https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:34:50 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-324060 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:27:08 +0000 Kim 324060@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I had my one and only spa facial about 10 years ago, and it was such a painful experience I decided right then and there to not bother again. Maybe I'm missing something. </p> <p>She gave me an eyebrow wax, which was a "fun" start, then quickly and thoroughly (and painfully) removed blackheads. Then she gave me a salt body scrub, with only a plastic sheet,and sent me naked to the shower to rinse off. The only thing she didn't do was slap my *ss on the way to the shower! LOL She was a buresque Slavic lady and didn't seem to understand gentleness or modesty...(She was part of a Home Spa Party that my sister had come to her house for a spa day.) </p> <p>In the next room my friend got blankets and warm oil, and a backrub....Argh!! </p> <p>Needless to say we had quite a few laughs over that, since half of our group got my lady and when they'd come out of the room wide-eyed we'd laugh knowingly and then commiserate... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323967 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:52:35 +0000 Becky 323967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sounds wonderful! I'm really going to have to do some research and see if that service is even available anywhere near me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323964 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:46:15 +0000 Heather 323964@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great info, Kari!</p> <p>I love a facial AND a pedicure. I will take both of those treatments over a full body massage any day!</p> <p>I'm soooo happy you are posting again! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323951 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:03:07 +0000 Janet 323951@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I haven't had one in about three years, and my skin seems very cranky right now. Thanks for the reminder! I think I'll treat myself to a facial next week. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323936 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:42:19 +0000 HeleenH 323936@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't it lovely? I am going about every 6 weeks, when my milia are all gone (I can see the progress) I want to go a bit less often as it eats quite a bit out of my budget </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323913 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:19:10 +0000 lyn* 323913@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thank you for the detailed review/explaination of the facial/. I have never gone for one, but my old roomie used to go once a month - she totally swore by them! I remember when she got back she would always glow; man, I need some glow! Or sleep! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323861 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:43:28 +0000 Lisa 323861@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am hooked on facials. I go every 2 or 3 months, and it really helps my skin. The next day or two, it's red and pimples come to surface I didn't even know I had, but after that, my skin looks pretty good. I think they help a lot. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323856 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:39:29 +0000 taylor 323856@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>How fabulous!! My daughter is an esthetician and also teaches estheticians so she is forever trying to get me in:)</p> <p>Everyone should do this at least once...they will be forever hooked:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/first-facial-ever#post-323828 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:19:50 +0000 Kari 323828@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I was thinking of Angie this afternoon as I embarked on the first facial of my life. (I tried it partly because Angie has mentioned previously that she swears by them, and partly because I got a Groupon recently for a nearby salon.)</p> <p>It was a great experience - incredibly relaxing, pain-free, and my skin is just glowing. We did some treatments with essential oils and a liquid &amp; steam exfoliator, followed by an extremely gentle manual extraction process on my blocked pores, a short treatment around my eye area to minimize puffiness, and a brief massage of my neck and shoulder area where I get very tender and sore after work. Stress-free and relaxing.<br /> I also learned a few things from the aesthetician who worked with me: apparently I may be over-drying my skin and exfoliating a bit too roughly, causing some minimal broken capillaries, and at this time of year I need to really moisturize a bit more. She gave me some more effective suggestions to treat my problem areas (large pores that are prone to getting blocked or breakouts.) I came home with a couple new products to try out: an herbal clay mask and botanical exfoliant, both by Aveda.</p> <p>Depending on how my skin reacts in the next month or so, I'm pretty sure I will return for another facial, probably before summer. I just wanted to mention my very positive experience in case any of you have contemplated getting a facial &amp; haven't done so. (For all I know, I'm probably the only one left on the forum who has never tried a facial before.) If any of you in the Seattle area would like a recommendation for the place I went to, feel free to shoot me a private message.</p> <p>This was much better than my first and only pedicure a few years back. (I learned the hard way that my feet are way too ticklish and sensitive to go through that process ever again!) </p>