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.

Guinot's Hydradermie Double Ionisation Treatment

Ginuot has launched its latest treatment – the Hydradermie Double Ionisation treatment earlier this month which is meant to be twice as effective as the normal ionisation treatment with both positive and negative ions penetrating into the skin (normal ionisation only have negative ions) and boast the following stats.

New electrode design treats 38% more surface area of the face at a time
52.3% increased in hydration afterwards with use of the hydrating gel serum.
88.9% reduction in sebum with the use of the purity gel serum
53.4% reduction in wrinkles in the use of the Age Loci gel serum

* serum used will be based on individual skin types

I tried to get the details of the sample size for the stats but was only told that they were derived from a survey on a large panel of women. Without exact numbers, I’m not sure whether that equates to hundred or thousands so I’ll allow you to make up your own mind on these telling figures.

If these are indeed a broad based results then they are very impressive so lets take a look at what the treatment is all about as explained to me by Guinot global Head trainer Sandrine Carliez.

• It starts off with application of double ionization serum gels onto the face with electrodes that produces both positive and negative ions to get twice the skin benefits. The serums are specially selected based on your skin conditions and the the double ionasation electrodes mean deeper and better penetration of the active ingredients into the skin to provide faster and better results.
• This is followed by an application of high frequency static electricity with a high oxygen content gel to delivery increase oxygen supplies to skin cells and improve circulation below the skin.
• You then get a nice 10minute massage using skin-specific serum to relax those facial muscles to melt away the tension and expression lines (momentarily).

The end result that you can immediately see is smooth features and radiant skin that will make you glow from within.

Sandrine tells me that this treatment have been patented by Guinot and is used in burn victims in France to help heal burn wounds and is suitable for all skin types, ages and gender.

I’m all intrigued and can’t wait for the day I try out this latest treatment myself.  Are you curious as well?

A 60 minute hydradermie double ionization treatment will set you back A$110 with the age logic serum treatment being A$150 .

Available now at Guinot salons and spas.