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The 9th Graduation ceremony of the Sunsilk Ra-mani Fernando Hair and Beauty Academy was

held recently which saw elegantly dressed models with breathtaking 1920’s hairstyles, done by the grad-uates left the audience amazed and in awe. Over 100 students were graduated from the Colombo and Kandy Academies and of them 18 were Sunsilk scholarship

winners. Siddharth Ba-nerjee, Marketing Direc-tor – Home and Personal Care of Unilever Sri Lan-ka was the Chief Guest at the event, while MP Rosy Senanayake was the Guest of Honour.

Ushani Kalpani Nayanthara was recog-nized as the best Sunsilk student for her exception-al performance through-out the course. She was awarded Rs 50,000 by Sunsilk to support her in setting up her own salon.

Delivering the keynote address, Ramani Fernan-do, CEO and Managing Director, Ramani Fer-nando Salons said, “I am delighted to once again

host our graduation cer-emony for the 9th consecutive year. As the demand to join the hair and beauty industry has increased, our acad-emy has attracted a greater number of students, making this graduation the second ceremony for 2013. I wish to congratulate the graduating class, for the effort and com-mitment given throughout the course”.

Sunsilk Ramani Fernando Hair And Beauty AcademyGraduation Ceremony Desmond’s Golden Jubilee Concert

Singer/Entertainer, Desmond De Silva is celebrat-ing his 50th Anniversary in the Entertainment

Industry with a grand concert on December 28 (Sat-urday) at Musaeus College Auditorium starting at 7pm.

Desmond launched the celebration of his 50th An-

niversary global tour which kicked off in July with a an open air concert in his hometown Matara. The popular Sri Lankan Band in Australia, Replay 6, will provide music for the concert ‘The Journey’.

Sunil Perera, Corrine, Mariezelle, Rukshan and Sandra & Esric Jackson from Australia among oth-ers join Desmond on stage. The concert has all the makings of a sophisticated musical journey through the five decades in music that promises to meet and exceed expectations. The concert in Sri Lanka is pre-sented by DK Promotions.

According to the organisers the tickets sale which commenced last week has been very satisfactory with more than 60% of the tickets being sold in 4 days. The ticket sales will recommence at the Galadari Ho-tel Lobby on Thursday (19) and will be on sale till the 23 daily from 12noon until 6 p.m.

Desmond De Silva will also be performing as the special guest artist at the New Years Eve dinner dance “Blast from the Past” at BMICH Banquet hall with Damayantha Kuruppu and retro band Vision. The dinner dance is specially put together for the whole family to usher the new-year in a family at-mosphere. Ticket for the dinner dance is Rs.5500.00 and children under 12 Rs. 3000.00 inclusive of Gala dinner buffet. For tickets bought for the concert will be entitled to a discount of Rs.500. Call Damayantha on 0777 744950 for details.

“The Journey”

just the way you like it

Exclusive boutique resorts that combine a back-to-nature vibe with a touch of fan-

tasy: that’s the Uga Escapes’ concept, breath-takingly brought to life at several stunning locations around the country. ‘It only works because we’re enthusiasts,’ explains the company’s head of marketing, Ashan Wije-

wickrema. ‘People here are crazy about travel, about hospitality, about food. Our combined obsession is what makes the Uga experience special.’

‘Travel must be a gastronomic as well as a geographical journey,’ agrees Vichalya Fer-nando, chef de cuisine at Jungle Beach, Uga Escapes’ resort at Kucchaveli, a few kilome-tres north of Trincomalee. ‘In Sri Lanka, it can be a genuine voyage of discovery because we have such a rich, multicultural cuisine. Despite the resort’s somewhat out-of-the-way location, guests at Jungle Beach are faced with a pleth-

ora of gourmet choices ev-ery day. ‘Our menus offer a light fusion of contem-porary Western and Asian tastes, inspired by fresh, natural ingredients – par-ticularly the freshest sea-food, which we obtain lo-cally. What better place for seafood than Trincomalee, the finest natural harbour in the world?’ Jungle Beach boasts a variety of sea-food specialties, including a special three-courseall-crab dinner served at tables set out on the wide, sandy beach that fronts the hotel.

Eating and drinking with

your feet in the sand is definitely key to the Uga Jungle Beach experience. There’s a beach bar – a watering-hole for swimmers and sun-bathers by day, a place for whispered romance by night – and more romantic still, a dinner-time ‘beach picnic’ under the stars, popular with honeymooners. Other culinary delights include a special ‘Sri Lankan table’ that show-cases traditional dishes and spices, and the peak of gastronomic achievement, Vichalya’s menu de dégustation – all five melt-in-the-mouth courses of it, accompanied, if you wish, by appropriate wines suggested by food-and-beverage manager.

This enthusiasm for fine food even extends to that problematical meal, breakfast. A true gour-met, it used to be said, takes no breakfast; but at Uga Escapes at least, times has changed. The boring breakfast buffets served to guests at a typical Sri Lankan hotel have no place at Jungle Beach, Uga Bay or Ulagalla. Instead, guests re-ceive a breakfast on a tray, made up to order, in the dining-room or anywhere else on the prop-erty they choose to take it. Every tray receives the chef’s personal attention before it leaves the kitchen, ensuring that everything is just so. A typical Uga breakfast tray might contain any of a variety of hot dishes, assorted kinds of bread, croissants, doughnuts, fruit juice or a smoothie, yogurt, organic jam and much more – with re-fills on the house. Unlimited supplies of tea and coffee are also available.

Breakfast

Pamper Yourself At The Nail Anatomy

The Nail Anatomy situated at No 14 Reid Avenue, Co-

lombo 7 is the perfect getaway for you to pamper yourself with a mani-pedi that is all about re-finement and luxury. Armed with a plethora of choices to indulge in and to beautify your skin and nails, the latest additions to their coddling include a range of add-ons focusing on wellness as well as beauty. At The Nail Anatomy, it is not just about beauty but about the well being of your mind as well as the body—their pam-pering takes a holistic approach where clients can revel in a unique experi-ence that is highly personalised.

The wellness add-ons include milk and honey soak for hands and feet, ultra detox soak, oxygen detox soak that clears conges-tion while curbing allergies/skin irritations, magnesium boost soak that provides relief for joint problems, arthritis, gout, tendon-itis and body order issues, hand and feet massages, akileine ultra-hydrating mois-turizer for hands/feet and callus elimina-tor and akileine hydra-defense treatment. Sassy water, a cold detoxed water that pu-rify the digestive system is also available

as a complementary service along with a range of other tempting beverages to en-hance the wellness and the overall mani-pedi experience.

“Many people have nail issues and they try to cover it with nail polish,” said Meili Lin Mather, Director of The Nail Anato-my. “However, those who want to fix it come here and are very pleased with the results. Here, it’s not just about beauty, it is a holistic approach where we provide an educational experience about your well being while enhancing your beauty. We provide all necessary and related advice.”

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Over 75 soldiers worked tire-lessly, day and night for the last 3 weeks, to complete this magnificent Christmas tree. Army engineers had used more than 325 square folding and 249 GI pipes to complete this gigantic structure and 25 truckloads of Cypress Tree branches have been used to decorate it, giving it a natu-ral look.

By Camelia Nathaniel