Have you had a facial lately?

 I certainly had not had one in YEARS until today!  I preach about wellness and taking care of yourself, and I have failed to live up to that standard.  Fortunately, with my new spa, I am able to indulge in taking care of myself the right way.  

I would like to introduce Connie, my aesthetician, not to be confused with Connie, my aesthetician.  No, that was not a typo.  I have two Connies at my new Spa at Willow Bend who are both aestheticians.  The original Connie has put together a lot of the services for the Spa and is also a laser technician who runs my laser center.  The Connie in question here is a new addition who has proven herself in more ways than just being a fantastic facialist.  She has proven herself to be a leader and a team player.  She will take out the trash, answer the phones, and offer creative solutions to make our spa even better.  She is truly what I like to call a hospitalitarian, i.e., someone dedicated to the utmost level of excellent service.  Your experience at the Spa will be exceptional because of her. Did I mention that she is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, and French?

 Okay, on with describing the facial without giving too much away from the experience…  She starts the facial therapy with this meditative aromatherapy and breathing exercise to guide you into a deep trance before she starts her therapy.  She opens her session with a 15-minute steam treatment to prepare my skin for intense therapy.  Cool eye and neck therapies are followed by what Connie describes as a “European method” facial that combines a certain pattern of hand motions that are truly an original experience and sequence of treatments.  At this point, I know she engaged in a series of incredibly luxurious feeling but equally therapeutic interventions (but don’t ask me to describe all of them because I dozed off a bit during my facial massage).  Under police lights, she studied my skin and worked assiduously to extract some blackheads from my nose, one of which was quite stubborn and finally relented.  She gave me a 10-minute calming mask (see photo) to help my eczema and problem skin areas while she gave me a massage using a specially formulated hand relief cream on my arms and hands (very nice!).  She then applied a barber-style warm towel wrap and thereafter administered a back massage with a warm towel.  I can’t recall all the details as I was on another planet for part of the experience.  Suffice it to say that it was excellent.  

Okay now, why get a facial and how often?  Obviously, the luxury and relaxation are incredible and reasons enough to have it done.  However, I looked at my skin afterward and saw how absolutely wonderful it looks.  Connie explained to me that a good facial regimen consists of a monthly intense facial with ongoing daily skin treatments at home.  The monthly facial will provide expert deep cleansing that if performed at home could actually hurt the skin.  Also, the facial will condition the skin for better results with the skin care therapies that one uses daily.  If you have spent good money with me, you really should consider incorporating an easy and fun monthly facial at our spa.  For more information, call 972-312-8189.

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