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Make your Mum smile this Mother’s Day with luxury pamper treatments that she deserves.

Pick from any of the two offers below:

Free file & varnish hands or feet with every Deluxe Manicure or Deluxe Pedicure
Free back neck and shoulder massage or 30 minutes CACI non-surgical face lift with any one hour facial.

Valid until 31 March 2012

10% off all treatmetns

Gift vouchers available to treat your Valentine

Book now for dates in February 2011

1) His & Hers Facial and Back Massage
A perfect treat for you and your partner. Includes 1 hour relaxing facial and 25 mins back, neck and shoulder massage.

2) Couple’s Deluxe Pamper Day
Ultimate relaxation for you both. Includes 25 mins hot stone back, neck and shoulder massage; 30 mins prescription facial; 1 hour deluxe manicure

3) Anti-stress Valentine’s Day
Unwind and melt away the stress of life with this romantic treat. 40 mins Indian head massage and 30 mins prescription facial.

Offer ends 14 February 2011

We hope you’ve had a lovely Christmas and a great start to the New Year!

A festive season full of parties and celebrations is wonderful. But the late nights and extreme temperatures can put pressure on your skin and body’s condition. Skin protection and maintain a regular body care routine is important. Therefore we have special offers on most of our treatments to treat you!

Special offers from JANUARY TO MARCH 2011

SPECIAL OFFER 1:

Book 3 or more treatments and pay for just 2 treatments by 31st January 2011 (get the 3rd treatment of same or lower price FREE!) Offer valid until 31st March 2011. Treatments available for this offer are:

- CACI Facials
- Thalgo Facials
- Oxypeel Facials
- Environ Facials
- Eye Treatments (excludes Brows & Lashes)
- Make-up
- Manicures
- Pedicures CACI Body Treatments
- Aromatherapy
- Body Massage
- Indian Head Massage
- Body Wraps
- Body Treatments
- St. Tropez Tanning
- G-5

SPECIAL OFFER 2:

Introduce a friend or partner & receive 25% off a treatment for each of you!

Please ensure you book early to avoid disappointment. Please note that these offers are only for transactions made in January 2011. Vouchers cannot be redeemed for special offers.

To receive our latest information on treatments and prices please subscribe to our mailing list or call us on 020 8777 4343.

May we take this opportunity to thank you for all your support and custom and wish you a happy, healthy, prosperous and peaceful 2011!

From all of us at Beauty Moments

A Swedish study, reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal) has provided scientific evidence to the concept of people needing “beauty sleep”. Researchers found sleep deprivation made people appear less attractive and health.

Studies have also shown efficient relaxation helps improve the quality of sleep patterns. Massage treatments are especially powerful in providing a deep sense of relaxation to help you sleep better.

Aromatherapy massages are one of these massages which uses your sense of smell to promote relaxation. Here at Beauty Moments you can also purchase these oils to use regularly at home. The following oils and spices are useful for relaxation:

- Basil
- Benzoin Tincture
- Bergamot
- Black Pepper
- Cajeput
- Camomile, Roman
- Camphor
- Cardamom Seed
- Cedarwood
- Cinnamon
- Clary Sage
- Clove
- Coriander
- Cypress
- Eucalyptus
- Fennel
- Frankincense
- Geranium
- Ginger
- Grapefruit
- Hyssop
- Jasmine
- Juniper
- Lavender
- Lemon
- Lemongrass
- Marjoram
- Melissa
- Myrrh
- Neroli
- Orange
- Patchouli
- Palma Rosa
- Peppermint
- Pine
- Rose Otto
- Rosemary
- Rosewood
- Sage
- Sandalwood
- Tea Tree
- Thyme
- Ylang Ylang

Here at Beauty Moments (West Wickham) we create a stress-free environment for our clients to experience and relax in whilst enjoying their treatments. Our treatments are described by our clients as both mentally and physically relaxing.

There is a new approach to skin care – psychodermatology. This is the relationship between the mind and the body.

Stress can have bio-chemical affects on the body resulting in inflammatory conditions e.g. psoriasis, eczema and premature ageing. A large part of this is affecting by fluctuation in hormone levels. Regulating these hormone levels can have a profound affect on our health and the appearance of our skin.

