What it takes to be a Brazilian waxer

Why did you become a waxer? An unhealthy obsession with body hair perchance?
No, I don’t have an obsession with body hair. I enjoy working in spas and salons. But, as a general beautician, you have to be professional and adopt a skill in a certain technique. There are few really good local waxers in Shanghai, but most of the professional waxers are from Thailand and the Philippines. I want to become as good as them, but with a Chinese face, of course.

Get Glam in 30 minutes: A step-by-step guide to our holiday season makeover

Step 1
Apply base cream all over. Use a brush to apply foundation and then blend with a sponge for a completely even application. Use concealer for point application to hide any obvious spots or blemishes.

It opened its doors around 30mins ago and is smells of fresh flowers and scintillating body treatments. The four storey spa/cafe/store offers an alternative to the other mid range spas. The first floor is set up to sell their take-home products, including scrubs, creams, ointments and potions. The second floor is the café, offering refreshing juices, teas and treats all concocted from natural ingredients.

After your shopping spree at H&M (just opposite), you may feel in the need to get healthy and tighten the purse strings - for under RMB30 you can sip on a Herborist Slimming Tea, a Herborist Hair Treatment Tea or some of the more traditional teas such as Jasmine.

The third and fourth floors offer reasonably priced treatments in the region of RMB300-500 (go VIP, and get your own shower and luxury bath tub for a few hundred extra).  With either choice the ambience is sure to relive you from the hustle and bustle outside on the busiest shopping street in Shanghai.

652 Huai Hai Lu, www.herborist.com.cn

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Yoga tips every week from Yoga 109  

You can read about it, hear about it, and watch other people do it, but until you experience it first hand, yourself, you don't really get it. So what's the excitement all about? Why is yoga showing up everywhere from auto ads to executive meetings? Why are airlines presenting it to their passengers and why is it featured on Oprah? Kids are doing it in schools; buff athletes are doing it, even pregnant women and the wheelchair-bound. There must be something very seductive about yoga!

If you do yoga, you know that it's seductive. That delicious feeling of stretching from the inside out; that soothing sensation like warm honey flowing through energized limbs; and the "big payoff" at the end of a practice: floating away into the infinite. You can't access this in pictures, and yoga isn't a spectator sport. The real experience is only available to you if you actually do yoga.

Nine Things You Should Know about Yoga for Children

Yoga tips every week from Yoga 109  

Here are some guidelines and realistic expectations for parents, who are considering Yoga for their children. For your child, Yoga is much more than a kid's fitness class. Just like adults - kids need time to learn to deal with life's daily pressures, too.

Make sure your child starts with easy postures, and be patient with your child's progress. Some beginner children can often be more flexible than advanced adult Yoga practitioners, but they don't know their own limitations.

Discover your child's real passions. When your child wants to go to Yoga class, it is much better than what you want for your child. This is not to say that you should avoid guidance. However, it is not advisable to push a child into a Yoga class, if your child doesn't enjoy it - no matter how popular Yoga may be. All children are different, and what is good for one of your children, may not agree with another.