Gray’s Gift of Seeds spa book

Gift of Seeds is a collection of diverse stories by John Gray, who headed up Glen Ivy Hot Springs in the US for 34 years. Now a public speaker and writer, Gray has written 51 memoir essays based on true life stories. Described as entertaining, thought-provoking, poignant, insightful and real, the short pieces look at the topics of spa, love, life, growing up, birth, death and grief, joy and pain. The author’s vivid descriptions would make ideal reading in spa relaxation areas.

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Gray’s Gift of Seeds spa book

Lemi designs Luxury Line for a homely, comfortable feel

Lemi’s new Luxury Line is designed to create a comfortable and relaxing environment. It includes a spa bed, a chaise longue and luxury stools. The solid Spa Suite bed has adjustable settings for the height, backrest and the leg-rest. The 82cm-wide mattress has three layers of non-deformable rubber. The stylish Relax Suite chaise longue is electrically adjustable and comes with an accessory table. The Suite Stools are designed to complement Lemi’s spa cabin. All models come in various colours and fabrics.

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spa bed

Clarins Double Serum

Clarins has released its Age Control Double Serum, a two-in-one product made with organic ingredients. It has been launched in an eco pump bottle designed to preserve the liposoluble and hydrosoluble ingredients and also to give a precise dosage of the product for application. The Clarins Double Serum contains cangzhu extract, which is obtained from a plant traditionally used in Chinese medicine.

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Clarins Double Serum

SpaBooker responds to growth in mobile bookings

SpaBooker has updated its mobile application following a surge in mobile activity, with almost 200,000 appointments booked through mobile devices in the first six months of 2013. The app lets spa owners use the software management tools on tablets, enabling them to book, edit, cancel and update appointments. Operators can also view customer details and access basic reporting via the app. The app can be used to accept payments on-the-go by connecting SpaBooker’s credit card swiper to the spa’s tablet.

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Biodroga’s medic skincare

Biodroga has entered into the medical skincare arena with Biodroga MD. The line has been created using the practices of phytopharmacy (the research of medicinal products with botanical ingredients), dermatology, biotechnology and cosmetics. The range includes four cleansing products; two Skin Boosters; two Perfect Hydration moisturisers, three sensitive skin products, three for anti-ageing and two for hair growth.

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Biodroga’s medic skincare

Sothys reformulates

Sothys has redesigned its Skincare Essentials range with new textures and fragrances to suit different skin types including skin with fragile capillaries. Based on natural ingredients, the formulations are now also paraben-free. There are four new cleanser and toner duos and an eye make-up remover contains poppy seed extract. As well as reformulating previous peeling and deep cleansing products, Sothys has developed a brand new Micro-Gel Peeling product with white tea.

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Comfort Zone launches Skin Regimen products and care

Comfort Zone has developed Skin Regimen – six skincare products with supporting dietary products. The active nutricosmetics line includes Juvenate-Pro Booster, Hydra-Pro Booster, Duo Cleanser, Juvenate-Pro Rich Cream, Hydra-Pro Cream Gel and Night Renewer. The range is designed to offer corrective and protective face products with a high concentration of natural and high-tech ingredients that can be used by men and women aged 25 and over. The Hydra-Pro and Juvenate-Pro Boosters contain Comfort Zone’s Longevity Complex designed to give anti-inflammatory, anti-glycation and anti-oxidant action with carnosine, spinach, maqui berry and omega-3 rich chia seeds. With hyaluronic acid, retinol and maslinic acid, the products are created to give deep hydration.

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Elemental’s sensitive line

Elemental Herbology has added two products to its sensitive skincare line. The Delicate Cleanse Facial Cleanser and Calendula and Rose Moisturiser offer nutrients to nourish the skin and restore its vitality. Products are for all ages and skin types, and include pure rose damask water. Delicate Cleanse is a milk facial cleanser with chamomile and omega 3, 6 and 9 and horse chestnut. Calendula and Rose Moisturiser contains shea and coco butter, calendula and echium oil.

