HAPPY FEET
Give me a choice – facial, head massage, or pedicure – any day, any time I would choose the last option; even if I have got a pedicure done just a day before.
In fact, I have chosen it even over a luxurious and indulgent body massage and I generally judge a salon or spa by how well they do the pedicure. If they do the pedicure and eye brows well, know that the place has it’s basics right and you will be well taken care of. Or well you may say that’s me – but my this evaluation test has almost always been right.
However, let’s just keep it to the fact I have a weakness for pedicures and I love my feet to be kneaded and scrubbed and massaged to feel truly pampered and relaxed. The whole process of the acupoints on the soles being pressed, toes gently pulled and heels softly kneaded can instantly relax me and transport me to the seventh heaven. Basically more than the cleaning and scrubbing process, I enjoy the massage part of a pedicure and therefore, when I do have the time I go to place that scores on this aspect and my favourite place for this is the Affinity Salon in Green Park, New Delhi. While the salon offers a choice between cream and oil massage; I prefer to take my own oil blend which I make with a few drops of orange essential oil thrown into a bottle of olive oil. Sometimes I also get it done with hot mustard oil. Okay, before you wrinkle your nose at that, try it on a winter afternoon and tell me.
In Mumbai, Frida’s Salon in Bandra and the Juice Nail Bar in Khar also do a fab pedis.And in Calcutta of course I love what my mom offers in her salon, Saajo. Apart from the regular feet treatment, mom has also devised a super de-tan pedi, where a quick glycolic peel is done to give an instant glow to your limbs. But my favourite of the moment are the delicious cup cake and icecream pedis that she has introduced. Yes, yes I am still talking about pedicure and these ones are so good that I could eat them too. I must also admit here that having a salon owned by your mother has unimaginable perks and they are even greater and better when you visit the city occassionally. Pampering is to another level! Yes, so while I get this treatment done, the therapists (who absolutely dote upon me and treat me like a princess) actually get me an ice cream, a soft drink or a sweet treat. For my next visit I am thinking, I will push my luck a little more and ask my mother if I could perhaps be served some sparkling rose! That would be awesome, no?
