The Spa At The Address Dubai Marina

We visit The Spa at The Address Dubai Marina to discover its latest seasonal treatment, The Tea of Spring.

- Sophie Voelzing

Where?

The Spa, The Address Dubai Marina

Treatment: The Tea of Spring

The experience: New this season to The Spa, the Tea of Spring treatment is all about revitalising, detoxifying, stimulating and smoothing your skin through the use of a variety of teas.

Like most Brits, I love a good cuppa, so I’m curious to see what benefits that tea has to offer when used on my skin, as this treatment promises ‘tea from around the world will work its magic on you’.

Upon arrival to the The Spa, I’m kindly greeted with a freshly-brewed cup of ginger tea and a fruit plate of melon cubes. If you arrive 30-minutes or so before a treatment, you can use The Spa’s facilities, which include a steam room and sauna.

Available during the month of April 2019, the Tea of Spring treatment begins with a calming welcome that ensures I’m relaxed – the music, room and bed temperature, and lighting are all adjusted to my liking, and the therapist also consults on my preferred pressure before getting started.

A full-body Nepalese tea exfoliation comes first, using a blend of regenerative white tea and black tea for skin stimulation. The therapist thoroughly applies the scrub and rubs it in quite vigorously to ensure the tea does its job. Afterwards, I’m escorted to the room’s private shower room to rinse off, which is when I get a feel of the results – super silky soft skin. I have quite dry skin, so I was surprised to find my skin feeling very moisturised at this point.

Back on the treatment table, a relaxing full-body Singapore massage follows, which features a combination of methods used in Balinese and Thai massages. It’s quite a firm massage that uses long stokes to loosen muscles and was fantastic for releasing aches and tension – particularly in my upper back and shoulder area.