Haute Couture treatments
Three new spas are offering treatments by Parisian spa and beauty brand Anne Sémonin. These include the Langdale Hotel & Spa in the scenic Lake District, Serenity in the City, a glamorous boutique city spa in Newcastle and the chic and sophisticated Blythswood Square Hotel in Glasgow.
The newly refurbished Langdale Spa’s impressive facilities include a 20-metre UV-treated swimming pool complete with massage seat and whirlpool spa bath, a steam room, Sanarium® (combines the heat of a sauna room with the moisture of a steam room), tropical shower, deluge shower and lounger chairs. The menu offers Anne Sémonin signature facials, massages and body wraps, as well as specially designed therapies for men and customised treatments for pregnant women.
www.langdale.co.uk
Newcastle’s chicest day spa Serenity in the City offers seven treatment rooms including a couple’s room, a nail bar and a Zen relaxation lounge. The menu includes Anne Sémonin’s eye treatment that combines therapeutic eye massage with the cryotherapy benefits of Anne Sémonin Express Radiance Ice Cubes, to help erase signs of fatigue and ageing.
www.serenityinthecity.com
The new spa in Glasgow’s Blythswood Square Hotel is home to Scotland’s first Seaweed Bath with organic seaweed from the Hebrides and a decadent Dark Pool where guests can relax in warm waters. The spa has nine spacious treatment rooms including a double suite, a rasul mud chamber, a choice of wet and dry relaxation rooms and a spa lounge. The spa offers a full range of Anne Sémonin face, body and holistic treatments.
www.townhousecompany.com/blythswoodsquare/spa
New Spa in Whitsundays, Queensland
Spa wumurdaylin recently opened on Hamilton Island in Australia’s Whitsundays. The Aboriginal name 'wumurdaylin (woo-mer-day-lin) means dragonfly and symbolises renewal, freedom and beauty. Hamilton Island's first full service day spa offers 11 treatment rooms, including three couples suites perfect for honeymooners and four wet rooms with Vichy or luxury rain showers.
The spa uses luxury Australian spa products from Waterlily and Li'Tya and the comprehensive spa menu includes body cocoon wraps, exfoliations, facials, massages, body treatments, manicures, pedicures and alternative therapies.
Spa wumurdaylin is open from 9am - 7pm daily. Visit
www.hamiltonisland.com.au to view the menu of treatments and services.
Contemporary Destination Spa for Essex
Lifehouse, an exciting new destination spa opens in December at Thorpe Hall Manor in Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex. Catering for residential and day visitors – the spa promises a 'unique, life-enriching experience tailor-made for every guest.'
There will be 100 guestrooms, 35 spa treatment rooms, a gym, swimming pool, yoga /Pilates studio, 15 manicure/pedicure stations and a thermal spa area. Hairdressing and make-up consultations will also be available. Special themed programmes will run throughout the year covering weight loss, detox, keep fit and martial arts classes.
Babor products will be used in the spa, where the signature treatment will be the Oriental Bathing Experience. This two-hour treat combines ancient Eastern techniques with baths, sumptuous oils and a tranquil atmosphere where you can drift off into a refreshing sleep in a private sleep pod.
Located just over an hour's drive from London and set within the extensive gardens of Thorpe Hall, overnight packages cost from under £250 per person per night and include accommodation, breakfast, lunch, dinner, access to all spa facilities and one 25 minute treatment.
www.lifehouse.co.uk
Lime Wood – the acclaimed country house hotel in the New Forest recently opened a superlative new spa. Arranged over three floors, Herb House has ten spacious treatment rooms including two double signature rooms and eight further single treatment rooms. Spa facilities include hot pools, a glass walled thermal suite, 16-metre ozone-treated lap pool with forest views and retracting glass doors and private soak baths in changing rooms that feel like decadent bedroom suites. A wide range of fitness, dance, yoga and Pilates classes are held in the large Workout Studio on the lower ground floor, while the airy roof top gym has floor to ceiling glass windows and the latest Technogym equipment. Doors lead out onto a fragrant herb garden with chill out areas to relax and unwind. 
Antara, a new holistic day spa launches in November at London’s Chelsea Club, Stamford Bridge. Antara which means ‘balance’ or ‘from within’ will offer a wide range of European, ayurvedic and oriental therapies, as well as unique fusion treatments, such as Ayurveda Hot Stones (Lithos therapy and Ayurveda Oil therapy) and Cleopatra Royal Bath (oriental massage, aromatherapy body and face treatment in a Turkish hammam). 
