Autumnal Pampering from the Rocco Forte Collection
Just because summer is over and winter woollies are starting to be pulled out from their mothball-filled storage cupboards, there is no reason to stop the pampering sessions. On the contrary, the damaging and dehydrating effects of the sun’s rays on our skin during the summer mean that restorative treatments are a must in autumn. The Rocco Forte Collection’s UK properties have put together a few suggestions that will refresh and revitalise, ready for the pre-Christmas party season.
Rocco Forte’s The Lowry Hotel, Manchester
Manchester’s leading urban sanctuary, The Lowry Hotel Spa is offering guests a nourishing ESPA Skin Hydrating Body Wrap (55 mins £60).
Handpicked by The Lowry Spa’s expert therapists, this treatment includes an invigorating full body scrub and all over brushing to strip the body of any dead skin cells, before the body is nourished by a total body wrap that includes a healing body oil and then body cream that contains wild yam and marine mud. This relaxing treatment helps to eliminate toxins and improve skin tone, leaving recipients feeling smooth and polished from head to toe.
For further information, please visit www.roccofortecollection.com.
Rocco Forte’s Brown’s Hotel, London
The Spa at Brown’s is adopting a distinctly autumnal theme, with the launch of its latest seasonal offering, the Pumpkin and Apple Pedicure (90 min, £85.00).
Guests are greeted with an apple Martini or freshly pressed apple juice, which can be sipped whilst reclining on a gloriously comfortable heated couch for the pedicure. Once the feet have been buffed and toe nails clipped and filed, a soothing massage with pumpkin and apple sauce from the knees to the tips of the toes ends with an invigorating exfoliation using crushed pumpkin seeds and aromatic oils. The feet are then soaked in vanilla water infused with pumpkin and apple. A second foot massage with a vanilla skin-softening cream is followed by a pumpkin and paraffin wax foot wrap, making the feet feel super soft before the nails are painted.
This seasonal pedicure is available from 1 September to 30 November 2007. For further information, please visit www.roccofortecollection.com.
Rocco Forte’s The Balmoral, Edinburgh
The award-winning Balmoral Spa is offering a touch of holistic pampering this autumn, thanks to the introduction of Ytsara, an organic luxury Thai brand.
All Ytsara ingredients are organically hand grown in North West Thailand and contain exotic ingredients such as White Orchid Flower, Pink Lotus Flower and Green Tea to ensure a luxurious pure experience. The treatments are inspired by authentic Thai techniques based on ancient rituals, incorporating Royal Thai massage, Thai clapping, passive yoga stretching movements, acupressure and Asian aromatherapy massage.
Ytsara has created an exclusive Signature Package for The Balmoral Spa: The Kamala Hot Herbal Treatment for the face and body (£95 for 1 hour 30 mins). This soothing treatment is designed to relax every part of the body. Comforting warmth defuses from legs to scalp, with the delicate placement of heated herbal cushions, while a warm, deep lemongrass poultice massage melts tension.
Combined with a Royal Thai massage, legs, back and arms feel completely renewed. Finally, a full facial using the green tea and jasmine nourish and rejuvenate the skin.
For further information, please visit www.roccofortecollection.com.
