The entrance to Lime Spa on the ground floor of the Desert Palm retreat. The entrance to Lime Spa on the ground floor of the Desert Palm retreat.

What facilities does Lime Spa offer?
Situated at Desert Palm, each of the six treatment rooms overlooks one of the four championship polo fields — a lush green landscape that is far removed from the hectic pace of the city centre, creating an inviting country backdrop and secluded and peaceful oasis.

Each room features the latest in spa technology. The five single rooms offer a selection of day beds and soft furnishings and one has a standalone roll top bath tub. The double room also has a Geisha tub and a day bed area, which can be enjoyed pre- or post- treatment.

Additional features include a spa and wellness boutique, consultation room, changing rooms, and ‘Sublime’, which offers steam room, sauna, ice room, cold plunge, heated lounge and two chromo therapeutic showers, incorporating an aroma infused cold to hot experience with light therapy.

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How does Lime Spa fit into Dubai’s spa market?
The fact that we tailor the treatments to our guests is one of our key USPs. Our therapists will talk to each guest and tailor make their treatment focusing on areas of specific concern to them.

The products we use also allow us to do this as they are designed with a ‘made to measure’ application. Guests who book a treatment at Lime can also use all of the facilities on a complimentary basis and spend the afternoon by the infinity pool.

Which spa products do you use?
We use Anne Semonin, which offers a very different concept from many of the other brands that are available in the marketplace.

Anne Semonin uses a blending technique which is tailor made to each individual, and the products are personalised depending on the skincare needs of the guest.

Based on the consultation, the spa therapist creates a unique blend and will discuss the benefits of the product to target the area of concern.

The other product we use for facials is Eve Lom, the cult beauty brand from the UK. Eve Lom’s philosophy is based on the fact that every living organism pulsates with energy, sending out information about the physical, biological and emotional state of the body.

Through regular cleansing, decongesting and exfoliation, this energy can be regulated to help maintain healthy skin. These facials use the Eve Lom signature product, the Eve Lom Cleanser, which was famously hailed by Vogue Magazine as ‘probably the best cleanser in the world’.

We only launched these facials in November 2010 and they are already fast becoming one of our most popular treatments.