Pampering addicts may like to see an Espa Gift collection (HK$350-HK$4,475) under the Christmas tree this year. Choose from 15 gift boxes designed to create a therapeutic spa experience at home. Reminiscent of Christmas with fragrances of cloves and sweet orange, plant extracts, essential oils and marine elements, the products aim to relax, revitalise and nourish body and mind. Available from
the Peninsula Spa by Espa, or at the Peninsula Boutique.
Sense of Touch Spa in Central has special offers for Christmas, including the Caci Face Lifting Facial (HK$499, normally HK$580), said to lift and firm, promote collagen renewal, reduce lines and wrinkles while toning sagging muscles and skin. Inquiries: 2517 0939
To mark the 125th birthday of its loose powder, T. LeClerc has launched a limited-edition Chair Irisee (below right, HK$960). 'The powder celebrates the beauty and power of women,' the makeup group says. Fine gold and silver sparkles have been added to this translucent powder. Apply to the face and body for a shimmering finish. Available at Lane Crawford, Harbour City.
Laura Mercier has slim-line Micro Mini Sets (HK$225) you can slip into your purse. One is for the eyes, the other for lips, with three of her most popular colours inside. For lips, the glosses include maple, brown sugar and sugar plum. The eyes offer two colour theme choices - Dusk and Dawn - which include sable, cashmere and satin for the evening and truffle, pearl and nugget for night. Available from Lane Crawford stores.
Chantecaille has a limited-edition collection that includes a lip palette, Les Muses (HK$960), of two glosses in soft rose and peachy copper, six small pans of lipstick in its best-selling colours (deep berry to glistening beige) and two sable-hair application brushes. The Ethereal Eyes palette (below left, HK$980) contains two iridescent shadows in the new sheer pearl formula. One is soft gold, the other a light silver embossed with Chantecaille's butterfly motif. Two base shadows in camel and ash grey and two shadow liners in rich ebony and deep sepia complete the look. Two brushes - one for shadow and the other for liner - are included. Available from Joyce Beauty.
