Rest assured New Zealand, Elemis is back!

East Day Spa has just become the exclusive spot to experience the exquisite and high performance range Elemis face and body treatments in New Zealand, after the brand disappeared from our shores several years ago. I was fortunate enough to be a guest at the Sky City Grand Hotel branch of East and there was pampered with the ultra refereshing and nourishing Fruit Active Glow facial, which is the perfect pick-me-up after a Winter of stodgy food, a little too much wine and cranked up heating. Designed to “bring back the glow to a lifeless complexion” (i.e. mine), the facial begins with a deep cleanse and then the skin is stimulated using the specialist Eastern massage techniques that the Elemis brand is famous for. Powerful conditioning actives nourish and “renew vital radiance” along the way, whilst East throw in one of their divine head massages and hair treatments for good measure. The Elemis brand has been at the forefront of spa treatments and take home skincare for over twenty years, but each year has introduced new innovations that have kept it always one step ahead of the rest. This is what drew East Day Spa Director Ina Bajaj and her incredibly knowledgeable – and lovely! – Spa Manager Suyin Ginn to the brand, and made them passionate about bringing it back into the New Zealand market. Elemis treatments are also exactly the same all over the world, which means that they only trust the best in the business with spreading the word and the love. The list of facials on offer is also impressive, and use ingredients like Japanese Silk to pamper and repair the skin. I’ve now got my eye on the Pro-Collagen Quartz Lift, which purports to slow down the signs of premature ageing, reducing the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and crows feet, using lifting massage techniques and a Japanese silk mask impregnated with Pro-collagen Booster Serum. There are claims that this anti-wrinkle facial is clinically proven to reduce the number of wrinkles by up to 94 per cent and improve skin firmness by up to 57 per cent after just one treatment. Where do I sign up?!