Let's get one thing straight - I'm not really a facial kind of girl.
But when a friend tipped me off to what she swore was the best face fix on the planet, I had to investigate.
And that's how I found myself wearing heated plastic mittens with my face mummified in clay, and actually wearing cucumber slices on my eyes, basically steaming like asparagus on East 52nd Street at the Mario Badescu Salon.
I'd heard the name before, but only sparingly. You can get their products only in higher-end stores and their Midtown East location is the only place in the world where you can get their facial.
But they seem to be largely ignored by magazines, and now that I've been there myself, I'm pretty sure it has a lot to do with their lab-like packaging (doesn't exactly read well next to La Prairie and Dior.)
The experience: Totally clinical, which actually makes you feel less guilty about someone fawning over your face for an hour asking you questions like, "And how often do you scrub?" with the same severity of an oncologist. After your "procedure," you even go to another little room where you sit across the table and are given the run down on your skin's health, what you need to do to change it, and the products that will help you do so - a lot like a post-check-up consultation. The girls even wear all white.
The result? My face looks rather dewy today, and it actually feels clean, which I didn't even know was possible.
And I have to say, getting what is basically a massage for your face? Amazing.
posted by ashleydc
Mar 06, 2008 1:40PM
I use their facial products and they have made a world of difference in my skin. The drying lotion is the best for zapping zits fast. And for a boutique skincare line, it's very well priced.