what beauty treatments do you have? why? how much do they cost? and are they any good?

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Generally have bog all done (because I'm lazy as opposed to a natural beauty) but I'm currently half way through having my hairy legs lasered. It's costing a bomb but will be worth it if it gets rid of my 'orrible ingrown hairs. Painting a very attractive picture of myself here, amn't I?

don't have any myself. starting to wonder if maybe I should. I wouldn;t know where to start.

Oh loads. What are you interested in? Basics for me are eyebrow shape and tint and eyelash tint (anything from £20 to £50 depending where you are), then facial (price depends on what it is and where you are - Bliss in London have ones at £200, but you can get ones for £20). After that - manicure/pedicure - £20 for each in London. I don't bother with any waxing but some people love it.

LuLu - Bliss have these great pads for ingrowing hairs like wetted cotton wool - they are sold in London (in Bliss, Selfridges, Harrods, Harvey Nichols) or on the Bliss website. Can't for the life of me remember what they are called but people RAVE about them.

Eyebrow wax monthly.
Facial every other month
Botox every 4 months!

i get my facial hair nuked with ipl which costs £50 a pop, is that a beauty treatment? certainly makes me less ugly.

SilentTerror, how do you find the botox? Are you really pleased with it or do you ever wish you had never started with it?

I only ask because I am in the process of buying a salon at the moment and the current owner has a dr come in once a month to do botox/restylane/collagen etc and I dont know if I want to offer it or not. I know its good for my pockets and all but I'm not sure if I think its a great idea healthwise for my clients yet IYSWIM?

i've never been unhappy with my eyebrows they are just as they are...it wouldnt occur to me to do anything to them is it common to do stuff to eyebrows?

i dont have any treatments..i couldnt afford them and never really cottoned on to them being normal

I love it!
I have to admit my husband does it for me as he is a doctor and fits me in when he is doing others and there is some left!
I find it erases completely my frown lines and forehead lines and gives me an 'eyebrow lift' as well. He never uses too much though and I don't feel frozen at all!
Highly recommend,would only let a doctor do it though.

If you have lovely brows you are happy with then you are very lucky lots of women feel conscious if they're overly bushy and a nicely shaped brow opens up the eye and can take years off your face.

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Yes, the guy she has coming in to do it is a GP who does botox etc at weekend.

She has obviously had it done as she does look lots smoother than she used to a few years ago, however I think she is on the verge of starting to look 'stricken' She suggested I needed to have it when I start running the place but I am 36 and consider myself far too young to start dabbling as yet!!

are facials worth it? i am tempted but then am too tight when i see how much they cost. also i have freaky sensitive skin and would had to spend £50 for a new rash.

none at all i cannot afford them. i do everything myself (hair cut/dye, dehairing, mani/pedicures brows etc etc yawn) which gives a nice sense of achievement but can be rather drugdey.

facials are worth it for the pamper factor alone. However, they wont do a thing for your skin unless you are already nurturing it in the old-fashioned way ie drinking lots of water, taking make-up off at night, wearing sunscreen

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Yes,sgree facials more of a pampering treat than anything.Don't really notice any great improvement after one,just feel like I should indulge,ifyswim!
As an aside,I have been using Olay thermal cleansing mask recently which promises 'mini peel' effects with continued use,and it is great!

mmm £50 for a nap and a clean face, i don't think so!

sister and i are thinking about going for a pedicure which is v. exciting. sister is pregnant and i worry about her toenails.

i doubt my eyebrows are right but i wouldnt know what eyebrows should look like

i think you have to be seriously rich for these treatments as there isnt much point having one once..they are all repeat sales arent they

does anyone use clarins beauty flash balm?

is it worth the money?

Cod doesn't t hink so! Check out her thread !
I haven't ever used it tbh.

pmsl at "sister is pregnant and i worry about her toenails". a candidate for quote of the week.

I have once or twice had my eyelashes tinted (I had forgotten that). It's great for holidays when you're in and out of a swimming pool but I have to say I hate having it done. I get this eye-claustrophobia thing where I an desperate to open them and I have to concentrate really hard on keeping them shut, and then I kind of loose track of them and can't work out if they're shut or not. all very strange and stressful. and last time I don;t think the woman rinsed it off properly and I ended up stumbling around with my eyes streaming, barely able to open them, and grey dye all down my face. it was awful.

My eyebrows are pale so I've never worried about them - they don;t have that plucked shape but I think they're ok. I ocassionally take a pair of tweazers to the odd rogue hair - but literally 4 or 5 on each side.

Facials - tbh my skin is not great these days - no obvious blemishes or blotchiness but lots of weeny under the skin spots. You only see them individually if you peer closely but I expect they give me an overall dull-ness and I've been wondering if facials might help. I had one once when I was in my early twenties (present from a friend) and I remember being massaged and squeezed - left me all blotchy (temporarily) and not remotely relaxing but I do wonder if it would be good for me now.

eyebrows threaded every 2 weeks - it is amazing how much difference a well shaped eyebrow makes to the way i look

also, toenails and finger nails painted or file and shaped