Book yourself a mini facial as a quick pick-me-up.
To cater to the time-strapped individual, more skincare labels and spas are now offering express facials that take 30 minutes or less. Their customers? Busy working adults and stay-at-home mothers who want fast treatments they can squeeze into their hectic schedules. Here are eight places you can go to for an express facial.
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What: Organic Peel, 20 minutes, $55. Customers get a skin analysis before their skin is cleansed and prepped with a pro-peel toner.
An organic peel is applied and removed with a toner. The treatment is finished off with serum, moisturiser and sunscreen.
Where: Kew Organics, #03-83 Clarke Quay Central, 6 Eu Tong Sen Street, tel: 6904-4161; open: 11pm to 9pm (Mondays to Fridays), noon to 8pm (Saturdays and Sundays), closed on public holidays
What: Classic Express Facial, 30 minutes, $58. This treatment includes exfoliation and a mask and is capped off with serum to moisturise the skin.
Where: Freia Aesthetics, #19-02 Wisma Atria Office Tower, 435 Orchard Road, tel: 6734-3219; open: 11am to 9pm (Mondays to Fridays), 10am to 7pm (Saturdays), closed on Sundays and public holidays
What: Facial In A Flash Treatment, 20 minutes, $45. A treatment using Skin Inc’s Optimizer Voyage Tri-Light, a handheld device that uses coloured light-emitting diode (LED) chromotherapy.
The label says this helps to lift and firm skin, among other benefits.
Where: Skin Inc Concept Store, #03-14 Scotts Square, 6 Scotts Road, tel: 6536-6789; open: 10am to 9.30pm daily
What: VPL Power Facial, 30 minutes, $192.60. Variable pulsed light (VPL) is used to treat sun-damaged, ageing, wrinkled and pigmented skin.
Where: Spa Esprit Paragon, #05-10 Paragon, 290 Orchard Orchard, tel: 6836-0500; open: 10am to 9pm daily, closed on selected eves of and public holidays
What: Cosmopolitan Pick Me Up Facial, 30 minutes, $80.25. A facial designed to rejuvenate the skin, provide hydration and stimulate cellular repair and collagen production.
Where: Porcelain, three outlets including one at 15 Cantonment Road, tel: 6227-9692; open: 11am to 10pm (Mondays to Fridays), 9.30am to 8pm (Saturdays), 9.30am to 7pm (Sundays)
What: Express Facial, 30 minutes, $188.32. Each session includes a consultation, cleansing, exfoliation, a personalised facial mask, a short facial massage and application of a booster serum.
Where: Damai Spa, Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road, tel: 6416-7156; open: 10am to 10pm daily
What: Express Facial, 30 minutes, $78. A treatment that involves exfoliation to get rid of dirt and bacteria to clean and brighten skin.
Where: Jet Concepts, three outlets including one at #03-05 Wheelock Place, 501 Orchard Road, tel: 6733-7055; open: 10.30am to 9pm daily.
What: Quick Fix Facial, 30 minutes, $85.60. Each facial includes a cleanse and massage or exfoliation.
Where: Adonis, seven outlets including one at #04-50/51 Nex shopping mall, 23 Serangoon Central, tel: 6634-2466, open: 11am to 9pm daily.
Text: Melissa Heng/Straits Times
A franchise of Kew Organics, Sugar K recently opened its doors in Cluny Court in May. The facial bar currently offers three signature treatments.
Besides their famed Sugar K Organic Express Peel, $65 per session, they’ve also got the Skin Gym Facial which helps to enhance skin firmness and stimulates blood circulation. The skin gym facial is $128 per session.
Where: #02-10, Cluny Court, 501 Bukit Timah Road
Text: Melissa Heng/Straits Times