September 12th, 2011
Summer is over, that chill is starting to creep back into the air, and pumpkins are showing up in grocery stores and at farmers markets. That tan is lingering, but for how long? No need to suffer goose bumps to get those last few rays of sun through the fall – we’ve consulted with some experts at ESPA and Guinot to find out the best ways to keep that golden tan!
While the sun is still strong enough to give you a bit of a glow…
Step 1: Stock your bathroom larder with ESPA’s Invigorating Salt Scrub, Essential Body Moisturizer, and Body Silk Spray.
Step 2: After catching some rays, be sure to exfoliate once or twice a week. ESPA’s Salt Scrub is an excellent exfoliator and will help the tan go deeper and make the skin hold its color longer. In addition to nourishing and making the skin feel smooth and fabulous, it stimulates pigmentation for a deeper tan, affecting new cells instead of only the top layer.
Step 3: Slather on some Essential Body Moisturizer to instantly quench thirsty skin, deeply hydrating with Bergamot and Lavender.
Step 4: Spritz on a bit of Body Silk Spray to give the skin a silky sheen and radiant glow, making any tan shine brighter.
Step 5: Be the envy of the office for weeks to come.
If the September sun isn’t quite warm enough to lure you into a teeny bikini…
Guinot has just the solution. We won’t tell anyone that you’re cheating – and your dermatologist won’t chastise you
Step 1: Fill the cabinet with Gommage Facile smoothing body scrub, Hydrazone Corps moisturizing body lotion, and Auto Bronze self tanning cream.
Step 2: Lather up with Gommage Facile to make your skin silky smooth and slough off any dead skin cells.
Step 3: Watch your skin become instantly bronzed while applying Auto Bronze self tanning cream – tinted to make application fool proof and to give an instant tan.
Step 4: Keep skin plump, hydrated, and healthy (and extend the life of your self tan) in between bronzing with Hydrazone Corps moisturizing body lotion.
Step 5: Fend off inquiries of your latest trip to the Caribbean with comments like, “Oh, I’m just naturally olive!”
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June 1st, 2011
Everyone is trying to get healthy for summer. (Radiant skin and bikini bod? Check!) What better way than with COMO Shambhala Estate’s NEW juices? The resort just added Berry Beauty and Femme Fertile to its already extensive juice menu. No water/maple syrup/cayenne pepper concoctions here. Berry Beauty protects against early aging with a concentrated burst of anti-oxidants and phytonutrients and tasty ingredients including black skinned grape juice, mongoesteen pulp, ripe strawberries, and frozen blueberries. The Femme Fertile is perfect for those hoping for a little bun in the oven – with hibiscus flower, aloe vera, tangerine, passion fruit, strawberry, and cantaloupe, it optimizes the female reproductive system and hydrates skin and hair.
These juices join seasoned favorites such as Stress Reliever (with carrot, red apple, red grapes, ginger, spinach, fennel, beet and beet greens, celery, and sweet potato), Bloat Away (with cucumber, parsley, celery, fennel, pear, and mint), and Liver and Body Armor (with carrot, celery, red pepper, spinach, parsley, fennel, broccoli, and pumpkin seeds).
The Estate is nestled in the Balinese jungle among waterfalls and thick, verdant flora, the perfect setting to cleanse and tune-out. Among its wellness programs is its Cleansing Program, a three-, five-, or seven-day program. Consultants will encourage good nutrition and daily elimination to improve lymphatic circulation and keep those organs in tip top shape.
The three-night program includes:
- Accommodation
- All meals (including standard beverages)
- Wellness consultation
- 60-minute cleansing treatment
- 60-minute massage
- 120-minute body treatment
- Complimentary airport transfers
- Participation in The Estate’s daily schedule of activities
- Services of a personal assistant
Other wellness programs include Ayurvedic, Get Fit, Stress Management, and Rejuvenation.
May 31st, 2011
Robb Report is no stranger to the finer things, so everyone knows to take heed of their Best of the Best. Check out ESPA at the Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur!
June 01, 2011
On the shores of Lake Pichola, Espa at the Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur (+91.294.6701.234, www.theleela.com) opened in February 2010 as the 18-?year-old Espa brand’s first Indian outpost. Away from the congestion of Udaipur’s city center (where elephants and buffalo have the right-of-way), the spa features eight tented treatment suites, some with private pools.
Each treatment begins with an aromatherapy steam, followed by a reading to decipher one’s Ayurvedic dosha, or body type. Based on their reading, guests can choose a customized therapy that fuses Ayurvedic and European techniques, or select from the treatment menu. The four-hour Royal Knights of Rajasthan therapy ($238) involves a facial, an aromatherapy massage, and a padabhyanga—a deeply therapeutic leg and foot massage. Posttreatment, guests can retire to the spa’s lake-view Relaxation Roof Terrace.
By Jordan Porter
May 17th, 2011
International spa company ESPA is known for operating some of the world’s most impressive spas in over 55 countries around the globe. While we’re all wondering where ESPA is headed next, here is a list of some of ESPA’s most recent and upcoming openings.
