Take years off your face with skin resurfacing

Skin resurfacing improves fine wrinkles, sun damage, acne scars and skin pigmentation

Rejuvenation and anti-aging effet in few hours

The Skin is the body’s largest organ and, unfortunately, it takes a lot of abuse. We all know that our skin changes as we age, but wrinkles can arrive sooner depending on each individual’s environmental and lifestyle factors, including nutrition, sun exposure, heredity, smoking, alcohol use and pregnancy side effects.

Skin resurfacing is a non-invasive, cosmetic procedure that can rapidly change the appearance of one’s skin, usually with little to no pain or downtime. Unlike other aesthetic procedures that correct or adjust the human body, skin resurfacing intentionally damages the skin, knowing that when it heals, the finished product will be better. Read more

Oxygen Spa unveils brand new JBR Branch

 Oxygen Spa unveiled today a brand new branch located near Boutique 1 in Jumeirah Beach Residences, Dubai.

The newly opened beauty spot offers comprehensive treatments focused on rejuvenation, relaxation and beautifying. All the services are provided by experienced certified professionals from Russia and Thailand. Body-wrap, facials, hair removal, 14 types of massages, Moroccan bath, manicure and pedicure, slimming procedures, threading and bleaching, waxing are some of the most popular.

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Sixty Seconds Interview with a Beauty Expert

Beauty is my passion

Dr Venera Salakhova is a professional dermatologist. She is from Russia, but lives in Dubai since 2005. Dr Salakhova recently co-founded Oxygen Spa and beauty salon in Marriott Executive Hotel and Apartments. The new beauty spot quickly became famous with rejuvenation and anti-aging treatments.

Dubai Chronicle’s editor had the rare chance to grab an interview between her countless appointments.

Q.: Please tell us about yourself in few words.

A.: I am a doctor in cosmetology and a former beautician. My passion is to help women stay young and beautiful. You can take an appointment with me by calling the Oxygen Spa on 04 2222920 or 050 2022660.

Q.: How did you became a doctor?

A.:  After completing university in my native Vladivostok, I continued my education at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, U.S… some 15 years ago. Since then, I have never stopped learning about beauty. Until now, two times a year,  I fly to France for specialized courses in rejuvenation and anti-aging.

Q.: Since how long do you work in the professional world of beauty?

A.:  Longer than 25 years. I started working at the age of 12, in the evenings and after school. My mother had a stroke, and my family struggled financially. So, I went to the local hospital and started helping as a health-giver. During my university years, I worked as a beautician after 5 pm. Read more

Win ‘Happily Ever After’ Package at Abu Dhabi Bride Show

Silkor participates for the fourth consecutive year at 11th Abu Dhabi Bride Show

Attendees will enter a raffle draw to win a lucrative 12,000 AED Silkor Bridal Experience, which includes laser hair-removal, slimming treatments, relaxing facials & luxury body wraps

New element to popular bridal packages: a one-on-one assessment with esteemed image consultant Rana Saab

Silkor, the region’s largest medico-aesthetic chain, is participating at the 11th Bride Show Abu Dhabi. Held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), the show is poised to be the event of the year for Emirate’s blossoming brides. Visitors to the Silkor stand will be given the opportunity to enter a daily raffle draw to win various indulging treatments from Silkor’s range of facials and body-wraps, as well as the Silkor trademark laser-hair removal service. Further, on Saturday the 11th of February, the final day of the exhibition, one bride-to-be will win the ultimate Silkor bridal experience, the ‘Happily Ever After’ package.

The ‘Happily Ever After’ Package, Silkor’s most luxurious treatment, includes assorted facials like the Diamond MicroDermabrasion, Chocolate Aroma Facial and Deep Cleansing Facial; three Essential Eye Cooling treatments to reduce eye puffiness; and four Pressotherapy sessions, proven to reduce cellulite, promote lymphatic drainage and detoxify the body, to help brides look their best. Read more

Get a natural skin glow, Interview

Botanics expert Tara Walker gives her tips on how to achieve all-natural  skin and beauty.

