EXFOLIATING
If you aren't doing it - get on board because it's EVERYTHING!
Before I started working at The Facial Place, my skin care routine consisted of washing my face with a soap or something fancy I found on sale in the drug store. If I felt dry I grabbed Nivea and greased up my face. I'd pop my own pimples and black heads and my skin always looked tired but I thought that was normal because I was 43 years old.
Once I began working around all the amazing services and products, I of course had to try everything in order to better explain to people what we are doing here. It wasn't until I had my first actual facial with microdermabrasion, that I saw a massive difference in my skin. I started using chemical free skin care and created a specialized routine for my skin that involved weekly at home exfoliation.
Exfoliation has changed my skin forever! What I never knew was that proper exfoliation removes a barrier of dead skin that has been clogging my pores. Soap residue, oils, and environmental toxins were making my skin look dull and old. The "moisturizer" I would apply didn't stand a chance of penetrating the wall of dead cells and oil so I was essentially wasting my time and money.
Mechanical Exfoliation - Microdermabrasion
Ask around, if you know someone who has had a Microdermabrasion Facial and they will tell you - it's LIFE! Using a diamond tip wand, the aesthetician guides it along your face exfoliating off the top most layer of dead skin cells and then vacuuming them off your face. This is great for pigmentation, uneven dull skin and reducing fine lines and wrinkles.
This procedure leaves your skin feeling smooth and ready to receive all the glorious serums and moisturizers applied during the facial.
Watch our video below, Elyse from our Whitby location gets a Microdermabrasion Facial which will leave you feeling mezmorized.
Products:
Here is a list of the best exfoliating products you can take home and apply weekly.
1. Stone Crop Oxygenating Fizzofoliant
Stone Crop well know for its repair qualities and it's great for all skin types. Brightening stone crop and nutrient-rich microgreens with rice flour and adzuki powder. Light fizzing action invigorates for a youthful glow!
2. Strawberry Dermafoliant
An organic gritty exfoliant that can be mixed in with your daily cleaners. The sweet smell of strawberries and rhubarb. Designed to activate when combined with water, oil absorbing rice powder along with lactic and salicylic acids remove dead skin cells and soften skin while tightening pores.
3. Monoi Anti Aging Cleanser
A daily cleanser, Monoi is anti-aging with a bit of grit if you love to "feel" your cleanser. Gentle fruit AHA, botanical enzymes and finely ground olive seeds dramatically refine the skin's texture and help accelerate the growth of newer, younger skin cells.
4. Mangosteen Pore Refining Cleanser
A daily cleanser that exfoliates with no gritty feeling. Pore-minimizing lactic acid and antioxidant rich mangosteen lathers up to unveil an ultra-clean complexion with over-stripping. Suitable for daily use with all types including sensitive skin.
5. Miracle 10:
Enzyme - if you are looking for a gritty scrub with massive anti-aging properties you MUST try this. Twice a week.
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for a complete list of products we carry at The Facial Place.
Facials:
Arctic Berry Salicylic Facial:
This result orientated Anti-Ageing Facial targets uneven pigment and fine lines to revel a new level of luminosity to your skin. Multi-Acid 20% Peel combined with a botanical peptide infusion will leave your skin with an instantly younger looking appearance, alsosuitable for sensitive skin types.
surface. This antioxidant-rich, super facial will even out your skin tone, minimize pores and will reveal a smooth, glowing complexion!
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