A little stress is good for you

Cortisol is the hormone secreted by the adrenal glands when we feel the need to “fight or flee”. It helps provide urgent energy to handle an apparent threat. Cortisol also controls important body functions and is responsible for ageing effects if its levels are too high or too low. This catabolic hormone is able to break down tissue in all parts of the body, affecting the collagen in the skin more than others.

Testosterone and DHEA are anabolic hormones, meaning they build up tissues.

Deficiencies in reproductive hormones such as oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone causes formation of wrinkles and fine lines and affect our sleeping pattern making you feel more tired. These hormones thicken and strengthen the epidermis, hydrate and maintain the skin’s elasticity, and strengthen the small muscle fibres in the skin. Tiny vertical lines around the lips are due to a lack of oestrogen.

Sleeplessness, exhaustion, anxiety and fine lines are also due to low levels of growth hormone. A combination of hormone deficiencies results in double chine or wrinkled skin.

Hormone replacement therapy is recommended by Dr. Thierry Hertoghe as a way to correct hormone levels causing premature ageing as a result of stress. Although hormone replacement therapy and psychological counselling therapies are available from medical professionals, we here at Beauty Moments have products and advice on ways you can treat yourself at home.

Beauty Moments strategies

Massage therapy has been found by several studies to be extremely effective in reducing stress both physiologically and psychologically by reducing levels of cortisol and increase molecules of serotonin and dopamine (‘feel-good factor’ molecules). Massage therapies on offer Beauty Moments are:

• Aromatherapy
o Clinical Aromatherapy Massage
o Aromatherapy Massage
• Swedish Massage
o Full Body Massage
o Full Body Massage (including face)
o Back, neck and shoulder massage
o Foot and leg massage
• Hot Stone Massage with Aromatherapy
o Full Body Massage
o Back, neck and shoulder massage
• Indian Head massage
• Reflexology
• Osteopathy

Make-up helps relieve stress

Make-up has also been found to improve mood and reduce stress. Studies have shown reductions in mental stress and anxiety levels occurs in people when they wear make-up. In a study conducted in 2008 showed when a group of participants not wearing make-up were placed in mentally stressful environment, a significant increase in cortisol hormone and reduction is enzyme activity was noted. In another study, a decrease in cortisol and increase in protective enzyme activity was observed when make-up was worn.

Beauty Moments use and recommend Jane Iredale make-up. It is also used by stars such as Nicole Kidman, Victoria Beckham, Madonna and many others. Here is a list of the in-salon treatments available.

• Make-Up
• Make-Up Lesson
• Bridal Make-Up

Environ products here to help

Dr Des Fernande, plastic surgeon and founder of Environ, recommends the use of certain ingredients as being safe and helpful with treatment of inflammatory skin conditions such as eczema. Such conditions often flare up with stress and cause a lot of damaging free radical activity. Therefore nourishing the skin with Vitamin A and major free radical scavengers of the skin, e.g. vitamins C, E and beat-carotene.

Studies have shown skin cells live up to 1.8 times longer when Vitamin A was added to the skin cultures.

Beauty Exercise

Keeping fit has also been shown to reduce stress levels when carried out correctly. Exercise helps in the production of testosterone is related to hormones such as DHEA and DHT, according to Dr David Goldberg (clinical professor at Mt Sinai Medical Centre, New York). Our resident Osteopath Mr Trishul Vadi recommends effective stretching after exercise to maintain a balanced musculo-skeletal system.

Eat your skin healthy

Stress uses up twice as many vitamins, collagen production is reduced, there is a lack of energy to make new skin, the skin is drier and more reactive. B-complex vitamins are required to produce energy to make new skin, Vitamin C helps build collagen, magnesium helps you cope with stress better, aids in hydration and reduction of inflammation of the skin. Calcium is important in the reduction of free radicals, but this is lost when stress occurs in person. Increased adrenal activity caused by mental stress can be inhibited by taking essential fatty acids, which also protect cell membranes (which can be damaged by stress).

By adopting a healthy lifestyle, which includes improved nutrition, using products and treatments provided by highly trained therapists here at Beauty Moments, you can massively reduce the inflammatory effects of stress which can affect your health and skin’s appearance.