ESPA Life at Corinthia | Opening June 2011, London
ESPA Life at Corinthia spreads over four floors and boasts 3300 square meters. ESPA Life, the spa brand’s newest spa concept, will offer fully integrative lifestyle solutions and luxury spa treatments. Gender-specific heat experiences include relaxation areas with lounges and sleep pods, while the thermal floor has an amphitheatre sauna and marble heated lounges.
Signature Treatments | The spa offers various treatment menus including ‘Rush Hour’, ‘Day Spa’, specific male and female treatment options, and the ESPA Life wellness menu offers complementary and alternative therapies as well as fitness and rehabilitation.
http://www.corinthia.com/en/London/ESPA-Life-at-Corinthia/
ESPA at The Istanbul EDITION | Opened May 2011
Occupying three floors, this 19,400 sq foot spa offers separate male and female hammam experiences with private scrub rooms, a snow cabin, a lavish mirrored glass tile swimming pool with brown fiberglass walls, as well as ten treatment rooms and a private spa suite.
Signature Treatment | The Turkish Indulgence is an invigorating body ritual that begins in the Hammam with warming steam followed by a stimulating body scrub using a traditional kese mitt and olive soap. A body mask of Oshadi Clay or restorative Marine Mud is then smoothed onto the skin and wrapped in linens, all followed by an aromatherapy massage.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA, Hong Kong | Opened March 29, 2011
This 9,247 sq feet spa is the world’s highest spa, located on the 116th floor of the newly opened Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong. The spa has floor-to-ceiling windows offering panoramic views of the city and Victoria Harbor from many of the nine treatment rooms, the two couples’ suites, and the eight relaxation lounges, as well as the indoor swimming pool with LED screen ceiling and outdoor whirlpool.
Signature Treatment | The Lava Shell Body Treatment uses heated lava shells to soothe tired feet prior to an indulgent full body massage using warmed aromatic oils and deep therapeutic strokes to melt away muscle stress.
March 29th, 2011
Celebrate Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival with “Spa & Sounds” Package
From Victoria Jungfrau Collections’ Palace Luzern
In conjunction with the renowned Lucerne Festival, Switzerland’s Palace Luzern is offering a two-night “Spa & Sounds” package, available for stays April 9-17. Designed to promote ultimate relaxation, the package combines five-star accommodations with massage, music, and a mobile device drop-off service!
While enjoying Balinese massages, and festival tickets for performances of those chart-toppers of the 17 and 1800s, Bach, Brahms and Mozart; the “Spa & Sounds” package is as much about what you WILL hear as what you DON’T HAVE TO hear – namely, the unsoothing sounds of your cell phone. Bringing new meaning to the term “hands-free”, included in the package is Palace Luzern’s mobile device drop-off service. Simply hand your phone over to the hotel’s concierge on arrival, they’ll be happy to answer any phone calls and relay your messages.
The annual festival has been in existence since 1938 and attracts a roster of major international orchestras, conductors and soloists to the Swiss city. View the complete program here.
The “Spa & Sounds” package costs 1764 CHF based on double occupancy ($1,922 USD at time of release) and includes the details below. Guests can book the two-night offering between April 9 – 17.
- Two night accommodations with views of Lake Lucerne
- Breakfast both mornings
- Tickets for evening of your choice to the Lucerne Festival
- One Balinese massage per person
- Roundtrip transfers from the Lucerne train station and KKL (festival location) in a Jaguar car
- Butler service
- Mobile “drop off service”
- Fruit and Swiss chocolate upon arrival
Don’t fret if you can’t make it this time; the offer will also be available in August for the Summer Festival and November for the Piano Festival (Prices may vary).
February 28th, 2011
Who doesn’t want that inherently French, effortlessly slim look? Swimsuit season is approaching, and La Réserve Ramatuelle has the best way to shed your “winter coat” (translation: that extra layer of flab that crept up on you when you weren’t looking) without fasting or quick-stepping through tires. The très français boot camp will have two sessions in April and two sessions in May. Set just outside of St. Tropez, La Réserve Ramatuelle is surrounded by quintessential Cote d’Azur scenery and nearly 360 degree views of the Mediterranean Sea – a great spot for hikes through the Cyprus trees and olive groves.
While strenuous, this boot camp is hardly roughing it, chéries! Walks through the Mediterranean countryside, spa treatments, and delicious (and healthy) local flavors cooked up by Chef Eric Canino will have you feeling svelte, not spent. Designed for groups of 4-8 people, it’s a great excuse to bring along some friends.
The Boot Camp is a five-day (four-night) program. Guests start with a medical assessment to measure physical aptitude. The next day, training kicks off with an hour-long yoga session and healthy breakfast before a guide leads a fast-paced walk through the hills and along the coast. While sure to get hearts pumping, the duration and pace of these walks is determined on an individual basis. After the walks, guests can relax for the rest of the day, enjoying a healing and rejuvenating spa program that includes balneotherapy, body wraps, and the La Réserve Better Aging body treatment. (This detoxifying, slimming, and draining treatment enables cellular regeneration while eliminating blockages and tensions in the body.) Guests can also add à la carte experiences such as beauty and body therapies exclusively crafted for La Réserve by La Mer.
