Destressing with a Biotherm Facial

As you may have read in my last post and my occasional tweets, I’m getting all worked up at work and am having a stressful time there. So when I do have any spare time in evenings or on weekends, I try my best to de-stress.

And let me tell you there is no better way than for a little massage and getting a pampering facial.

And I received one recently at Myer Melbourne city store!

Two Saturdays ago, I was treated to a relaxing facial at Biotherm. Before you start thinking that the facial occurs at the counters – they don’t.

There are actually spa rooms that provide privacy and serenity, away from the hustle and bustle of the busy store in the back area of the store.

Upon entering the spa room, I was instantly relaxed with beautiful mood lifting tunes, I was given time to change into a robe and wrapped myself in the spa towel before sleeping on the fluffly warm bed.

Some Biotherm products used on me

There, Peou, my amazing Biotherm facialist asked about my skin concerns whilst she proceeded to cleanse and remove dirt from my face and I told her pigmentation, fine lines and tiredness were my main current problems.

After that assessment, she applied a mask to my face, neck and décolletage and gave me the most amazing massage on my neck and upper shoulder whilst receiving a facial. I literally felt my knots being soothed away.

In fact, Peou was so good with her hands, she almost had me drifting into a blissful sleep.
She even applied a beautiful citrus body milk onto my arms and massaged it all in – heaven!

After what must be a good 45 minutes, I was all hydrated, smoothed and relaxed and Peou sent me off back into the hustle bustle with an application of toner to remove any mask residues and good slathering of the Biotherm skinergetic serum to help combat my fatigued skin and the White D-Tox Intense Brightening cream to help fight my pigmentations spots.

After all that pampering, I was so relaxed I could have tackled anything (or just head back to bed and sleep some more!).  Now, if only I can get pampering like that every week!

If the idea of a Biotherm Facial takes your fancy and you are in Melbourne then you are in luck as the wonderful Peou will be working more of her magic at the next facial event. Be sure to book an appt today!

The nitty gritty details are below:

Cost: $65.00 for 45 minutes of facial bliss, redeemable on any 3 Biotherm products purchased on the day
When: the next facial event in Myer Melboune starts on 4th April and will runs every 6-8 weeks in-store.

Other Myer stores are also running these facial events so if you are keen, be sure to give your local one a call to check the details.

This service was provided for consideration.

Guess Biotherm Austrailia's New Prices and Win

As you would have heard and read in my earlier post, Biotherm is amongst a leading group of beauty brands to lower their Australian retail prices on many of their top selling products.

Biotherm's timing couldn't be better as it coincides with the 10th year Biotherm has been in the Australian market. So to celebrate the occassion and thank the local market for their support, the good guys decided to run a competition on their facebook page and let you guess their new lower prices on various products for a chance to win a A$500 Myer gift voucher or 1 of 20 Biotherm moisturisers.

So what are you waiting for? Head over to Biotherm's Facebook page to like them and start guessing away before it ends on 29th May. 

Beauty Brands Lowering Prices

Lets face it, beauty is a luxury that not every body can afford. Sure there are budget brands and premium brands but often after paying off living expenses, not many of us have got much left over to indulge ourselves in beauty products on a regular basis as it isn't considered an essential item in most people lives.

Sure you won't die without it, but if skincare products helps to keep your skin looking youthful longer and makeup makes you feel prettier and more confident in life, then I say it is a pretty essential aid in your lives.

Many brands are recognising that consumers are hurt by increased costs of living and with most of the world still griped by the GFC and living on tight budgets, it was time to review the pricing policies. What gave this movement momentum is the growing price disparities in the local market vs international markets in a period of our appreciating currency exchange that makes online shopping more appealing.  The brands must have decided to take action to stem the loss of local sales and to re-align Australian prices with international markets.

It started earlier this year with Lancôme announcing permanent price reductions in prices for their popular skincare and beauty lines, like the Genifique serum (now A$115 for 30ml) and their Teint Idole Ultra Foundation (now A$68).

Then French skincare line Guinot reduced their prices across all product lines by up to 8.9%  (every bit counts as it's more money in our pocket).

Last week Biotherm have announced lower prices across all their product lines (some as much as 46%) and now US skincare brand Kiehls have joined the giving back bandwagon and have slashed prices of their products by as much as 40%.

As a beauty addict, this is welcoming news and it's great to see these top beauty brands respond to the demands of consumers for more parity in pricing policies. I hope to see more brands get on board this movement and I think we won't have to wait too long before being pleasantly surprised with more upcoming price reductions across more brands on all our favourite products.

Hopefully this will mean that more people can now afford to look and feel as good as they do inside.

What would you rush out to by next if it was reduced by 40%? - for me, it would be a Estee Lauder's Pure Lip colours as I'm currently obsessed with lipsticks. 

Biotherm Starter Kits

When it comes to beauty products, I love kits and palettes. They are more travel friendly so you can easily take them with you anywhere you go and are generally more value-for-money when compared to buying the products separately, giving you more bang for buck.

With that in mind, it's great to see that Biotherm has this year re-launched their ever popular starter kits for both women and men (see, no one misses out here). These contain deluxe sized items of their best selling skincare lines.

If you haven't tried Biotherm skincare before, now is a good time to pick up one of these kits and give them a try yourself or as a gift for that special someone.

So here's what on offer at your nearest Biotherm counters from now till 31st April 2011, whilst stocks last.

Women's Kits:
AQUASOURCE NORMAL SKIN STARTER KIT $39.00 - valued at $80

Contains

Biosource Dry Cleanser 50ml
Biosource Dry Lotion 125ml
Aquasource Dry Moisturiser 15ml

AQUASOURCE SKIN PERFECTION STARTER KIT A$39.00 -Valued at A$82

Contains
Biosource Cleanser 50mL
Biosource Toner 125mL
Aquasource Skin Perfection Moisturiser15ml

Men's Kits:
AQUAPOWER STARTER KIT A$29.00 - Valued at A$47

Contains
Aquapower Cleanser 40ml
Aquapower Toner 30ml
Aquapower Moisturiser 20ml

HIGH RECHARGE STARTER KIT A$29.00 - Valued at A$55

Contains
Cleansing Gel 40ml
High Recharge Toner 30ml
High Recharge Moisturiser 20ml

And lastly, for you Club Biotherm members out there (its free to join), you'll also receive a 50 Bio point voucher with your starter kit for use on your next multi-product Biotherm purchase. How good's that?