Cheap beauty therapy

Saint_Chris · 8 February 2005 at 11:07PM

I have been thinking of treating myself to a bit of pampering as sometimes life gets you down a bit. But having seen the price of beauty salsons i decided to give it a miss. Well today i was given a leaflet from our local college and the prices for their beauth treatments.
Couldn't believe the prices they are real cheap. Think that i'm gonna treat myself once a month to something. Starting with a facial for £5.00 and that's a luxury one.

System · 8 February 2005 at 11:18PM

Good for you. I think it is a brilliant idea, i used to very often go and book an appointment at the beauty counters in Debenhams when i was feeling a bit down. It was a fantastic way to keep on top of the latest looks and it used to boost me no end. The Estee Lauder Counter is particularly generous, they know me by first name turns now, and are always generous with the samples. I have also come away with many samples of skincare for MrJudi. However, my ultimate in pampering is a session at the hairdressers but i havent been for many months as i have been growing it.

Even a Saint deserves a little pampering session.

Ticklemouse · 9 February 2005 at 12:14PM

Thanks for this - I was going to enquire at my local colleges before Xmas, but never got round to it. I have contacted both colleges near me, so here's hoping for some relaxing, beneficial and cheap therapy.

chrisico · 9 February 2005 at 2:27PM

The local colleges are a good way of getting this sort of treatment without breaking the bank. At my college I've had cut and blow dry with more prodcts than you can shake a stick at for £6, as good ,if not sometimes better ,than the hairdressers. Also had hi and low lights for £10 ,really excellent ,and a french manicure and hand massage for £4.50.
The students take a bit longer than usual but are so careful and are under the watchful eye of the teacher at all times.
Last week I couldn't get an appointment at the college and had to go to the hairdressers instead and for £25 got the most useless haircut that made me look much older than I am,all in 30 minutes.
I've learnt my lesson.

nabowla · 9 February 2005 at 6:49PM

I'm also a fan of student salons. The one I go to (in central London) is about a third of the price of regular London salon prices and I've had better treatments there than in the fancy salons just off Bond Street!

Ticklemouse · 9 February 2005 at 6:54PM

I've just had an email from one of the colleges, saying they are always on the look out for guinea pigs, so will be ringing them tomorrow. I'm dying for a decent manicure/facial/body massage.

Word of warning, whan I was a poor student in Birmingham, I went to one of the training salons for a cut. First time, brilliant, next time, the 1 inch she was meant to be cutting from the length turned into 5 inches, by the time the teacher had sorted it out for her! And as I have difficult hair and have eventually found a local hairdresser who can manage it, may stay with them for the cuts. May try the colourists though.

Black_Cat_7 · 9 February 2005 at 10:44PM

Has anyone seen the offers on bottles of Evian - for collecting 360 points (12 x 1.5 lts or 8 x2ltrs) you can get a choice of treatments - facial, aromatherapy, personal training session etc. It costs about £5.20 to get enough points for 1 treatment and you get gorgeous skin into the bargain drinking all that water!

Baglady_2 · 6 March 2005 at 1:37AM

Some colleges teach holistic therapy too so you can get a course of aromatherapy or reflexology and stuff like that at bargain prices.

playhookie · 25 January 2006 at 12:25AM

Just a quick note, while some of the beauty schools are great, some are not so good for relaxing. One I went to in Central London (Steiners) was so crammed full of treatment beds there was no privacy as there were no curtains (and I was having a bikini wax and there was a man on the next-door bed **cringe** especially when they completely failed at the waxing part and had to get the supervisor and about 5 other students and redo it several times leaving me without the top layer of skin...). I wish I had complained and not paid for it, but the Englishness in me just couldn't bring myself to mention it.

On the whole I'll go for the hair colouring - the best place is the Andrew Jose place on Lamb's Conduit Street or the Toni & Guy one on St Christopher's Place (note about the last one, you need to go in for a skin test which needs to be updated every three months). £16 for highlights in the first one and £25 in the second - compared to my normal place where they charge £95!!!

lushkat · 26 January 2006 at 1:29PM

Read this thread yesterday and decided to contact my local college (Sutton Coldfield College) regarding beauty therapy via email to see whether they offered facials and massages and stuff at reduced rates. Not only did they reply straight away they told me that they would be delighted to have me a client, and they were able to book me slots for a facial (around £3.50) and a massage - (£6) but cheaper if I commit to being a case study for six weeks.

I am delighted!! And about to go and have the facial - I'll let you know what it was like.

chika · 26 January 2006 at 1:40PM

Just to back up what everyone has said, I really recommend going to colleges to get your beauty therapy treatments. My local college is has some great students and the teachers are all senior stylists in the top town centre salons. The last time I went I had my hair cut by a style director of a town salon as some of the students were off ill. In one morning I had a cut, a complete colour change, waxing, a pedicure and manicure and I paid less than a tenner!

Even better - there is a catering course in the same college and after my mega pampering session I got a three course lunch in the college restaurant for a bargin £2!

Cheap beauty therapy

Comments

Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply

🚀 Getting Started

Categories

Is this how you want to be seen?

Get our FREE Weekly email full of deals & guides - and it’s spam-free