She’s the green queen whose passion for natural beauty led her to launch her own skincare brand.

And now botanical guru Tara Walker counts celebs including Sienna Miller as fans of her chemical-free range, which uses hundreds of antioxidant-rich active botanicals and essential oils from all over the globe.

We caught up with the natural beauty devotee – and brains behind Tara Walker’s Dream – to find out why botanical is best. Read more

Eat away skin inflammation

Antioxidants, fatty acids and vitamins that calm skin

Winter can be harsh on skin even in Dubai, heightening its sensitivity and causing dryness, eczema and inflammation.

And with sensitive skin being on the increase with Western women, and adult acne being the number one skin concern in Asia, we could all use products that calm and soothe skin.

However, it’s not just what you put on your skin that makes a difference. How and what you eat and drink are important when dealing with reactive skin.

Here are some tips for improving inflammatory symptoms such as acne, rosacea and redness.

You are what you eat has never rung truer. Read more

Beauty Salon: Small business ideas incubator

Laugh as much as you want, but it is true! Your favorite beauty salon, where you go weekly to manicure, pedicure and blow-dry, successfully can function as a small business ideas incubator for entrepreneurial minds.

In Dubai, the beauty parlors and spas are nearly a state of the art facilities, always impeccably clean and polished, aromatized with relaxing scents and adorned with background instrumental music. Staff is more or less trained, but usually greets customers with smiles and compliments. Coffee and water is offered for free, together with fashion magazines and newspapers. The atmosphere is relaxing, comfortable, somewhat intimate as conversations are held at low decibels. It sounds almost like a business club, where businessmen smoke cigars, slowly sip Hennessy X.O. and speculate about the gold price or plot how to inject fresh liquidity in the ailing financial markets. Read more

Hot beauty for 2012

It’s already shaping up to be a quirky year for cosmetics.

From dragon’s blood to gold-enriched moisturisers, 2012 is shaping up to be a quirky year for cosmetics.

The beauty shelves are jam-packed with a whole host of unusual-sounding products, all promising to beautify us into oblivion.

But what are the secrets behind this season’s most in-demand beauty products?

Rodial’s Dragon Blood

It promises to plump, sculpt and lift the complexion as it protects against ageing. The idea is that it forms a skin-like film around the face thus creating a youthful beauty complexion. Lady Gaga is a big fan apparently. Read more

Aging reversed with modern technology and professional skills

Women are naturally more concerned about the way they look then men. Almost every woman’s dream is to be beautiful and young forever. In the Middle East, such hopes sometimes become an obsession more often than in the Western world, because big portion of the female population doesn’t work and depends for financial support to family.

No one has invented yet a fix for aging and timeless beauty. However, fast technology development in recent years enables professional dermatologists to achieve increasingly better results in reversing aging and preserving women’s youth and beauty by implementing most advanced rejuvenation procedures. Read more

Healthy Skin during Ramadan Fasting

• Silkor experts advise hydrating facials for skin during the holy month, as well as dietary recommendations
• Ramadan special offer launched, with opportunity to win a 5-star Hotel stay and dinner at Le Royal Meridién, Abu Dhabi .

Silkor, the region’s premier laser hair removal center, has announced an exciting Ramadan promotion based on increased demand for quality skincare treatments during the Holy Month. The center, which offers a series of skincare and slimming treatments in addition to the laser hair removal services that remain its core business, has launched ‘Essentials of Life’; a course of two facials, one hydrating and one whitening, available as a promotional package. Customers purchasing the package will receive another two identical treatments free of charge, and will automatically enter a draw to win a one night stay at Le Royal Meridién in Abu Dhabi complete with a dinner for two at the hotel’s Italian restaurant, Amalfi. Read more

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