It was with mild trepidation that I made my way to Bliss Spa in Chelsea to undergo a lash treatment where I was promised fluttering lashes that no man could resist. These would be glued to each of my individual lashes, banishing the need for falsies, or even the compulsory lick of morning mascara. My primary fear was that I’d come out looking a cross between a llama and a Las Vegas show girl. Voicing my concerns to my beauty ‘therapist’, she assured me that these would look both natural and striking, offering me a range of lengths and colours.
Prior to making my way downstairs for my lashoptomy, I caught a glimpse of women in reclining chairs, with pedicurists fervently scrubbing away as clients relaxed in front of screens showing Sex and the City. This is taking luxury to new heights, I thought.
I’d been told that the procedure would take an hour and a half, hence my secondary cause for concern. As a compulsive fidgeter, the prospect of one and a half hours of daylight spent lying prostrate leaves me itchy-footed, to say the least.Yet as I lay back on my cushy towelling bed, gently heated for optimum relaxation, with the dulcet tones of Ray Lamontagne and Otis Redding serenading me (a welcome break from the new age whale calls so prominent in salons these days) my angst dissolved as I drifted into a light doze.
I was gently awoken to the reassuring words ‘all done.’
The moment of truth. Would I look like a street-walking alpaca? To my delight – the result was as promised – striking but natural. The men haven’t exactly been falling at my feet, but no sooner was I back in the office then several of my more astute colleagues noticed my screen goddess lashes.
If you do book a treatment, I would recommend taking the rest of the afternoon off. The procedures don’t run overtime, but it’s well worth indulging in the spas relaxation room, well stocked with cheese and biscuits for a little light sustenance.
Semi-permanent false lashes cost £150 and last for 2 weeks.
For more information, visit http://www.blisslondon.co.uk/
