Self-care Sunday: Full Body Massage at Pure Spa, Cheadle

Can we make ‘self-care Sunday’s a thing? Because yesterday I took part in my very own self-care Sunday and today I have had the most positive and lovely relaxing Monday morning at work possible! As the title of this blog post suggests, the main event in my self-care Sunday was a totally self-indulgent morning having a full body massage at PURE Spa Cheadle. And – spoiler alert – it was absolutely bloomin’ fantastic!

PURE Spa Cheadle is a new salon located just within the David Lloyd Club at Cheadle Royal (near John Lewis) just in South Manchester. For me, the location was super convenient to get to. As I’m local, it only took me a few minutes to drive, park up (for free) and head inside. Although the salon is within David Lloyd, the entrance is before you enter the gym and so you don’t have to be a member of the gym to visit.

Initially the salon looks a nice size, bright and breezy and the perfect space for beauty treatments (think nails, facials, pedicures, waxing and lashes – all of which PURE Spa Cheadle offers), but once I was introduced to my fabulous massage therapist, Lucky, I was taken upstairs to a whole huge hidden area. In a private space above the gym, PURE Spa Cheadle has a whole relaxation room with day beds, loungers, candle lined corridors and beautiful chill out music playing. It is truly a wonderful space to well, space out in! Customers are welcome to use this area both before and after their treatments and everyone is given a robe and slippers to wear, too.

For the treatment itself, Lucky was keen to make me feel comfortable, welcomed and asked me about my any specific concerns (of which she listened to all my aches and pains and spent extra time working out my weight lifting back knots during the massage). The treatment started with a warm foot bath and salt scrub with essential oils – I have never had this at the start of a massage before and think it was a lovely way to start off. Then it was on to the massage, where I can honestly say I’m not sure I have ever felt so relaxed! Lucky is a wizard with her hands and used only the best Elemis products on my back, arms and legs before turning me over to concentrate on my neck, head and even face. There was even a lovely element of a facial in the treatment – which again I have never experienced in a full body massage before – where Lucky used the Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm to massage into my complexion. It was a lovely touch and left me feeling totally refreshed.

The treatment lasted for a little over an hour, but honestly, I could have stayed there all day! After having a glass of water on the massage bed and listening to Lucky’s recommendations for aftercare (including drinking more water, keeping the essential oils on my skin for as long as possible and having light healthy meals to help the blood circulation post-treatment), I was welcome to use the relaxation area for as long as I wanted. There, I grabbed myself a cup of mint tea, the latest Tatler magazine and lounged back on a day bed for half an hour. Honestly, just having that time in the dark without a phone and no distractions was so powerful, and I must make more of an effort to do that on my own going forward.

Over all, I can’t recommend PURE Spa Cheadle highly enough. My experience was second-to-none and aside from the handy location and lovely environment, the staff couldn’t do enough to make me feel welcome and relaxed. As far as Self-Care Sundays go, this one tops anything I could have created on my own, and I am already planning my next visit back!

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