The spa lifestyle is resplendent with opportunities to embrace a whole new consciousness of wellness and vitality. Never before has the desire to represent oneself through the living we chose been so well catered to.
Spa products from candles and oil burners to brand name spa-at-home kits and body brushes are sold in designer and department store varieties. This month NOW Bali brings you an exclusive and inspiring collection of items that reflect the beauty within and work harmoniously with elements of practicality and elegance to allow a unique and individual expression of the spa lifestyle.
A Kaleidoscope of Kaftans
Colin Heaney is based in Byron Bay, Australia, known for may years for his exquisite glass wear he has taken his intricate colour palette into fabrics which are designed now as kaftans, short and long, that cover and caress while being as light as air and a beautiful as a tropical butterfly. Each one is intricately designed and breathtakingly beautiful on the body. The short ones team with casual denims or evening wear while a full-length one transforms the wearer, in an instant, into a vision of radiating elegance. With a n equally individual range of scarves and sarongs available this is one designer that can take you where ever you want to go in this kaleidoscope colourful world.
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Balinese Practicality and Tradition
Combining a love of the traditional Balinese with a practical side, literally, is how Bali Towels came into being. More than a towel, more than a sarong these clever two sided Bali Towels accompany the body beautiful to the beach, the gym and the spa. Working as a perfect wrap for poolside pleasures, a drape for the bikini clad at the bar and a must have on the fore deck of any luxury cruiser the Bali Towel is a multipurpose multi-cultural item that reflects the embracing of a life of sun, spa and sparkling seas. Each towel has a soft and fluffy side that absorbs moisture while the other side is a representation of the beautiful Bali culture that provides so much in magic and inspiration to those of us who adhere to the spa lifestyle. Easy to pack, to carry and to throw in a beach bag Bali Towels also make great gifts for those departing our shores and will bring the happy brightness of Bali into any home.
‘Slow’ silver jewelry
On the far outskirts of Dehli along the Rajasthan Road lies the village of Neemrama where for centuries craftsmen have been working to perfect their skills in utilising the earth’s gifts. Nowhere is the craft more profound than in the intricate silver wear produced by Bijoux de Rajasthan. This family of artists have worked for centuries at their silver-smithing and although originally their traditional methods were kept out of a lack of investment to move into modern production today that ‘lack’ of progress has paid off. Each piece created in the old ways possesses a character unachievable in mainstream manufacture. Much as tastes are returning to slow creation of food and the preference for natural fabrics is growing, the wonderful individuality of hand crafted silver with delicate weavings, intricate bindings and hand beaten shapes is now finding its way into the high end markets of exclusive jewelry retailers. One of the attractions in this is that each item bears the art of centuries, handed down through the families, each craftsman with his own story, every design with its own history.
To find something different in a world of homogeny and ‘trends’ is always a pleasure and when discovered these particular secrets are best shared. [NOW]
To find them:
Colin Heaney
http://www.colinheaney.com/shop/
Bali Towels
Available at Lily Jean Boutiques:
Jalan Legian,Seminyak and Jalan Oberoi
Bijoux de Rajasthan
http://www.s3cjewellers.com/THEBIJOUXCLUB.html