WELL-BEING
Five ice-cool spa treatments; Dubai’s best barbershops
Narikela massage
Where: Jiva Spa How much: Dhs360 for 45 minutes The main ingredient of this treatment is coconut oil, every healthy hipster’s favourite ingredient (aside from avocado). The massage is soothing and moisturising, and according to the spa’s ayurvedic principles, the overall effect is cooling on the body.
aTaj Hotel, Business Bay, Dubai, daily 9am to 9pm. Tel: (04) 4383100. Taxi: Taj Hotel. jivaspa.tajhotels.com
De-stress eye treatment
Where: Tips & Toes
How much: Dhs150 for 30 minutes Too many late nights and long afternoons by the pool will take their toll. This eye treatment uses a natural fibre mask containing collagen fibre and gingko biloba to de-puff the delicate skin around your eyes, leaving it cool and soothed.
aAl Barsha, Umm Suqeim, Dubai, daily 8am to 10pm. Tel: (04) 3412020. Taxi: Umm Suqeim Road. tipsandtoes.com Also: Arabian Ranches, The Greens, Palm Jumeirah, Business Bay, Dubai Media City
Enter The Cryo
Where: Jumeirah Emirates Towers and Dubai Ladies Club
How much: Dhs400 for a single session Cryo is a high-tech spa at Emirates Towers and Dubai Ladies Club that offers facial and body cryotheraphy treatments that are said to do a little bit of everything – from kick-starting weight loss, reducing cellulite to helping inflamed muscles recover. Using temperatures as low as -120 to -160° Celsius, guests wear little paper pants and stand in a tall chamber filled with cryogenically cooled air for three minutes. You can also try a ten-minute cryo glow facial that’ll see chilly air blasted on to your face in a bid to activate collagen production and boost elasticity.
aThe Boulevard, Emirates Towers, Dubai, daily 9am to 10pm. Tel: (04) 3427858. Metro: Emirates Towers. cryo.com. ALSO: Dubai Ladies Club
Fresh Breeze cooling leg treatment
Where: The Cure
How much: Dhs150 for 40 minutes The Cure’s Fresh Breeze treatment involves a gentle exfoliation and reflexology foot massage using a cooling aloe vera gel. Let your therapist know whether you want to leave feeling energised or relaxed, and she’ll tailor the massage to suit it.
aBBC Building, Dubai Media City, Dubai, Sat to Thur 9am to 9pm, Fri 10am to 9pm. Tel: (04) 3916485. Metro: Dubai Internet City. facebook.com/ TheCureDubai
Fruity facial
Where: Spa InterContinental Dubai Festival City
How much: Dhs450 for 60 minutes There’s a reason you find aloe vera in all the best sun lotions – this natural ingredient is wonderfully soothing and moisturising. In this treatment designed especially for teenage skin, it’s used in a relaxing face and scalp massage that will leave your mind relaxed and your cheeks plump and dewy.
aDubai Festival City, Dubai, daily 9am to 9pm. Tel: (04) 7011111. Taxi: InterContinental DFC. intercontinental.com