Best supermarket beauty buys

With the season of spending well and truly here, it’s nice to know you can find some bargain beauty buys from your local supermarket and keep looking fabulous all season long!

Over the years we’ve tried and tested so many products and present to you here our top finds.

Maybelline baby lipsMaybelline baby lips – without a doubt our favourite lip balm. This product is a must in our handbag! It will keep your lips smooth and moisturised for 8-hour hydration, helping to plump your lips and enhance the look of your lipstick. You can pick this product up almost anywhere including most chemists and supermarkets, including from Woolworths for just over $4.

Body brush – we regularly preach about the benefits of body brushing. It helps to improve your body’s circulation, firming your skin and helping to reduce the appearance of cellulite. You can pick up a body brush for under $7 from your local Woolworths. Continue reading

Night time beauty tips

Night time beauty tipsCleansing: It’s essential to cleanse your face before going to sleep. Choose a good cleanser and apply the solution with a washcloth that is dipped in warm water. Finish with a toner to remove excess residue from your skin without eliminating its natural moisture.

Moisturising: Applying a night cream before bed will hydrate your skin while you sleep. Night creams contain different ingredients to day creams – they focus on replenishing and restoring your skin.

Warm bath: After a tiresome day a warm bath can help reduce stress. Bathing increases your blood circulation and adding essential oils to your bath can help relax you. Check out our earlier article about the benefits of essential oils.

Massage: Massaging your body with oil also helps increase your blood circulation, moisturises your body, and can reduce stress – leaving your skin glowing.

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COMPETITION TIME!

Beauty sense competitionWould you like to win $50 of Beauty Sense treatments?

It’s easy! To enter, all you have to do is:
LIKE our facebook page,
– SHARE our competition post with your facebook friends (pinned to the top of our facebook page), and
– WRITE a comment on that post letting us know you’ve completed steps one + two as well as your funniest beauty LOL moment!

Not sure what a beauty LOL moment is? Think about the time you turned yourself orange with fake tan or waxed off all your eyebrows – we look forward to hearing your story!

By following these three simple steps you will go in the running for a $50 Beauty Sense gift voucher! The funniest entry will win. #Competition closes 31 October 2013.

Throughout October we’ll be sharing some of your funny stories (no one will be named!) so we can all have a belly laugh at those dreaded times we’ve gone ‘WHAT THE!’

If you would like to make a beauty appointment at our salon in Margate, Redcliffe, you can call us on 3284 2218 or visit our beauty salon.

Cheers to Spring!

Cheers to SpringCheers to Spring!

We’re toasting the new season with champagne. For the month of September, you can enjoy a glass of complimentary champagne with any facial treatment or pamper package.

Is there anything better than pampering? Not really… but you can make your pampering experience even more enjoyable with some bubblies in hand.

You’ll be sure to leave our salon with a spring in your step, a smile on your face, and glowing skin (of course!). View our list of facials or customise one that’s just right for you.

Our intimate salon has just one private treatment room so when you come to visit us, it’s all about YOU! You won’t just have the complete attention of our beauty therapist, Gabriele, the serenity will mean you can truly unwind.

To book your appointment, you can call or visit our beauty salon in Margate, Redcliffe.

Supporting ORBIS

Supporting ORBISWe’re proud to help support one of our clients, Louise Hatton, with her goal of raising much-needed funds for ORBIS International, a sight saving charity.

We’ve donated a couple of Beauty Sense gift certificates for her raffles that will be drawn at a trivia night on 10 September at 7pm at the Redcliffe Leagues Club. If you’re free on 10 September, the trivia night will make for a fun night out and you’ll be supporting a great initiative. Click here for information about the trivia night.

Louise will be travelling on a self-funded trip to Ethiopia in November to volunteer with ORBIS and is seeking help to get her to her goal of $3,000. If you can’t make it to the trivia night but would like to show your support, you can make a donation of any amount on her fundraising page at www.justgiving.com/louisehatton Continue reading

Follow us on Twitter

twitter_bird_follow_usAre you on Twitter? We are and so are many other businesses and people in the Redcliffe area!

