For more than 5,000 years, glamorous women have proudly adorned themselves with pure gold. Some believed it to be the key to preserving a youthful complexion. Cleopatra is even said to have slept in a gold mask every night. It's with this holistic approach that Enaam Takla, owner of Bio Spa Enaam in Montreal, created a  24 Karat Gold Facial, using certified cosmetic-grade gold leaf for the absolute in skincare luxury. 

To learn more about this sumptuous 2-hour treatment, click here.

No, it's not a high-end pastry shop window, and no, you can't eat them! Rather, they're the latest trend in high-quality organic bath essences that provide fragrant, creamy bathing pleasure. The Austrian company Bademeisterei offers its ECOWORLD line containing sumptuous organic cocoa butter and first-class organic essential oils to supply skin with important moisture and nutrients, ensure that the skin’s natural oils are replenished after a bath, and make skin soft, supple and silky. Choose the shape (bath cubes, bath bombs, bath cupcakes); garnishes (petals, seeds, buds); and components:

• Blueberry & Hay Flower
• Strawberry, Fig & Rose
• Chocolate & Cranberry
• Rosewood & Lavender
• Lemongrass & Lime

All products are certified organic and come from natural pure essential oils, such as jojoba and apricot kernel oil, that are released with the heat of your bath. They're both absorbed by the skin and inhaled in the steam for a calming, invigorating or stimulating effect, depending on the essential oil.

The bonus is that most products can be used twice. They're sold individually in a pretty little organza bag that you can hang on the Christmas tree.