Chemimart

Sliema is where many UK visitors spend their holiday, and Chemimart's Piazzetta branch gives them a Maltese chemist and beauty shop right in the middle of it. The shop is part of a long-established Maltese group that describes itself as the natural choice for beauty and wellbeing, and it stocks the sort of things a traveller ends up needing: toiletries, sun protection, fragrance and skin care.

If you are comparing places to shop for health and beauty basics, see our list of pharmacies in Malta. Planning a stay around the promenade? Our guide to hotels in Sliema covers the area.

Because Sliema has many apartments and self-catering stays, the shop is also useful for longer visitors topping up on toiletries, hair care and skin care during a stay of a week or more, without hunting for a specific brand across several outlets. It also suits anyone who has simply run out of something before an evening out.

Perfume, make-up and skin care

Fragrance is a strong point of the Chemimart range. The catalogue includes eau de parfum, eau de toilette and gift sets from designer houses and accessible brands alike, among them Alyssa Ashley, Azzaro, Lacoste, Jimmy Choo, Ralph Lauren and Valentino. Make-up covers eyes, face, lips, nails and brows and lashes, with Urban Decay among the brands.

Skin care is organised into body care, cleansers and toners, eye and lip care, masks, moisturisers and serums, with Kiehl's among the labels. Hair care runs from shampoo and conditioner to colour, brushes and styling products, and there is a men's grooming section for shaving, beards and skin.

Everyday care and holiday essentials

Personal care products include dental care, dermatology lines, food supplements, plasters and tapes, hair removal products, insoles and wipes. Sun care is a useful category for Malta's strong summers, with after sun, protection, tanning lotion, oil and spray. Our Malta weather guide explains the seasons, and the best beaches in Malta page suggests where to use it.

This page describes the retail range only. For questions about medicines or your health, speak to a pharmacist or your doctor.

Editorial picks and the wider group

Chemimart is a group rather than a single shop, with its head office at Chemico Buildings on Valley Road in Birkirkara and a legacy page on its website that explains who is behind it. Chemimart publishes short beauty features alongside the catalogue, for example a lip routine built on Diego Dalla Palma products that moves from hydrating treatment through to colour.

Another featured name is the niche perfumer Francesca Bianchi, whose scents are devised in an Amsterdam laboratory and then finished by an artisan workshop in Italy, where the concentrate is mixed with alcohol, aged and packed. Items like these make good presents to carry home.

For a feel of the island beyond the shops, our guide to Malta gives a quick introduction and our Malta holidays overview collects trip ideas.

Salon treatments, online shopping and getting there

The group also runs a beauty salon with facials, massages, manicures, pedicures, waxing, tanning and slimming treatments. These are provided at its outlets in Ħamrun and Valletta, and are not listed for Piazzetta, so ask first. An online store delivers products to your door, with more than 1,600 items listed.

Sliema is well connected by bus and ferry to the capital, so a day trip is simple; read our Valletta guide and things to do in Malta for ideas. If you are still choosing a base, our guide on where to stay in Malta compares areas, and flights to Malta from the UK covers the journey. Moving here for longer? See relocating to Malta.

To ask about this branch, use the VisitMalta.co.uk enquiry form on this page and we will pass your message to Chemimart.