Half Day, Pamper or On The Go: Choosing a Spa Package
Three packages, three quite different afternoons. People usually arrive at the price list knowing roughly what they want — an hour to themselves, or a proper reset — but not which of…
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Notes on rest,
skin and nails
Practical writing from our therapists and our nail bar — what treatments do, how to prepare, and how to make the results last.
Gel or Acrylic Overlay: Which Suits Your Nails?
An overlay goes over your own nail. It does not add length — that is what tips are for — it adds a layer of strength on top of what you already have. Both gel and acrylic overlays do…
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Your First Visit to a Day Spa: An Honest Guide
Most people who have never been to a day spa are not worried about the treatment. They are worried about the bits around it — what to wear, what comes off, where to put their things…
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How to Make Gel Nails Last Longer
A gel set should look good for two to three weeks. When it does not, the failure is almost never in the middle of the nail — it is at the edges, and it usually starts within the first…
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Spa Treatments After 60: What Changes, and What Helps
A good treatment at seventy should not be the same treatment as at thirty, delivered more gently. The things worth working on change, the tissue responds differently, and the practical…
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Taking Them Off Safely: Why Removal Matters More Than Application
Almost every set of ruined nails we see was ruined on the way off, not on the way on. People blame acrylics and gel for thin, ridged, painful nails, and the product is rarely the…
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What Is a G5 Massage, and Who Is It For?
G5 appears on the price list between the massages and the body treatments, and most people have no idea what it is. It is a mechanical massage — a machine, driven by a therapist, that…
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How Often Should You Get a Fill?
Every three to four weeks. That is the whole answer, and for most people it is genuinely that simple. The more useful question is why the window is that size, what happens when you…
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Can You Have a Massage While Pregnant?
Generally, yes — with the right therapist and the right technique. Massage during pregnancy is well established and offers real benefits: a sense of wellness, better relaxation and…
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How to Brief a Nail Artist (and Actually Get What You Pictured)
The gap between the set you imagined and the set you got is almost always a briefing problem, not a skill problem. Nail art is a translation exercise: what is in your head has to…
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Hot Stone or Classic Massage: How to Choose
There is R50 between a full body massage and a full body massage with hot stone, and R50 between the thirty-minute back, neck and shoulder and its hot stone version. Small enough that…
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Tips or Overlays? Adding Length vs Adding Strength
Tips add length. Overlays add strength. That is the entire distinction, and almost every other difference — cost, upkeep, how they feel, how they come off — follows from it. Which you…
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High Frequency and Radio Frequency: Two Very Different Facials
They sound almost identical and they do close to opposite things. One targets bacteria and inflammation; the other targets firmness. Confusing them means booking the wrong treatment…
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Weak, Peeling Nails: What Actually Helps
Nails that split, peel in layers or bend at the slightest provocation are one of the most common complaints we hear, and one of the most misunderstood. Peeling is usually a moisture…
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The Patricia Clarke Body Wrap, Explained
The Patricia Clarke body contouring wrap has been in use for more than three decades, which in an industry that reinvents itself every eighteen months is worth noting on its own. It is…
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Manicure and Pedicure: What's Actually Included
Most people book one or the other without a clear picture of what is included, and then wonder whether the deluxe version is worth the extra hundred rand. Here is what each treatment…
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What Actually Happens in a Deep Cleanse Facial
The deep cleanse is the facial people are most nervous about booking, because it is the one with extractions. Here is exactly what happens, in order, and an honest answer to whether it…
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Paraffin or Mask? Choosing Your Deluxe Treatment
Every deluxe manicure and pedicure on the Windrush list comes in two versions: one with a mask, one with paraffin. The price gap is small and the two do genuinely different things…
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Hydro Dermabrasion: What It Does for Tired Skin
At R900 this is the most substantial facial on the Windrush menu, and it is really several treatments in one appointment. It is aimed at skin that looks tired rather than skin with a…
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A Simple Nail Routine Between Appointments
Three weeks is a long time in the life of a nail set. What happens in those three weeks decides whether you arrive at your next appointment with a set that just needs a fill, or one…
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