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#765509 by gliderpilot
28 Jan 2011, 22:00
Hi all,

Flying for the first time with VS in ages next month (yipee!! y) ) and for only the second time i'll be on a flight that actually gets into LHR when Revivals is open.

Does anyone have any recommedations on which of the complimentary treatments in Revivals I should be looking to have? Doesn't seem like a upper back/shoulder massage is on the menu? Interesting that the shave takes 30 mins! What do they do to take that amount of time?!

Many thanks for any help,

Dave
#765525 by mattdell
29 Jan 2011, 01:25
I'm also curious what they do for the shave. Never had a professional shave before. What's the appeal?
#765549 by seanpep
29 Jan 2011, 17:45
The shave's pretty good, hot towel, shave moisturize, they use a Gillette so it's not a proper cut throat shave. I actually think I prefer the facial!
#769124 by gliderpilot
27 Feb 2011, 17:18
Just did Revivals this morning and ended up choosing to have the shave. Very impressed and would definitely recommend it. Nice and relaxing, and the hot/cold towels help to wake you up a bit as well. y)
#769191 by Martin
28 Feb 2011, 16:01
The head massage is very calm and relaxing - the only trouble is that it does tend to put you back to sleep again :D
#769199 by Alex V
28 Feb 2011, 17:39
Isnt it funny everyone has different experiences, I will never have a shave again after the girl (senior) butchered my face shaving left to right and not much up or down, as a consequence my face was so red and sore. spoilt my flight as skin was so irritated.
She took 45 minutes as she tried to sooth my face as it was coming up red as she was nearing the end, and no I am not sensitive normally.
I now stick with haircut.

cheers

alex
#769203 by honey lamb
28 Feb 2011, 18:28
mhakki wrote:what are the opening times for the revivals lounge. I am travelling back from SFO 14th april

Welcome to V-Flyer

Alas, you won't be able to use Revivals since they changed the flight times to and from SFO from April onwards. Many of us are lamenting the loss :#
#769244 by gliderpilot
28 Feb 2011, 22:19
Alex,

sorry to hear about your experience, hopefully that was a one off! Martin, will hopefully be able to try the head massage next time! TP to follow in next week hopefully.

Dave
#769630 by seanpep
03 Mar 2011, 20:22
I think Alex is talking about having a shave in the clubhouse not arrivals. The clubhouse uses a straight edged razor which if someone does not know what they are doing can be painful. The revivals lounge just use a safety razor. I have pretty sensitive skin and have never had a problem with the revivals shave.
#769638 by tontybear
03 Mar 2011, 20:55
seanpep wrote:I think Alex is talking about having a shave in the clubhouse not arrivals. The clubhouse uses a straight edged razor which if someone does not know what they are doing can be painful. The revivals lounge just use a safety razor. I have pretty sensitive skin and have never had a problem with the revivals shave.


When I had my shave in the CH they used a safety razor (that was before the introduced the chargeable menu though)

The cut throat shave is one of the paid (£50)treatments though.
#769820 by seanpep
05 Mar 2011, 00:28
Yup after posting I noticed that they had both types on offer at the CH. Not sure I'd like a shave before the flight. As for the UKP 50 it's rather steep, but don't forget the 20% discount!
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