So, as my previous post stated, I was on my lovely little way to get a micro-dermabrasion and deep cleansing facial at a salon in Old Town Tustin.
I'm sure you are wondering how could a lowly girl claiming to be in a "personal recession" possibly afford a treatment like this???
The thing is, I can't afford services like these.
At least, not at their full price. I'm happy to say that I purchased this baby off of LivingSocial.com - an awesome website that offers local daily deals to purchase services at a minimum of 50-90% off the normal rates.
CAN I SAY HOW MUCH I LOVE WEBSITES LIKE THIS !?!?!
Anywho, I've heard some really great things about getting micro-dermabrasions done every 2 months or so (depending on what you are looking to achieve with your skin). And since I have combination skin (oily and dry skin), large pores and a few acne scars (because, yes!, I cannot just let a pimple take up valuable real estate on my face without taking some kind of action - so I pick and poke and whatever else I need to do in order to make it go away faster!!!), I decided that a micro-dermabrasion and deep cleansing facial is just what I need to try out and see if this is something that could help me with my daily facial woes...
Here is a picture of me right before I am about to head in to the salon...(I have makeup on but you can still see the oily-ness and redness).
So a little about the procedure... First, the esthetician washed my makeup off and then used this suctioning wand that basically felt like a cat licking you and trying to suck on your cheek simultaneously (it didn't hurt or traumatize me) and what I get the just of it to do is basically peel away dead layers of your skin to reveal fresh, smoother looking skin.
After, she did that, she put on some kind of facial salve to soothe my skin from irritation and then proceeded to start the facial.
If you've gotten a facial before then you know the deal-io, but since this was a deep cleansing facial, she used this blackhead extracting tool (didn't get a look at it since I had all this stuff on my face) to remove any of the obvious blackheads.
To my disappointment, she didn't spend too much time on this part. I think she only targeted the really obvious blackheads, but I feel like my whole face could've used a run down of this extraction tool.
In this case, you definitely get what you paid for... (sigh)
Anywho, all the other typical steps to a facial were done and I was left with a glowy, dewy freshly revitalized face.
The remainder of the day I let my face breathe by not putting any makeup on a.k.a. I went straight home and stayed in for the evening...
I also, forgot to take a pic of my face sans makeup so you can see my "after" face. Not that there would've been any noticeable difference in my face since we can't visibly see the layers of our skin.
It's been 3 days since I've had this done and to be quite honest, the only two things I noticed since Saturday morning was that one of my acne scars had slightly faded (yay!) but the skin on my nose was tremendously dry and peeling (boo!).
Other than those two items, I don't see much of any immediate benefit from this service, except to keep going on a bi-monthly basis, which - as mentioned above - I am in no state to maintain.
I think I'm just going to have to save up and invest in the Clarisonic system at Ulta... I've heard some good reviews on it and it'll be much cheaper than going to a salon (even if I can continue to find and purchase the deal I got).
Oh, yeah, here is my skin 3 days later... Again, I'm wearing makeup but I think you can still see my pores pretty good in this pic. Now, that's an attractive thing to point out, I know... (rolling my eyes)
I think I just secretly want you to see me, even in my non-inspiring oily work look! (wink wink)
Until next time...
Stay chic even if it's cheap!
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