Cristina Galafate
Updated Friday, March 29, 2024-01:59
Wellness This is the greatest beauty trick from a care expert
Templa opens the first subscription-based beauty center in Madrid
In the city of Madrid, no one can complain about options, both in leisure and well-being. Despite the bustle of the capital,
beauty centers
proliferate like mushrooms to give yourself a few minutes of care and relaxation, whether to get a manicure or a touch-up. Especially after the pandemic, where we have become more aware of personal time and mental and physical health.
But, while the best equipment and the latest advances in aesthetic medicine invade the city to look better, a duo of restless entrepreneurs intend to make us
disconnect
with the simplest thing:
manual therapy
. An extensive and differentiated
massage menu
that can be consulted the old-fashioned way: like a photo album.
FROM AN DISEASE TO A PROJECT
After enjoying the experience, which includes meditation with a specialized program, you can go to a room to read, drink tea and shower.EM
Ingrid Flores (Madrid, February 9, 1985) and Maribel Lucas (Valencia, March 12, 1988) are the two partners behind the
Mars
project . A new space that has just opened its doors in Madrid dominated by its contrasts, its silences, its differential value and beauty as a common denominator. "We work on
calmness in the face of stress
. That's why we wanted to maintain the feeling of traveling outside the environment you are in and reaching another planet as you enter," they explain about this
immersive experience
through treatments, which also manages to connect with the interior. on a physical and mental level.
Flores, with a career linked to the
business world and interior renovation
, has built business concepts, design, interior design and decoration. "Human beings have tried to go to the red planet for centuries... We hope that this same desire is maintained but in our space," she says.
For her part, Lucas is the one specialized in beauty, with training in
chiromassage, aesthetics
and
coaching
, who joins the small team of therapists. "We only have two booths, so that no client has to cross paths with another. It's all very personalized," she slides behind the counter, before leading us to a room where an interview takes place to find out what is needed and wanted.
COMPREHENSIVE THERAPY AND EXCLUSIVITY
The center has only two booths to offer a very personal experience after a prior interview.EM
"We have our own method,
careness
, from the English
care
, care, and
wellness
, well-being, which here is comprehensive, both of the mind and the body, and exclusively." In fact, his motto is: "
Whatever you are, you will come out better
." They met when Maribel became Ingrid's trusted therapist, who had to routinely get massages for her
lupus
. Now, friends and partners have well-known massages, such as the Japanese kobido, and signature massages.
"We love contrasts, innovating and surprising. Our menu is very personal and so cared for that it needs its special place to be told," they justify about that previous intimate chat. Flores stays with the
circulatory massage
, which drains and removes contractures. Lucas talks about the most requested: a facial with
immersive meditation
. "We are the first to bring it. Our hands are in charge of relaxing the physical part. The mental part is guided by the voice of Marietta Mouchet accompanied by Tibetan bowls." They only work with three beauty brands: Alqvimia for body and Biologique Recherche and Meer & Forst for facial. "They all stand out for their high quality."
A SPECIAL RETURN TO THE CITY
At the moment, they have incorporated only three beauty brands, one for the body and two for the facial, which stand out for their "high quality," they assure.EM
They think that many people have changed the chip in this dizzying pace. "They have realized that, just like going to the gym, they need to take the
time to de-stress
. "
Your hands are your best weapon of human connection. "Working skin to skin releases that energy blocked in tense muscles so that it flows again. It allows you to focus your mind on the
present
."
After passing through the cabin, a room called Cosmos "returns to Earth." "If you run away after an experience like this, you don't feel it, nor does your body assimilate what you received. It is a
slower and more coherent
way of integrating it," supports Lucas. You can even shower and have tea or read a book.
Both of them are very excited about this emerging vocation to help people feel better in their daily lives, and they affirm that the best thing about entrepreneurship is "offering the opportunity to take care of others." The least good thing, until there is a shoot, is any mistake. "We go crazy," they joke, but that's why they have the massage cabin very close by. From Chamartín, this particular
red planet
offers another galaxy of
stillness and pampering
.
In the center it is difficult to meet another person, since the entire route is very private.EM
Marte is on Juan Hurtado de Mendoza Street, 17.
Mini F. Durán is the Creative Director.
Manual therapy.
Integral approach.
Immersive meditation