Daily Record Article 28th November
Prepare your winter skin
Relax at top beauty salon with a deep-skin facial
If you are going to get a facial to help you prepare for the onset of winter, where better to go for your treatment than the reigning Scottish beauty salon of the year.
Jacquies in Dumfries took the prestigious title at the INAA Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards 2011.
This comfortable and relaxing space was the perfect place to escape for a day of pampering.
From the minute I walked in I was struck by the professionalism of the staff and that continued when I met therapist Diane McCracken for the Hydradermie facial.
This treatment from Paris beauty house Guinot uses electotherapy and is designed for deep skin cleansing.
Diane started by cleansing the skin with a rose extract product before applying an exfoliating cleanser containing fruit acids. Then it was on with a purifying serum gel before she got to work with the galvanic current.
There was tingling as she moved the wands over my face, but I liked the feeling that I was getting a deep clean.The less oily areas were also treated but they were given a moisturising serum gel first to try and re-balance my skin.
Next in the process was an oxygenating gel, followed by a massage cream, a rosemary and lavender mask and finally a moisturiser.
When she had finished, after more than an hour working on my face, Diane dimmed the lights, covered my eyes and left me to drift off.
She later ran through a simple skin care regime with me, demonstrating the products on the back of my hand.