If you’re visiting the Fragrant Harbour or are one of its many frazzled residents, you might like to pull the digital plug at the new Chuan Body + Soul spa at The Langham Hong Kong in Tsim Sha Tsui.
The only wellness sanctuary in the city with bee venom (yes, bee venom) therapies by wellness-guru Deborah Mitchell, Chuan Body + Soul features stylish treatment rooms with saunas and showers, a rooftop swimming pool for a spot of sun-worshipping, and a split-level fitness centre.
With designs by international interior and architectural design firm MCG Calibre that include soothing earth tones and touches of jade and bronze, Chuan Body + Soul is based on the principles of Feng Shui and the Chinese philosophy of the five elements – wood, fire, earth, metal, and water (almost sounds like a cover band).
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The spa’s menu includes a wide range of massages, facial treatments and foot therapies, with each treatment combining traditional Chinese massage techniques with private label essential oils to restore divine balance. Signature massages include Chuan Balancing, which incorporates acupressure techniques to release muscular tension and promote the circulation of the body’s life force, qi, to aid healing, while the Chuan Harmony ritual combines therapeutic elements and various relaxation techniques to stimulate harmony and a sense of well-being.
But you want to know about the bee venom, right? The spa’s holistic collection of powerful and result-driven facial treatments use Mitchell’s award-winning ABEETOXIN products, which use the venom for its instant ‘anti-aging’ effects and are used as a natural alternative to botox.
Otherwise known as the ‘natural facelift’, the Bee Sting Facial Therapy effectively restores elastin production in the skin; while the Bee Peel Facial, the first of its kind in Asia, is designed with organic coconut, apple, raw sugar cane, and 18 percent glycolic peel to deliver medi-spa results by minimising visible fine lines, scars, pigmentation, sallow skin, blemishes, and enlarged pores.
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Spa savvy gents might prefer the Chuan Man’s World treatment, a 75-minute Journey that commences with a back exfoliation to help cleanse and replenish the skin leaving it revived and re-energised, followed by a relaxation massage to release muscular tension. The treatment concludes with a purifying facial cleanse specifically designed for a man’s complexion.
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