Diplomatic Ladies Enjoy Spa Day in Santa Fe

WOMEN’S WORLD

A small group of wives of foreign ambassadors accredited to Mexico and their friends enjoyed a day at the spa last week, indulging themselves with deep-cleansing facials and aromatherapy massages.

The morning sparty (a combination of the words spa and party, get it?) took place at the newly inaugurated Hela Spa in Santa Fe, and also included the use of the installations’ Jacuzzi, steam bath and heated relaxation facilities.

Between treatments, the ladies were offered champaign and canapés, graciously provided by the spa’s general manager Karina Sánchez.

Hela Santa Fe, which has its flagship installation inside the Presidente InterContinental Hotel in Polanco, is an urban spa which caters to a high-end male and female clientele looking for an easily accessible and affordable escape from their busy lives.

Hela, which in Swedish means “entire and complete,” offers a wide range of Scandinavian-inspired services and treatments, including hot rock, Swedish, aromatherapy and reflexology massages, as well as express massages for people on the run and special massages for expectant mothers.

It also offers slimming antioxidant agave body wraps and exfoliating body scrubs, plus revitalizing leg treatments.

The spa’s facial menu includes its signature Greta Garbo deep-cleansing and anti-aging facial with a natural enzyme mask to reduce hyper-pigmentation and brighten, a Red Carpet rehydration treatment with an oxygen mask and serum to restore skin’s elasticity and a Lift and Glow facial to tone and firm tired skin.

There are also facials for men.

Attending last week’s sparty were: Aya Idmail, wife of Egyptian Ambassador to Mexico Yasser Mohamed Ahmed Shaban; Farida Hadid, wife of Algerian Ambassador to Mexico Rabah Hadid; Amelia Amani Lee Abdullah, wife of Malaysian Ambassador to Mexico Mohammad Azhar Bin Mazlan; Maite Martínez de Reyes, wife of former Honduran Ambassador to Mexico Roberto Reyes Mazzoni; and physical psychologist Sally Margolis Schweber.

The Hela Santa Fe Spa is located inside the Siroco Tower, at Avenida Santa Fe 498, first floor (tel: 9155-6054 or 9155-8464).

It is open to the public Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHAT’S NEW

Airy Complexion
Dior’s delicious new Nude Air Luminizer Poudre Sculptante Illuminatrice gives your face a radiant glow with a shimmering sculpting powder that is as light as a breeze. The super-soft powder — which comes with a handy little mini kabuki brush for easy application — features a formula of highly concentrated illuminating pigments in a universal shade that can be adapted to any skin tone. With its virtually imperceptible texture, Nude Air Luminizer reveals a natural-looking glow for a radiantly luminous complexion. Applied in gentle touches, it highlights areas of the face to catch and reflect the light. And for a quick, midday retouch of your glow, Dior also created a Backstage Pros Pinceau Booster D’Eclat Flash Luminizer booster pen. The Flash Luminizer was inspired by the lighting techniques used by backstage makeup artists and has a built-in brush that enhances the complexion in a single click for a professional luminosity.

Dramatic Lines
For a super goth look that stays put all day, Kat Von B has introduced a Tattoo Line for eyes with an innovative new brush tip that can go from ultra-thin to dramatic thick. The highly pigmented liquid liner comes in a single shade of ebony as black as Count Dracula’s soul, and is 100 percent waterproof, so it stays put all day for a fade-, melt-, crack- and run-resistant finish. The flexible brush tips glides across the lashline for fluid application, allowing you to create any number of looks. And unlike traditional felt tip liners, this brush will never fray. The Kat Von B Tattoo Liner is available exclusively at Sephora.

Indulged Hair
Also available exclusively at Sephora, Alterna’s Caviar CC Cream for Hair 10-in-1 Complete Correction is a leave-in treatment that delivers 10 benefits in one single step, leaving hair soft and polished. Enriched with caviar extract, this incredible cream provides moisture, shine, smoothness, softness, anti-breakage, heat protection, hold, UV protection, manageability and strength — virtually everything your hair needs to look absolutely beautiful, healthy and flawless. This paraben-, sulfate- and phthalate-free primer can be used alone or as a base for the layering of other styling products. And the handy, break-proof tube is light and easy to pack for travel.

Colorful Timepieces
Bright neon colors and a flair for style define Calvin Klein’s new Color Watch collection, available in six standout shades: black, white, yellow, blue, green and shocking pink. These snazzy, gotta-have-now timepieces have a big, glass-covered round face, a sleek aluminum frame and a flexible rubber strap that combined carry the CK label in a uniquely fashionable manner. The water-resistant workings are designed by Swatch and come with a two-year guarantee. These colorful wristwatches are part of the U.S. brand’s fall/winter watch and jewelry range, which also includes a graceful new Light collection, with a flat silver face framed by supple swirls of silver and/or pink gold, and the chic new Calvin Klein Shape collection, with square white faces, golden bronze frames and elegant angled wristbands. All of the new collections are available starting this month in Palacio de Hierro and Liverpool.

Home Brighteners
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