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

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 – Botanics, wich is available in Dubai’ Boots pharmacies. The best stocked are located at the Dubai Mall, Mall of the Emirates and on Jumeirah Beach Road.

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

Exciting Spa Extras This DSS At Express Unwind

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Express Unwind Thai Massage is offering something extra this Dubai Summer Surprises as part of the 2010 edition of the highly successful DSS Spa Packages – a unique collaboration between DSS and around 40 renowned spas in Dubai. Free add-ons allow you to enjoy added value when you book two of the spa’s most popular massages.

Enjoy a free 30-minute foot massage when you book the spa’s signature 90-minute ‘Aroma Oil Massage’ for only AED300, all through DSS. The calming massage uses oils specially selected in consultation with the spa client and masseur, and is a balancing and harmonizing treatment sure to leave you relaxed in both body and spirit. Read more

Award-winning Thai Privilege Spa puts out unbeatable offers in DSS Spa Packages 2010

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UAE’s premier independent five star boutique spa, the Thai Privilege Spa, is offering a basket of sizzling summer deals on its spa and salon services to the country’s spa savvy female market during the ongoing Dubai Summer Surprises 2010.

The spa’s innovative package offerings and signature treatments received widespread recognition at the recent Middle East Spa awards, having won two of the five industry awards during its first year of operations.

A winner in the Spa Personality Category at the Middle East Spa Awards held this year, resident doctor at the Thai Privilege Spa, Dr. Deepa Dhavjekar was acknowledged as a leader in introducing and developing the latest industry trend of wellness focus at spa and beauty centres. Read more

DSS “Spa Packages” creates exclusive spa promotions for men

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The DSS Spa Packages, a unique collaboration between DSS and over 40 renowned spas in Dubai has created unbeatable offers and amazing salon packages for the male spa enthusiast. Running until August 7^th, the packages are one of the highlights of Dubai Summer Surprises.

Cleopatra’s Spa Wafi

Men can live life king-size at Cleopatra’s Spa Wafi and set off on the ‘Pharaoh’s Journey’, which combines a powerful 70-minute detoxifying hydro-jet bath with a relaxing anti-fatigue massage. The Hydro-jet bath and aromatherapy oils will warm your muscles and prime them for the massage that is sure to leave you de-stressed and re-energized. This treatment is available for AED430, at a special 30% DSS discount from the original price of AED625.

 

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