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SpaRitual launches Meditate nail lacquer collection for 2013

SpaRitual’s spring 2013 nail lacquer collection Meditate is infused with bamboo to increase nail strength. The subtle pastel shades include blue, green, pink, peach, beige and white. The nail lacquers are vegan-friendly and free from synthetic dyes and parabens, DBP, toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, and camphor. A portion of the profits from Meditate will be donated to the David Lynch Foundation, an organisation which uses meditation programmes to help disadvantaged children and adults overcome stress and hardships.

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Meditate nail lacquer collection

Skin Authority’s Vitamin D line

Skin Authority has developed a vitamin D skincare line designed to help reduce vitamin D deficiency. VitaD Fortified has been created in collaboration with the Dole Nutrition Institute. It features a topical vitamin D elixir aimed at boosting the skin’s immune defense and an edible whole food spice powder to boost internal vitamin D levels. The products are available to buy individually or in a duo set.

Skin Authority’s Vitamin D line

Body conditioning by QMS

QMS Medicosmetics has introduced the Body Performance Duo to its portfolio of body products. Created by surgeon and skincare expert Dr Erich Schulte, the duo is designed for smoothing and sculpting the body. It includes the Pro-Body Exfoliator, an exfoliating gel, along with a new version of an existing product – the Revitalising Lift-o-Firm Body. The Pro-Body Exfoliator contains a mix of exfoliating micro-fine particles, anti-oxidant rich malachite extract and essential oils. Lift-o-Firm Body, for use after the exfoliator, features a matching blend of aromatic oils: lemongrass, lavender, rosemary, thyme, lime and mint. These ingredients are intended to work on problem areas such as stomach, upper arms and the breast area. The products are made for all ages and are suitable for pregnant women.

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ESPA introduces its Lifestage skincare range for 2013

Lifestage skincare has been revealed by ESPA. The range is designed to target visible signs of ageing and uses a blend of 10 pure and concentrated actives which, using stage release technology and an intelligent carrier, penetrate deeper into the epidermis for up to eight hours. Intended for people (typically) aged 45 and up, there are three key products – NET8 Serum, Stage Release Moisturiser and Stage Release Eye Moisturiser. The range is lightly fragranced with an essential oil blend featuring rose, neroli and jasmine. The serum includes carnosine, liquorice root and Himalayan fleece vine. The moisturiser is supplemented with lupin seed extract and black oat complex. The eye moisturiser includes the ingredients ginseng and golden root.

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ESPA introduces its Lifestage skincare range for 2013

Dröm sauna uses 500-year-old timbers for ‘wow’ effect

Sauna specialist, Dröm UK, which works on projects in the Middle East and Europe as well as the UK, has created a Kelo stone-walled sauna. The rustic sauna is made from 80-100 year old pines from Finland, which provide a rich woody smell when heated, while a feature wall has been made using real quartzite. A wood-burning stove, benches made from Aspen timber and lights covered with traditional pine box lampshades add to the authenticity.

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Elemis’ top Marine Cream gets a birthday makeover

Elemis has launched a special 10th anniversary version of its Pro-Collagen Marine Cream, available for spas from April 2013. The anniversary anti-ageing product is available in marine blue packaging with an embossed silver lid showing the ingredients. These include liposomes of gingko biloba, intended to galvanise the micro circulation of the face; three types of seaweed with the anti-ageing ingredient padina pavonica; and rose absolute and mimosa to provide the product's scent. The face cream comes packaged in a marine blue fabric bag.

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Inner Strength aromatherapy

Aromatherapy Associates has developed a bath and shower oil called Inner Strength – its first new blend for 20 years. The blend of essential oils, designed by company president Geraldine Howard in a period of illness, helps to soothe the mind and fortify physical strength in times of tiredness. The Inner Strength oil combines clary sage, frankincense, cardamom and rosemary, rose, vetivert and geranium.

