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The answer to a groundbreaking glow or just another Hollywood rumour? Styler, Dinushka Gunasekara, tries the Fire & Ice facial, exclusively at The Skin Lab.
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esides playing with Transformers and thinking Jason Statham is pretty cool, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and I have another thing in common – we’ve both experienced the revolutionary rejuvenation of a Fire & Ice facial. While she swears by the treatment for a pre-red carpet glow up, I was preparing for a Tuesday evening spent watching The Nanny, and, let me tell you, this is how you want your skin to look for Netflix and chill. The Fire & Ice facial was created by pharmaceutical grade skincare brand, iS Clinical, to resurface your best skin, and is exclusively available in Brisbane at The Skin Lab. If the name is giving you PTSD over Game of Thrones, it’s for good reason – the 45-minute facial is truly magic! It combines two therapeutic masques with massaging techniques using cremes and serums that are exfoliating and highly active, yet has zero downtime and instantaneous results. I was welcomed to the suave space by Tahnee O’Neile who’s been loving the beauty biz since she started in 2003. The pamper began with an Observ 520 skin analysis, which proved 58
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beauty truly isn’t just skin deep. The state-ofthe-art tech presents your skin in six different observation modes: daylight, parallel polarised, cross polarised, true UV, simulated woods light, and complexion analysis. If you thought seeing your face in a candid shot was confronting, this is tenfold. I knew my face was oily but the Observ revealed I had the city of Venice hiding beneath my skin, with canals through my T-zone and pools in my cheeks. Tahnee held my hand through it all, and provided me with an in-depth skincare plan, so instead of wallowing in self-pity, I’m now on the attack. The blow was very quickly softened when I was led to the soothing treatment room, with soaring views of the city skyline. Robed up and kicking back, my road to bliss opened with a pressure point massage to escort any stress out the door. My face was cleansed with an iS Clinical cleanser, which is suitable for all skin types, and a steam towel compress warmed my skin up, beginning the ‘fire’ stage of the facial. Next, an eye enzyme masque was applied to turn my eye bags into Prada by rapidly soothing STYLEMAGAZINES.COM.AU
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