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I'm not an Aromatherapist, but my dad has bought my mum an essental oil diffuser for their wedding anniversary. Can anyone recommend any good 'starter' oils to put in it? I'm thinking Lavender as a startoff. I think around 3 others would be good, has anyone got any ideas? My mum is full of...

I've been a holistic lady for years now, qualified in Swedish Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Reflexology, Hot Stone Massage and Indian Head. I've got slightly itchy feet and would like to extend into facials as well as I love the facial bit of Indian Head and Hot Stone. Can anyone recommend any...

I really fancy learning some magic tricks to entertain my nephews with in the first instance, then maaaaybe (a long way) in the future to do kids' parties for fun. I've always been fascinated by magicians but I'm not looking for another career as I love being a massage therapist, it's just...

I love this! Hairdressers and beauticians are the most physically active professions in East of England, says Santander and British Heart Foundation poll | Cambridge News | Latest News Headlines From Cambridge City & Cambridgeshire | National News | Cambridge New

Has anyone ever done British Military Fitness? I've signed up for a free trial session next week - eek!

I’m feeling the urge to read some new books – does anyone have any recommendations? I normally like fantasy and sci fi fiction, and have recently started reading autobiographies too. I’ve just finished an amazing book called Wild by Cheryl Strayed, about a woman who walked the entire Pacific...

Right geeks, I’m on the hunt for something elusive and I wondered if you can help me out? My couch is 16kg and I’m sick to death of lugging it up and down flights of stairs and in and out of people’s houses. BUT it is very wide and sturdy, and very comfy to lie on. What I’m after is a lighter...

We're thinking of going to Cornwall on holiday next year. I've only been there a few times before, once camping in Portscatho and another time at an eclipse festival at Lizard Point in 1999. We spent a day in Newquay but it was just full of drunk rich kids *shudder*. Can anyone recommend any...

A couple of days ago, a coat stand at work (my office job) fell over and hit me in the face. It was a complete accident (all got reported, and it's now been moved) but I'm left with a lovely big black eye. I wasn't scheduled to do any massages this weekend (I find August is a quiet month...

Well I've been a bit of a numpty. I signed up for the Great North Run ages ago but what with going on holiday, being busy at work and then a nice sunny week, I've not done any training yet and it's in 9 weeks this Sunday! Is this even going to be possible? I'm reasonably fit - cycle...

I’ve been going to my local hair salon 5 or 6 times a year for the last 6 years. My next appointment is booked for July, but I walked past there yesterday and the whole place was boarded up, with a sign on the window saying ‘due to non-payment of rent and bills over a number of months, XXX will...

My therapy room music is starting to drive me round the bend so I need a new couple of CDs - does anyone have any recommendations? My current one is the ichill Classical Lounge, I really really used to love it before I played it a trillion times but I do like things in that style, it's version...

I had a mobile client this morning, it was an IHM and I'd already done a DT earlier on. All was going fine until I suddenly started feeling very light headed and faint and then lost some vision. I sat down and carried on working but then felt very sick. The client had pre-payed so I finished the...

I went to see Chessboxing in London on Saturday. It's a crazy sport - round of chess, then round of boxing, repeat until either a checkmate or knockout! So much fun and awesome atmosphere. And it got me thinking, could there be a beauty-related fusion sport? Nail-running?

... Need a wee and are visiting a client, what do you do? I never ever go to the loo in clients’ houses. I just think it’s not right. So I go to amazing lengths to avoid doing so. Last night, the girl’s house was 5 mins from my parent’s to I let myself in their house, used the loo and their...

Who's watching? I'm one of the volunteers and when I'm not working I'm glued to the TV! My house is a tip and there's no food in the house but who cares? It'll never be in London again in my lifetime and I'm going to enjoy it! Is anyone else hooked?

Did anyone see this? It's a programme where Ashley Banjo teaches a different group of people to dance each week. It's been darts players, dinner ladies ... and this week was a group of "beauticians" (sigh ...) from Essex. Apart from calling them "beauticians", they were awesome. Their show at...

aarhgh I'm quite angry right now .. all because I think I did the right thing. My sister is a teacher and (on paper at least, ha) very intelligent. She’s currently doing VSO work in Rwanda as a teacher trainer. Me and my mum went to visit her in August and it was clear all was not well with...

I thought I'd tell you about a cheeky client I had yesterday that made me feel down all day :( She had only booked a 30 minute appointment for a back massage, and arrived 10 minutes late, but then claimed "it wasn't my fault as my watch says 1pm", at this point it was 1.10. I then said I was...

I just put a message up on Facebook saying that this Sunday I'm operating my massage clinic (it's a one off as I don't usually work on Sundays). I put up the treatments offered, contact details and prices. One of my facebook friends replied "I need a massage but I want to pay £10, are we in...