Blossom's Blog » Products http://blossomnailspa.com/blog Blossom Mobile Beauty Treatments, Essex Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:55:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Sienna X spray tan chelmsford http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2010/05/sienna_x_spray_tan_chelmsford/ http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2010/05/sienna_x_spray_tan_chelmsford/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 11:10:45 +0000 Blossom http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/?p=233
Contents
  1. Sienna X has the best range of colours on the market
  2. Sienna X don’t test their products on animals
  3. Sienna X products have a great scent
  4. Sienna X products are 100% natural
  5. The Sunless Tanning Process
I just received a very large delivery of new Sienna X goodies in and realised I’ve not yet written much about the Sienna X spray tan process on here yet. So here goes!

Sienna X has the best range of colours on the market

We believe they’ll continue to be ahead of the game because that’s the attitude they seem to have. There are bigger players in the market but Sienna X are by far and away the most proactive and enthusiastic when it comes to innovation.

Sienna X don’t test their products on animals

This is important, because beauty is beauty and life is life, where the two come into conflict beauty – and we know you agree – comes second.

Sienna X products have a great scent

The professional spray tan products that we use, when first applied, smell of coconut. Unlike with some spray tans (‘Fake Bake’ for example) there is no smell after your initial shower. Who’d have thought, 5 years ago, that a sunless tanning product could smell of anything but ‘weird’?!

Sienna X products are 100% natural

I’m saying ‘Sienna X’ a lot but it sounds authoritative so I’m going with it. Natural ingredients ties in nicely with the whol ‘not blinding bunnies’ ethos and the icing on the cake is that they use UK suppliers whever possible; they’re a trully forward thinking, British company.

The Sunless Tanning Process

When we apply a spray tan we do so while you’re stood in a tall, ‘roomier than you imagine’ tent. To ensure that we spray the tan on evenly the product has a ‘guide colour’ laced into it. So the colour we spray on you is darker than the colour you’re going to be wearing after you’ve had a quick shower. This is so that we can apply a top-up tan to already browned skin without going over the same areas twice.

Bottom line: don’t be alarmed when you look in the mirror and you look like you’ve been living on a Spanish beach for a month straight! Of course, if that’s the look you want then we’ll apply a darker shade and the shower won’t make any difference.

You’ll be dry in minutes but we suggest you wait a few hours before taking that first shower because the product develops as you wear it. In fact, it’s worth my mentioning that it’s the same natural chemical process that turns an exposed banana brown.

So, yes, the guide colour comes off in the shower. No, it doesn’t rub off on your clothes, or your sofa. As I say, without naming any names such as Fake Bake (oops!) ‘Sienna X’, is ahead of the game in many aspects.

There really is no better spray tan on the market, the only decisions you need to make are:

  1. 1. Which colour to go for
  2. To tanline or not to tanline?

    3. Get in touch now and book your sunless tan today!

    0777 916 1824

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]]> http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2010/05/sienna_x_spray_tan_chelmsford/feed/ 0 Strip Waxing & Hot Wax Explained http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2009/10/strip-waxing-hot-wax-essex/ http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2009/10/strip-waxing-hot-wax-essex/#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:04:04 +0000 Blossom http://dev.blossomnailspa.com/blog/?p=77
Waxing is the most effective way of removing hair and obtaining that silky smooth feeling for both small and large areas: eyebrows, face, bikini area, legs, arms, back, stomach, feet anywhere else you can think of.
Hot wax involves a thin layer of heated wax being carefully applied to the skin. Hair becomes embedded in the viscous wax as it cools and solidifies. A strip is then applied over the top and pressed down before quickly being pulled off, taking with it the uprooted hair.
Hot Waxing vs Cold Waxing
Don’t confuse hot wax with cold wax – we don’t offer cold wax for one simple reason, hot wax is better, more enjoyable and way more effective. Cold wax involves precoated strips being pressed onto the skin and pulled off in exactly the same way you’d apply and then tear off a plaster. Not a very high-end process! Where hot waxing, when performed by a skilled hand is likened to the sensation of being slapped with a ruler, cold waxing is likened to being slapped with bull whip!
Waxing is of course a temporary method of hair removal, although it does cause a progressive and permanent thinning of the hair each time the treatment is performed. That silky smooth feeling should stay with you for between three to eight weeks.
The History of Hot Waxing
It’s no surprise that the saucy ancient Egyptians are thought to have invented the process of removing bodily hair with hot wax. Youth was just as prized then as it is now and just as today; the high-classes would use hot wax hair removal as a means to stay young and beautiful throughout their lives. Hairless bodies have ever since been a mark of not only beauty and youth, but social standing, right through the ages.
Post Waxing Treatment
Non-perfumed moisturisers (heavy on the aloa vera and vitamin B) are be immediately applied to the treated area. The following activities should be avoided where possible:
- Swimming
- Sunbathing
- Applying perfume, aftershave or deodorant to the treated area

Waxing is the most effective way of removing hair and obtaining that silky smooth feeling for both small and large areas: eyebrows, face, bikini area, legs, arms, back, stomach, feet anywhere else you can think of.

Hot wax involves a thin layer of heated wax being carefully applied to the skin. Hair becomes embedded in the viscous wax as it cools and solidifies. A strip is then applied over the top and pressed down before quickly being pulled off, taking with it the uprooted hair.

Hot Waxing vs Cold Waxing

Don’t confuse hot wax with cold wax – we don’t offer cold wax for one simple reason, hot wax is better, more enjoyable and way more effective. Cold wax involves precoated strips being pressed onto the skin and pulled off in exactly the same way you’d apply and then tear off a plaster. Not a very high-end process! Where hot waxing, when performed by a skilled hand is likened to the sensation of being slapped with a ruler, cold waxing is likened to being slapped with bull whip!

Waxing is of course a temporary method of hair removal, although it does cause a progressive and permanent thinning of the hair each time the treatment is performed. That silky smooth feeling should stay with you for between three to eight weeks.

The History of Hot Waxing

It’s no surprise that the saucy ancient Egyptians are thought to have invented the process of removing bodily hair with hot wax. Youth was just as prized then as it is now and just as today; the high-classes would use hot wax hair removal as a means to stay young and beautiful throughout their lives. Hairless bodies have ever since been a mark of not only beauty and youth, but social standing, right through the ages.

Post Waxing Treatment

Non-perfumed moisturisers (heavy on the aloa vera and vitamin B) are be immediately applied to the treated area. The following activities should be avoided where possible:

- Swimming
- Sunbathing
- Applying perfume, aftershave or deodorant to the treated area

More information on our mobile hot wax service to chelmsford, shenfield, danbury, etc (basically ‘essex’) can be found here

Prices for hot wax treatments can be found here

]]> http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2009/10/strip-waxing-hot-wax-essex/feed/ 0 Bio Sculpture Gel versus Acrylic ‘fake nails’ http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2009/08/bio-sculpture-gel-versus-acrylic-fake-nails/ http://blossomnailspa.com/blog/2009/08/bio-sculpture-gel-versus-acrylic-fake-nails/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:49:08 +0000 Blossom http://dev.blossomnailspa.com/blog/?p=38 Bio Sculpture Gel nourishes your nails; helping them grow and strengthen beneath what I guess could simply be called a thick varnish. If you have weak nails then even better, those are the nails that Bio Sculpture Gel treatments were initially designed for!

Gluing bits of plastic onto yourself is something to be grown out of, not encouraged :-)

Fake nails damage the nail bed at best and at worst, if a manicurist doesn’t properly clean their tools I’ve heard of many people faced with nail fungus that only leaves after several months of treatment.

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