The Peter Pan Facial

The Peter Pan Facial.

Never Grow Up, well at least by a Perfectly Posh line where its motto is to “Stay forever young!”.  Of course, everyone would like to stay forever young, be like Peter Pan and never grow up.  Unfortunately, father time and mother nature act as parents reminding us children that eventually, we all have to grow up.

I gave myself a Perfectly Posh skincare treatment by the Never Grow Up line, intermixed with complimentary lines to the Never Grow Up theory.  I called it the Peter Pan Facial.

Bright Young Thang Face Wash by Perfectly Posh.

Beginning with the Bright Young Thang face wash, I performed a double cleanse.  The first cleanse was a good awakening to my senses with the spicy aroma of ginseng floating around the air.  The second cleanse awakened my skin with the energizing caffeine ingredient.  A nice clean scent, accompanied by an invigorating cleanse.  I was pleasantly surprised to notice that this cleanse was a combination of a milky cleanser and a foaming gel cleanser.  It was moisturizing on my skin and still offered the squeaky clean feel afterwards.  A little bit of this face wash goes a long ways so you get more usage per your dollar amount spent.

Bright Young Thang Face Wash by Perfectly Posh receives 5.0 Stars!

Pore Chores.

After the face wash comes the exfoliation and in this case, I used the Pore Chores as both the exfoliator and the face mask.  I chose to use this one product as a dynamic duo because it is time effective and has the capability to do both.  With the purifying clays, citrus ingredient from the Bergamot oil and lactic acid, this face mask, detoxified my skin and also helped to exfoliate the skin from the acids by eating away dead skin cells.

When I first put on the mask, I felt a warm tingling which is a common side effect from incorporating AHA’s (Alpha Hydroxy Acids) into a product.  After about 30 seconds the warm tingling subdued and I slowly started to feel the Kaolin and Illite clays take over by firming and tightening my skin.

Pore Chores Face Mask by Perfectly Posh.

As the face mask became more dry, my face became more tight and firm.  I rubbed my fingers over the face mask and it was like a dry layer of second skin, not one part of the mask transferred onto my finger.  After only about 7 minutes, the mask was completely dry and I took it off with a warm wet towel.  My skin had a radiant, even tone look.  The look I would expect to have after an exfoliation.

I would recommend using this face mask no more than 2x per week because of how active the ingredients are, it could possibly cause the skin to become irritated.  As with any clay mask, make sure to keep the lid sealed tight in between uses so the air won’t harden the clay.

Pore Chores Face Mask by Perfectly Posh receives 5.0 Stars!

Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Serum.

Next step for the Peter Pan Facial was the application of the Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Serum.  I was not fond of the scent as I was applying the serum to my skin.  It is strong in lavender which over the past 20 years of using it on different skin types has become one of my least favorite scents.  Although I am not a big fan of the scent of lavender, I am a big fan of its benefits for the skin.  Bypassing the scent, I liked the fluidity of application, it applied quick and fast onto my skin.  However, once when it dried on my skin, it created a tacky texture and felt like it was just resting on my skin, sticky like how soda pop feels when it has touched the skin.  It did create radiance on my skin which I liked but I would consider this a gel than more of a serum.

 

Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Serum by Perfectly Posh receives 2.0 Stars.

Dawn On Me Daytime Facial Oil.

Following the serum, I then applied the Dawn On Me Daytime Facial Oil.  Facial oils are one of my favorite products.  Not too many companies add face oils into their product lines and I respect the ones that do.  I use a face oil on my skin everyday.  Being that I live in the desert and the air is very dry, the face oils add the moisture that I need to my skin.  I was really excited for this step in my facial.  I fell in love with the scent right away when I started to apply it on my skin.  The Citrus scent of lime is soft, not overbearing, as well as the ginger.

This facial oil has an accumulation of 15 oils.  That is very impressive and very hard to do when formulating a face oil.  The color of the face oil is almost transparent as if it were just one single oil.  It is a very light-weight oil that does not go on heavy or thick and this is where I want the face oil to shine, as in rise high in the stars and it does not.  Similar to the serum, it just rests on the skin.  I didn’t feel it penetrating the skin that I would like a face oil to do.  It creates the added shine that an oil naturally does but it didn’t create the ultra-moisturizing nourishment to the skin that an oil should do.  With all the wonderful anti-aging oils within the formulation of the product, I would’ve liked to have less of a slick application on my skin and more suppleness for my skin.

