{"id":2330,"date":"2013-11-20T15:29:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T20:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=2330"},"modified":"2013-11-20T15:39:05","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T20:39:05","slug":"getting-ready-for-the-wedding-alma-natural-quick-spa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/getting-ready-for-the-wedding-alma-natural-quick-spa\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ready for the Wedding: Alma Natural Quick Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October my mother, my maid of honour Jen, and I went to Alma Natural Spa to get fancied up for the wedding. The idea of spending time at a spa never appealed to me until recently, but I still haven&#8217;t fully embraced the activity although I&#8217;m glad I made the exception for the wedding. It&#8217;s so wonderfully relaxing to get pampered a little bit.<\/p>\n<p>I had heard about Alma Natural Spa on twitter, and asked about how vegan their treatments were. They replied that everything they did was totally vegan-friendly, and I got really excited. That excitement was a little short-lived when I started poking around on their website and found beeswax and honey listed in a variety of places. While I didn&#8217;t discount them completely, I kept them in the back of my mind for some other day.<\/p>\n<p>That day came.<\/p>\n<p>I checked their online booking availability, felt lucky that they were available during the exact segment of time we&#8217;d want to go in for, &amp; called them to book treatments for the three of us. Aurora, their friendly receptionist made it easy.\u00a0All three of us were getting a citrus bliss manicure. Jen and I were getting the peppermint pedicure &amp; a Power Facial.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/fVpaJgzUKy\/embed\/\" height=\"710\" width=\"612\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When we walked in we were greeted by everyone, and Aurora offered us some tea from <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.steepedandinfused.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steeped and Infused<\/a>. Their special &#8220;tea of the month&#8221; was the Pumpkin Spiced Rooibos and since I&#8217;m a sucker for autumn pumpkin things I had to have it. ( it\u00a0was delicious.)<\/p>\n<p>I saw Erin, Jen saw\u00a0Paresha, and my mom saw Laurie for the next few hours. Everyone seemed really nice and competent, and the remaining results speak for themselves. I&#8217;ll only be talking about Erin, since that&#8217;s who did my services. But she was great, my toes and fingers looked great, and I felt fantastic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fingers-from-alma.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Picture taken by Triage+ Photo\" src=\"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/fingers-from-alma.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><em>Picture taken by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TriagePhoto\" target=\"_blank\">Triage+ Photo<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t any pressure to buy product, but the option was there. For my purposes it was nice that the extractions weren&#8217;t part of the usual facial treatment at Alma, since they&#8217;re included at most places, but that might be something to keep in mind when looking at prices. (p.s. everything I read recommended to skip extractions up to a week before your wedding in order to avoid redness and splotchy bits.)<\/p>\n<p>Erin had a great attention to detail on my nails and toes, and was really thoughtful about how it would all end up looking. I walked out of there with some flip flops and we realized we&#8217;d spent several hours at the spa &#8211; something I had never done before.\u00a0It was really great to go to the spa with my best friend and my mom, and have it be such a positive experience.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m still really impressed with the longevity of the pedicure (my toenails are still purple), even the manicure lasted me for several weeks, and I&#8217;m not all that gentle with my hands (or feet).\u00a0The polish used was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.acquarellapolish.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aquarella<\/a>&#8216;s Vamp, an opaque and gloriously royal purple colour for my fingers and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoya.com\/content\/category\/Purple_Nail_Polish.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zoya<\/a>&#8216;s Sloane, also purple, just a bit darker, for my toes.<\/p>\n<p>I know lots of people are talented at this sort of stuff, that can do amazing things on their own at home, but I&#8217;m certainly not one of them.\u00a0Where is your favourite place to get pampered in Toronto? Have you been to Alma?<\/p>\n<h2>Alma Natural Spa<\/h2>\n<p>2105 Yonge Street, Toronto (<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?q=2105+Yonge+street,+toronto&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x882b333c06fb4e25:0x1d9fefd563de31c3,2105+Yonge+St,+Toronto,+ON&amp;gl=ca&amp;ei=PDCgToLzJITw0gGH1IX-BA&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ved=0CBsQ8gEwAA\" target=\"_blank\">map<\/a>)<br \/>\nphone:\u00a0(416) 546-7462<a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.almanaturalspa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\nWebsite<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> | <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almanaturalspa\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"> | <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/almanaturalspa\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<br \/>\n<\/a>Nearest Transit: Eglinton Station Subway<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Other things you might care about\/That are cool:<\/em><\/strong> They have complimentary childcare on Tuesdays. (just make sure to make an appointment by the previous Sunday.) They also have free wi-fi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in October my mother, my maid of honour Jen, and I went to Alma Natural Spa to get fancied up for the wedding. 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