I know theres a few girls who were interested in getting facials and a few were looking for locations in manhattan...Well yesterday i went to Kimara Ahnert salon, and had a facial done with this lady named Lidia since she came very highly recommended and is said to be great with problematic skin. First ill say the place is so nice, its all antique french furniture and downstairs is the make up studio which actually specializes in wedding make up.
Anyways on the 2nd floor they do all the facials and body wraps and whatever.
First she waxed my eyebrows, then after she put the steam on or a few minutes...then she took out the needle to get rid of all my whiteheads and pimples although at this point didnt have alot but i have so many little white heads underneath my skin and its so annoying, ive had the needle thing done before and yeah its not pleasant lol, she also took out every blackhead on my nose, which the nose is the most painful. After that she used this thing called high frequency, which is this long tube attached to a machine at the end its a round ball with electric currents going through it and they rub this all over your face but you dont feel anything. Then she put a mask on my face and left it on for 10 mins, she washed it off and put this serum on my face followed by some type of cream that i left on and she said not to wash off that night.
Here are a couple things she told me about breakouts and bad skin...first she said by my cheeks i had the most whiteheads and she said this is due alot to talking on the phone...she said theres all this bacteria on the phone and we sit there with it on our face...also she asked me if i drink soda, coffee, eat pizza, chocolate and things like that. She really knows alot and you can tell shes not just someone who puts a mask on to make you pretty when you walk out but really gets to the root of the problem...she also said she wont massage my face right now bc i still have some pimples on my face and if you massage it then you stimulate something in your face(forgot the name, some medical term) and it can cause a break out. Also here is something for smokers, or those with dull skin. She said that when you smoke or your skin is dull, your pores are all closed up and we'll use products on our face to help but it wont do a great job bc only about 20% of the product is effective, you need to have your pores open and oxygenated or something like that lol.
She also gave me 5 products...2 things i use everyday, i put a serum on in the morning and put it on while i have damp skin so it gets into the skin better...then this cream that looks like a concealer so this morning i used that as make up which is great and of course oil free...I also have a camphor mask which ill use once a week, then a glycolic cream also once a week and a benzoyl face cleansesr every other day...She told me to come in every 4 weeks, and also she'll see how my skin is next time and maybe she'll do a peel.
Honestly you already see such a difference, i didnt realize at first how dull my skin got, now it looks so smooth, fresh and just overall better, even FH said last night wow your skin looks so much better.
Sorry i made this long lol. The place is located on madison avenue between 83rd and 84th street. Ill post the site, some of the facials are a little more than some places, if you scroll down there are some for less.
http://www.kimara.com/ NY MAG article
