Wealden Times | WT167 | January 2016 | Health & Beauty supplement inside
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WT <strong>Beauty</strong> & <strong>Health</strong> Supplement sponsored by<br />
SMART Master Bullet<br />
Kitchen Blender<br />
Set, £79.99 www.<br />
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facial fuel energising<br />
face wash 250ml,<br />
£17, Kiehl’s www.<br />
fenwick.com<br />
luxury leather washbag,<br />
labrador, £75 www.<br />
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Molecule 02, £38, Escentric<br />
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this charming man<br />
gift box, £40 www.<br />
deathtoflowers.co.uk<br />
escentric 03 body wash<br />
200ml, £20, Escentric<br />
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beard kit, £25 www.<br />
oliverbonas.com<br />
www.wealdentimes.co.uk<br />
12<br />
gents manicure<br />
kit, £19.95 www.<br />
idyllhome.co.uk<br />
Edwin Jagger luxury 3<br />
piece shaving set, £77<br />
www.annabeljames.co.uk<br />
facial fuel heavy<br />
lifting moisturiser<br />
50ml, £38, Kiehl’s<br />
www.fenwick.com<br />
Ben visited Clarins Skin Spa<br />
at Fenwick Tunbridge Wells<br />
Energising back, neck<br />
and scalp massage<br />
www.fenwick.co.uk<br />
As a long time proponent of slouching and poor<br />
posture, the discomfort of little battles being<br />
fought in my back is pretty regular. Hence,<br />
when I walked into Fenwick for my Energising<br />
Back, Neck and Scalp massage I was hoping for<br />
a comfortable chair and a firm hand to ensure<br />
I sat properly whilst some poor soul tried to<br />
cure me. I got neither of those things. Instead,<br />
I was led to the Clarins Spa in the corner of the<br />
lower level. There I was soon made to realise,<br />
much to my surprise, that I would in fact be<br />
getting the full works, not fully clothed as I<br />
had initially expected. Despite the confusion, I<br />
was put completely at ease by the staff and the<br />
ambience of this calm oasis in the otherwise<br />
chaotic Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre.<br />
Toni led me to a fragrant, dimly lit room with<br />
a massage bed in the middle and an adjoining<br />
changing room complete with a shower. It<br />
was only when she left me to undress that I<br />
remembered, much to my horror, that I was<br />
wearing my lucky Chelsea FC boxers – you will<br />
only understand if you have a football fan in<br />
the family. However, Toni put me so at ease that<br />
I doubt it would have mattered if I had been<br />
wearing my grandmother’s bloomers. Toni began<br />
by explaining the procedure and offering me<br />
either to finish relaxed with an active mind, or<br />
total relaxation. I suspect this article may never<br />
have reached print had I chosen the latter. She<br />
began with breathing exercises to ease the tension<br />
in my muscles and calm my respiration with the<br />
aroma of the oils. I then turned over and after<br />
some exfoliation Toni began to untie my back.<br />
I made sure to apologise for its state as Toni got<br />
going but she politely assured me it was nothing<br />
like some of the concrete she’d previously been<br />
required to knead. The combination of the oil’s<br />
perfume, the soft classical music and the pleasant<br />
temperature was intoxicating. Though I tried to<br />
keep mental notes of the process, I must confess it<br />
did not take long for my mind to surrender along<br />
with my body to Toni’s craft. She eased each side<br />
of my back up and down with Clarins’ “Tonic”<br />
Body Treatment Oil, soothing every muscle<br />
before working my neck with the same majesty.<br />
She finished with a scalp massage, using Clarins’<br />
Tonic Bath & Shower Concentrate, which<br />
fittingly crowned the experience. Toni left me for<br />
a couple of minutes to relax while I tried to come<br />
to terms with the new looseness of my upper<br />
body. It was only whilst I was getting changed<br />
back into my clothes that I realised I had been<br />
so scantily clad in one of the busiest shopping<br />
centres in Kent, testament to the hospitality of<br />
my hosts and the power of the procedure. As I<br />
walked back out into the warfare of Christmas<br />
consumerism, I took solace in the fact that at<br />
least one battle had been won that day and peace<br />
literally followed behind me for the rest of it.<br />
Energising Back, Neck & Scalp Massage,<br />
35 mins, £45