Recommended to me by a close friend, so I gave it ago one rainy Thursday night. The place looks a…read morebit dumpy from the outside but once inside you are shown to a cubicle and told to strip and wrap a nice clean white towel around your waist. Having agreed the type of massage and the length of time the massage begins. I had booked a fouty-minute back hand massage with extras,this consisted of three unique massages by three different people. Managed to get relief from the first massages but then got cramp im my balls. Balls of my feet that is and had to have an extra foot massage.the total expereince lasted ninety minutes after a refreshing shower a cup of tea and a biscuit,but definately worth it Will highly recommend this

I've just been to Beauty Within Spa in Cowbridge and had my nails and LVL's done with the amazing…read moreYana. I've been going to Yana for about 2 years now and each time I go she does the most incredible job. her attention to detail is second to none, they use the highest quality products and are always so friendly and welcoming. I couldn't recommend it enough!

Prepare yourself for a day of decadence…read more It's the perfect setup for a lavish afternoon with your mum on Mother's Day, or ideal if you fancy spending the better part of an hour slathering mud all over your beloved in an Arabic temple (more on that in a moment). The Beauty Within Medi Spa, situated neatly on the high street of a lovely little village called Cowbridge, offers a range of beauty treatments, as well the latest in aesthetic laser therapy, skin rejuvenation and hair removal techniques. I've been the joyous recipient of an Exotic Steam Rasul experience, where you spend 45 minutes in a darkened Arabic temple applying different coloured medicinal chakra muds to specific areas of the body. The idea is to gently inhale the steam infused by pure herbs, which, according to the spa's website, apparently helps cleanse your respiratory system, smooth the skin and detoxify the body, while revitalising your chi energy. Not bad for a Saturday afternoon. The best part is the warm shower that pours down from the ceiling, rinsing your skin, and making you feel like kids caught out in the rain after an afternoon of making mud pies. The Exotic Steam Rasul is a creative gift for the difficult-to-buy-for couple - trust me, it's way better than a John Lewis voucher! The Beauty Within website offers a full price list, and once in a while they even have a 10% off treatments voucher which you can print out and bring along. There's no train station in Cowbridge, unfortunately (the closest is Llantwit Major and it's not really in walking distance), but you can take a bus out here, although your best bet is probably just to drive.

Went here with my partner and his sister who go a few times a year. I was told that due to the…read morethermal waters their are nutrients, minerals and health benefits. Probably important for me to mention that I am American where for us the day spas I patronize you pay for a day pass to the spa versus your paid entry here only including 2 hours. For myself and my partner personally two hours is just not enough time to relax, to stay on schedule with the ability to experience all floors and rooms I had to continue exploring every 10-15 minutes which left no time to relax. Soon as I would get comfortable and start snoozing it was time to move on to the next room or level. I am not quite sure the reason for the two hour time limit but would love to know. Also, as you migrate between the floors with the one towel and bath robe they give you constantly taking off and putting back on at some point thy become drenched and no longer serve the purpose of keeping you warm in-between floors and dry. Also, they accept reservations; however everything was extremely small here from the multi bodies in the pools to the point you could not find a spot along the wall to the crammed bodies within the treatment rooms; this facility needs to be badly renovated to accommodate the reservations they are receiving or they need to decrease the number of reservations allotted within a given time frame. Lastly, for each pool there is only one massage water pressure device so there are literally lines to access it. For a pool I am used to having ample (8-10) per pool. Will i return; not if I can locate a more cozy and accommodating day spa. Sorry one more thing they make you lock up your phones here and the showers, and locker rooms are co-ed. So you are literally showering with a bathing suit on; I could not wait to get back to my partners sisters place to take a proper shower.

Amazing experience! No cameras are allowed in past check in, but we had a phenomenal time. This is…read morea swimsuit on facility, for those wondering. There's plenty of saunas and steam rooms to try, and two large heated pools. Only complaint is the noise. They have no noise policy, and it was not relaxing as it could have been. This is a social spa. ‍ other than that, 10/10 experience!

Bodywise is my 'local' beauty spot and venue for all of my brilliant spray tans. It's cheap, quick…read moreand efficient. Just the way I like it. For £15 you can get blasted with a hose full of brown dye and be on your way within half an hour. One of the women there asks me how my job interview went every time I go there and I don't have the heart to tell her that she's probably mistaken me for another girl. Still, she maintains eye contact when I'm in the nude and has probably seen me naked more than anyone else has in the last few months. All the girls at Bodywise are sweet, friendly and easy to chat to when you're having your treatments. They will also do their best to accomodate you if you're in dire need of a tan/wax/tint. As if you needed any more convincing, at some point last September my best friend burst in with yeti legs and and an unruly bikini line and swears blind she had the quickest and least painful waxing of her life.

This is a calm and serene place to go for your treatments. It's beautiful and clean and the staff…read moreare friendly. Prices are not too bad and results make it worth it (even the pain of a bikini wax)!! I have recommended this to friends and I will do again!

