All I want for Christmas is…a cosmetic procedure
Yes, I know it seems obscenely early to start talking about Christmas, and ordinarily I don’t put Scrooge back in the closet until mid-December, but somehow the prospect of seeing Colin Firth (swoon!) flick the switch of the Regent Street Christmas lights this evening has put me in a festive frame of mind.
And so this afternoon I got to thinking: what will the Boyf buy me this Christmas? He is a rather inexperienced (and very last-minute!) shopper and I often find myself braving Oxford Street on the 2nd of January to return his “what-were-you-thinking?” purchases. This year I refuse to enter Selfridges until that chaotic sale is well and truly over, so instead of my usual “surprise me” request, I will be making it very clear what I want: teeth whitening. And he needn’t leave his desk to buy it.
An unusual gift request, you say? Not at all. In fact a new survey has revealed that 54 per cent of women say they would love to receive a cosmetic procedure for Christmas. And this year alone has seen a 17 per cent rise in cosmetic procedures given as gifts, with Botox and chemical peels proving particularly popular.
But tread carefully with this one, I can’t help but think that mums across the country might be more than a little miffed come Christmas morn when they unwrap the suggestion of a filler or two. – martiena van der meer