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My Spa Heaven by Inviion

Inviion’s My Spa Heaven is a two-person cabin capable of producing a range of heat experience settings in one place – from a tepidarium or laconium environment to an infra-red sauna or caldarium steambath. The multiple functions are designed to offer a mix of prevention, relief and relaxation experiences. The cabin also features a hand shower and Kneipp hose, lateral water jets, a tropical and rainstorm shower and aromatherapy and light therapy.

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My Spa Heaven by Inviion

ResortSuite launches version of RS6 into Champneys

ResortSuite has created a new version of its software for hotel, resort and destination spa management. RS6 debuted with a rollout across Champneys four destination spas and eight day spas in the UK. RS6 highlights include a revamped one-stop-shop WEB 2.0 booking experience with full itinerary destination reservations, enhanced web services, a web-based staff portal, Windows 8 and 7 support and reports on up to 75 KPIs. Meanwhile the Oracle-based technology provides the scalability, reliability and speed to manage high volumes of customers.

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ResortSuite launches version of RS6 into Champneys

Aspley swim wear for spas

Clothing manufacturer Aspley Leisure has unveiled a range of swim and fitness wear for retail in spas, hotels and health clubs. Branded Blu Swim and Blu Fit, the
range includes key items that are frequently forgotten by spa users, such as swimming costumes, goggles, socks and training clothes. Blu Swim costumes are fully lined and made from high chlorine resistant fabric.

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Aspley swim wear for spas

Carita’s Cinetic Lift Expert
machine beauty device

The Cinetic Lift Expert by Carita is a beauty device for the face, body and hair, developed as an alternative to cosmetic surgery. It uses microcurrent, luminotherapy and ultrasonic micromassage technology to reduce wrinkles by more than 50 per cent in trials. Modern and simple in design, its accessories include a skin refiner, massage pens and metallised massage gloves. Using a microcontroller, a pulsed current works to stimulate the muscles of the face and body to boost the circulation, stimulate the muscles to firm the contours of the face and body and encourage the penetration of active ingredients. Blue, yellow and red LEDs are used to boost cell metabolism using luminotherapy. Ultrasound vibrating energy gives an oxygenating micromassage.

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Thalgo’s new at-home pampeing Indocéane spa range

Thalgo has introduced the Indocéane range of pampering products for at-home spa relaxation. Inspired by Mediterranean, Egyptian, Indian and Chinese shores, the range uses marine ingredients, sweet and savoury aromas and a variety of textures. The range includes a body scrub with sea salt, cassonade sugar and qi-marine – a brown algae intended for skin hydration. Also included are Bath Milk Sugars inspired by Egyptian bathing techniques. The individual milk sugar blocks form bubbles when immersed in water and the ingredients include marine chlorella. The Indocéane Silky Smooth Cream is a light formula using shea butter and rice germ oil as well as qi-marine and essential oils. The Indocéane Candle gives aromas of coriander, cardamom and frankincense.

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Gharieni uses Swarovski to add some sparkle and light

Gharieni has launched the MLW Amphibia wellness massage couch and water bed.
The cladding is studded with Swarovski crystals to give treatment rooms a sparkling appearance. The couch can be easily converted into a water treatment bed by quickly replacing its soft padded central section with water-filled cushions. MLW also has integrated LED bars which light up the water cushions and the base of the bed in changing coloured lights. The LED bars also reflect off the Swarovski elements for even greater glitter effect.

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Gharieni uses Swarovski to add some sparkle and light

Float Spa expansion plans

Float Spa Premium Floating Tank System is launching in the USA, Belgian and Russian hotel and spa markets in 2013 as part of its growth plans following its debut in 2012. The products are custom made and contain 700 litres of salt water and a complex water cleansing system. A 50-minute floating session will include LED lights, scents and underwater sound therapy at the start and end.

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The Wahanda connection

Wahanda, the online health and beauty business listings website, has launched an appointment booking system. The Wahanda Connect system will enable businesses to sell treatment appointments across a variety of platforms – such as their own website, Facebook and Wahanda’s website – to help fill facilities in quieter periods and aid yield management. A free scheduling tool and booking microsite, as well as SMS appointment confirmations and reminders are included in the service.

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