• Spa Gemology: a jewel box dedicated to minerals

This purified white and black-blue institute sublimates the alliance of cosmetics and precious and semi-precious stones. Their virtues and their concentration in trace elements have no secret for Chrystelle Lannoy, the creator of the brand Gemology, which offers unique rituals.

Our favorite : Precious Diamond, a facial for stressed skin.
The therapist uses diamond microparticle products that lodge in the hollow of wrinkles, reducing their depth and reflecting light. To maximize anti-aging effects, maneuvers are performed with hot pink quartz in the shape of pads, cabochons, rollers, and with jade stone tips around the lips to smooth out fine lines.
During the installation of the active hydrogel mask (including anti-loosening adenosine), shoulder / décolleté modeling with quartz squares promotes relaxation.

We leave the face rested, the complexion glowing.

Precious to the Diamond : 60 mn, 80 €

Gemology Spa, 6 rue Pierre Demours, 75017 Paris , tel. 01 45 74 10 90, spa-gemology.fr

Spa in Paris: Gemmology DR

  • Spa Hotel Le Roch: Beauty Couture in a boutique hotel

Sarah Lavoine, who has signed the decoration of the boutique-hotel Le Roch, has used for the only suite-spa, open since December 5, the expensive marble and copper at Maison Codage. The creators, Amandine and Julien Azencott, offer, like contemporary apothecaries, nutri-element cocktails (creams and serums), skilfully dosed to form codings that meet the specific needs of each skin.

In the spotlight : the Couture face care, which starts with a complete diagnosis, allowing the therapist to provide a highly personalized skin treatment. The protocol focuses on the combination of three serums (eg radiance, anti-aging, hydration), applied by pressure, pinching, stroking) to better penetrate the assets. In winter, we add an anti-cold shield, the serum Oh My Cold. During the pose of the mask, the hands also benefit from a cocooning care.

Let go taken assured and skin permanently regenerated.

Couture treatment : 75 mn, 170 €.

The Roch Hotel & Spa, 28 rue Saint-Roch 75001 Paris , tel. 01 73 04 59 08, www.leroch-hotel.com

Spa in Paris: Coding at the Roch Hotel DR

  • Molitor Spa: Japanese-style wellness in a listed building

The old Molitor pool, with its Art Deco architecture, has a second youth, transformed into a hotel complex with a Clarins spa, which displays frescoes of 1930 bathers in the cabins.

In early December, the card was enriched with an exclusive Japanese skincare in France, called Hinokibo. This ritual, made with a stick (bo) hinoki wood (Japanese cypress), increases the benefits of manual massage. Handcrafted, this accessory, with antiseptic properties, follows the lines of the body and allows a very targeted work.

Objectives: to decongest tissues, relieve tension, smooth orange peel . After applying a red pepper / cypress gel to warm the epidermis and a draining grapefruit oil, the practitioner alternates pressures, kneading, stimulation of the meridians. For the face, she uses a hinokibo 20cm lifting effect. Results: a firm figure and a plumpered face.

Hinokibo massage : 60 mn, 150 €

Molitor Spa, 2 avenue de la Porte-Molitor, 75016 Paris , tel. 01 56 07 08 80. www.mltr.fr

Spa in Paris: the Molitor DR

  • Spa Hotel Bristol: a Russian-inspired treatment in a mythical palace

On the first floor of the legendary 1925 palace, the spa, luxurious cocoon with soft tones, offers a few cabins open on an interior garden.

In addition to the La Prairie treatments, the menu features an unexpected Russian-inspired ritual with regenerating and de-stressing properties . Concentrated on the deep muscles of the back, legs and arms, this energizing massage relaxes tensions. To heat the skin, stretch the muscles and activate the energy points, Peter, Slovak of Russian father, uses the detoxifying and invigorating Russian White oil made from juniper and Siberian pine. Follows a friction with crushed ice, before compression of warm towels impregnated with 3% of vodka and eleutherocoque oil which reinforce the immune defenses and eliminate the toxins.

The alternation hot / cold, combined with breathing exercises, promote muscle recovery. This rather sporty treatment leaves you light and soothed.

Russian massage : 60 mn, 210 €

Le Bristol Spa, 112 rue du Faubourg St. Honore, 75008 Paris , tel. 01 53 43 41 67, www. lebristolparis.com

Spa in Paris: The Bristol DR

  • The Peninsula Spa: Ayurvedic Aromatherapy in a Haussmann Palace

Another jewel of the Parisian hotel industry, Le Peninsula mixes in its spa mineral and vegetal notes, punctuated with traditional Asian elements.

A refined bubble conducive to Ayurvedic practices, such as Sattva Vedic Aromatherapy Massage, which aims to balance the Prana (vital force), while strengthening muscles, joints and promoting the drainage of toxins . This personalized treatment is based on the virtues of Indian oils associated Sattva, for example sandalwood / patchouli / mogra (jasmine) to eliminate stress or ginger / fennel / tulasi (basil) both detox and energizing.

After the foot purification ritual, the maneuvers combine stimulation of the marma (Ayurvedic reflex points), kansu bowl friction in the arch and back, and lymphatic drainage. A sauna or a steam bath before the treatment and a relaxation on a bed massaging after complete this parenthesis which revitalizes the body and the spirit.

Sattva Vedic Aromatherapy Massage : 75 mn, 225 €

The Peninsula Spa, 19 avenue Kléber, 75116 Paris , tel. 01 58 12 66 82, paris.peninsula.com

Spa in Paris: The Peninsula DR