Renowned throughout history for its beautifying properties and its ability to defy the natural ageing process, gold has always been a much sought after ingredient in beauty treatments. This festive season, guests of Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita can experience a radiant glow from the new UMO 24 Karat Gold Facial in the Spa.

Combining new developments of patented nano mist technology and established skin enhancing ingredients, the UMO 24 Karat Gold Facial harnesses the natural youth-enhancing properties of gold and provides hydration and cleansing to the deepest layers of the skin, while also delivering a rich source of vitamins to these cells to revitalise the skin’s appearance.

Derived from an ancient Japanese soybean health food, the Gamma PGA ingredient used by the UMO facial is ten times more hydrating than the skin’s own natural acids, while also having far more elasticity than collagen. The Gamma PGA absorbs the gold and when applied to the face using UMO’s ultrasonic nano mist technology – several times smaller than water droplets – both the Gamma PGA and the gold are able to pass through the surface of the skin to restore youthful benefits to the deepest layers.

This new Four Seasons spa treatment uses 100 percent natural ingredients, which results in radiant skin straight after treatment to ensure an extra special holiday glow.

The UMO 24 Karat Gold Facial will be available from December 15, 2011.