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Today’s newsletter is a London Edition of Feed Me. For those of you observing Labor Day, I hope you are spending very little time in your inbox. Perhaps this newsletter will inspire an autumn trip across the pond. London readers, hope you had a nice bank holiday last week.
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Today’s newsletter includes: London’s 40+ best healers and beauty practitioners (according to Feed Me readers), Anglo-Italian’s new category, an interesting-looking media summit, Alex Eagle designed a hotel, a new personals column for Londoners who love restaurants, the New York designers opening London boutiques (with UK-exclusive styles), and a queer wine party.
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The London Beauty and Wellness Black Book, According to UK Feed Me Readers.
Earlier this month, I emailed a group of UK-based Feed Me readers to help me assemble a comprehensive guide to the best healers, injectors, masseuses, colorists, and facialists in London. The reason I wanted names of people and not just names of practices or spas is because I was looking for clients who actually know the names of the people taking care of them.
The final list includes 40+ contributions from Plum Sykes, Fedora Abu, Panayiota Soutis, JULIANA SALAZAR, and a self-proclaimed bon vivant who works in tech. The guide includes life-changing facials, an Ayurvedic tea shaman, afro hair treatments that “big names” fly in for, a psychic that left one woman’s mouth hanging open, Hugh Grant’s gym, a doctor for post-breakup acne, the injector who all the fashion girls see, and a nail tech that one reader’s 91-year-old grandmother sees for medical pedicures.
FACIALS AND SKIN
Abi Titterington Lough (Hackney)
“Abi Titterington Lough in Hackney. A facial with Abi will change your life. A sweet Scottish angel doing amazing things in a gorgeous apothecary space hidden at the top of a warehouse conversion in Dalston. Come for the facial and reiki, stay for the snacks, homemade iced tea and tarot cards. My skin has never looked better since meeting Abi — the bespoke oils she makes for each season and mood are magic in a bottle. Book via Instagram DM at least a month in advance, sometimes more.” - Jillian, academic
Millie (Central London)
“Millie is the first Facialist — yes, with capitalised F — who’s actually worked with my skin first rather than with a cosmetics brand. She has never once tried to sell me a six-step routine and £100 of supplements. I usually go once every 1-2 months for a bespoke facial and we decide what we’re treating on the day; before my wedding in June we did a course of microneedling and exosomes, and next up is laser and PDRN under the eyes. She also puts you in Therabody compression boots for the treatment, so your legs get sorted while she works on your face. The clinic is a proper little sanctuary in central London — high ceilings, tasteful interiors, none of that clinical-white-and-orchid thing. Book directly with Millie at the clinic, well in advance, or online via Fresha / WhatsApp.” - Marta, Brand Strategist
Pandora Long (Chelsea)
“I’ve done microneedling in a couple of places, but this is the only salon where I saw the difference. I heard The Glow treatment is wonderful as well. She’s WhatsApp only and has long waiting lists, but you can still get in.” - Kristina Spencer
Julia Hart (Marylebone)
“Julia Hart single-handedly healed my acne. I’ve been seeing her for 3 years now, every few months. Julia is very techy with her many forms of apparatus, but she’s also pro natural and uses anti-invasive treatments. She’s also super thoughtful, extremely knowledgeable and caters entirely to you, beyond just the skin, offering her smarts on women’s health more generally and hormones particularly e.g. which supplements to focus your attention on, and what goes on in your diet and gut too.” - Panayiota Soutis, editor and host