01 Aug 2017
Posted by BonnieF 
Have you discovered VOYA? If not, Ireland’s most coveted skincare export should definitely be on your radar for post summer nourishment, body boosting goodness and all round organic beauty this year. Harvesting seaweed from the Irish coast in Strandhill, Co. Sligo is a practice that has lasted...
Read more → 23 Oct 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
Ask any therapist what the most simple and important start to a good skincare routine is and water is most probably at the top of the list, which makes ‘Ishga’, the Gaelic word for water, an appropriate name for the new product line at Blythswood Square Spa in Glasgow. Made using hand-harvested...
Read more → 12 Mar 2013
Posted by BonnieF 
When a neat brown box arrived on my desk, it naturally sparked intrigue … followed by confusion as opening it revealed a sachet of salt and and a large net filled with dried seaweed. I have long been a fan of VOYA, this is the brand that harvests seaweed from the Irish coast, freeze dries it, and packages...
Read more → 04 Dec 2012
Posted by BonnieF Using seaweed from the Hebrides, Blythswood Square Spa’s Treatments Manager, Natalie Rodgers explains why everything you need to reduce cellulite and water retention can be found in Scotland … (more…)
Read more → 21 Aug 2012
Posted by BonnieF 
Proving that Mother Nature knows an awful lot more than we do, the key to Elemis’ anti-ageing facials comes from a ship-wreck at the bottom of the deep blue sea – as Ragdale Hall’s Senior Beauty Therapist Sarah-Louise Waters explains ... (more…)
Read more → 17 Jul 2012
Posted by BonnieF Sometimes picking one treatment just isn’t enough, and if you are new to the whole spa experience, a little guidance is often welcome to get the most out of your day … which is precisely what makes Imagine Spa Thames Valley’s Around the World Rituals so special, as Spa Manager Emma Rudd explains...
Read more → 30 May 2012
Posted by BonnieF 
It is the ultimate British institution, rooted in our history and firmly engrained in our culture, and more importantly there are very few problems that a cup of tea can’t solve, but you might be surprised at quite how helpful a simple cuppa can really be … Classic Cuppa What to have...
Read more → 17 Apr 2012
Posted by BonnieF “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on a train” … trill the immortal words of Oscar Wilde’s amusing, if somewhat fearsome husband hunter Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. Nonetheless, both she and Mr Wilde have a point – there...
Read more → 23 Mar 2012
Posted by BonnieF This weekend the clocks are changing and I think we can all agree that this is a blessed relief – winter, we are done with you – go, walk out the door, and don’t let it hit you on the way out. It is now that we all come out of hibernation and start feeling a little perkier about getting up in the morning,...
Read more → 06 Mar 2012
Posted by BonnieF Extolling the virtues of seaweed, VOYA products claim to have powerful effects on the body, not to mention being at the forefront of an ever growing trend for organic products ranging from tea to massage oil. Waterside Wyndham Grand London Chelsea Harbour have been putting the products to the test...
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