HONG KONG Founded in 2023, ACME Wellness is Hong Kong's first private contrast therapy studio nestled in the heart of Central, built around the idea that real recovery comes from extremes: heat, cold, and the deliberate rest in between. What Is ACME Wellness? ACME's philosophy is rooted in duality — the idea, borrowed from ancient traditions, that opposing forces (heat and cold, stimulation and stillness) are what create balance. In practice, that translates into a spa built

Whether you're seeking a mental reset, a deeper spiritual connection, or simply a chance to slow down, these are the transformative wellness retreats on our radar this season. Chiva‑Som Hua Hin, Thailand Chiva-Som translates to "Haven of Life," and three decades on, the Hua Hin icon continues to set the pace for transformative wellness. This season, the resort adds a standout highlight: a three-day yoga residency with international instructor Adrienne Everett, running Novembe

LONDON There are spas where you go for a treatment, and then there are spas where the entire experience begins the moment you leave the street behind. The Spa at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair falls firmly into the latter category. Tucked beneath Hanover Square, it feels remarkably removed from the pace of Mayfair above, creating the sort of urban sanctuary that makes you forget you have a phone, a diary and approximately 17 things you should probably be doing. I visited during th

HONG KONG Sense of Touch Southside, the oceanfront spa at The Fullerton Ocean Park Hotel Hong Kong, is celebrating one year since opening its doors on the Aberdeen coastline with a run of anniversary offers built around the same idea the spa has leaned on since day one: that a proper sea view is as much a part of the treatment as the hands doing the work. A Year on the Southside Coastline Since opening in August 2025 under the stewardship of Sense of Touch — the well-establis

HONG KONG Looking for the best vitamins and supplements in Hong Kong? From all-in-one wellness sachets to clinic-backed multivitamins and the pharmacy shelf everyone still relies on, Hong Kong offers no shortage of options — both online and in-store. Here's our guide to where to shop, from the disruptor everyone's talking about to the trusted names that have quietly done the heavy lifting all along. IM8 IM8 is the all-in-one sachet everyone in Hong Kong's wellness circles has

HONG KONG Hong Kong has no shortage of nail salons, but Nail Jolly has quietly built something a lot of newer, flashier spots haven't managed yet: genuine staying power. Founded in 2010, the salon has spent over a decade earning a loyal following across three of the city's busiest districts — and it's worth understanding exactly why it keeps landing on "best of" lists well over ten years in. A Decade-Plus of Consistency Nail Jolly was built around a simple idea: busy urban wo

DA NANG Image courtesy of Jasmin Woolf | CSP Times The name TIA translates to "a ray of light" in Vietnamese, and from the moment I arrived, that sentiment held true. Located along the beachfront near Da Nang city, TIA Wellness Resort (TIA) feels like a peaceful haven away from the city's buzz. The 87 villas sit amid tropical gardens, and the view of the Son Tra Peninsula — with the giant Lady Buddha keeping watch — sets an almost meditative tone from day one. I arrived at

HONG KONG Grand Hyatt Hong Kong's Plateau Spa has just brought a new Korean skincare brand to the city, and it arrived with more than enough clinical credibility to make us curious. VENN, developed over more than 25 years of dermatological research in South Korea, is now available exclusively in Hong Kong through Plateau Spa's treatment menu and retail counter — and with pigmentation, dullness, fine lines, and general dehydration all on our own list of concerns, the brand-new

HONG KONG We visited PRIVATE i SALON's Central Building location last year for a balayage refresh, and it left enough of an impression that there was never really a question of where to go when it came time for another round. This time, though, the starting point was rougher: months of growth had left my roots extremely overgrown, and the length itself had gone dry and brittle — the kind of texture that makes you nervous about adding more colour on top rather than excited abo

HONG KONG Could a 60-minute IV session and a sweat in the sauna be the reset Hong Kong's busy professionals need? We visited Central's Restore Integrative Medical Clinic to find out. First Impressions Located on the 16th floor of 1 Duddell Street in Central, Restore Integrative Medical Clinic feels more like a wellness sanctuary than a medical clinic. I walked in from the bustling Central lunch hour, sweaty, frazzled, and slightly damp from the rain, but the warm, welcoming s

