Aveda facials

Last week I went for a facial at the Aveda Institute, that someone gave me as a gift. I've never had a facial before, but it was a great experience. Here's what I expected. Basically, I'm sitting in a chair and somebody puts a mud-like substance on my face and it sits there for about 10 minutes till they walk me over to a sink and I wash it off. Now this wouldn't be bad, but it was what I was expecting... Nope, that's not at all what this was like.

First, they take me to this room and tell me to undress from the waist up and they give me a towel to cover myself with. In the meantime, my girl left the room. She came back and soaked my feet before the facial. Then she used an exfoliating cream on them. It was nice. So I crawl on to the bed/table and lay down. She covers me up and tells me that during the facial, I'll be getting a foot and leg massage as well as a neck and shoulder massage. Aaaaahhhh, perfect. She shined a light on my face to study it, found all my pimples and blackheads as well as explored my skin type. (According to her, my skin elasticity is great and my texture is amazing.) So from that she chose the clay mask. Somewhere in here, she did some manual extractions, which means she squeezed my pimples. :) She applied the clay mask, then put something that blew hot steam on my face so it would sort of dry. In the meantime, I got my foot and leg massage. The only problem was she tickled my feet! I still managed to relax though. After she wiped that one off, she put another mask on, some rejuvinating thing, I don't remember exactly. That's when I got my neck and shoulder massage. It wasn't anything great, since I like my massages hard, but it still felt nice. After the actual facial, she used a tinted moisturizer for my face and used a lightly colored lip balm to brighten my face.

Overall, I loved the facial. It was so relaxing to have someone do that stuff for you and take care of your beauty for you. I would totally do it again and would recommend it for anyone who wants to pamper themselves a bit. My face didn't feel too much different, since my skin is pretty smooth to begin with, but I was really relaxed afterwards. I was glad I didn't have to go to work afterwards. :)

P.S. You know who you are, but thanks for the gift!