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A week of travel, not enough water and way too much sugar has left my skin scalier than a lizard and more parched than the Sahara. That combined with a grey, sleep deprived week (I am going to do a post on insomnia soon) meant I was not feeling myself and was in need of some speedy TLC.
I had read about L’Atelier Aesthetics, a Harley Street located aesthetics clinic run by a husband and wife team, Dr Duncan Brennand and Emma Appleby. Offering a vast range of aesthetics treatments, I was most interested in the 30 minute facials. I much as I enjoy a longer treatment, if you're using great cosmeceutical products and have a talented practitioner you don’t need a long, drawn out protocol to see results.
The clinic is on the top floor of a beautiful Harley Street building and the decor is dreamy, all relaxing dark grey and minimal, clean white furniture - gorgeous.
The Protocol
After a discussion with Emma about my skin, lifestyle and concerns and a quick session on the VISIA machine (a depressing but fascinating snapshot of your skin, investigating texture, pores, bacteria, wrinkles and sun damage), we decided on the ‘A drop in the Ocean’ facial. This is a SkinCeuticals (one of my favourite cosmeceutical ranges) hydrating facial to strengthen the skin and plump out fine lines for a fresh radiant look. Just what i needed!
Emma tailors the facial to your skin, which for me meant adding in a thorough exfoliation with Zo Skin health Offects exfoliating polish. I’m a big fan of Obagi (man, oh man their peels!) but hadn’t tried this exfoliator. It felt so good, it’s a physical exfoliator, i.e a gritty texture rather than an acid based liquid exfoliator and it smells great.
The mask was also stand out in this facial, Emma used my perennial favourite SkinCeuticals Hydrating B5 Masque, an intensely hydrating gel masque to soothe, hydrate and moisturise. Post masque, Emma massaged in a few drops of the global sell out HA intensifier to add even more hydration (the best new product I've tried this year and sold out pretty much everywhere)
Me in B5 Masque heaven - looking serious! (and red of nose)
SkinCeuticals HA Intensifier - this stuff is the nuts, there's global shortage of it, am currently rationing myself to a drop a day....
As a treatment stage, Emma used a drop of Advanced Pigment Corrector to areas of melasma along with some Phloretin CF, an antioxidant that evens out skin tone, and a drop or two CE Ferulic, a vitamin C based antioxidant for environmental protection.
We finished up with a protective layer of Mineral Radiance UV Defense SPF50 and I was ready to face the world with smoother, more radiant skin than i had 45 minutes previously
Would I do it again?
100%. This a a speedy, results driven facial that is issue and skin health focused. Emma is a real skin expert and passionate about treatments, I loved talking to her and learnt lots from her. Two days later my skin texture is still refined and hydrated. It's a winner
The detail:
I had a ‘Drop in the ocean’ facial with the highly talented Emma at l’atelier Aesthetics at 60 Harley Street (the treatment rooms are gorgeous). The facial was £49 - fantastic value. They are also running a buy four facials get one free offer at the minute, count me in!