What to Expect When Going For Your First Facial at a Salon or Spa

Getting a facial at a spa or salon can be quite a beneficial experience. First of all, it gets rid of minor skin problems for a while like acne and uneven skin tone. Secondly, the massage leaves the skin relaxed and glowing. There will be a bit of pain in between. The reason will be explained below.

The entire process of facial is lengthy. Depending on what the pack involves, the process may go for more than an hour. Because of this, it is best to eat a healthy amount of meal before going for it. Also a shower is a good idea.

Plenty of money or credit card must also be in the purse. In United States, there is no spa or salon that offers this beauty treatment for less than $15. In California, of course, the average price is $35.

But the salons and spa which are highly specialized and use only rare products can charge their customers as high as $150.They may also give the treatment only to those who take appointment in advance. Same can be expected from salons. So it is always best to call instead of straightly heading towards any of them.

A good thing you need to remember is that no two salons or spas will be alike. Different places have different routines. But in general, expect the following steps:

Cleansing of the skin: This is done to remove any dirt from the skin.

Trimming eyebrows: Take this as a bonus. This can allow you to get the perfect eyebrow arcs that you could not achieve at home by plucking.

Removing facial hair, blackheads and acne: The facial hair is removed through waxing. Meanwhile, the tools called blackhead and acne cleaners are used to remove the blackheads and pimples. These two steps by far are most painful.

Steaming: This is relaxing, but you might have to keep your eyes closed while you go through it. The step will unclog your pores.

Exfoliating: It will remove your uneven skin ton.

Applying mask: The ingredients in the mask will feed nutrition to your skin.

Massaging: This is going to relax your skin once more.

Cleansing once more: This is done to remove the mask and cream residues.

Moisturizing: This will leave your skin soft.

The result of this will be a couple of days’ smooth skin. However, you still need to be careful especially if you are going for the facial with acne in your skin. It is just that sometimes the acne cleaner leaves a hole in the skin. It happened to me two years ago. The lady who worked on me did her acne removing job in a hurry. She tried to actually pluck a huge pimple. Consequently, my left cheek ended up with not only severe pain, but also a small hole! It took several months before the scar actually disappeared.