Proudly displaying french manicure with salon owner Rey
I tried out Reyjeane Spa & Salon in the Hudson round the corner from Cape Quarter on Saturday. I went for three treatments:
1. A Lindt Deluxe Chocolate Pedicure
2. An Essie Anti-Ageing and E-Juvenate Manicure
3. The Kerastase Aqua Oleum Moisture Treatment
The prices of which can all be found here. Very reasonable. Anyway Reyjeane, if you haven’t been, is a spa and salon that reminds me of a princess’s dressing rooms. The decor is beautiful and pretty and opulent – think armoires and chaise longues. I think it’s a great place to book, say, four of your friends in and go get your hair and nails done before a special event or a big night out, because you can all chat to each other and enjoy the champagne and Lindt choccies and the cupcakes and the cappuccinos that you are served while you get pampered.
Reyjeane - serene and chilled
Lindt Chocolate foot masque - unreal how delicious it smells. This was preceded by a foot massage. Lots of happiness going on here.
Macarons while you have your hair done?
Or perhaps some chocolate?
No? Fancy a cupcake then?
Now I went into Reyjeane with a knot the size of a child’s first in my hair. This happens sometimes - between the blur of charity balls and social soirees and hairspray and teasing sessions that is my life – I sometimes forget to ‘brush it out’ and then it gets worse and worse and eventually I actually cannot brush it out on my own. Enter the lovely ladies at Reyjeane, who used something called a ‘Tangle Teezer’ to get it out. What is a ‘Tangle Teezer’, you ask? It is a gift from god. Please. Try it and see.
Chilled salon times
After the knot was gone my hair was soaked in the Kerastase Aqua Oleum to help revive it to something resembling healthy hair. This treatment came with a head massage, and while it soaked in my hair I got a shoulder and neck massage, too. I struggle to communicate the awesomeness of this series of treatments. Head massage. Neck massage. Soft, silky hair. You do the beauty maths. It adds up to 7 000%.
The ‘Essie Anti-Ageing E-Juvenate‘ treatment is unlike any mani I have ever had before. It uses micro-dermabrasion (just process that for a second) to renew the skin on your hands, and then smother your hands in a vanilla-delicious Essie intensive recovery cream. It’s crazy – you can see the difference between the skin on your hands and your arm immediately. I was like, ‘can we do that on the rest of my body?’
I opted for a classic French Manicure on my hands, and blood red on my toes. I’ve never actually had a French Manicure. I always ‘go hardcore’ and get short red or closest-shade-to-black-that-is-not-black nails. Felt very grown up.
Frenchie.
Can I show you a picture of champagne and chocolate again? Yes? Great!!!
Basil – Reyjeane’s hair stylist – blowdried my hair into softly curled perfection. I flounced around the rest of the day annoying my friends with questions like, ‘don’t you just LOVE these soft curls? I clean up well, right? How pretty am I? Don’t you think Prince William should have proposed to ME?” etc.
I literally left a new woman. New hair. New feet, new neck, new hands. Reyjeane can be found at the Hudson building (same building as Origin Coffee and The Loading Bay – you MUST try their sandwiches if you haven’t yet) in Hudson Street in the Cape Quarter. Click here to see their prices - they really do have great pricing girls – seriously. And the ladies who work there are not only great at what they do but also very very sweet and kind and lovely.
To make a booking call 021 418 0391. Tell ‘em you want the Lindt Chocolate Pedi. You won’t look back, I promise!
