Hands up.
Would your dad have liked a little spa time? A deep, muscular, shiver-inducing massage? Some attention to unruly hairs sprouting from the strangest of crevices?
Would he have liked to be pampered?
It’s hard to ever think of my father taking time for himself. There’s gardens to be hoed, snow to be shovelled, roofs to be patched, Meals On Wheels to be delivered, papers to be read…
But a little Me Time? Not so much.
Fortunately when he’s at the Bowen Island Beauty Spa he’s only a foot soak away from heavenly bliss.
When I was little Dad would ask me to wash his hair in the kitchen sink. Compared to the icy jolt of the well water of his farm-boy youth, this hunching over a lather-filled basin, foamy and aromatic, would have been true glory indeed.
Once, having read of such things in a single-gal magazine, I decided what my dad really needed was a deep hair conditioning treatment.
I saw him down, flipped a towel around his neck, marched to the refrigerator and pulled out a couple of eggs. I cracked the eggs, separated the yolks, beat said yolks with a fork and massaged the cold yellow goo on to his pate. While we waited for the magic to transpire, we sipped tea, took a phone call or two, read a paper, got distracted.
Upon inspection some time later we discovered the yolk, quite unfortunately, had dried rather quickly and we were left with a crusted and congealed mess, tangled miserably through what was already a rather thinned forest. The removal strategy only worsened when I attempted to rinse out the yolk with hot-ish water (what was she thinking?) leaving only one solution short of complete eradication: removing the yolk slowly and carefully with a fingernail, one single little hair at a time.
Tragic? Not at all. The next day’s unsolicited comments on the newfound shine, body and sheer glossiness made us try it again, tho not for some months later!
Sadly, the effects of the raw egg treatment endure only until the next wash but seriously — thin, dry, brittle hair? You’re only a refrigerator away from sheer loveliness.
But back here at the Bowen Island Beauty Spa our talented aestheticians will cater to your every need.
We like to keep our customers happy with personal service, positive energy, fresh air and free coffee.
We just love to please.
I love this! Beautiful moments with grandpa! Great documentary of it as well.
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So so so beautiful! Thank you, Lois!
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