HEALTH | BEAUTY
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e’ve updated your gear, sent you on a comprehensive culinary quest and filled up your date-night (or Spring fling) calendar. Now, it’s time to detox, starting with your skin.
As a So Cal gal or guy, your dermis requires additional nourishment due to our year-round, wonderfully sunny days. But, it’s this exposure that can make the skin thirsty (and prematurely wrinkly!). So, rather than take drastic treatment measures or spend $200 for an hour-long facial at a spa, now, there is a fast, cost-effective way to maintain the beauty of our sun-quenched skin. It’s seriously as easy and as cheap (but way more fun) as getting your nails done, girls! The answer to our prayers is Newport Beach’s newest bar-style treatment service for your face—Facialworks. Facialworks is an oxygen facial bar focused on administering affordable (only $35 per service!), time-efficient skin treatments in a stylish, communal setting. One trip to this trendy facial bar, and you’ll become a member like I did. Take your seat with some champs or tea, lie back and let the skin spoiling begin. Facialworks’ “skinSTYLISTS” massage beauty magic into your face, applying customized creams and masks, suitable for your individual skin, followed by their signature oxygen infusion, which completely eradicated the puffiness under my eyes and the breakout on my chin. Seriously, how can you deny your skin this kind of pampering when Facialworks makes it so easy? And, since this is Orange County’s first facial bar, you’ll want to book your appointment now, because you know everyone will want to get in on this. Here’s a little bit about the Facialworks founder: Meghan Ellis is the Founder and skincare guru at Orange County’s premier facial bar, Facialworks. In 2007, Meghan headed to Los Angeles to follow her passion for esthetics and worked for Plastic Surgeons and Medical Spas while pursuing her Esthetician license. She started a skin care blog in 2009, writing about skin care, the medical spa industry and plastic surgery. Then, her love for skin care brought her to Newport Beach, where she opened her skin care studio in 2011, Skintologist. In November 2013, Meghan and her partner Jason opened Facialworks, bringing affordable oxygen facials and skin care to the every day consumer.
Why Do People Love Facialworks? • Facialworks offers oxygen facials for the affordable price of $35. • TV’s with your favorite movies, upbeat music and bar setting mean you don’t get a treatment...you have an experience. • Friendly, knowledgeable staff of skinSTYLISTS. • Full line of skincare and makeup products available. Addition of seasonal products means there is always something new to try. • 6-chair bar is perfect for a girls’ trip or mother/ daughter facial day. • Walk-ins are also welcome.
Q&A with
Founder Meghan Ellis
Q: What is Facialworks and how is it different? Meghan Ellis: Facialworks is a first-of-its-kind oxygen facial bar. Facialworks treatments take place at our facial bar. One of our licensed skinSTYLISTS will seat you in a reclining chair and perform a relaxing oxygen facial while you sip champagne, catch a flick or chat with your friends.
Meghan Ellis & Jason Gilboa FOUNDERS Facialworks 1727 Westcliff Dr. Newport Beach, CA 92660 949.877.1911 | www.thefacialworks.com
Facialworks Service Menu Oxygen Facial, $35 Customize your facial or let your skinSTYLIST decide. Cleanse, Exfoliate, Masque, Oxygen infusion, Hydrate & Finishing touches The Works, $50 Includes everything above, plus a Glo Minerals foundation and powder application. A Little Extra… Double O2 (additional oxygen infusion), $10 Double Masque (anti-aging + hydration), $10 Packages 3 oxygen facials, $100 6 oxygen facials, $195 Memberships 2 per month + 10 percent off product, $65/month 4 per month + 10 percent off product, $125/month
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Q: What inspired you to create this concept? ME: I previously opened a skincare studio called Skintologist that offered longer, more costly skincare treatments in a medical office setting. I found that many of my clients didn’t have the time or money to regularly do something for their skin. I wanted to find a way to bring down both the cost and time of treatments. I also realized the traditional skincare experience needed an update. The bar concept was perfect, because it facilitates quicker, more affordable treatments while adding a modern twist to the day spa experience. Q: Why oxygen facials? ME: Facialworks was designed to service people who have busy lives (as most of us do). Many of the treatment methods out there are painful and result in downtime while the skin heals. Facialworks needed a treatment that would deliver real results without the pain and downtime of, for example, microdermabrasion. Oxygen facials have been popular treatments for years now. They are known for having little-to-no downtime, being painless and leaving clients with hydrated, glowing skin. Q: What is your skincare background? ME: Before founding Skintologist and now Facialworks, I worked for plastic surgeons in Los Angeles and med-spas in Orange County. That really taught me to approach facials and skincare from a clinical perspective. I don’t believe in using products or treatments that aren’t backed by proven science. I’ve also formulated my own skincare products including Yogi Wipe™, a post-workout facial wipe, and the Facialworks line we use in our treatments.