(Bellissima Beauty Boutique in Wimbledon Village)
Rummaging around in my wallet last week I found a “£25 off” voucher for use in January at my local beauty salon, Bellissima Beauty boutique.
I don’t know if you are like me, because whilst I love a voucher or a special offer I tend to put them in my wallet or handbag and then rediscover them after the expiry date. Very frustrating…Anyway, I found this voucher in good time and booked an appointment for yesterday afternoon and took a sneaky hour and a half off and went to have a massage and a facial.
Bellissima Beauty Boutique is the salon I featured on my blog in the post, “Do you want low maintenance lovely lashes? Try this...” owned by 29 year-old Simona Masso.
Simona as I have said before, is pretty damn impressive in my opinion. Her first salon in Wimbledon Village is coming up to five years old and she has now opened a second salon in Raynes Park (right opposite Raynes Park station if you are worried about getting there).
“Bellissima Beauty & Relax” or Bellissima Raynes Park as I have it filed in my head is bigger than its Wimbledon Village sister. The idea, I think, is it is more of a spa-like environment where you are likely to go for more relaxing, longer treatments.
Having said this, both salons do everything – whether you need a manicure express, wax or a more luxurious treatment like a facial.
Anyway, back to me, and yesterday’s treatments. I had my massage and facial with Victoria Gratrick, one of the lovely therapists at Raynes Park.
A working mother, Victoria’s CV is ridiculously impressive and the places she has been headhunted to work at read like the “who’s who” of the beauty world.
From the moment I lay down on the heated bed I prayed for time to go as slowly as possible. I momentarily forgot that I would have to get back to my working day - it was unadulterated bliss.
Every treatment is tailor made for your needs and the salons use Murad and Mio products. In fact, I believe Victoria is the only trainer for Mio in the country and has designed a lot of the massage techniques used in the treatments.
I have been suffering with neck and shoulder pain over the last few weeks and came out feeling more mobile and my face was glowing after the facial.
All the therapists at both salons are trained meticulously but the most obvious thing is they clearly love what they do.
A quick word about the voucher I had. Simona and her team excel at keeping their clients happy. There are always discounts and deals galore.
You can buy courses of treatments where you pay for a certain number and get a certain number free, you get a loyalty card - which gets stamped each time you spend £50. Depending on how many stamps you have you could get a free file and paint, back massage or an hour’s facial.
So using my voucher and a loyalty stamp my visit cost £32.50, yep, you read that correctly…and it was top notch.
I’m an only child, so normally sharing is hard for me. But the care, treatments, expertise and wonderful vibe in the Bellissima salons are worth sharing. If you fancy A-list treatments, with wonderfully qualified therapists at really competitive prices – you should really check it out…
(http://www.bellissimawimbledon.co.uk)