One of the mainstays of the Groupon catalog of deals are "experiences," selling not just products and beauty sessions, but parachuting trips, boat cruises and other activities that are about discovery and fun.
The beauty of these sessions was that it abstracted all the nuances of a language so that you became less scared of the concepts of coding.
In teachers' tea-break rooms, beauty shop training sessions, bazaars and the privacy of their homes, young women worry that their parents will marry them off early, so they will not be forced to marry Taliban.
And Victoria's Secret beauty stores offer makeup sessions for promgoers.
Cash-rich (well, relatively) and time-poor, many of us were prepared to throw a reasonable sum of money at regular in-salon beauty treatments, personal-training sessions or expensive gym subscriptions (because everyone knew that just looking at your posh membership card from time to time made you fitter) in the hope of a quick and easy fix.
He wasn't present for several of the recording sessions for Beauty and the Beast, but would take phone calls and work from his bed, an indication of how much the production still needed him.
Vouchers for spa sessions, massages, beauty treatments and other body focused health pampering are an ideal choice for women in their forties.
Why shouldn't I wear it?" she told the Guardian during a four-hour session in a beauty parlour on the morning of her wedding.
Morne Morkel's third delivery of the afternoon session is a beauty that snaps back off the seam to hit Warner in the chest.
Perhaps I'm being far too narrow in my definition of theatre, but what The Smile Off Your Face reminded me of most was a trip to the beauty salon for an aromatherapy session, where you are stroked and patted amid delicious smells, and lulled into a slightly hypnotic state where unexpected intimacies are exchanged.
