For generations, Hungary’s Molnar family has been renowned as expert herbalists. Aunt Ilcsi Molnar, the founder and developer of Ilcsi Hungary (in the Middle-East region Ilcsi has been renamed to “Elche” for easier pronunciation and it also carries the name of the first organic ladies beauty salon in Jumeirah, Dubai), inherited the family’s expertise with plant-life and natural remedies and went on to study biochemistry, thus combining her traditional expertise with modern scientific techniques to extract the highest level of benefits from natural herbs and fruits.
Now, more than 45 years after she first marketed the Elche range of therapies, tens of thousands of women have enjoyed her handiwork and praise the results that it confers.
All the ingredients in more than 100 Elche essentials are handpicked and hand-mixed by trained herbalists. The role of science is to ensure that the products maintain their freshness and potency – without using preservatives or artificial additives.
After harvest, the ingredients are stored in temperature-controlled conditions for four months, during which time all traces of bacteria die off. They are then blended with a rare and completely unique water source from a subterranean thermal lake created thousands of years ago by an earthquake along with sedimentary deposits from the same source containing minerals and trace elements found nowhere else on earth.
Its mineral salts and trace elements produce rare and unique ingredients, and the 9.5 pH level proved soothing and good for dry skin. The layers of earth through which this water emerged also provided rich ingredients that had been fermented, heated, and preserved for centuries. Aunt Ilcsi Molnar still hand-formulates Elche products with the water, mud and algae from this completely unique vitamin and mineral source.
The seeds, fruit pulp, and herbs retain their health-giving properties and after application immediately begin to produce amazing results as their regenerative powers take effect.
Modern Science
Years of scientific training support Elche’s heritage of natural tradition. Hungary’s health authorities demand that beauticians undergo extensive training and pass a series of professional exams before they are permitted to practice. All Elche’s beauticians have qualified in this rigorous discipline and hold college certificates of professional competence that attest to their specialist skills in skincare and recommending the best treatment for different types of skin and skin conditions.
Clients can thus be confident that they are placing their skincare in competent hands who understand that each individual’s needs are different and that everyone must receive personal and customized attention.
The First Steps
An Elche consultation begins with a health questionnaire and a detailed assessment of skin condition and what treatment will achieve the best results. Clients are thus able to monitor the success of Elche therapies and track how their skin responds and improves with each treatment.
The Elche Salon
Set in a walled garden in Dubai’s exclusive Jumeirah suburb, the Elche Salon is an exquisitely furnished retreat where clients can escape from the bustle of the city and relax in a warm and peaceful environment. Your visit to The Elche Salon becomes a memorable occasion and one you will always look forward to.
The Range of Products
The Elche salon in Jumeirah applies more than 80 different products – exfoliates, peelings, scrubs, fruit enzyme peelings, liposomic gels, soothing gels, massage creams, firming and peel-off masks, eye mask, oils and creams. About half are recommended for home treatment – cleansing milks, soaps, tonics, moisturizing, hydrating, smoothing creams, gels, serums, corrector, eye creams, body soaps and lotions, suntan products, hand-feet and cellulite creams.
In addition, a special product range has been developed exclusively for Dubai to help best cope with the prevailing harsh climate and protect the skin against the severe extremes of heat, sunlight and aridity.
Treatment Options
All Elche products are 100 per cent organic plant-life with no preservatives, artificial additives, animal by-products, or collagen. Elche is allergy-tested but animals are never used in testing procedures.
Elche stands for personalized skincare and offers facials for problematic skins that are inflamed and sensitive. Hydrating, cleansing, detoxifying, skin tightening, detoxifying facials and pigmentation therapy are carried out by highly skilled and qualified experts with many years experience in their field.
Elche treatments are also applicable for eye care, décolletage enhancement, improving breast tone, cellulite dispersal and skin lightening. Each client is treated individually in a private room, but double treatments can be booked by friends who would like to be pampered together. Final touches are also available – waxing, tinting and professional make-up.
A few words from Aunt Ilcsi
For more than 40 years I have worked as a beautician in Hungary, where beauty education is of the highest standard in the world. To become an independent beautician, a two-year vocational training school has to be attended after graduating from high school. Then comes three years as a trainee beauty therapist, and finally a master’s examination must be passed.
We also learned to make our own treatments, using the natural ingredients available. Herbs, flowers, vegetables, fruits, spa water and mud from hot springs served as active ingredients.
Since I came from the countryside and – my great-grandmother was the herbal healer of our village – I was very interested in herbs and began to learn about them and use them for the last 50 years. I learnt how herbs could be made more effective by mixing it with other herbs, so that it can provide the best solution for skin problems.
Our laboratory is a family enterprise, which I manage with my son Ferenc Molnar, who is my best pupil, colleague, and the director of the company. Ilcsi Beautifying Herbs Hungary was formed in 1984 and prepares professional products exclusively for beauticians. We have created the face creams, masks, oils, peelings, gels etc. by using about 65-70 different herbs that we collect and grow ourselves and process by a special procedure, as a result of which they keep their effectiveness.
I hope that on the basis of decades of experience I will be able to help you to discover the Elche way – the natural way – to maintain the youthful vitality of your complexion. Please visit the Elche Salon in Dubai and enjoy the rejuvenating experience.
Aunt Ilcsi and Ferenc Molnar
Elche's world of nature, where generations of traditional expertise in the healing secrets of herbs, fruits, vegetables, flowers and pure thermal water join forces with the best of modern science to give you radiant and youthful skin.
Visit Elche natural beauty retreat in Jumeirah, Dubai where highly-qualified professional beauty therapists from Hungary will give expert advice on skin type and condition, recommend and apply the customized treatment and essentials - all 100% natural and free of preservatives - to achieve the best results: clear, glowing, healthy skin … just as nature intended. Elche product range is extensive and whatever your type of skin there's a panacea to suit you as Mother Nature has a solution for every condition.
Our mission is to help women maintain the youthful vitality of their complexion, whilst ensuring that the purest and most natural products are used.