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Essentially blended full body massage!

I’ll start my saying ‘oh my!’

Firstly on my arrival I noted it was a beautiful setting; the sun was beaming down, there’s plenty of free close parking and Idyllic Well-being is wonderfully welcoming.

Clean, tidy, friendly and relaxing. The Idyllic well-being cabin is beautifully spacious and inviting, I was greeted with a smile and Laura from Essentially Blended came through and took me to the treatment room.

I must admit, I have a super busy life, and when I booked a ‘full body massage’ – I did not further reading or investigation. I was expecting a ‘full body massage’ for maybe 60 mins.

But, what I got was so much more! Laura is a well trained aromatherapist, not just a masseuse/beauty therapist, and it shows. First she went through a comprehensive and holistic assessment of me, my body, my lifestyle and my needs.

Essentially Blended has totally undersold herself with this treatment! I’ve had treatments at Spas that cost double, but we’re no where near as good as this. I wouldn’t call this a full body massage- more a full body experience.

I was in with Laura for about two hours in total. And was massages from top to toe, with a blended oil made specifically for me. The room smelt amazing, and as well as massaging me with an oil, she also popped a steamy bowl under the couch to relax me.

This was FULL body- I never knew how much tension I held in my forearms and lower legs and insteps until I had this treatment. Louise even gives you a mini facial, and amazing fragranced mask from Evolve Beauty whilst she performs the most exquisite head massage; that gentle but firm hair pulling was insane!

Laura even gave me (decent sized bottle) of a 3% oil blend to help my muscular tension to take home! Honestly, take my advice and quickly book up before she ups her prices

Honestly, it was the best massage ever. Huge thanks to Laura for gifting me a voucher towards this experience. You can find Essentially Blended at Wistow, in Idyllic Well-being, Leicestershire.

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Valentines gift guide

It’s a hard one; do you go for the traditional; but well loved? The cheeky!? The personalised? The edible? Or the cute? (Or do you just forget it (#awkward)

Are you buying for your girlfriend, wife, or maybe even Galantine???? Either way I can hopefully show you some awesome ‘small businesses’ that you may not be familiar with.

Personalised – sometimes it nice to be unique; with an awesome creation using a special song, your pictures, or even both. I love all of Aimee Rose Designs but for me it had to be this special song foil print with our wedding picture

I adored her designs so much, I went for the Valentine’s Day card too

Aimee Rose Designs

Edible If you are local to Market Harborough then you simply must try Enchanted Pantry all of Dawns makes are divine, but her Valentines menu looks spectacular- take a look

Thoughtful After all the greatest gift you can give us time…… Ava and Co I love these watches because they are beautiful; but lovely bonus is that they are a small Leicestershire based brand….. even more so is the story behind the brand and the ‘Ava’ in Ava and Co- go take a read

Traditional Roses- but not just any roses, roses from wonderful Philomena at the Flower Bar Market Harborough they’ll be wrapped plastic free and be ruddy stunning

No 34 boutique

For fashion lovers head to No 34 boutique in market Harborough they are currently full of pink and red loveliness all the heart accessories, wonderful cosy jumpers and perfect handbags.

Go all out and buy a cosy knit with some valentines accessories as a real treat. Not local to Market Harborough- head online to No 34 webshop

Pamper Needed? Then I have the place for you….. Secret Garden in Lutterworth is a hidden gem of a spa. I love their twilight packages and can imagine they’d be the perfect romantic treat

Me in the hot tub

Three hours relaxing; food, fizz, a treatment and hot tub time. Honestly it’s perfect…… but shhhh don’t tell everyone The Secret garden web

Beauty addict? The Laura Lane make up artist brushes are a real treat. There’s an eye set, or a face set; but to really spoil her go for both.

Laura also does make up classes; which I really fancy and sticks lots of awesome makes up and accessories including this own brand make up/travel case. Find our more Laura Lane Web

I hope I’ve given you lots of inspiration; lemme know in comments what you think…..