but Urban Junkies readers can receive a further 10% off (paying £225) by quoting ‘Urban Junkies’ on booking valid until the end of June 2009.
The Ritual Rooms: 13, New Quebec St, Portman Village, W1 • 0207 724 3884;
Recovery Ward
‘Think of it like re-booting your computer: every time you shampoo and style your hair it naturally returns to its new, post-styled ‘memorised’ state,’ says Richard Ward. Likened to a memory foam mattress this styling supernova heat-bonds Keratin into knackered strands, is great for coloured & chemically-treated locks, cancels out frizz, lasts up to three months and leaves the hair healthier post- than pre-treatment. If we weren’t demonstrably sane, we’d fear that such a claim might border on certifiable – well, a visit to the head doctor will set you straight.
£200-£400 following initial consultation. Richard Ward are offering all Urban Junkies readers a free Kerastase hair treatment when booking in for a Memory Forme treatment throughout June 2009.
Richard Ward Hair & Metrospa: 82 Duke of York Square, London SW3 4LY • 020 7730 1222
Butterfly Effect
NOTE TO SELF: Stop coveting Cheryl’s hair. Her preternaturally pearly whites. Her teeny waist. Her delicious dimples. [She can keep the accent, the man and those squoval nails]. But what about that alluring eye-fringe? Well, given that there’s no peroxide, calorific restriction or genetic good fortune involved in her cyclone-inducing lash line we’re going in for a guilt-free semi-permanent set of our own, at Groom’s newest outpost in Selfridges. Now, just what the global repercussions of our WAG-worthy lashes will be are anyone’s guess, but we can safely assume too many celebratory drinks at the Moët Bar followed by a spending spree of cataclysmic proportions… albeit without the Closer cover lines.
Semi-Permanent Lash Extensions begin at £40. Groom Selfridges is offering all Urban Junkies readers 10% off all lash treatments between Tuesday 9th and Tuesday 16th June. 020 7499 1199.
