Spa day

I was fortunate enough yesterday to have been kindly treated to a day at the Verbena Spa located at the Feversham Arms Hotel in the picturesque, Yorkshire town of Helmsley. My opinion on the spa you say? WOW. It truly was beaaautiful. My friend Alice and I had full use of the 'heat experience' treatments: steam room, sauna and some sort of room which raised your temperature! These rooms were wonderfully relaxing and I nearly did fall asleep! However, I was soon awake after a chilly experience by ice exfoliation! Suprisingly this left my skin feeling beautifully smooth. Just when I thought I was in relaxation heaven we then made our way outside to try the outdoor pool and hot tub- my favourite!

The photos don't do this outside area justice. With beautiful outdoor deco and a big heated pool this really was luxury!

And of course I couldn't not talk about the food...after twenty lengths I was feeling rather peckish....

I treated myself to something from there tapas menu...tempura battered crab, which was literally was a melt in the mouth sensation, and some mixed olives. Whilst Alice had a ham sandwich with apple chutney, garnished with salad and home-made chips!

The food, like the spa, was beautiful and I would recommend going to the Feversham arms for lunch or dinner if you were visiting Helmsley just for the day.

The day at the spa was perfect; relaxation heaven. I would definitely recommend, if you are in need of a pamper day, to visit! 

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Essie addict...

(LtR) Watermelon - Orange, its obvious! - Lapiz of Luxury - Mint Candy Apple - Navigate her

S/S 12 colours Orange, its obvious! & Navigate her



Essie nail varnishes, as you can tell, have become my all time faveourite nail varnishes. I came across them after make-up artist Tanya Burr and beauty vlogger FleurDeForce reviewed them in their joint monthly haul. Originally from America we have had to wait a while for Essie to arrive in England. When I finally saw them in my local boots store I actually jumped up and down with excitement - yes, a true sign that I am a beauty geek!These nail varnishes have indeed lived up to their excellent reviews. There colours are always vibrant, keeping up with high fashion trends, they have fantastic names and beautiful, clean packaging. Most importantly they are chip resistant, high durable and leave a top-coat shine effect: there is no doubt that they are well worth their price! Although I have 5 to my collection now, my faveourite has to be 'Lapiz of luxury', a beautiful, stand-out blue which never fails to receive compliments from my friends!

                                                                Seche Vite - Dry fast top coat

However, I could not talk about Essie nail product and not mention the AMAZING top coat I used over them! Instead of a top makeup blogger it was actually my mum who recommended me this varnish, and now we would both never paint out nails without using Seche Vite.  The first time I used it I could not get over its high-shine wow factor finish, and it still leaves me shocked at the result it creates. Although it is quite pricey, £9 a bottle, I cannot talk about it highly enough. Every nail polish addict needs this in there collection!!

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