We’ve already found the Belvedere Hotel and Mon Komo as well as some of our suppliers like Bio Sculpture and Ultraderm! If you’re on Twitter, we’d love to connect with you too!

You can follow us at twitter.com/BeautySenseM.

We tweet about all things beauty (of course!) including beauty tips, beauty quotes, latest Beauty Sense news and our great specials.

Don’t forget we also have a Facebook page and Google Plus account.

Our beauty salon is in Margate, Redcliffe, and you can view all of our beauty treatments here on our website.

Father’s day

Fathers dayWith less than two weeks until Father’s day, it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to show Dad how much he means to you.

While nothing is more thoughtful than a beautifully written card, it’s nice to also give them something they can enjoy.

If you’ve given Dad more socks and ties than he could ever wear, or you’re looking to give him something a bit different, come in and see us at Beauty Sense beauty salon in Margate, Redcliffe.

We’ve recently released a pamper package just for blokes and also have a selection of great massages. With gift certificates available for any amount, we’re sure you’ll walk away with the perfect gift for Dad this Father’s day.  Continue reading

Bloke pamper package

Bloke pamper packageBlokes love getting pampered just as much as women but their skin care needs can be different, that’s why we’ve designed a pamper package specifically for men.

Our ‘Men’s spa’ pamper package includes a 40 minute face treatment for specific male skin needs, and a 40 minute back, neck and scalp massage to relieve muscle tension. The face treatment includes a deep cleanse and tone, followed by an exfoliation and treatment masque.

Men will leave our salon with smooth skin, relaxed body and clear mind.

Our private treatment room offers complete serenity.

We also offer men’s waxing and have a broad range of professional skin care products for men.

Treat yourself or that special man in your life to the ‘Men’s spa’ pamper package – you can be sure he’ll love it!

Find our beauty salon in the heart of Margate, Redcliffe.

Brow shaping + sculpting

brow shaping + sculptingEyebrows frame your face and can dramatically change the way you look. We specialise in brow shaping + sculpting and can create the most complementary shape for your face.

Gabriele has over 15 years of qualified beauty therapy experience and has done thousands of brow waxes. She takes care to create an arch that works with the features of your face. Her clients – men and women – continue to trust her with their brows.

If you are looking for a brow shaping + sculpting specialist, come in to Beauty Sense and discover just how great your brows can be. Our beauty salon is in the heart of Margate, Redcliffe.

Beauty Sense mixes several premium waxes to create a unique blend that’s suitable for sensitive skin while effectively removing short and super-fine hairs, achieving terrific results that last.  Continue reading

Mid-winter special!

Beauty Sense special

Buy 2 Ultraderm products and enjoy a free 30 min face treatment

It’s our mid-winter special and it’s only valid until 15 August.

The Ultraderm skincare range offers an intensive collection of active, result driven skincare products to suit all skin types. Full of the highest quality in anti-oxidants, exfoliants, and nourishing natural ingredients, we can prescribe the right products for you.

Ultraderm’s range includes cleansers, toners, moisturisers, exfoliants, masks, serums and eye treatments. There are various product families from Absolute C to improve skin tone and radiance, to Skin Renew which has active anti-ageing properties.

At Beauty Sense our professional beauty therapist can provide a detailed skin analysis and recommend the right products for your skin type and to achieve the results you want.

Love your skin this winter with this exclusive deal. Call us on 3284 2218 to make your next appointment or come in and visit us. Our beauty salon is in the heart of Margate, Redcliffe.


Conditions:

+ while stocks last
+ cannot be used in conjunction with gift vouchers or purchased as a gift voucher
+ both products must be purchased in the one transaction between 15 July and 15 August 2013, with total minimum spend of $60
+ treatment voucher valid until 30 November 2013
+ offer limited to 1 per customer
+ offer valid 15 July – 15 August 2013.