HONG KONG Hong Kong's decorated day spa has a new address. Sense of Touch — the homegrown wellness brand that's been a fixture of the city's beauty scene since its Hollywood Road beginnings in 2002 — has officially opened its doors in Causeway Bay, marking yet another expansion for a brand that already spans Central and Southside. And to mark the occasion, the new outpost is running a limited-time launch menu that mixes brand-new treatments with a curated edit of the brand's

Halle Berry turns 60 today, and she has spent the better part of the last year making sure everyone knows she isn't dreading it. The Oscar winner rang in the milestone early from Fiji, and looks as amazing as ever. Here's what that looks like in practice — from her trainer-approved workouts to hormone therapy. The Workout: "Movement As Medicine" Berry has trained with celebrity coach Peter Lee Thomas for years, and by his own account she has the discipline of someone a third

PARTNER CONTENT Thinning hair doesn't happen overnight. Neither does regrowing it. If you've recently added a hair growth oil to your routine and you're still waiting for results, weeks in, nothing visible, you're not alone. Most people expect a difference within a few weeks and get genuinely frustrated when nothing seems to shift. Here's the thing: hair grows slowly by biology, not by brand failure. Knowing how long hair growth oil takes to show results on thinning hair mean

HONG KONG I'd heard genuinely amazing things about Zeva Hair Spa for a while before I finally booked in this summer. Zeva has been operating since 2017 and positions itself as Hong Kong's foremost destination for holistic hair and scalp wellness. What sets Zeva apart on paper is trichology: the clinical study of the hair and scalp, as opposed to purely cosmetic hairdressing. Its team is built around IAT-certified trichologists, a credential that specifically trains practition

HONG KONG Hong Kong sleep brand Hush Home has introduced the Hush Duo Mattress™, an 11-inch hybrid design built to solve one of the most common complaints among couples who share a bed: two people rarely want the same firmness. Body type, sleep position, and support needs vary enormously from person to person, and a standard mattress only ever offers one fixed feel — which usually means one partner is quietly compromising every night. Hush Home spent time developing Hush Duo

HONG KONG EstheClinic, the multi-award-winning Hong Kong beauty clinic with locations in Central, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Sai Ying Pun, is offering a HK$880 trial price on its Skin Renewal Advanced Microneedling & Peel Duo — a combination treatment aimed at acne scarring, fine lines, enlarged pores, pigmentation, and uneven skin tone in a single session. All images courtesy of EstheClinic. What the Treatment Involves The Advanced Microneedling & Peel Duo pairs two established skin

HONG KONG EstheClinic, Hong Kong's number one aesthetic clinic with two decades of experience, is running a buy-one-get-one promotion on EstheCryo, its non-surgical fat freezing treatment, which the clinic positions as the only pain-free version of the procedure currently available. All images courtesy of EstheClinic Hong Kong. How Fat Freezing Works EstheCryo is built on cryolipolysis, a technology that applies intense, localised cold to targeted areas of the body in order t

HONG KONG All About You, the Sheung Wan-based wellness and hypnotherapy centre founded by Sonia Samtani, is running the first level of its flagship self-development programme, Be Your Own Master, over three days this August — a foundation course built around identifying the subconscious patterns that quietly run people's daily lives. Sonia Samtani is the founder and managing director of All About You, and has worked in hypnotherapy, coaching, and regression therapy since 2005

Thunder Massage bills itself as Hong Kong's only silent massage, and we booked 80 minutes to see what that actually means in practice — not just as a gimmick, but as a genuinely different way to get a deep tissue massage.

HONG KONG In a city where five-star hotel spas and hole-in-the-wall reflexology parlours compete for the same overworked clientele, Ora Spa has staked out curious new territory: personality-driven aromatherapy, paired with sound healing and a face-lifting treatment performed by a therapist with serious pedigree. I left with a bottle of oil that smells uncannily like my own personality and a relaxed face and body. Here's everything you need to know before booking. The Location