Shop Talk: When the going gets tough, the tough head to the spa
When the going gets tough, the tough head to the spa. Well, at least Shop Talk and some British bankers and hedge fund managers do.Post-Brexit, London’s luxury spas have apparently seen a surge in wearied patrons in need of a good pummelling.Confusion, uncertainty and a falling FTSE do many a knot make, after all.A New York Times piece quoted the comms director at Brown’s hotel in Mayfair as saying that there had been a “considerable uptick in interest” for its 50-minute, Limoncel’toe Pedicure, “quite possibly from highly stressed individuals looking for a bit of respite from recent events”.If you are so inclined, the £50 (R950) treatment, described as “zesty”, uses products rich in organic, natural, as well as active, Sicilian ingredients.Let’s move along then, shall we?More telling in the report, however, was that London-based beauty concierge and bookings app Ruuby said that in the weeks since the vote, it had seen a gain in at-home visits by therapists “with a 16% increase in af...
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