Now is an ideal time to visit some of the top spas in town to enliven your senses with a relaxing massage or rejuvenating facial.

Le Spa at Le Royal Meridien Shanghai is debuting the Futuresse products, an exclusive spa brand of Biodroga Cosmetics, developed and manufactured in Baden-Baden, Germany.

It is selectively available in very few famous spas in five-star hotels around the world, including Le Royal Meridien Hotel and Spa in Hamburg and Le Royal Meridien Hotel and Spa in Munich.

Futuresse is renowned for its purity and inner balance - a concept that marked the birth of the brand.

The luxurious face and body care brand ideally links Far Eastern traditions and Western research.

In every Futuresse product beats a heart of precious lotus extract.

Only the finest blossoms of the nelumbo nucifera lotus are processed under the most stringent quality controls.

Le Spa has introduced five facial and body treatments using Futuresse products for women who wants to get a step closer to the mystique of the lotus.

The 60-minute Lifting Caviar Treatment (2,150 yuan/US$277.60) uses a unique Caviar Sheet and ingredient serum to give women over 35 a holistic wellness feeling.

A Touch of Luxury (2,600 yuan/120 minutes) is recommended for women over 30 who are looking for a total indulgence in facial, bust treatment and massage.

The Luxurious Aroma Treatment (2,050 yuan/110 minutes), Luxurious Treatment (1,500 yuan/90 minutes) and Lotus Body Treatment (2,480 yuan/60 minutes) caters to any age.

After, you will feel relaxed and smooth with soft and supple moisturized skin, and experience a new and gentle sense of energy.

Spa Manager Andakara Wegawati who hails from Bali, chose the Luxurious Treatment for me. She said this effective treatment provided vital, firmer and beautiful skin.

The deluxe facial began with a relaxing neck and scalp massage with the signature Futuresse massage techniques to ease tension and promote total relaxation.

After the thorough cleansing, the therapist applied Deluxe Silky Star Pealing on my face - a luxury-class peeling with precious proteins of Asian silk - for five minutes.

This special enzyme combination cleansed the skin gently yet thoroughly. A feeling of velvet and silk left my complexion looking its radiant best.

It was followed by the Deluxe Treasure Concentrate, a highly-concentrated serum which gives the skin gentle impulses.

The next part of the facial was the 20-minute application of the Luxurious Lotus Mask. The therapist also carefully applied the Luxurious Night Eye Care.

While the facial skin absorbed the conditioning and firming properties from the mask, the therapist gave a hand and foot treatment using the Exotic Deluxe Scrub.

Captured in a peeling of marine salt, conditioning oils and lotus extract provided the body purity and care in one application.

A perfect facial treatment is incomplete without an effective face massage.

The 25-minute massage followed using Futuresse Exquisite Massage cream.

The benefit was to regulate the skin's oil/moisture balance, diminish fine lines and wrinkles and support skin cell regeneration.

The Luxurious Night Eye Cream and Luxurious Day and Night Care products were applied afterwards to complete the facial.

Spa manager Wegawati recommended the Luxurious Day and Night Care for its super moisturizing effect.

Le Spa at Le Royal Meridien Shanghai
Address: 10/F, 789 Nanjing Donglu
Tel: 021-33189999 ext 7900