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Summer Essentials: Facial Sun Protection

By on July 26, 2012

I don’t know about you but I hate wearing sun cream on my face.  It always seems to leave it feeling greasy and looking very shiny!  For the past few years I’ve been buying sun creams specifically designed for your face so I thought I’d share with you this years selection….

Nurture Daily Face Protector, SPF 30

My sister and I used this on holiday in Kos and didn’t get sunburn so it must work!  You use it like you do a normal sun cream – apply 15 minutes before you go in the sun and then reapply every couple of hours when you are in the sun.  It sinks in well but I did find that it left my face looking shiny sometimes although that was usually when I squeezed a bit too much out of the tube and used it anyway!  It contains vitamin E, aloe vera and moisturising pro-vitamin B5 and costs £7.45 for 50ml which I would pay again.

Skin Doctors Supermoist SPF 30 Accelerator

I haven’t actually used this properly yet but it’s in my pile of stuff to take to Thailand.  Again you use this one like a normal sun cream but this one doesn’t smell quite as strongly as the Nurture one.  It’s also noticeably thicker which I personally prefer.  It sinks in even faster than the Nurture version but it is more expensive at £25.50 for 50ml (however it’s currently on offer at £19.13).  I’ll let you know when I’m home from Thailand if I think this is any better than the Nurture one!

Do you use specific facial sun creams?  Which ones would you recommend?

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Wahanda Spa Day

By on July 6, 2012

After finishing my exams a few weeks ago I decided to treat myself to a spa day. I bought a voucher from the Spa Days Cardiff section of the Wahanda website for a 2 for 1 Bannatyne Pamper Spa Day. If you’ve not heard of Wahanda before, it’s a website where you can buy vouchers for spa days and treatments at a number of different spas across the UK.  It makes it really easy to find a good deal as the information for the different spas is all in the same place! The voucher is emailed to you, so I was able to phone up the Bannatyne Spa booking line the same day to book my treatments.

The 2 for 1 Bannatyne Pamper Spa Day voucher cost me £65 and included a 30 minute facial or back massage for both me and a friend, a 15 minute scalp massage and use of the pool and gym for the whole day. I took my sister to the Cardiff Bannatyne Spa and we both went for the facial. Our treatments were so relaxing and our skin felt amazing afterwards. The therapists were lovely; they explained what products they used but didn’t hound us to buy them which happened last time I had a facial.

We arrived just after lunch so that we could spend a few hours relaxing by the pool before our treatments. The pool itself was nice enough, if a bit gloomy because of the dark floor. We were a bit disappointed by the rest of the spa day though. The bubbles in the Jacuzzi weren’t working properly and the steam in the stream room didn’t smell too good either. It might sound a bit silly but I always think of a spa as having relaxing music playing gently in the background and nice hand cream in the toilets, but the Bannatyne Spa didn’t have this. I’m not sure if anyone else has been to the Center Parcs spa, Aqua Sana, which is amazing? I think, after being there, I am disappointed when other spas days aren’t as nice! I think I also thought that the spa would have its own sauna, steam room and Jacuzzi but actually we had to use the health club. The health club looks like the perfect place to go if you want to keep yourself fit but it’s not really a “spa”.

I’d definitely go back to the Bannatyne Spa again for treatments and I think our Wahanda voucher was good value even if the pool area wasn’t what we thought it was going to be!

Because I hate posts without images, I thought I’d post some photos of gorgeous looking spas I found on Pinterest….


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Bluestone

By on November 22, 2011

A couple of weekends ago I went to Bluestone with my mum, stepdad and Nick for my birthday. Bluestone is sort of like a mini Center Parcs and is near Tenby in West Wales.


We stayed in a gorgeous lodge and spent the weekend just generally relaxing. Instead of hiring bikes to get around the site we took the lazy option and hired a golf buggy instead! The weather was lovely so we drove round the site a couple of times looking at the fantastic views of the National Park. Look how cheeky Nick looks here as he drives off without me! We weren’t completely lazy and did spend an hour or so in the swimming pool!


The weekend we stayed was bonfire night so there was a short firework display in the main village. We also had an amazing meal in the very fancy on site restaurant!


The highlight for me was a visit to the spa with my mum. We spent an hour in the various saunas and steam rooms before going off separately for facials. I had the Bluestone customised facial which used products from Decleor. It was so relaxing and my skin felt really soft and clean at the end. Harriet, my therapist, was brilliant and showed me some products which were great for my skin – my favourite was the Phytopeel Exfoliator. I just wish I wasn’t a student and could afford some of the products now!

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