This spa is situated within Longleat Center Parcs but you don't have to be staying at Center Parcs…read morein order to enjoy one of their fixed priced pamper days. If you are staying at Center Parcs, you can take full advantage of what they have to offer. The spa experience is amazing. The various different sauna's and steamrooms are so relaxing, and then you can go for a dip in the pool. The last time I was at Aqua Sana, I had the infra red treatment before having a Swedish Massage. Apparently the infra red treatment warms up the muscles so they can go straight into the massage and not have to spend the first 10mins warming the muscles. I'll take their word for it, all I know is that it was all amazing. There's a also a cafe area in the spa where you can buy light meals, snacks and drinks.

Small but very friendly and professional Unisex salon, which is used by all members of my family…read more(even my Dad) to get their hair cut. Neither the exterior nor the interior are likely to win any design awards, and you're not getting Nicky Clarke high-tech treatments, but it's reliably good and very popular . Unless they're really busy you'll always get a cup of tea (even the blokes).

This is a small family business run by an aunt and neice team. It's very popular as the service is…read morefriendly, professional and the prices are very reasonable. However, you must like the colour pink to go here! The walls are pink, the overalls are pink and somtimes even the conversation can be a bit girly-pink too (as in romance)! The building is a bit old but it is kept freshly decorated and always looks clean and tidy. The majority of the customers are regulars who have been using this salon for years. They book their next appointment before they leave the salon. This means that it is almost impossible to get a last minute appointment as the stylists are booked up for weeks in advance.

I first came across this place when a friend invited me on a hen do that involved staying at the…read moreMecure and enjoying the delights of its Spa facilities. Since they had a great special deal on it turned out to be great value for money. There were 14 different spa treatment rooms offering up the usual sorts of massage and facials, and then there was also a beautiful pool area where we could all get together and spend hours catching up, and a bar not too far away!! The room itself was really spacious and comfy and clean and all the staff seems genuinely happy to offer any help they could. The second time I was there, I was working on a film shoot and we were filming up in the penthouse. The rich really do get all the luck because its an amazing space with 3 bedroom I think and the 360 views over Cardiff. Amazing.

This contemporary, 4-star hotel and spa is central and fairly luxurious, located within a few…read moreminutes' walk of Queen Street's pedestrianised shopping area and other top city centre attractions. I've been to meetings there, and to the spa and pool area, all of which is very modern. The heated indoor swimming pool's ceiling feels quite low, which I felt made it seem a tiny bit claustrophobic - but with sleek lines and the walls painted white, I think they've probably made the best use of the space they had available. The pool and changing areas were very clean, and this seemed to be the same story throughout the hotel's public spaces - all in all this hotel seems to have high standards and good facilities as well as a top location.

The park plaza certainly is a jack of all trades. From the fabulous hotel itself to the excellent…read moreLaguna bar and this, the spa and gym smack bang in the middle of Cardiff. A friend of mine was a member there and so suggested I come and try it out for the day. Of course we bypassed the gym and went straight for the equally taxing pool/steam room/jacuzzi. The pool area is an oasis of calm in the middle of a very busy city. The walls are tranquil blue and it's has the feeling of being pure indulgence. The water is treated with a combination of UV and chlorine which means you don't get that OTT feeling of dry horrible skin that you get in other pools that just use chlorine. People watching is great here, for some reason the most beautiful men in Cardiff chose to swim at this establishment. Great if you're a bit of a perve like me but it's advisable to keep your wits about you to avoid drowning.

In this area of the city centre there are at least three good gyms all competing for membership:…read morethis, the Laguna Health & Spa at the Park Plaza Hotel; Vitality, around the corner, which is based upstairs above Henry's Bar on Park Place and doesn't have a pool; and the Hilton's small LivingWell gym, which can get busy during peak times. This cluster of gyms in close proximity has created plenty of competition between them to attract membership, so there are usually some promotions on at each of them to try to lure you in. The Laguna is good for those into swimming, and its pool is filtered using UV rather than just chlorine (unlike the Hilton's LivingWell pool), which makes for a less chemical swimming experience. They have a relaxing jacuzzi and a steam room next to the pool, and the changing rooms are very smartly done out. Here you definitely get the feeling you can indulge rather than just exercise hard, and it's a relaxing space to spend some time after work or at the weekend. If you want a real treat, the spa also has a range of beauty and relaxation treatments, most of them fairly expensive (as is the case with most spas). They also have a proper gym, of course, and about 35 exercise classes a week (unlike the Hilton LivingWell, which has no space to hold group classes). The gym has cardio vascular stations including treadmills, rowers, cross-trainers, steppers and walking machines, plus fixed resistance stations, a free weight area, a warm up and stretching area, a Power-Plate® Machine, and screens showing sport, news and music while you work out.

I often frequent this establishment and can honestly say that I am never more relaxed than after a…read more'special' massage with Big Bertha. The service is exquisite and always makes me want to come again ;p The staff are always willing to go that extra mile, and all have that Cliff Richard 'I'm already dead inside' look in their eyes which is quite gratifying. Basically if I could afford to live there I WOOD. If 6 stars was a possible rating I'd give it 7.

Do not be mistaken into thinking this place offers luxury Thai massages!! By massages, this place…read moremeans male gratification from young females who barely speak English. Essentially it's prostitution. Sorry to put it so bluntly but I have heard horrible stories of elderly ladies thinking it would be a pleasant way to spend an afternoon! It's creepy and dingy and I get the shivers just walking past it. Avoid at all costs if I was you!!