Baby blog

Hi folks
The lovely Maxine Johnston from www.lifesacelebration.co.uk/ has asked me to do a guest blog so check it out on www.personalisedparties.blogspot.co.uk/

More on home pampering to follow soon!
Thanks
Bridget

Why spa at home?

Granted that we all have periods of stress at some time, and that some me-time is useful (see my last blog), the next question that I want to address is: Why Spa at Home? Wouldn't it be easier  (and more effective?!) to go to a "proper" spa and get pampered there?

So, to begin my research, I went to:
http://www.spabreak.co.uk
and looked at spas in the North East of England, which is where I'm based.

A couple of things occurred to me:

• the nearest spa is at least a 40 minute drive away
• there seems to be an expectation that you will spend at least half a day at the spa
• prices start at £65
• everyone in the pictures looks beautiful!

Now I would love to drive off for a day - or better yet a few days - and spends hundreds of pounds and get completely pampered, but how realistic is this?!

• Who would look after the children, if you have them?
• What about work, especially if you run your own business?
• Can YOU afford the time and money to do this?
• Do you want a load of strangers to see you sitting around in a robe - or worse still - a swimsuit?!

So I'm going to suggest some things that we can do in our own homes, when we have a shorter amount of time, with either items around the home or products that will cost a whole lot less than a trip to one of those spas... in your tatty old dressing gown if necessary!

Stressed?

Stressed?

We all know how the stress and strains of daily life can build up...

 And yet, if you ARE a busy mum, worker, dad, whatever, how can you get the time (or the money!) to escape from home to a spa to have all those treatments that you know would help you to unwind, even if just for a little while?

I asked a question of my friends on Facebook - what do you need to know about right now, and the answer was Spa Treatments at Home...

Over the next few weeks I am going to work on thinking about how you can take a small amount of time out of your day - maybe ask your partner to watch the children, or wait until you can take some me-time in the evening - to really pamper yourself...

So, what kinds of treatments would you choose, if money was no object, at one of those posh spas? We'll look at how very many of those we can create at home and I hope, together we can create our own piece of peace and help stimulate, strengthen and support health and beauty from the inside out...