Pre-Party Face and Body Treatments To Get You Festive Ready
Feel like the belle of the ball and get suitably primped and preened with these game-changing face, hair, nail, and body treatments.
The Glow-getter Facial
The Mantle, The Glow & Gua Sha Facial
What to expect: Prep your skin with this 60-minute treatment. MANTLE’s most glow-giving formulas combined with a vigorous full face-lifting massage delivered with love will leave skin sculpted, lifted, smoother and endlessly radiant, creating the perfect base for any makeup application.
Book via Ruuby App, £95 for 60 minutes
find out more: RUbbY.Com
Keren Bartov, Face Treatment
What to expect: Celebrity facialist Keren Bartov’s clients read like a red-carpet award guest list, and it’s no wonder. This is not a pampering facial but a seriously customised medi-facial that uses over 50 medical technologies for soft laser, IPL, radio frequency and ultrasound to zap your pigmentation or rosacea, firm and tighten skin, smooth fine lines, and stimulate structural collagen support. The afterglow and tightness of the skin are simply mind-blowing. It’s so good that many of her clients have ditched their Botox with regular facials from Keren or a member of her team.
£400 for 60 minutes
find out more: kerenbartov.co.uK
The Light Salon, Express Collagen Boost Advanced LED + Lifting Massage Facial
What to expect: The original and most popular on-the-go facial, combining advanced LED to renew at a cellular level, a massage to lift, and LED-optimised skincare to hydrate, smooth, and correct the complexion – and all in 40 minutes. A brilliant option for the time-poor and you don’t even need to remove your makeup.
From £50 for 30-40 mins
Find out more: thelight-salon.com
The Body Perfector
Zen Healthcare, Pressotherapy- Lymphatic Drainage Treatment
What to expect: Located in the heart of Hampstead, North-West London, upstairs of the chicest and cleanest looking pharmacy you’ll ever see, is a pair of compression boots that will rid your body of water retention in just under an hour. A waist-to-toe garment targets every inch of the body with a pulsing stroking sensation that mimics the touch of a lymphatic massage.
This is far from pampering, but the benefits include lymphatic drainage, inches off the lower half of your body, a weightless feeling, muscle recovery (particularly great for active types) and stress relief. Jennifer Aniston is said to be a fan. Enough said!
£150 for 45 minutes
Find out more: zenhealthcare.co.uk
GUAM® Seaweed Cellulite Treatment at Cowshed Spas
What to expect: This treatment uses GUAM’s patented Seaweed formula to target the appearance of cellulite and help sculpt the body from neck to toe. The lipo-active nanospheres contained in the seaweed gel directly affect fat cells to smooth cellulite, while activating a lipolysis process that can help prevent the formation of new fat cells.
£130 for 60 minutes
Find out more: cowshed.com
The Luxe Blow-Dry
Augustinus Bader Hair Treatment System at Gielly Green
What to expect: Using the A-list-approved skin and hair favourite brand, Augustinus Bader, hair is washed with the added option of a Bader eye patch applied at the wash station. Expect fabulous (and scented) hair along with less puffy, more hydrated, and less tired-looking eyes. A double whammy!
From £49 with an Augustinus Bader eye patch addition £17
Find out more: giellygreen.co.uk
The Flawless Tan
James Harknett at W London Away Spa
What to expect: Cheat your way to a gorgeous, glowy body that builds confidence with every spritz. Celebrity tanning connoisseur James Harknett’s five-star treatment will ensure you’re contoured to perfection. A true artist who will consider the dress/outfit/occasion you’re tanning for to ensure you are suitably golden in all the right places.
£75 for full-body tan
Find out more: jamesharknett.co.uk
The Knockout Nails
DryBy London
What to expect: Groomed nails are a must for this time of the year. This London-based nail salon is where all the beauty editors go for manicured talons that stand the test of time.
Unlike many nail salons that feel like you’re on a conveyor belt. DryBy has a homely feel with soft furnishings and extremely talented nail technicians who can create nail art of all sorts with the same impeccably tidy finish.
Find out more: dryby.co.uk
Margaret Dabbs
What to expect: The best in beauty when it comes to nail care. Margaret Dabbs offers the ultimate treatment menu from classic manicures (with the best hand and arm massages you’ll ever receive!) to flawless buffing and polishing using CND gel or Dabbs’ own nail-kind varnish line, which is brilliant. And when it comes to your feet, there truly is no other spot that beats the medi-pedi, which fuses podiatry and beauty and leaves you walking on air.
Find out more: margaretdabbs.co.uk
The Brows & Lashes
Blink Brow Bar
What to expect: Loved by beauty editors and eyebrow and eyelash obsessives. Blink (now known as BBB) is the place to go for a speedy professional brow shape and lash curl for a natural finish. With a huge menu of offerings from full-on lash extensions to a simple brow tidy, the highly skilled technicians are all perfectionists but know that time is of the essence.
Find out more: BBB-london.com
The One-Stop Pampering Shop
Head to: Hershesons
What to expect: If you’re one of those last-minute Christmas shoppers, it’s likely you’ve also forgotten to plan all your beauty treatments ahead of the 25th of December. Well, fret not, Hershesons has your back! With hair, eyebrows, nails, facials, and even IV drips under one roof. It’s well worth booking in for the day and cramming in all your beauty essentials in. You’ll leave the salon, looking and feeling like a different person.
Find out more: hershesons.com
For Him
Neals Yard, Energising Massage
What to Expect: If your body is feeling sluggish and you’re in desperate need of a pick me up to get you through yet another party, this rejuvenating massage will get your blood pumping and your muscles soothed using energising essential oils – uplifting grapefruit and calming vetiver – that will give you the energy to get your dancing shoes back on again. And all in the comfort of your home.
Book via Beautii App, £120
FIND OUT MORE: beautii.co
Omorovicza, The Illuminating Skin Therapy Session
What to expect: Located in the heart of Mayfair’s vibrant luxury district is the Omorovicza London institute, the new home of skin-transforming treatments using the super-luxe Hungarian skincare brand. This facial is the ultimate prescription for dull or lacklustre skin, using strong facial massage movements to stimulate blood flow that gives an instant lifting, firming and glow.
£200 for 70 minutes
FIND OUT MORE: libertylondon.COM
