Luxury Travel Magazine
Amala, the world’s premier plant-powered luxury skincare brand, is now the signature line for La Mamounia, a legendary palace retreat that has come to define traditional Moroccan hospitality.
The collaboration is anchored by their shared emphasis on nature’s transformative powers. La Mamounia’s setting in the heart of the imperial city is defined by its glorious gardens, featuring 300 year old olive trees, a vegetable garden and other natural delights. These are perfectly complemented by Amala’s results-driven and clinically proven therapies that harness the healing properties of whole plant ingredients, crafted in the foothills of the German Alps.
At the award-winning 27,000-square-foot Spa, La Mamounia offers an oasis dedicated to beauty of both the mind and body. It features traditional hammams, exquisite treatment rooms, including some designed for couples, a relaxation room, Jacuzzi, glorious indoor pool, fitness and exercise spaces and manicure and pedicure cabins. La Mamounia’s new Amala therapies are based on the brand’s six skincare lines, which are heralded for their purity and environmental integrity, and address specific needs: to hydrate, rejuvenate, purify, brighten, soothe and detoxify.
New Amala facial experiences (30-90 minutes) at La Mamounia focus on: moisture infusion to replenish dry, dehydrated skin with nourishing plant oils; soothing hydration to improve elasticity and calm delicate skin; anti-oxidant age repair using age-defying plant actives; refining to restore youthful firmness and supple texture with powerful marine botanicals; rebalancing for combination skin; deep cleansing to clarify pores and purify the skin with nature’s most powerful phyto-actives and Rhassoul clay; radiance with botanicals rich in powerful peptides; and brightening with high potency plant actives to even and clarify skin tone and refine texture.
Amala body therapies (45-150 minutes) focus on: energizing to release tension via a stimulating exfoliation, detoxifying mask and invigorating massage using Thai and Shaitsu techniques, complemented by a mini facial; stimulating with a marine body wrap that envelops the body in vital nutrients of the sea, complemented by foot reflexology and dry brush exfoliation; soothing and purifying with a full body exfoliation via a mineral rich sea salt and crushed olive stone body polish, followed by a detoxifying clay body mask; aromatherapy including a shoulder massage, purifying scalp mud mask and skin renewing express facial; and pure back cleansing to detoxify for more even tone and texture. Additional Amala signature therapies at La Mamounia highlight sports and therapeutic massage; mama-to-be relaxation; warm stone massage; and revitalizing foot reflexology massage.
Travelers can experience Amala at other premier spas worldwide including such North American posts as The Spa at Mandarin Oriental, New York; The Spa at Four Seasons Toronto, Whistler, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle and Palm Beach; The Spa at Pebble Beach, Calif.; The Spa at Stein Eriksen Lodge, Park City, Utah; Healing Arts Center & Spa at Cavallo Point, Sausalito, Calif.; The Spa at Rancho Valencia, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.; The Spa at St. Regis Princeville Resort, Kauai, Hawaii; Old Edwards Inn & Spa, N.C.; Sundara Inn & Spa, Wisconsin Dells, Wisc.; Rancho La Puerta, Tecate, Mexico; and Sense Spa at Rosewood Mayakoba, Playa del Carmen, Mexico. Other international retreats featuring Amala include Six Senses Spa at MGM Macau; Six Senses Spa at Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort, Greater Noida, India; Bulgari Hotel & Resort, Milan, Italy; Dolder Grand Spa at The Dolder Grand, Zurich, Switzerland; Spa.Budersand at Hotel Budersand, Hoernum, Germany; Seehotel Uberfahrt, Rottach – Egern, Germany; and Michlifen Ifrane Suites and Spa, Ifrane, Morocco. Products can also be purchased online at www.amalabeauty.com.
