A favourite among spa aficionados in Dubai, LIME at Desert Palm has launched its new spa treatment menu and a series of limited edition LIME packages from 1st March. Offering the ultimate relaxing experience, LIME is a hidden gem set within the elegant and tranquil oasis of Desert Palm, featuring the latest sought-after beauty and wellbeing treatments.

Emarati perfumer Daher bin Daher launched his first fragrance brand Tola last week to a high-profile audience in Dubai, where guests discovered the new scents and learned about Daher’s journey as he concocted these exclusive Arabesque aromas.

Are you an aspiring makeup artist? Want to be responsible for the ever-changing looks of local and regional celebrities? You might want to study to become a professional, and a school that can offer the proper training has finally opened in Dubai.

Workouts are hard enough, and having a stressful environment for an activity that is supposed to let you eliminate your daily stresses makes a simple fitness routine into a bit of an ordeal. Sometimes, the only difference between staying motivated and losing interest after a couple of visits to the gym is the environment. Wouldn’t it be great to get some much-needed exercise in a relaxing atmosphere?

The Bar Method is the Little Black Dress of fitness. Everybody knows that the LBD is the one dress that gives you instant confidence. It is always in style and the classic, sexy, flattering choice. And when you live in your exercise clothes so that you can workout during your work-days, you deserve to put on something that makes you look ravishing at the end of the week like an LBD.

Nothing communicates your age more effectively than those lines on your face, and while you can opt to cover it all up and look like mannequin with wooden skin, it’s always better to go all natural and let your skin, not your makeup, do the talking.

Clinique has announced its collaboration with Lebanese social entrepreneur, Sarah Beydoun, Founder and Creative Director of Sarah’s Bag, for limited-edition pouches in two spring colours – pink and beige with silver beadings. Clinique and the accessories label known for its Middle Eastern chic bring their clients this exclusive Middle East line of trendy pouches with a classic Arabic touch.

In this day and age of wearing SPF 30 or higher products everywhere we go to protect our skin from the damaging effects of the sun’s UV rays, we have to stop and ask ourselves, are we really doing the most effective way of taking care of our skin? Shouldn’t beauty science have already advances to more progressive products than just sunblock?

With foggy mornings and dusty winds almost gone, we’re officially in transition to a proper Dubai Summer. So take the unnecessary leather boots and faux furs back to the Winter closet and look forward to the new season with bright new wardrobe and the perfect tan. We’ve got recommendations on how to get it without the risk of melanoma.

Sales flagging? Brand recall disappearing faster than any of those gothic magicians on cable TV? The usual route brands take in such situations would be to hire a celebrity to get customers talking and buying again. But it appears, gone are the days when these big names would deliver an instant shot of adrenaline to any ailing brand. And the same goes for the magic of skinny models.