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Rejuvenation in Amsterdam @ SoSPA + SoFIT – The Sofitel Legend The Grand March 30, 2016Amsterdam, Hotels & Spas0 Comments

During our stay at the wonderful Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam we couldn’t miss the SoSPA on the first floor.

Set over two floors So SPA offers a range of services including several treatment rooms, an indoor heated swimming pool with jet stream and jacuzzi, a wet zone with Turkish steam bath (hamman), sauna and showers, a relaxation room and the So FIT exercise room with changing rooms.

So Spa beauty treatments express their heritage throughout Sofitel So SPA philosophy. The Cinq Mondes spa philosophy mixes French refinement, and inspiration from the world’s best health and beauty traditions. This combines with Carita, the prestigious Parisian skincare brand. Carita’s unique approach with the exclusive Pro-lift technology offers unrivalled anti-ageing expertise and an uncompromising vision of luxury cosmetology.

I booked a rejuvenating ‘Facial Anti-aging treatment’ by Marisa Berenson, as I just turned 30 I thought this might me something I should try.

We are travelers and hard workers and it’s important to find the balance between the stressful everyday life and relaxing moments, otherwise your body, your soul and skin might get out of control. My lovely therapist Nursen guided me through the SPA and after she started with an analyse of my skin to understand what kind of products she should focus on during my treatment in a private, calm and relaxing room.

She said that there are actually so many anti-aging products on the market, which don’t really have an effect on the skin. There are basically there to sell. But the secret of anti-aging is simple, she said.

Hydration.

Keeping your skin hydrated is the best way to avoid wrinkles, and for this you don’t need to buy 400€ products. It is also important to use natural products (on cleaned skin) with high quality water and oil to avoid dehydration.

What did my therapist use for the Anti-Aging treatment?

First the natural Sublime Cleanser was used to cleanse the skin (and remove make-up) and to prepare the skin for the treatment.

Ingredients and benefits:

Organic Macadamia Oil: Nourishing, curative and protective properties

Organic Primrose oil: Activates micro-circulation, Softens skin
Organic Prickly Pear Extract: repairs and moisturizes the skin, slows aging process, healing and firming.

Then, the refreshing Luminous Water was sprayed on my face. It is a precious water with astringent and toning effects, soothing for all types of skin. It creates a protective film on your skin and Ginseng makes the skin brighter. It can also be used to set your make-up.

Ingredients and benefits:

Organic Ginseng Extract: Stimulates and vitalizes

Organic Lime Water: Softening, moisturizing and toning
Organic Prickly Pear Extract: Hydrating and softening properties

After this the skin was softly exfoliated with the Gentle Scrub. This gentle face exfoliation removes impurities, dead cells and promotes skin renewal for a bright skin.

Ingredients and benefits:

Vegetal Origin Exfoliant: Soft exfoliating

Organic Lime Blossom Water: Softening, moisturizing and toning

Organic Prickle Pear Oil: Thanks to presence of omega 6, this oil has an regenerating activity fostering the natural skin repair process. Moreover, it has anti-radical and anti-aging properties.

The Red Clay Mask was applied and left on the face. This deeply cleansing and hydrating mask, smooths the skin and has a anti-stress effect. It strengthens your skin and gives it elasticity.

Ingredients and benefits:

Organic Beeswax: Smooths and nourishes the skin thanks to its excellent plasticity

Red Clay: Aspires deep impurities, treats dull, tired and vulnerable skin, anti-redness

Organic Prickly Pear Oil

Follwed by a massage with the Fabulous Prickly Pear Oil.

This oil restores firmness and tone to the skin. Helps to cicatrize tissues. Thanks to presence of omega 6, this oil has an regenerating activity fostering the natural skin repair process. Moreover, it has anti-radical and anti-aging properties.

Ingredients and benefits:
Organic Prickly Pear Oil
Vegetable oils mixture, Anti-Wrinkle

Afterwards the Filler was used. This product fills wrinkles, it plumps the skin and has an immediate lifting effect (also if used over make-up).

Ingredients and benefits:

Organic Prickly Pear Extract: Hydrating and softening properties

Hyaluronic Acid: Its water holding capacity fives the skin its elasticity and hydration

Lavender Angustifolia Essential Oil: Stimulates the cell regeneration

To take care of the area around the eyes, the Eye Contour was used. In addition to the filler, this pure anti jet lag smooths the skin and reduces puffiness and dark circles. It is an intensive treatment for the eye contour area.

Ingredients and benefits:

Hyaluronic Acid: Its water holding capacity vies the skin its elasticity and hydration

Organic Aloe Vera Extract: Softening

Organic Prickly Pear Oil: Thanks to presence of omega 6, this oil has an regenerating activity fostering the natural skin repair process. Moreover, it has anti-radical and anti-aging properties

The treatment was finished after the Intense Day Cream was applied. This cream gives intensive care that promotes tissue regeneration and slows the skin aging.

Ingredients and benefits:

Organic Prickly Pear Oil: Thanks to presence of omega 6, this oil fosters the natural skin repair process

Organic Acerola: Natural source of vitamin D, evens the complexion

Organic Sesame Oil: Softens and prevents dryness

These steps make a lovely, complete facial with the luxury products from Marisa Berenson.

My skin is very dry and during winter it’s even worse. After this amazing treatment I could even feel the effect weeks after, it was bewildering. You should try it when in Amsterdam.

What other treatments do they offer?

The treatments are selected by country with their ancient traditions from India, Indonesia, Japan, Brazil and Africa and meet the refinement and skill of the latest in French cosmetology to create a new kind of spa experience.

You can have ‘A Taste of France‘ for example with a peeling with Carita renovateur – a 30 minutes experience with a refinement of your skin texture with a correctivepeeling, which is made from a blend of sunflower andis popular for its healing properties and a beautiful luster it gives to the skin. (80€)

Or ‘A Taste of India‘ with an Ayurvedic Massage (30/60 minutes), following a thousand-year-old Indian ritual – a tonic muscular massage with hot sesame oil. Restores energy and vitality. (75/110€)

‘A Taste of Japan‘ – a youthfulness «Ko Bi Do» Ritual (60/90 minutes) complete and speci² c anti-wrinkle care focused on the most fragile areas of the face, using Japanese ancestral ritual technique, “Ko Bi Do”, combined with re³ exology for total relaxation. (110/150€)

‘A Taste of Brazil‘ – a 60 minutes Slimming Massage with “Crème de Café ®” – following a Brazilian ritual, a sculpting body massage with caffeine, a powerful slimming ingredient. (110€)

and many more to explore… It’s a fantastic selection to discover.

After the one hour treatment I went down to the pool and had a jasmine green tea, to get a little detox effect on top. We also went into the private Turkish steam bath (hamman), the Jacuzzi, the Sauna and the SoFit fitness room – rejuvenation in Amsterdam just got to the peek. Just like this we went off in the day, with that little kick, feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

If you want to pamper someone special, a gift voucher might be a tempting thing. Mother’s Day is soon, isn’t it?