Dawn On Me Daytime Facial Oil by Perfectly Posh receives 2.0 Stars.

Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Face Creme.

The last step to this Peter Pan Facial was the Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Face Crème.  I liked the scent of this face cream, it brought me back to my childhood days when my grandmother would allow me to have a piece of her black licorice.  It is blended perfectly with citrus, floral and wood scents.  Coconut fruit juice takes place of the water and the rich moisture of shea butter are ideal for hydrating and moisturizing the skin.  It is a thin cream with a powerful punch because it delivers a knockout performance on the skin, not too heavy and not thin.  My skin didn’t have any extra residue on the skin which comes with a lot of ultra-moisturizing skin care creams.  The only reason I cannot give this great product 5 stars is because it does not come with a reusable applicator to retrieve the product out of its container.

Never Grow Up Anti-Aging Face Cream by Perfectly Posh receives 4.0 Stars.

Perfectly Posh is a fun skin care line.  I always enjoy reading the names for each product.  Very creative and a good play on words and a good play on sayings, phrases, and mottos.  It makes me feel like I’m reliving certain eras and trends.  When I read, Never Grow Up, I automatically knew that these products were going to be anti-aging products without even reading the ingredients list and that is what I love about Perfectly Posh, the names playfully speak for themselves.  This Peter Pan Facial was fun because it made me feel like I did never want to grow up and just “stay forever young!”.

 

 

Say Goodbye to Steam

vapor_facialThe other day I gave a HydraFacial MD to a woman in her mid-thirties.  This is one of the top facials on the market using the infusion of water and rich ingredients to penetrate the skin while simultaneously incorporating a suction on the skin with different exfoliating tools.  It is one of my favorite facials to give because the skin looks refreshed, glowing and vibrant.

After I finished the HydraFacial MD on my client, I asked her if she had any questions for me.  She looked a little confused and said, “This is the first facial I have ever had that never used steam”.  I smiled with the left side of my cheek, raising the corner of my lips, mouth closed, then replied, “That is the new way of performing facials.  The ingredients are more active than products that we used to use for facials back in the day.  The new skincare companies are training us to not use steam because steaming the face lengthens the muscle fiber and we want to keep the muscles in the face tighter.”

Still with a quizzical look on her face, “But I thought steaming was used to help soften the pores and open them so you can clean them”.

I could tell she wanted more understanding of why I didn’t use steam so I tried to answer her in a way that would put her confusion at ease.  “Yes, you are absolutely right, steam does help to soften and open the pores and does create an easier way to extract blackheads.  There are products that we can use now that are just as effective as softening the skin, prepping it for extractions, that can take place of steaming the skin.  With the active ingredients we use in a lot of our facials, using the steam would be a contraindication to the treatment.”

A saddened look appeared across her face as she now understood why steam couldn’t be used.  She closed her eyes for a brief moment as to take in what I just told her and reopened them with an accepted head nod.

I smiled at her and looked at her beautiful, glowing skin and said, “Long gone are the days of the “fluff and buff” facial but if you ever want to experience the traditional European Facial, every Aesthetician can give one without using too active of ingredients.  I like feeling the steam on my skin too.”

As a licensed Aesthetician, the first time I was trained to do a facial without steam was like making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich without the jelly.  It didn’t feel like the real thing.  I felt like I was taking away the best part of the treatment that made people feel good.  Then after working more and more with the new products that don’t require steam, I realized that the steam, just like jelly, can be replaced with something just as good or even better.

Steaming the face is very relaxing but now longer massages can be performed during the facial, other tools can be incorporated that will make the skin have faster results.  Instead of receiving lots of facials to achieve a desired result, now only a few amount of facials are needed.  Even though the skincare industry is slowly saying goodbye to steam and weening it out of facials, it is saying hello to result-driven skincare needs.

The Facial Advancement is an article that will tell more about the advancements of facials and how they are changing in the skincare industry.