Pamper You Beauty Therapy is a home-based beauty salon in Burwood, Christchurch, just down the road from The Palms Shopping Mall and handy to Shirley. Established in 2009, it is owned and operated by Margie Davidson, a beauty therapist who trained and completed qualifications with ITEC (UK) and NASA (NZ). Her salon sits on the property itself, providing a special, quiet and peaceful space where clients can genuinely switch off. The treatment menu covers the beauty therapy essentials, all delivered one-on-one: facials using luxurious Trilogy skincare (full of natural goodness and made in NZ), manicures where you can relax with a cuppa while your hands and nails are cared for, pedicures with a revitalising foot massage, lash and brow tinting, waxing for women and men (ideal for sports people), spray tanning and Sunbox light therapy. There are also dedicated services for men and for elderly clients. What sets the salon apart is the emphasis on time. Treatments are not rushed, and Margie's philosophy is that a visit should be much-needed time out from busy lives, with someone who cares and listens. Google reviewers agree: regulars describe relaxing facials and amazing service, one client has been returning for three years, and newcomers mention feeling comfortable and at ease, with several praising the value compared to other salons. All treatments are strictly by appointment. The salon is open Monday and Tuesday 9am-5pm and Wednesday to Friday 9am-7pm, and is closed on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Book by phone or text, and note that a fee may apply for cancellations within 24 hours of your appointment time.
Pamper You Beauty Therapy sits on Achilles Street in Burwood, Christchurch - a home-based salon just down the road from The Palms Shopping Mall and an easy trip from nearby Shirley. Owner and operator Margie Davidson established the business in 2009, and she has been welcoming clients into the salon on her property ever since. Trained and qualified with ITEC (UK) and NASA (NZ), Margie has built the salon around a simple idea: a treatment should be more than the treatment itself.
The salon is a special, quiet and peaceful space, designed to help clients feel rejuvenated and relaxed while they have their treatments. Pamper You prides itself on giving you time - treatments are explicitly not rushed, and clients arrive as much for the breathing room as for the results. Margie is passionate about making her clients feel and look their best, and about listening: when a client visits, they get much-needed time out from busy lives, with someone who cares and listens.
Google reviewers back this up. Long-time clients describe lovely, relaxing facials and amazing service; one has been returning for three years and calls her highly recommended. First-timers mention feeling comfortable and at ease, with several noting that the price point is amazing for the service received - one reviewer highlighted the great value of her eye trio compared to other salons.
Margie also frames a visit as something positive for yourself. Reflecting on the Christchurch earthquakes and Covid-19 lockdowns, she points out that taking time to lower stress and adrenaline levels, and to relax mentally and physically, is not selfish - it is what keeps us from eventually running down or getting sick. Her aim is to let you hand over the care for an hour or so and leave feeling refreshed and reminded of just how important you really are.
The menu covers the beauty therapy essentials, all delivered one-on-one in the home salon:
There are also dedicated services for elderly clients, so the salon genuinely caters across the community.
Margie actively encourages men to be more aware of their appearance and how they can improve the impression they make. As she puts it, tidy eyebrows make such a difference to a man's overall look - and a pedicure, with its relaxing foot massage, is a godsend for tired feet after a day on a building site or hours spent standing. Reviewers confirm the welcome extends to ladies and gents alike.
Pamper You is open Monday and Tuesday from 9am to 5pm, with late nights until 7pm from Wednesday to Friday - handy if you work standard hours. The salon is closed Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and every treatment is by appointment. To book, phone or text 027 357 7646 or call 03 960 5742. If your plans change, remember that a fee may apply for cancellations within 24 hours of your appointment time.
Whether you are after a regular facial, a pre-event spray tan, a tidy-up of brows and lashes, or simply an hour of quiet with someone who cares and listens, Pamper You has spent well over a decade proving that a neighbourhood home salon can deliver the works - unhurried, personal and just down the road.