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This is the end.

With brain fog & not enough sleep the time has come. This is the end (almost)…

It’s the time of year when all the crazy, tired, & lack of patience is exposed. The time when getting to work feels like an extreme sport, & the holidays are so close yet so far away. That strange time of year when Halloween & Christmas decorations overlap in a rather disturbing way,  when the mixed feelings of seeing family causes us more stress than it should, & we day dream about reaching the year’s finish line with all our faculties intact (hopefully 😂), when we can really exhale & delare – this is finally the end of the year!

Since the chances of me doing a December blog are slim to none, I thought this would be the best time for a wee little reflection & a humble request. 2025 has been a whole lotof ALOT for many of us- some would say quite like being awake during an ex lap (an open abdominal explorative surgery)

This week a friend of mine lost her sister who was just 4 months older than I am.  A short while ago one of my closest friends lost her partner of 3+ years to a freak accident, he was here the one day & gone the next. A few months ago one of my staff members lost their sister, & before that the other lost a sister & brother – all taken too soon.

The news is full of sadness & corruption, life has become a fight in many cases & different ways. My request is that we all take a moment before we enter 2026 to self reflect, to maybe soften just a little, to perhaps try to show more love & appreciation to ourselves and our loved ones. To exercise more patience with ourselves & others. People are important & time is fleeting.

Let’s be awake to take in the precious memories, moments in time that time cannot steal from us.

Yes, we’re busy, tired, overworked, need more money, upset over something silly. In the greater scheme of things, are we going to allow the challenges of life to steal from the living we have left?

People are important, and time… time is fleeting.

As we all claw closer to the end of 2025, hoping & praying for ease, relief, change, and many other things; maybe what we haven’t realised is that this ease, relief, change and other things are developed in the moment to moment, in the day to day.

From me to all of you – make time for yourself, love loudly AND keep those healthy boundaries intact. Give yourself all the love, gifts, downtime that you wish for the people you love the most – we can help a little with some of that 💆🏻👌🏻

I love you all!

Laurien Erin 

 

 

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Open doors.

At the beginning of each year Pastor Nic declares a word over the church, over the church family & for each soul represented. I’m not sure if his line to Jesus is a little clearer than most of ours… because we surely see the fruit of his lips unfolding around us. I’m so grateful to be where I am today; tested and momentarily gave up, but He remains faithful! I honestly don’t know how people who don’t have a relationship with Christ cope with life, people are harsh, hurtful and sometimes just evil; how else do we remain unchanged by the world? It’s no wonder there is so much reference of us being IN the world but not OF the world.

This year took me to possibly the darkest place I’ve ever been. I wrestled with depression and became overwhelmed with guilt for not having joy. An internal battle that far removed me from the voice of my creator, but never able to remove His love from me… ❤️

Finding my way through couldn’t have been more beautiful, no Hollywood scriptwriter or 19th century poet could have brought it to life; my path was determined and there was no other way. In this year of open doors I felt suffocated, in this year of open doors I felt like I had been reaching, stretching and clawing forward, only to find myself further behind. Feeling like this year of open doors was for everyone besides me, until everything changed so fast, I was terrified to believe it was reality. I have a friend (cherished sister) who thanked me for sticking with her this year & I realised that it’s the bad, the ugly, the painful, the “tornadoes” that show us who we really are, & who the people around us are. Maybe they are more beneficial than we’d like to admit? Have you ever looked back & saw a profound lesson after the biggest storms?

Today I’m sitting in my little office, every now & then glaring out of the window, sipping on my GL♥️♥️T , thinking about the old school RnB I’m going to hear at the spot that does the best parmesan chips… grateful for my guy who makes my heart a little softer every time I think of him, my phenomenal besties, and SOOO many other things. I have the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Just when you’re about to give up, at the end of the road, when we think that we’ll never make it; things can still turn around. Never in a gazillion years did I think I’d say this… but…  I’m living proof! Not quite sure if it’s the meds or the amazing dance class I did this morning, (my hips weren’t lying 🤣),  but I think I’ve become that annoying overly grateful person that I usually roll my eyes at; and I’m not hating it…

We’re entering the last month of the year, again! Everyone loosing their patience, overly exhausted, stressed out about Christmas lunch & shopping, yes, we can’t escape it. I just hope in the midst of it all, you can also stop and think about what you’re grateful for. If your season of “stuck” isn’t quite over yet, Pastor Nic told me to tell you – the year isn’t over yet

I hope to see you in the salon soon so that my INCREDIBLE staff can help get you holiday ready. We’re getting crazy busy so please book ASAP! our last day of work for 2024 is the 24th of December, we will be back on the 7th of Jan to welcome you into 2025 with a smile.
From our family to yours, Merry Christmas and a blessed, fruitful & joyful New Year 🎉

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Matis Masters

The training of our beautiful brand has had the privilege of being led by the passionate, & extensively experienced, Lisa Charlton. This remarkable trainer has been training Matis all over SA for well over a decade, & even today she trains our precious brand with such love and excitement. Thank you Lisa!

This year for the first time Matis did it’s first “Masters” class; that’s right, an invite only training for top Matis therapists; needless to say, the Fourways bunch was there with bells & whistles to make sure we remain at the forefront of exclusive, results driven, in-salon treatments… and boy oh boy has Paris blown our minds this time!

Ever wish you could have all the key benefits of 2 facials in the same time as 1 & at less the price? DONE! This month we launch our treatment duos – 2 facials with ingredients that greatly compliment each other.

November also sees the return of the Christmas gift sets, & we all LOVE getting that FREE product, don’t we.

P.S. Hey bestie, I know you’re tired, it’s that time of year… don’t sweat it, you’re crushing it! 💪🏽