My Kind of Strip Bar

Who knew waxing could be anything but a chore? Strip Waxing Bar in Notting Hill is as sexy as it gets, and Victoria Beckam said so. And yeah, I'm an ex Spice Girl fan (I said EX!), so I tend to take everything VB says with arms and ears wide open. Ummmm....well, almost. 

Notting Hill is full of these little gems, whether you're on the Portobello side, the Bayswater side or event the Westbourne grove side, it's all there for the pleasure of your little eyes. This one had me quite curious at first, since looking into the window of this mysterious looking place, I hardly knew what to make of it. Firstly, because I didn't know what they sold, wax, underwear, S&M props and trinkets??? So I walked in, with a LondonZest attitude- that means open-minded and positive in case you didn't already know. I already felt at home.

I booked an appointment, waxing that is, not S&M. The menu was stupendously cheap, with a bikini wax starting from £22. Along with the many variations of different waxing jobs, you could choose your wax flavour. As a provencal chick, I went for the lavender, and I must say I didn't know whether to bring it home as a candle or let the lady do her job. Anyways, the decor was even more appealing. Per usual the boudoir wallpaper and backgrounds always win me over, so that was that. The candles everywhere, the lovely ladies, and the variety of sexy lingerie inside the boutique, from Stella McCartney, Elle McPherson, Hanky Pankies and La Perla, you will never go hungry for anything else. 

It's all there, the lingerie, the wax, the lovely scents, the experience. I wouldn't leave, so I booked my next appointment.

This Christmas, Cozy Up By the Fire Place With Sexy Lace & Silk

You must be thinking to yourself...enough with the Holiday cheer already! Well, prepare yourselves, cuz I'm just getting started. I am just too excited about the Holiday season coming up. So I'm gonna cheer on, cheer on til Santa swoops into London town. So yeah, get used to it. And from the look of that title, it's gonna be a raunchy post.

The great thing about today's entry is that while everyone is telling you to bundle up and stay warm with loads of layers, wools and cashmere for the winter, I'm telling to get naked. That's right, you heard me, show some skin. Throw some logs into the fireplace, make yourself a warm cuppa tea, bake some Christmas cookies! And get naked! If that's what it takes to stay warm and cozy when it's unbearably frosty outside, then that's the way it's gotta be. So go ahead, dress down to your underwear and bra, and embrace the yummy silk and the sexy lace.

The lovely and talented British lingerie designers Alice & Astrid have created a series of exquisite, feminine, sexy and winter-friendly undergarment collections for us ladies who like to keep it hot & sexy in the winter time. 

The friendly and inviting boutique on Artesian Road, right off of Ledbury Road, in Notting Hill will take care of all those wintery chills. Just pop in for a visit and you will leave feeling warm, happy and ready to loose those extra layers!

Alice & Astrid, Artesian Road, Notting Hill

ps: Valentine's Day is around the corner...just keep that in mind;)

Burn Your Bra

 I was wandering down Marylebone High last week, one of my favorite streets in Central London, on my way to lunch at Le Pain Quotidien for a Ladies Who Lunch event. Well, not really, I was just meeting my friend Met Mum and her adorable Little L for a quick bite followed by a very very frustrating trip to Selfridges on my end (no shopping allowed for me) but very successful one on Met Mum's end. I stopped in front of the intriguing window of Apartment C , Marylebone's exclusive lingerie boutique, and noticed this intriguing sign hanging from it. I walked right in, expecting a mix of S&M and feminist heaven inside but instead was instantly taken aback by all the divine looking bras, panties and nighties loosely hanging from the store's satin and velvet hangers. It felt like a strange combination of Agent Provocateur, La Perla, the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris and New York's lower east side Babeland all at once, and for some strange reason, it worked beautifully. It was neither kinky nor was it super exclusive. It was draped with velvety curtains, and in the middle of the store sat these 2 luxurious 1920's pink velvet sofas (just like Mad Men's Betty Draper's newly acquired sofa in season 3!) making the whole room come together beautifully to create this totally glamorous space of femininity. 

Their selection of lingerie is also quite glamorous and special, ranging from the simple and adorably sexy Princesse Tam Tam to the soft and organic Eco Boudoir . You can find anything from the lacy black bra to the sexy red outfit and the angelic white almost see-through panties but not so see-through that it would make them look slutty. All of their pieces are provocative just the right amount (I have always found Agent Provocateur to be unwearable, too crazy, too provocative, too kinky, too lacy). So wives, mums, working gals and single ladies, there is something in this quirky lingerie boutique for all of us. Something lacy for the high powered woman in us. Something white for the little girl in us. Something black for the sadistic side in us. And something red for the devil in us. Hopefully you are able to recognize yourself in these descriptions. If not in all of them (ahem, moi? non merci!), then at least in one of them. 

Apartment C Black Lace Tunic

Apartment C Pink Chiffon and Satin Nightie