19 Jul 2021
Posted by BonnieF 
Aromatherapy can have a profound impact on how we feel at different times of the day, but different essential oils can also suit us at different ages. While there's no gender requirement for using aromatherapy or essential oils, some of us, we can be drawn to different oils for different reasons. Helping...
Read more → 27 Jan 2016
Posted by BonnieF 
Choosing a bikini or swimming costume always has the capacity to be traumatic, but there are some things you only think about when you’ve had a baby… like these. What would you add to the list? Abbie Swimsuits just don't support boobs! I wear a bikini and a tankini to support the girls, even...
Read more → 13 Mar 2015
Posted by BonnieF 
Last year Spabreaks.com welcomed several babies into the team and this year there are more to come! Three of our new mummies shared their favourite photos from their first few months of motherhood... Ellen and baby Rosie Rosie was born on the 3rd November 2014, after 20 hours of labour, I think...
Read more → 15 Jul 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
Providing a well-deserved treat for mums-to-be, The Europe Hotel and Resort explains what’s so wonderful about ESPA’s Pre and Post Natal Treatment … What exactly is the treatment? It’s a deeply nourishing body treatment designed to target areas prone to stress and tension during pregnancy....
Read more → 25 Mar 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
A cynical, commercial calendar event it may appear to be, but there is a reason we all get so wrapped up in Mother’s Day … it’s because mums are really awesome and do actually deserve a day that’s all about them. So what would they like to receive this Sunday? We asked mummy Spabreakers across...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
Posted by BonnieF 
With the arrival of baby Monty in 2013, reporter and novelist, Martel Maxwell, is looking forward to a very different Valentine’s Day this year! Ah Valentine’s Day. The memories. Three years ago, in the throws of new courtship with my now-husband, we drew all over each other’s bodies....
Read more → 17 Sep 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
Showbiz reporter, novelist, and now a mum, Martel Maxwell talks about having her first baby from the unexpected joys of regurgitated milk on your collarbone to lactating on TV … IT’s 3am. Four-day-old mascara speckles my cheekbone. Regurgitated milk curdles on my collarbone. A year...
Read more → 06 Mar 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
A long-standing part of parenting, with roots in India and Africa, baby massage has been gaining popularity in the UK since the 1970s. Incorporating a variety of different massage principles, the aim of baby massage is of course the same, and as multi-faceted as it is with adults, but with added...
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