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Consider me a convert.
Frankly, I wasn’t sure if I believed in them to begin with – you’re telling me someone’s going to knead my face like a piece of dough, rub a few creams in, and I’ll walk out with a brand new complexion?
I had the pleasure of getting my first ever facial with Clare O’Hanlon, who is the director of Boost Beauty. CIBTEC & CIDESCO Beauty therapist, and aside from training therapists and working wonders on clients, she’s also brought some exciting foreign skin care into the country.
Clare tells me that Koreans are years ahead of us when it comes to skincare, and I’m reminded of the girls I’ve seen on TikTok with gorgeous ‘glass’ like skin, citing Korean products and methods. Since it was my first facial , Clare recommended a treatment that she felt was really going to wow me – as long as I was willing to get on board with some unusual sensations!
A combination of colloidal gold, active fibroblasts and spicules from sponges in the sea work to counteract glycation and regenerate when pressed into your skin.
It’s a really bizarre sensation; like lots of teeny tiny needles prickling all over your skin. It doesn’t hurt, it just feels sort of like static all over your face, and oddly enough I quite liked it, because I could tell that something was happening! As we went through the ten steps of the facial , my skin went from warm to cold, and the sensation strengthened.
Clare had taken ‘before’ pictures, and I was beginning to wonder what my ‘after’ would look like. Clare explained that the Princess Shine Facial works by polishing skin, smoothing wrinkles, rejuvenating your face and treating acne and congested skin. I mean, look at these photographs. I felt like I’d been punked.
Who’s skin is that? Of course, it only took one look in a mirror for me to become a total and utter believer. I happily ate my words – facials work! A close inspection of my face showed firm, glowy, and totally clear skin – there’s that glass complexion I’d heard about.
It took 24 hours for the prickling sensation to abate, though it lessened over the day. The next morning my face really did look brand new, and I set to work with some new Storyderm products I’d snapped up; their Clinic A cleanser, Pure Origin Cell Ampuole serum, and BB Ecocell tinted balm. I’m sorry I didn’t have faith in you, facials – consider me a brand new believer.