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What Scents Work Best for a Couples Aromatherapy Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

The best scents for an aromatherapy couples massage are the ones you both like, and a safe shortlist is lavender, sweet orange, sandalwood, rose and vanilla, matched to the occasion. A first session suits something familiar, an anniversary suits something a little special and a Sunday morning suits something bright. This guide pairs each scent with an occasion and a vibe, so you can choose in a few minutes and skip the hallway debate about lavender while your therapists wait with their oils. If you're arranging a couples massage at home for the first time, the scent is the fun decision.

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A couple lies close together on massage tables, the woman resting with eyes closed in the foreground and the man behind her; a warm, intimate, peaceful scene.

What's the Best Type of Massage to Get as a Couple?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

The best massage for couples is usually Swedish, because the pressure adjusts for each person and neither of you has to agree on how hard is hard. Deep tissue, hot stone, Thai and aromatherapy each suit a different kind of pair, though, and the right pick depends on what the two of you actually want from the hour. Here's which one suits two people, and why, so you can choose in about five minutes and stop doing the "I don't mind" dance. If you haven't had a couples massage before, it helps to know that each of you has your own therapist, so pressure and pace can differ even when the style is the same.

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A relaxed couple receives a back massage on a white towel-covered massage table while a pair of therapists work nearby; warm lighting creates a calm, soothing mood.

What Is the Etiquette for a Couples Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

Couples massage etiquette is mostly common sense with an audience: turn up ready, speak up about pressure and temperature, keep your underwear on, put your phone away and let your therapists do their job. Etiquette sounds fancy, but it mostly means not being weird in a room with three other people. Below are the dos and don'ts, with the reasoning behind each, because a rule is easier to follow when you can see why it exists.

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A couple relaxes under white towels as massage therapists gently work their necks and shoulders in a softly lit room, conveying calm and comfort.

What Should You Wear to a Couples Massage?

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Self-Care Tips

What to wear to a couples massage comes down to soft, loose clothes to arrive in, your underwear on for the massage itself and a sheet or a towel over you while you lie down. These are the practical questions people usually ask before their first one, answered as briefly as possible. If you'd like the whole session from first hello to last stretch, there's a couples massage from start to finish .

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Bearded man in a black shirt poses against a plain gray background with dark, smudged eye makeup, chin resting on his fist and a gothic Halloween look.

Men's Halloween Makeup That Works With a Beard: Easy Looks for First-Timers

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

Men's Halloween makeup that works with a beard starts with one rule: paint around the beard and not over it, and let the beard be part of the costume. Easy looks for first-timers include a bruised eye, skeleton eyes and a painted forehead, a zombie shade and a werewolf with no fur required, and you can hand a detailed look to a local makeup artist , booked through Blys, who does it in one sitting at your home or the party, around the beard.

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A pale-faced person with messy hair sits in costume as an unseen hand applies a bloody scratch to his neck, creating a tense zombie makeup scene.

Easy Zombie Makeup vs Special Effects: What You Can Do at Home and What Needs a Pro

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

Easy zombie makeup is a DIY job: grey-green shading, sunken eyes, a few bruises and a little fake blood sitting on the surface of the skin. Special effects wounds, built-up scars and anything that sticks to your skin are the pro-only part, and a local makeup artist can bring the right products to your home or event, apply the look and explain how to take it off.

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Close-up portrait of a woman with black pigtails and clown makeup; her neutral gaze feels somber and unsettling.

Clown Makeup Ideas for Every Skin Tone: Cute, Pretty and Scary Looks That Actually Blend

By Diwash Shrestha | For Clients, Guides

Clown makeup ideas fall into three tiers: cute and simple looks you can do yourself, pretty and glam looks built on graphic colour, and creepy scary looks that depend on a solid white base, and every one of them adapts to any skin tone when you change the base, the colour and how much coverage you build. The first tier is a DIY job, and the last two are where a local makeup artist earns the booking.

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