THE HIP AND MYSTICAL WELLNESS BOUTIQUE
JUST a stone’s throw from Kensington Palace — where Harry and Meghan were living until they moved out this week — Notting Hill’s Ilapothecary wellness boutique could have been tailor-made for Meghan.
It sells beauty products based on numerology, a mystical concept which suggests our life is guided by numbers and that each one has a unique energy.
By finding out which numbers correspond to your life, you can predict its course.
Ilapothecary founder Denise Leicester, a former nurse, started out with the organic Ayurvedic skincare range Ila — a Hindu priest even helped her choose the right location for her Oxfordshire production centre. It is stocked in spas around the world and Gwyneth Paltrow and Natalie Portman are fans.
Ilapothecary — where singing crystal bowls and gongs (pictured) promote inner calm — opened last year, and Harry and Meghan were seen leaving the store last week. What they did is unknown, but Ilapothecary offers treatments which it calls ‘therapies for modern life’, including energy healing involving chakra balancing.
Another massage therapy apparently promotes the flow of breast milk and assists in childbirth recovery — this may soon appeal to Meghan. Prices range from £75 to £210.
The pair are in good company — Prince Charles is an advocate of alternative medicine.