6 new beauty and wellness spots to get pampered in Dubai

From fabulous facials to pampering mani-pedis and aesthetic tweaks…

Dubai’s beauty and wellness scene has witnessed a string of stunning new openings in recent months, perfect for when you’re looking for a little self-care. Whether it’s a time-treasured French brand to an all-in-one health and wellness facility, here we bring you the new names to know in Dubai in the beauty and wellness space.

Beige Beauty Salon

A new addition to the beauty scene in Business Bay, Beige is a clean and contemporary salon with a luxurious feel. Inviting ladies to switch off and enjoy a few hours of me-time, it’s a one-stop shop for all of your beauty needs. The extensive salon services range from all of your traditional hair and nail services, but there’s also instantly-calming treatment rooms for lashes, massages and facials, the latter of which are the signature treatment of owner and founder Aneta Pszczolkowska. She’s perfected the art of skincare over the last 15 years, and handpicked a collection of best-in-class products to deliver advanced, results-driven facials for clients that cater to every skin type. Whether you’re starting out with extraction and a light peel, or you’re looking to get that glowing skin with a session of micro needling, Aneta offers consultations and then the best skin treatment to suit each client.

Beige Beauty Salon, Unit 15, Ubora Tower, Business Bay, 11am to 9pm Tues to Sun. Tel: (0)58 582 0502. @beigebeauty.ae

Biologique Recherche

Luxury French skincare brand Biologique Recherche has set up a pampering new beauty centre at voco Dubai The Palm. While the products have been available in the UAE for a while, this is the first of its kind centre, where a string of skincare treatments are offered using the brand’s award-winning products. It’s minimalistic and neutral, a beautiful space that’s instantly calming, with an array of treatment rooms and beauty areas, whether you’re here for nails, hair or their signature skincare. To ensure you get the best results, Biologique Recherche uses its unique methodology, a three-part skincare treatment, to leave you with an illuminated, glowing complexion. The first part is assessment, where your therapist will analyse what your skin needs ,the second part is the initialisation phase, where skin is cleansed and prepped for treatment using the brand’s P50 lotion. The final step is the treatment, which depending on the objective can be a mask, peel or booster.

Biologique Recherche, First Floor, voco Dubai The Palm, Palm Jumeirah, daily 9am to 9pm. Tel: (0)55 551 8963. @biologique.recherche_dxb

Fayy Health

Blurring the lines of a beauty salon, wellness space and a medical clinic is Fayy Health. On the top floor of an unsuspecting office block in Trade Center, this multi-dimensional health space is a unique offering when it comes to 360-degree wellbeing. The centre is warm and inviting, with a relaxing reception area at the heart, splitting off to a north and south side where treatment rooms and relaxation spaces are dotted along curvaceous corridors. It’s modern, futuristic and entirely all-encompassing, with clients able to book an array of treatments that range from external beauty – like aesthetics and dermatology departments, to internal wellbeing with IV drips and other functional medicine. Then there’s the full-scale dentistry department – offering everything from a scale and polish to a shiny new set of veneers; and also breast care and gynaecology services for women. All of the experts at Fayy Health have been handpicked so you feel like you’re in safe hands, and are on-hand to offer the best after-care advice once your treatment is finished too, whether it’s maintaining a post-hydrafacial glow or keeping your teeth pearly white after a dental prophylaxis treatment.

Fayy Health, Sixth Floor, The Offices 2, Trade Centre, daily 9am to 9pm. Tel: (0)4 835 8444. @fayyhealth

MSM Beauty Salon by Merita Merja

If you’re looking for a spot to get your full glam on, then make-up artist to the stars, Merita Merja’s debut Dubai salon is the name to know. MSM Beauty Salon is located on Al Wasl Road, and has transformed a private villa into a maximalist salon for all-out luxurious pampering. Having spent years in the beauty business – even crafting her own beauty brands – Merita Merja has now opened her own salon, where guests can get their glam on with make-up services, hair treatments and blow dries and get their lashes done at the exclusive lash bar. There’s also a separate spa space where visitors can get pampered with massages and facials. The salon will also offer make-up lessons and academy courses, so you can learn to do your own glam like a pro.

MSM Beauty Salon, 1192 Al Wasl Road, Umm Suqeim, Dubai, daily 10am to 10pm. Tel: (0)4 425 0188. @msmbeautysalondubai

Niche

A new salon that opened over the summer in Sobha Heartlands, Niche is a contemporary beauty salon that’s modern and minimalistic with warm, soft lighting and the kind of interiors that look like they’ve been plucked straight from a magazine. The elegant beauty emporium is the brainchild of two British-trained beauty experts; Ashley Aquilina, a microblading master; and Kimmy Soleimani, a renowned hairdresser. So naturally, semi-permanent make-up and straight-from-the-salon tresses are what this salon puts centre stage. But at Niche, treatments also include neat mani-pedis, facials and lashes.

Niche Soha Hartland, Dubai, 9am to 9pm Tues to Thurs, 9am to 7pm Fri, 9am to 5pm Sat, 9am to 6pm Sun, closed Mon. Tel: (0)52 189 1395. @nichesalondxb

Tara Rose

The fourth installment of this popular hair salon has recently landed in Al Quoz. Owner Tara Rose Kidd is an experienced hair stylist, and her handpicked team seriously know their stuff – so you’re in safe hands whether you’re heading over for a trim or a total transformation. The large Al Quoz site isn’t just a hair and beauty salon, but it also houses Fratelli Barbershop for the guys, and a training academy for those looking to get into the hair industry. Treatments are all designed to have you looking your best, from the very best haircare to mani-pedis, lashes and facials.

Tara Rose, Arenco Warehouse 10, Al Quoz, daily 9am to 8pm. Tel: (0)55 624 5520. @tararosesalon