Make up with La Biosthetique

Pastels meet earth colours in the new spring/summer make-up collection from La Biosthetique which can be used to create a relaxed summer day look or a seductive night-time appearance.

Its Oxana range (pictured) features a pearly mint cream eyeshadow and tropical green pencil, along with summer gold lipstick and flesh-coloured gloss.

The Danguole eye and lip range is based on hues of rose and taupe, while the Justyna line mixes shades of lilac and plum with peaches and corals.

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Make up with La Biosthetique

Shower power from Gharieni and Dornbracht

Gharieni – manufacturer of luxury spa beds – has joined forces with bathroom fittings specialist Dornbracht to create the Libra, an innovative wet table which enables guests to shower lying down. 

The heatable table has a horizontal shower module with six recessed water bars. Users can choose from a variety of pre-programmed ‘aqua choreographies’ which offer either a balancing, an energising or a de-stressing effect. There’s also a range of settings for water temperature, intensity and quantity.

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Shower power

Book focuses on retail in spas

How can you improve your spa retail sales? An answer which baffles most spa operators and one which is the subject of a new book. Driving Retail is designed to give leaders motivation, inspiration and checklists/reminders of what they can do on a daily basis to help raise retial revenues. It’s been written by Dubai-based Sally Hewerdine, owner of the Spotlight On Spa & Wellness training and recruitment company.

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Book focuses on retail in spas

Multi-sensory room concepts by Aquamental Spa

Aquamental Spa has launched seven different, scalable room concepts using water, light and acoustics.
In the Columns concept (right), pressure is pumped into water-filled columns causing them to vibrate and make different tones. The columns have an in-built light so fluctuating water levels create a wave-shaped room pattern. Sensors pick up on movement in the room – the faster people move the quicker the column sequence becomes.

Other concepts include Circles, Deep Sea, Flux, Tours, Swing and Stonefly.

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Multi-sensory room concepts by Aquamental Spa

Noel Asmar’s new uniform

White satin edging creates a striking, elegant finish for Noel Asmar’s new Valentina uniform range. The design also comprises matt and shine detailing and subtle pockets. Knit sleeves have been added for ease of movement. Signature fabrics from Noel Asmar provide stretch and breathability. The durable fabric, which is stain-, pill- and wrinkle-resistant, is suitable for machine washing.

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Noel Asmar’s new uniform

Fill up bookings using TAC’s digital signage

Spa software specialist TAC has created a digital sign which can be used on-site to market special daily deals or last minute treatment availability to increase utilisation. Spas can decide what they want to promote (it’s possible to offer multiple deals) and reservations are made fast and easy. Real-time interfaces prevent double bookings for a single appointment.

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Fill up bookings using TAC’s digital signage

New no-dent hair tie

Designed in London, and already used by operators such as Ritz-Carlton, Popbands are soft stretchy hair ties that don’t leave a dent. They hold hair up tight – often a necessity in the spa or health club – but leave it kink-free for when customers take it down and leave the facility. They come in a variety of colours and packs, with or without different Swarovski beads, and can be retailed in spa shops or placed in locker rooms as a useful amenity. Head bands are also available.

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New no-dent hair tie

Dalesauna combines infrared and traditional sauna heat

Spa equipment supplier, Dalesauna, has developed the Rohol Sauna which combines both infrared technology and traditional sauna heaters. The sauna – which has a modern look thanks to veneered panels – features wall heaters that produce heat via infrared light. The infrared rays penetrate the body to make people feel warm from the inside out. It’s claimed that the infrared rays can aid detoxification, pain relief and strengthen the immune system. The unit has also been designed to use 30 per cent less energy than conventional saunas.

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Dalesauna combines infrared and traditional sauna heat

Dalesauna combines infrared and traditional sauna heat

Advanced firming by Amala

Amala is creating a buzz worldwide with its latest bestselling, breakthrough age-fighting solution – Advanced Firming Complex.

Designed to target fine lines and wrinkles, a loss of firmness and youthful density, and dry, taut, dehydrated skin, this plant-powered luxury face moisturiser is made in Germany and harnesses the bio-actives of organic, whole plant ingredients. Included are cocoa bean, rich in collagen-boosting plant peptides; soy, found to improve firmness and offer a youthful smoothness; and Inca inchi seed, providing nourishment with a high concentration of omega 3 essential fatty acids and protecting the skin from free radical age-related damage.

Specially developed to greatly enhance the skin’s ability to strengthen and repair itself, clinical results on Amala’s newest NATRUE-certified product have shown a significant improvement in wrinkle depth after seven days.

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Advanced firming by Amala

Customised music to suit your spa

Private Label Music’s mission is to programme and deliver quality, customised music to spas, hotels and a range of other businesses around the globe, which can then be retailed to guests and customers.

The company produces music for communal areas, bespoke compilation CDs, and music download cards for clients. Each package is customised with a company’s logo, photos, text and music, with clients being able to choose from a large catalogue of 25,000 tracks covering 30 genres.

