For Lofty’s birthday we got her a voucher for a massage at the Mayfair Spa and what good friend wouldn’t I go along with her to get a massage too. 🙂 Along with the treatment at Mayfair Spa you get full use of the facilities for as long as you want. Facilities include a spa and sauna, and to cool down between the use of these two rooms 3 experience shower room which was: a multi-sensory storm shower (basically a giant shower head), ice fountain (basically an ice dispenser – which was actually quite fun) and a giant bucket of ice water. You could hear our shrieks all the way down the hall after dumping the bucket of ice water over ourselves .. even if it was very welcome after the very hot temps of the sauna and shower. There is also a relaxation room which is dark and has drinks and fruits for refreshment.

Before heading out to use the facilities we checked out what the shower room had to offer – impressively, in addition to the shower gels and moisturisers you would need, they also provided hair products, hairdryers and even a hair straightener (GHDs!)

I decided to go for an Aromatherapy massage for an hour. I was expecting it to be quite relaxing (whch for the most part it was) but my therapist said that if she identified any particular areas of interest she might go a little deeper than relaxation. She must have found quite a few spots on my back because man she was digging in!! Still it felt sooooo good!!! I’m pretty sure I actually even nodded off at some stage! A nice touch on the massage was the warmed face towel which was very soothing. Sandra went for a Tropical Oasis wrap which I think she really liked. Especially the fragrance afterwards. It was all she could do not to lick herself. ha ha!

Our treatments were followed by sorbets in the relaxation room. What a great way to finish a couple of hours of decadence!