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Are salon facials worth the money?
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| No | 58% | 415 votes | Total: 710 votes | |
| Yes | 42% | 295 votes |
No
by D K Mitchell
Created on: January 11, 2009
Salons are a business. Businesses are out to get your money from you. They will tell you theirs is an essential product, that you need something extra, or need to come in weekly to fix some little problem.
They want your custom.
What they don't care about is the cost to you. They may provide a perfectly adequate treatment. Give facials that leave you feeling refreshed and rejuvenated and provide you with that bit of 'me time' so often needed in this fast paced world.
But ultimately your money is more important than you in the salon owners eyes.
Like the hair stylist they're are well versed in small talk, (perhaps there is a degree in it somewhere). But the small talk ends abruptly once your facial is over and its time to pay.
The strange thing about facial is that unlike having a hair cut where it can be difficult to cut your own, it is so easy to do your own facials!
On the market today you can find many facial treatments including steamers. Of course even the steamers are an extravagance as a bowl of boiling water and a towel does the very same job!
Many of the mask products used can in fact clog your pores rather than clean them. At home, using products easily found i your kitchen, you can produce the same results as a salon for just a few cents.
Back in the days before salons were even thought of ladies still took care of their skin. Lemon was used to soften and whiten. Salt cleans the pores, and oatmeal and sugar were used as exfoliates.
Pampering yourself at home without the burden of going out and the expense associated can be a wonderfully relaxing experience.
A hot bath with honey and milk added should be made ready. A jug of warm water with 3 tablespoons of honey mixed in should also be readied.
Take some lemon juice and sugar, using just enough juice to wet the sugar without dissolving. Take small amounts on your fingertips and rub in circular motions over your face staying clear of the eyes. It will sting the eyes but do no real damage.
Spend some time on the forehead area and the neck as well as the rest of the face.
First rinse using some from the jug of honey water. Leave a few minutes and rinse with clear water.
Use the remaining lemon and sugar as a hand treatment. Rubbing the mix vigoursly all over the back and front of the hands then rinse. Never will you have known your hands to be so soft!
Salt can be used instead of sugar but the smaller grains are not quite as effective.
Then climb into the milk and honey bath and treat your whole body to an experience of ancient luxury. Showering off the residual after a long soak is fine if you so desire but no really needed.
Pampering never needs to be expensive. Salon are no more than overpriced kitchens. This little luxury is so affordable anyone can do it! Enjoy.
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Yes
by Danelle Karth
Created on: April 08, 2008 Last Updated: December 21, 2009
When it comes to saving money, many of us have to. Most of us have more expenses then our budgets can handle. However, there are many advantages to getting a salon facial. It goes beyond the facial and into the other things offered when dealing with the salon.
Relaxation.
A facial, whether the sort you do at home or the sort that you get in the salon are relaxing. That is one of their many benefits. However, the one that is gotten at the salon is more relaxing then the one done at home. You don't have to do any prep work. There is no mixing up your own facial. There is no clean up either. You are simply going in to be pampered and treated well.
Professional Knowledge.
Most of us have something about our skin that we don't like. The advantage to a salon treatment is that there is professional knowledge that will go into your facial. Here they will choose the ingredients that are best for your skin type, concerns, and needs. This can make the world of difference. It can be the difference between continuing to struggle with those issues and moving on to freedom with beautiful, clear, and healthy skin.
Me Time.
Most of us have a lot of responsibilities at home. There are the kids, the spouse, the chores, work, and a million other worries that you often find yourself thinking about while trying to relax. Getting out of the house to do your relaxing can make the world of difference. You can let go ow your worries and the billion other things that you should be thinking about and instead focus, just for a brief time, on yourself. This can be a wonderful experience and can make the world a better place.
While expenses often mean that the trip to the salon is an expensive one and one that you can't do regularly, it really is worth it. Set aside some money for a wonderful salon facial, even if it is only every three or four months. This can be done for a great time of relaxing, gathering professional knowledge, revamping the skin, and taking care of yourself. In between these great experiences that are done as you can afford them, take the time to do at home facials which also have a number of benefits. So, the at home version isn't quite as good, the two of them together as money and even time allow can make for a happier, healthier, and more relaxed you.
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