Private Label Music offers low minimums, all-inclusive pricing, no set up fees and a top design team which turns a product around in two weeks.
Noted clients include – among others – Leading Spas Of The World, Relais & Chateau, Ritz-Carlton, Waldorf Astoria, Westin, Hard Rock Hotels, Capella, Rosewood, Hilton, Marriott, Oberoi and Langham Hotels. 

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Customised music to suit your spa

Klafs and Babor launch a sauna care range

Sauna, pool and spa company Klafs has launched a Sauna Care range in partnership with product house Babor.

The cosmetics, which incorporate a seaweed-based algae, have been created specially for use with heat experiences to stimulate circulation and cleanse and invigorate the skin.

The news line includes a hair and body shower gel, a body peeling cream, a lifting body cream and ampules of algae-active fluid.

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Klafs and Babor launch a sauna care range

Klafs and Babor launch a sauna care range

Strategic deals for SpaBooker

Spa software company SpaBooker has two new strategic tie-ups with Yelp and MapQuest. Both deals are designed to enable spa operators using the SpaBooker system to be more ‘discoverable’ and bookable by consumers. Yelp is an online search engine that connects up to 120m consumers a day with local businesses. MapQuest is a search and mapping website highlighting local services and businesses.

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Strategic deals for SpaBooker

Elemis reveals specialist Biotec skincare machine

Elemis is taking results-driven skincare a step further with its first treatment machine. Biotec fuses together machine-based technology with potent activator products and hands-on touch.

Different functions of Biotec include ultrasonic peeling, microcurrent lifting, galvanic rejuvenation, light therapy rebalancing and oxygen infusion. These are used across seven new ‘super-charged’ facials to help with skin radiance, lines and wrinkles, resurfacing, lifting, blemishes, sensitivity and brightening.

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Elemis reveals specialist Biotec skincare machine

Spa doctor’s nutritious book

Dr Stephan Domenig, head medical doctor at Austria’s Original FX Mayr Cure Health Centre, has written a book on the renowned FX Mayr eating regime which focuses on gut restoration. The Alkaline Cure features an easy to follow 14 day kick-start lifestyle plan along with 40 healthy recipes. Benefits of the approach include weight loss, increased energy, clearer skin and a stronger immune system.

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Spa doctor’s nutritious book

Beauty drink and capsule by Daniele de Winter

Health and beauty specialist Daniele de Winter has added two natural boosters to her skincare range. Beauty Shot, containing collagen, antioxidant botanicals and super-fruits, can be added to water; while the Skinergie capsule include a range of anti-inflammatory nutrients. Taken together, the two are designed to optimise skin smoothness, radiance and beauty.

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Beauty drink and capsule by Daniele de Winter

Zen-sations sensorial and artful surroundings for spas

Spanish-based company Zen-sations Arboreum specialises in photographing elements of nature -– especially trees – that are high in energy. The pieces, by environmental scientist Sergi Nogués and artist Albert Cuevas, are designed to highlight the intricate patterns of nature and the images feature in the company’s new Evolutive Wellness room.

The Evolutive Wellness environments use the still art panels of natural tree imagery as a backdrop and match them with coloured lighting, sound and scent for a sensory and atmospheric experience. The aim is to help guests connect with nature in a new way as they relax.
The designs can be customised to a range of spaces and can be used in spa, hotel, museum, sport and leisure facilities.

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Zen-sations sensorial and artful surroundings for spas

More effective Ergolift

The updated Ergolift treatment head by LPG has been designed to be twice as effective as the previous model in tightening sagging skin, improving fine lines and wrinkles as well as the radiance of the skin’s complexion.

The head, which uses micro-motor technology, is a key feature in LPG’s new Endermolift anti-ageing facials which use hyaluronic acid. It has two settings, one for sensitive areas around the eyes, mouth and hands, and one for other face areas as well as the neck and décolletage.

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More effective Ergolift

Destress with Aromatherapy Associates’ latest oil

Aromatherapy Associates has unveiled a new De-stress Massage and Body Oil which combines arnica, lavender and rosemary to improve circulation and ginger to warm overworked muscles.

Company founder Geraldine Howard says: “I first developed the blend while working in a nursing home back in my early 20s. I found massaging patients with this combination helped keep their joints moving and eased their aches and pains.”
The De-Stress Muscle Gel and Muscle Bath products are already top sellers.

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Destress with Aromatherapy Associates’ latest oil

Sandalei’s bespoke footware

Sandalei’s flip flops and sandals can be customised with any image, design or coloured strap a spa chooses. They can be branded according to a property, or spas can pick from a collection of artist designs.

The footware, which can be used in the spa or sold in spa shops as a retail item, is already supplied to leading spa hotels like Four Seasons, Ritz-Carlton and Auberge Resorts.

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Sandalei’s bespoke footware