The Stewardessen Breakfast Club

Appointments for this particular spa are hard to come by, it’s booked six weeks in advance on average, more on the weekends. But somehow I managed to make this my fourth visit, the first one since the end of my relationship; and strangely also the first one since the beginning of that same relationship.

How did I forget to take care of myself for that long?

Either way, a visit to Lush Spa is worth the wait, and the price tag. I have previously treated myself to Book A Bath, Tangled Hair, and The Spell. This time I am in for a Fresh Facial.

And let me tell you, this treatment is absolute heaven. From the moment you step into the Lush Kitchen, you are in a different world; you are definitely not on Oxford Street anymore. The smells, the soundtrack, the gentle lighting, and the personal attention take you away in an instant.

The Fresh Facial is a bespoke 5-step skin care routine, plus a hand and forearm massage. You are in for a thorough cleanse, a scrub, serum, face mask, and moisturising. All the products are obviously from the Lush ranges, and a chat with the therapist before the treatment determines which ones you receive according to your skin’s needs and concerns.

Snuggled under a hot towel I felt like my lovely therapist scrubbed all the barely dried tears I have shed in the past few months right off my skin, and memory. After half an hour in her care I felt like a new person, with a new sense of calm, and focus. I felt a little more solid than I have in the past weeks, a little more myself again.

After the treatment I spent a few more minutes sitting in the Lush Kitchen with a glass of lime water, soaking in the quiet. My lovely therapist presented me with a bar of the solid serum she had used, and I ended up also buying a pot of the face scrub, as it had felt so heavenly.

Honestly, I don’t know how I allowed this piece of me to fall by the wayside, and I can’t wait to reintegrate it into my self-care routine. I may have actually already booked my next session (pssshh…)

Whether you are going through a messy, painful breakup yourself, or just want a little impromptu self-care treat, I can only recommend The Lush Spa on Oxford Street.

N.