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supercharge your body

By catharine 15 March 2014 experts, home, wellness 2,609 Comments
supercharge your body

Every Monday and Friday morning I get up at 6.30am. Sometimes it’s easy, most often I’m groaning at the brutal awakening. But I know I’ll feel great once I’m stretching…

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supercharge your health

By kate o'brien 8 March 2014 experts, home, wellness 1,610 Comments
supercharge your health

At spas+beyond March signals the onset of spring. Nature is waking and the first buds of the year are beginning to bloom in the strengthening sunshine. What better time to…

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fekkai brings spring to hong kong

By catharine 4 March 2014 beauty+fragrance, experts+events, home 3,071 Comments
fekkai brings spring to hong kong

It’s spring (although the blustery, rainy weather outside doesn’t seem to have got the memo), and yesterday I was at the Fekkai event, themed to recreate Provence with a green…

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perfect feet for the beach

By catharine 26 February 2014 experts+events, home 2,865 Comments
perfect feet for the beach

        Danang is Vietnam’s hottest destination right now. For surreal style in the sunshine, stay at brilliantly mad designer Bill Bensley’s InterContinental Danang Sun Peninsula Resort where…

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share the love on valentine’s day

By catharine 8 February 2014 experts+events, home, spas 2,618 Comments
share the love on valentine’s day

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s is a great opportunity to shower love on someone. So pick your sig oth or little sister, a dear friend or your deserving self,…

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seductive scents

By kate o'brien 8 February 2014 beauty+fragrance, home 1,874 Comments
seductive scents

 Woo your loved one in the most sensual way possible this Valentine’s Day with the following top signature scents…..   Tom Ford Café Rose Described by Allure magazine as ‘a…

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balinese spa perfection

By catharine 4 February 2014 experts+events, home, skincare, spas 2,867 Comments
balinese spa perfection

            DaLa Spa at Alaya Ubud visually seduces guests, demonstrates local healing traditions and performs mesmerising treatments. This month launching Thémaé, the Parisian brand renowned…

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happy new year of the horse!

By catharine 31 January 2014 home 1,490 Comments
happy new year of the horse!

This Chinese New Year may you gallop into the year of the horse with boundless energy, glowing health and blissful happiness. Destined to be a happy and healthy year, don’t…

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new year, new you – wellness retreats for 2014

By catharine 27 January 2014 home, spas, wellness 3,989 Comments
new year, new you – wellness retreats for 2014

New year, new you… or so the voice in your head goes. But if 2014 started in a blur of vice not virtue, CNY is your second chance for resolutions…

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new beauty – team #fitnotthin

By kate o'brien 21 January 2014 home, wellness 2,385 Comments
new beauty – team #fitnotthin

  By 6.15am one recent cold January morning the car park at my local sports complex was full. I shrugged thinking that for most of these car drivers, this new…

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susie ellis – 2014’s spa and wellness trends

By catharine 18 January 2014 experts, home, spas, wellness 2,274 Comments
susie ellis – 2014’s spa and wellness trends

Renowned wellness guru Susie Ellis has revealed her 2014 trend forecast via Spafinder Wellness 365. Check out Susie’s top ten, spanning everything from life’s source, water, to death. Really!  Here are…

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a not-so-majestic memory

By catharine 9 January 2014 home, spas 5,566 Comments
a not-so-majestic memory

Singapore has Raffles, Shanghai The Peace Hotel, Hanoi The Metropolitan, and now KL has The Majestic. Evoking an era of tea dances and jazz bands, even the spa brings history…

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spas+beyond’s 2014 wish list…

By catharine 31 December 2013 home 1,314 Comments

    In 2014 we anticipate that wellness will be a constant headline. Every year we become more aware of how essential it is to look after ourselves, and with…

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how to enjoy Christmas – guilt-free!

By catharine 24 December 2013 experts+events, home, Uncategorized, wellness 1,193 Comments
how to enjoy Christmas – guilt-free!

Dive into the festive season’s overindulgence with a clear conscience knowing you’ll be working it off come January at a luxury Phuket villa with a handsome ex pro rugby trainer.…

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12 skincare gifts for Christmas

By catharine 23 December 2013 home, skincare, Uncategorized 2,557 Comments

Still looking for gifts? Here are some of our favourite skincare products, all thoroughly tried and tested – and treasured – for their fragrances, textures and, of course, their results. …

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festive fragrance

By kate o'brien 16 December 2013 beauty+fragrance, home, Uncategorized 9,897 Comments
festive fragrance

A great perfume is always a delightful gift and while choosing fragrance is entirely personal, here are a couple of my special favourites to ensure memories linger well into the…

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festively flawless

By kate o'brien 10 December 2013 beauty+fragrance, experts, home, spas, Uncategorized 3,667 Comments
festively flawless

     Go to any beauty department this month and what do you see? Gold, silver and bronze. When it comes to perfecting that festive party look – I look no…

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beauty above the clouds

By catharine 19 October 2013 beauty+fragrance, home, spas 3,109 Comments
beauty above the clouds

It’s an ear-popping, eye-boggling experience to go to The Ritz-Carlton Spa by ESPA at The Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong – the city looks like Toy Town from the 116th floor.…

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sense of touch goes medi-spa

By catharine 19 October 2013 beauty+fragrance, home, spas 3,847 Comments
sense of touch goes medi-spa

Day spas, hotel spas, now a medi-spa – the Sense of Touch empire looks to be unstoppable, and their launch party overflowed with spa pros, fashion peeps and the glitterati…

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nutricosmetics – pill popping beauty

By catharine 19 October 2013 beauty+fragrance, home, skincare 2,633 Comments
nutricosmetics – pill popping beauty

Read up, as you’ll be hearing more and more about these health supplements, each pill crammed with goodies and created to target your skin and help your complexion glow with radiance.…

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