Simone Gannon: A restorative facial in the Shelbourne's luxury city-centre setting

I opted for the beautifully named Le Grand Soin Au Collagène Pur, a 90-minute “restorative and deeply nurturing therapy designed to leave your skin and spirits lifted”.

The luxurious surroundings of The Shelbourne mean your treatment begins as soon as you arrive. 

I’ve had a lot of facials and treatments over the years, partly because of what I do for a living and partly because of my lifelong love affair with all things skin. If there’s a new transformative, skin-boosting treatment, you can be sure I’m willing to try it (and then I’ll write about it in this column). And while I appreciate the luxurious aspect of treatments, what I really want is results.

With that in mind, I took myself off to The Spa at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin to try one of two new treatments from the award-winning, science-driven skincare brand, Swissline. Known for its “well-ageing” approach to skincare, this is a brand that believes in prevention and restoration — treating the skin as a whole and understanding what factors cause ageing in the skin, as opposed to just treating the symptoms.