Facial

When you think of having a facial, how do you imagine you'll feel? Relaxed? Tranquil? Sore? I just cam back from having a thorough, if somewhat painful, facial. It started out well enough with the therapist asking questions about my medical history and what I hoped to get from my treatment, all while I was wrapped in a duvet on a therapy bed. I could answer those questions with ease. Although she did make me feel like a naughty schoolchild when she told me off for not drinking enough water every day.
She cleansed my face which turned out to be how she found out about all the 'problems' under the surface of my skin. Next came the steam. I was just starting to relax and it felt very calming when she put patches on my eyes but she didn't warn me to expect hot steam to be blasted all over my face and up my nose. Thankfully, she left me alone in the room so I could wiggle about and peel one of the eye patches off to have a look at the contraption. Suitably satisfied that it would not melt my face off, I tried to breathe normally until she returned.
Well, I'm not sure that I wouldn't have prefered her to have stayed away because when she came back, she blinded me with a magnifying mirror and said, 'I'm just going to do some extraction, OK?' What she actually meant was 'I'm just going to squeeze all the spots I can see on your very spotty face and make you squirm on the bed.'
To be fair, she didn't actually pick the red spots that I already had. She electrocuted them! I couldn't see from my prone position but if I had to put money on it, I'd bet you could see blue sparks flying between face and machine.
Instead of massaging my face (because I have the type of skin to breakout at the slightest touch), she massaged my shoulders. She spent quite a long time trying to work out the knots in my shoulders but I'm pretty sure they were only there due to the stress of having the facial.
Anyway, I've already booked my appointment for next week…masochist or what?!

Back in business

Hurray! After months of waiting, we now have internet at home again. Watch this space for updates from the past months...

Sugar

What a great idea to have a beauty salon where you can watch back-to-back Desperate Housewives while having a pedicure :)

Bride show

Who would have thought I'd be the type to go to a bride show?! But where else in the world do you get more abayas at a bride show than wedding dresses? Dubai apparently!

Chamas

Vegetarians look away now!
We went to a Brazilian restaurant tonight where you get a coaster which acts as a signal for the waiters to bring you food or not. Turn it to green and you soon get tired of them turning up, switch it to red and you actually have time to eat. And what food do they bring? Meat. Lots and lots of meat. Here madam is a big hunk of cow, how much would you like? Fabulous!

In The Name Of The King

Please, please, please do not be tempted to ever watch this film!

Catching up

I know I haven't posted on here for ages, but it doesn't mean I haven't been writing the posts. I have just uploaded posts from the end of Nov until now so you can catch up on what has been going on here ... if you're interested! :)