Dates:
April: Sunday, April 3-Friday, April 8
Sunday April 10-Friday, April 15
May: Sunday May 1-Friday, May 6
Sunday May 8-Friday, May 13
Price: €3900, accommodation in a Deluxe room and full board
Example of a typical day’s activities – day 1
6:30am Yoga session (1 hour)
7:30am Breakfast
8:30am Morning Walk
1pm Lunch at the hotel
2:30pm Balneotherapy
3pm Body Wrap
3:30pm Jet shower
4pm La Réserve Better Aging body treatment
6:30pm Relaxation session
8pm Dinner at the restaurant
January 14th, 2011
With winter weather leaving faces dry and dappled with frown lines, Parrot Cay and Guinot have the perfect solution, “The Ultimate Facial Boost Experience.” This NEW exclusive offer is now available on the island. The program follows a three-tiered approach for a youthful, glowing complexion. The seven-night program includes three anti-aging Guinot Hydradermie Lift treatments, and a machine-based facial using new technology to treat both the skin and facial muscles for an immediate lifting effect – especially around the eyes, mouth, nose, and forehead.
Stress and fatigue can cause more wrinkles and lines than one likes, so the package also has a relaxing COMO Shambhala Signature Massage and complimentary daily group yoga and Pilates classes for a calming way to slow pesky signs of aging.
The third element of The Ultimate Facial Boost Experience is focused on diet. The resort’s custom-made COMO Shambhala Cuisine menus – available at both restaurants – are designed to maximize personal performance, addressing energy levels and blood-sugar imbalances. The menu has an emphasis on raw foods with dishes rich in living enzymes and essential vitamins and minerals. Guests can also cleanse their systems with detoxifying juices, broths, elixirs, vitamin boosts, and organic teas.
Inclusions:
- Three Hydradermie Lift Treatments (note this is the maximum number that can be taken in one week)
- Daily COMO Shambhala Cuisine breakfast
- Daily activities schedule (yoga, Pilates, and non-motorized water sports)
- COMO Shambhala signature massage (60 minutes)
- Seven nights in a Garden View Room, based on double occupancy
Rate: $5,169 per person, inclusive of government tax, service charge, and return airport transfer
December 20th, 2010
Come February, when winter’s cold has really outworn its welcome, jet down to Parrot Cay for a restorative Pilates Retreat. Already known for its amazing yoga retreats, the private isle is kicking off its new offering, continuing to be ahead of the curve when it comes to wellness. The retreat comes after the success of the resort’s mini-Pilates programs last year.
Elizabeth Feltman, instructor at the renowned Manhattan studio Erika Bloom Pilates Plus, is teaching this immersive program. With two classes each day, participants learn to set intention behind each movement for a true body transformation and form a great foundation for an active and balanced lifestyle. Feltman’s love of movement began with dance, and for the last 11 years, along with dancing and integrative nutrition, she has trained using Pilates to deepen her understanding of anatomy and kinesiology (the study of human movement).
While on the island, be sure to take advantage of the white sand beaches, healthy COMO Shambhala cuisine with an Asian flare emphasizing raw foods, and the very Zen COMO Shambhala Retreat and its host of Asian-inspired treatments. Daily group yoga classes are also available gratis!
Dates: February 2-7, 2011
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November 24th, 2010
Looking for a new work-out routine for the New Year? Think about following in the footsteps of the 50 teams that will be competing in the Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge December 10-15 across the emirate.
The six-day trek consists of running, swimming, biking, kayaking, mountaineering and desert-skills orientation as four-member teams will travel from the Jebel Hafeet (the highest peak in the UAE) across the Rub’ al Khali (the world’s largest expanse of unbroken sand) and 80 miles of sea kayaking section to the finish line in Abu Dhabi. An added incentive besides obvious bragging rights and six-pack abs, winners will receive $40,000.
For those seeking to rest weary bones, a 90-minute drive back into the Liwa Desert is just the ticket! Visit the spa at Qasr Al Sarab Desert Resort by Anantara to massage out the kinks and enjoy the desert view. The spa features a heated marble Hammam with Jacuzzi shower and fountains designed to soothe and rejuvenate the body.
November 23rd, 2010
While the holiday season might mean last minute shopping trips and extended family gatherings for some, see how some of the Swiss will be celebrating for a lesson in true holiday R&R.
Where: Palace Luzerne, Switzerland
What: Another reason to move to Switzerland
Why: Swiss hospitality is extending its courtesies to local parents this Holiday season. The Goose ‘n Wellness package will pick-up Swiss moms or dads in a limousine for a day of spa pampering with an evening make-over for mothers and a ‘manly’ manicure for fathers, while hotel chefs prepare a traditional Holiday meal including roasted goose, mashed potatoes, and red cabbage. When ready to return home (we think it could be hard), the limousine will take refreshed parents home with the perfectly prepared meal back to an awaiting family.
When: December 24-26. 579 Swiss Francs per mother including wellness treatment, glass of champagne and Christmas dinner for four.