Chelsea Day Spa: Gorgeous little boutique salon at the top of the Kings Rd. They offer a friendly, welcome, and flexible service. I love the masage I had there, a really impressive knowledge from the therapist and much softer, supple muscles afterwards. Then I relaxed with a pedicure, a cup of tea and a magazine as I watched the world pass by on the street below. Great choice of colours and they were in no rush to move me on as my nails dried. Perfect. www.thechelseadayspa.co.uk

Aqua Sheko: The fish nibbling your feet thing has become so ‘on trend’ in the last six months, but there’s nowhere better in London to do it that this place. Hidden down a little street of Kensgington Church Street the place is a proper oasis of slightly surreal calm. You kick off with a gentle feet wash and then are escorted over to the wide leather seats to recline and play with an iPad while tiny little fish suck and clean all the dry skin from your feet. It tickles LOADS at first, but then became quite soothing, and the place is quiet and calming, and I felt myself totally zone out as I sipped my green tea. Then my 30 mins was over and the treatment finished with the best foot massage i’ve ever had. I didn’t want to leave. Perfection. www.aquasheko.co.uk

Hydrohealing: This is less glam and more results focused place. Supposedly in Notting Hill (when really it’s in Ladbroke Grove) the spa specialises in treatment using water and I swear by their hyrdodermabrasion treatment - without doubt the best facial i’ve ever had. My skin was smooth, free of blemishes, tighter and fresher for weeks afterwards. They use lovely REN products and have a genuinely committed to results ethos.  www.hydrohealing.com

Lost in Beauty: Innovative beauty salon in Primrose Hill which offers the usual facial and mani/pedis etc, as well as make-up, hair and body treatments. Georgia Hamed is an expert at what she does, and on top of all that, the place looks divine, like a little girls dressing up box, exploding with colour, vintage feather boas and lots of pinks. www.lostinbeauty.com

This week: How to get the most out of false eyelashes

To make your eyes look wider, sexier and more awake use eyelash extensions. Place medium-length lashes in middle of eye, and longer lashes on outer corner, as this makes your eyes look longer and wider, and so more feline and sexier. Angelina Jolie does this a lot! Holiday lashes. This will instantly make you look striking and fresh.

Did you Know? The Powder Lounge offer Bespoke Outer Corner lash extensions which last up to two months, as well as Weekend and Holiday lashes if you want the look for a special occasion. They’re a great salon and I love them. www.thepowderlounge.co.uk

Thanks to www.maddivamakeup.com for the incredible lash image.

• Avoid using mascara or eyeliner on the lower lashes if your eyes are looking tired as this will create shadows and emphasise any puffiness.
• If you have puffiness underneath the eyes, try not to use a highlighter or concealer lighter than the skin on the cheeks or chin as this will emphasise the puffiness even more.
• To draw attention away from under-eye puffiness, wearing false eyelashes or having semi-permanent lash extensions on the upper lashes is
  a great way to bring people’s attention to the upper as opposed to the lower lashes.

Thanks to Shahena Ali, founder and director, The Powder Lounge www.thepowderlounge.co.uk

This week: top tips for tired eyes

• To give your eyes a more wide-awake look, keep a couple of metal teaspoons in the fridge and apply them to the eye area on days when you need to send those under-eye bags packing. Place the back of the chilled metal teaspoon against the under eye area for 30 seconds, for some instant and cool relief from tired eyes and to deflate bags quickly. You can even try storing your usual eye cream or eye gel in the fridge and use the chilled cream or gel as a luxurious alternative!
• To make eyes look less bloodshot and to make your eyes look instantly wider, brighter and more sparkly, apply a cream-coloured or flesh-toned eye pencil to the inner rim of the upper and lower eye-lid. This reduces the effects of late-nights, lack of sleep and is a great short-cut to faking a good night’s sleep, creating the illusion of wider, brighter eyes.
• Apply a light, cream coloured, pale pink or lilac, pearlescent eye-shadow, and then a smudged light or dark brown eyeliner to the upper eyelid to ‘lift’ the eyes and create a brighter, fresher look, which will divert attention away from any signs of tiredness underneath the eyes.

Thanks to Shahena Ali, founder and director, The Powder Lounge www.thepowderlounge.co.uk

Shahana Ali from The Powder Lounge gives a classic top tip for awakening tired, dull looking skin on the face or body.

Ttry exfoliating with a home-made brown sugar face and body scrub. Brown sugar is wonderful as a gentle exfoliant, having small, dissolvable grains which possess a natural antiseptic quality, making it perfect for oily, congested skins as well as those with dry or sensitive skin.

The scrub is quick and easy to make and adds a glow to tired skin by revealing the fresher, newer skin underneath. This new skin reflects
light more readily, and gives a moist, rejuvenated and dewy effect to the skin.  You can make the face scrub using a heavier oil (e.g. Olive oil instead of Sweet Almond Oil) if you want to make a gentle scrub for a more potent exfoliating effect for body scrubs, use a little cold water, instead of oil, with handfuls of brown sugar, leaving the skin silky smooth.