June S.
Yelp
This was my very first facial, so I was a bit nervous. The people here were really nice and accommodating. Some emergency came up on the morning of my appointment, I thought I can't make it there on time, so I called to ask if they can move my appointment to 30 min later slot. It was already 1 hour before my original appointment at that time, but they worked with me and told me no problem. I ended up being able to get there on time, and they put me into earlier spot than the re-scheduled time which was great.
I chose 50 min facial ($95), and my main concern was blackheads on my nose. It is out of control.. it is like blackheads family decided to take residence on my nose, invited all the relatives, had babies and grand babies, and kept on growing the number on my nose. I usually go to my best friend, Bioré nose strip for help, but it can only remove maybe half the blackheads (if I'm lucky), and they come back within a couple of days.
My aesthetician, Alvina was great, listened to my daily routine (which is almost non-existing), evaluated my skin, and recommended me to add a deeper cleaning (peel, $35) since my skin needed extra help (I knew it did need some REAL help).
She explained everything she was doing during the facial. She told me that the nose strip isn't really the solution, and my skin really needed facials. She worked on my blackheads and was telling me how different it will look compared to the nose strip. She was excited to show me my skin, and I could not wait to see the result.
When I stood in front of a big mirror they have, my reaction was "WOW!!!" My nose was so clean, most of the black heads were gone, and yes, sooooo different from the nose strip! My skin looked clean, shiny (not greasy but had a lot of cream and lotion stuff on it), and really healthy.
She said "imagine If your skin can look this good after one facial, how much better it can look if you continue with your facial?" I hear you... I loved my facial and this will not be the end, it is just the beginning.
She recommend me three products, and asked me several times if I was comfortable with the price (yes they were pricey) of the products she was recommending. They were not cheap, by any means, but it is something that will last 6 months or so (as I was told), and therefore it is not something I need to buy so often. We only get one skin, so I said my skin is worth the price.
They have construction going on right next door, so the noise of construction was a bit distracting, and since the set up is king of open, separated only by curtains, I could hear other people talking too. But mostly it was relaxing and peaceful. When everything was quiet enough, I could here some background music. It was a fun experience, and my skin was happy!