Face First

Nestled next to Country Road at Albany’s Westfield Mall, is the Dermalogica Flagship store, which also has treatment rooms offering divine facials.

Try the Dermalogica Skin Treatment, a 60-minute pampering session that is customized to your skin’s needs but basically involves double cleansing, exfoliation, extractions or high frequency modalities, replenishing masque, toner and skin protection.

This treatment is a combination of light-as-feather-massaging hands and clever machinery – there’s a steamer to open pores and an electro magnetic pulse to help the masque penetrate deeply.

It feels good but does it do the trick?

It does, my skin felt hydrated and those pesky fine (dehydrated) lines disappeared. But how does it feel to leave a salon in the middle of a mall with a naked face? Fortunately they apply their tinted moisturizer after so you’re not so bare faced, after all.

The facial is $120 for an hour, for more information check out their website.

Tamsin xo