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Hey guys, it’s Mi-Anne and this is Beauty
with Mi.
Last month I got to see what it would be like to live like a celebrity for the day and I actually
went to Joanna Vargas’ spa in New York and tried her body peel.
While I was there I discovered that she has a new facial, called the Super Nova facial,
that she’s been giving to all the celebs this year.
Everyone from Betty Gilpin
to Greta Gerwig to Jake Gyllenhaal to Mandy Moore.
So I was like, “Can I please get the facial too?”
And I did!
I recorded the entire process because it was very, very cool.
Literally.
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I headed over to Joanna’s spa again.
It’s on Fifth Avenue in New York.
And I laid down in her super comfy bed.
Super Nova Facial,
let’s go!
So step one, I am going to do some exfoliation.
So she used a machine that has bit of a tube on the end that very gently exfoliates your
skin.
It uses suction to lift dead skin cells away while also penetrating the skin with a serum.
This is so much more gentle and instead of a dry exfoliation, this is really making the
skin hydrated from the start.
She did that all over my face,
and then she cleansed.
So she used her vitamin C cleanser to really get all the gunk out of my pores.
Then she removed it with a really relaxing hot towel before moving on to facial massage.
Face massage is something that’s very traditional.
Not only does it relax the client, it actually exfoliates further and it assists in lymphatic
drainage.
So after Joanna removed the oils from my face with a hot towel, she took out a dry sheet
mask, which she cut a little nose slit into,
put the sheet mask onto my face,
Bye!
and then she doused the dry sheet mask with a
mixture of medical grade collagen and peptides.
This is the type of collagen that’s used in hospitals in Europe because it’s so helpful
in stimulating collagen production in your own skin.
I go over the lips and everything because obviously you have fine lines there, around
the mouth.
The lips also get super dehydrated.
Same thing with the eye area.
So after laying down the first mask, she actually followed up with another mask.
I am going to cover your face with a bit of gauze.
This is a molding mask.
So this mask is gonna go on your face wet, and it’s gonna dry into sort of a rubbery
consistency.
The purpose of this layer is really to
make sure that the collagen mask underneath stays completely active the entire time it’s
on your skin.
This mask holds in hydration in the skin and pushes it back into the dermis.
So this is gonna stay on the face for about 20 minutes.
You can actually feel it.
It feels kind of like silly putty in a way.
Now we could bounce things off of your face.
*laughter*
Now we are going to take off
your mask and unveil your dewy, glowy skin.
Woo!
That was so cool.
It was really cooling.
Yeah.
It felt really good.
So after the collagen facial, Joanna moved on to a micro-current device, which she glided
all over my face, especially into the contours of my face.
And basically what micro-currents do is send micro-currents through your skin, causing your
muscles to kind of tighten and contract.
And the effect is supposed to firm up your face.
Have you ever had a client come in on the day of the event with a huge zit on their
forehead?
Yeah.
One Oscars I had that.
Really?
I basically put my exfoliating mask on the one break out at the beginning of the facial,
so I left it on there for over an hour.
It has clay in it so it sucked out some of the bacteria and toxins
and it flattened it enough so it could be covered.
Then was cryotherapy, which honestly was the part that I was most excited for.
People are always scared when they hear that I’m gonna do cryo on their face, but it
actually feels good, doesn’t it?
Yeah, it feels like an ice cube.
This machine is really cool because it’s pushing the cold deep into the dermis.
It increases your circulation, therefore it oxygenates the skin.
Does it work kinda similarly to cryotherapy where because it’s so cold, it’s forcing
a lot of blood to that area?
Absolutely.
Joanna made a really good point that when you use ice cubes on your face, it does cause
a lot of redness, and the cryotherapy device doesn’t at all.
So in terms of this facial which she developed for her clients to do the day of a really big event,
it’s perfect because there’s no down time.
You are glowing, girl.
I feel already less puffy.
So the final step of Joanna’s facial is the oxygen treatment.
It is a device that is 98% oxygen and she just kind of dusts it all over your face
and it’s supposed to really make your skin look super glowy.
So once the oxygen treatment was done, Joanna just put a bunch of skin care on my face.
And she started with her daily serum.
This is the ‘green juice for the skin’ serum.
Smells like a creamsicle.
This one is just my daily hydrating cream.
It is great to lock in all the moisture that we put into your skin.
Alright girl.
My skin feels so smooth!
You’re dewy and ready to face the world.
So all in all I really enjoyed the facial.
It made my skin feel super smooth.
I think that makeup actually did apply pretty nicely over it.
The facial itself cost just shy of $400.
I do think it’s a really amazing facial to get before an event.
So if you’re going for a wedding, or you have a really big party, obviously if you’re
a celebrity and you are going to walk the red carpet, it might be a good facial for
you.
Joanna has a ton of celebrity clients and I kinda feel like I kinda walked among them
today.
I hope you enjoyed seeing this facial.
Let me know in the comments
below if you would get it yourself.
I’m very curious.
And I’ll see you guys next week.
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