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Once the skin is immaculately spotless, a facial steaming machine
is used. Hovering over the face, the hot vapour opens up the pores,
making it easy for the light extraction that follows after. The beautician
meticulously eradicates clogged pores, leaving the skin smooth and
cleansed. Surprisingly, the beautician asked if I would like my eyebrows
trimmed as well; the first I’ve experienced at a facial treatment.
Convinced of her skill and precision, I conceded and found myself
more than satisfied with the result.
SK-II
to the Rescue
The research of SK-II Pitera™ began back in 1970 with the quest to
find a new, natural ingredient that made skin more beautiful. The
search for the secret key to crystal clear skin began. But a chance
observation of the soft and youthful hands of sake brewers
inspired the research into the yeast fermentation process. From
there, a rigorous search of over 350 strains of yeast was conducted
before the researchers discovered the unique yeast strain from
which Pitera™ is naturally derived.
SK-II Pitera™ contains components of Natural Moisturising Factors
(NMF) that occur naturally in the skin. Pitera™ also has other ingredients
such as polysaccharides and proteins that improve the skin functions.
The combination of Pitera™’s delicate balance of vitamins, amino
acids, minerals and organic acids, and the Natural Moisturising Factors
it contains, gives it its unique ability to adapt to the skin, yielding
multiple skin benefits to bring skin back to harmony.
Instead of the standard analysis of skin type, the SK-II skin analysis
looks at the 5 dimensions of skin instead – texture refinement, firmness
power, wrinkle resilience, spot control and radiance enhancement.
Using the magic ring skin analyser (which honestly looks like an Iron
Man mask), a close up image of one side of the face is captured. The
machine then processes how bad your skin condition is according
to the 5 dimensions and reveals the percentage it falls in, which is
benchmarked against skin averages and skin scores of women of the
same age. This very savvy technology also tells you the exact areas
where you have dark spots, fine lines, roughness, sagginess and
Weekendin 94
Then came the best part of the treatment – a long relaxing facial, neck
and shoulder massage. The massage is done with added serums to
enhance results and so that the products will be absorbed into the
skin better. After what seemed like the most calming facial massage I
recall having, I roused invigorated.
dullness. Best of all, the magic ring determines the actual age of your
skin, which I’m embarrassed to say I did not fair very well in.
A simulation feature maps the skin’s appearance when skin issues are
improved or worsened. The feature allows customers to see how their
skin will look if it is not maintained and also the appearance of the
skin if it is treated well. It definitely serves as a motivation to use SK-II’s
products to treat the skin.
From the results, the beautician advises which facial treatment to
go for – brightening, ageing, hydration or the LXP Miracle which is
the most luxurious facial consisting of all the benefits above. For me,
the beautician recommended the SK-II Ageless Beauty Facial for 90
minutes, which brings back skin’s youthfulness by reversing all ten
signs of skin ageing. The Ageless Beauty line of products was use B