There’s no denying the sheer abundance of self-care services available these days. However, the obstacle is that each specific service requires its own location.
If you want a massage, you go to a massage parlour. If you want your nails done, you go to a nail spa. If you want to detox your body and sweat out any impurities in a sauna, you must go to a spa with those facilities. If you are looking for alternative health methods, such as colon hydrotherapy, you need to go to a clinic.
But what if it didn’t have to be this way?
At , you can indulge in all these services and more under one roof. It’s the perfect fusion of calm, correction, and convenience.
Success overseas
With seven branch locations and over 400 employees in Dubai, and 40 years of applied experience, the company is no stranger to the beauty and wellness industry.
Arriving in Canada in 2016, Afrina owner Ziba Tahmasebi decided that she wanted to take the successful all-in-one concept Afrina offers and bring it to Vancouver.
“I saw that the market was in need of a place where clients could come and have all their services under one roof,” she explains. “The concept we have in Dubai was lacking here. I wanted to combine this concept with alternative health. I put everything under the same roof.”
Tahmasebi and her team believe that inner beauty reflects outer beauty.
“We believe if you detoxify your body from the inside, you can get better hair, better nails, better skin, better energy, and live a better and happy life,” she describes.
At the heart of its mission, the team at Afrina strives to promote optimal inner beauty and health by assisting clients in pursuing wellness while also helping this reflect in their outer beauty.
“We also give extra importance to cleanliness and sanitization for the safety of our employees and our guests.” She emphasizes the usage of autoclave machines, vacuum pouches for tools and instruments, and, where needed, the use of disposables. The team also vacuums the towels and bedsheets after each client and sanitizes all equipment and furniture.
Tahmasebi adds, “when COVID hit us, we didn’t have to teach our staff of the new protocol of masks, face shields, gloves or sanitization after each service as we were already following them.”
Afrina branches in Dubai are ranked as A-scored beauty and spa centres for this reason.
A personal touch
The motivation behind Afrina’s vision is not just driven by client satisfaction, although that is the top priority for Tahmasebi and her team. There was a personal inspiration, as well.
Tahmasebi describes how she received a misdiagnosis of ALS that ultimately turned out to be Lyme Disease.
“I got sick in 2009, and the doctors couldn’t cure or diagnose me,” she explains. So, she decided to turn to alternative health solutions instead.
“I used all these alternative health services such as Infrared Sauna, Shiatsu massage and Lymphatic drainage massage, which we have at Afrina, to cure myself and now to help others.”
Comprehensive Services
Offering a diverse collection of health, wellness and beauty services, Afrina truly is a one-stop shop for clients and patients alike to achieve their best selves and feel fabulous from the inside out.
The centre offers hair care services, including styling/updo, cutting, hair treatments, colour and highlights, keratin services, extensions and more. It also provides an extensive range of face care, such as makeup, eyelash extensions, eyelash and eyebrow lamination/lift, face waxing, microblading and facials.
Spa services include nail care and extension, full-body services, such as body hair removal (waxing & laser), an infrared sauna, Shiatsu and hot stone and deep tissue massages. Afrina is also home to a Hammam Spa, comprising Persian, Turkish, and Moroccan bath options, as well as body wraps.
Finally, Afrina also offers clinical services to help patients overcome injuries and chronic pain through detoxification of the body by colon hydrotherapy, lymphatic drainage and sport injury massage, IV therapy, microcurrent therapy, and reflexology.
“Our naturopathic doctor has over 25 years of experience,” Tahmasebi says. “We also have a holistic nutritionist and clinical counsellor, who, with therapists, put together a protocol for our guests and oversee their journey to live a healthy and happier life.”
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