Beauty Talk – Hadara Derma-calm Facial

My skin has always been very thin and sensitive I’m always very skeptical about going for facials because I’ve had an outbreak of hives once after extraction was done. My entire face was swollen, red and it was itching so bad I will never forget that unpleasant experience. Since then, the thought of going for facial still scares me sometimes.

After having used Dermagold during our Seoul trip last year, I decided to go ahead and give the Derma-calm Facial a shot after consulting the doctor (and co-owner of Dermagold) and it was to be customized according to the needs and condition of my current skin. Besides, all products that are used during the facial are Dermagold skincare, which immediately puts my mind at ease.

The Hadara Experience


We were greeted with an uplifting Hadara signature scent upon entering the boutique. It is a blend of organic aromatic oils especially concocted for Hadara in collaboration with a clinical herbalist. This signature scent never fails to soothe my senses and brings my mind to a complete relaxation mode, ready for a good ‘sleep’! :P

The therapist then ushered me into one of the rooms to get ready for my facial.

Hadara Derma-calm Facial (60min)

This facial is calming and soothing, specially designed for sensitive skin like mine. It was sooo good I fell deep asleep, undisturbed almost throughout.

1. Skin is first cleansed, followed by a award-winning scrub (Harpers Bazaar most gentle scrub award 2014).

2. Very simple extraction was arranged for me with minimal pain I could almost sleep through.

3. My skin was then soothed with a cold hammer therapy and recovery gel to restore and calm down the sensitive areas right after the extraction. This was my second favourite part!

4. After the cold hammer therapy, this is my favourite part of the facial (actually maybe I have another favourite part at the last part of the facial too!)! The therapist used an air-spray called Cleopine Air-spray. The Cleopine ampoules and air spray are invented by a Korean doctor. It is manufactured using a patented technology and it is FDA approved as a food substance. (it can be sprayed safely into the mouth too!)

Cleopine ampoule are especially suitable for sensitive skin and is penetrated into the skin using a special nano-technology air spray.

What is Cleopine made of?
- fermented peptides from mushrooms grown in korea 

- nutrient extracts from pine trees in Korea 

- high quality mineral salt 


Benefits of Cleopine: 
- whitening 

- anti-aging 

- anti-wrinkle 

- moisturising 

- improved skin tone 


Hadara Sparkling Eye Therapy (30min) 


The next part of the facial is the Eye Therapy and is especially suitable for people like me with tired eyes or people who uses the mobile phone and laptops for long hours.

Benefits:
- Stimulates blood flow to the skin, muscles and capillaries in the areas around the eyes, helping to drain excess fluids, reduce sagging areas, tone the muscles and nourish new cell growth. De-stressing the muscles that cause crow’s feet. 

- Activates the pressure points around the eye sockets to help release tension in the visual system and increase the flow of life energy to the eyes. 

- Enhances penetration of products into the skin for maximal effectiveness 


The last part of the facial includes a mask and super-good massage!

I really like the fact that my therapist did not leave me alone at all times. I hate it when I go for facials and have to wait alone helplessly (especially after the machines used had stopped beeping). Over at Hadara, my therapist made sure I was not left alone for more than 2-3 mins. I was attended to all the time, and the session ended right on time (very important for me as I always have pt sessions planned before and after), I cannot afford to let the session overrun without me pre-empting my clients. So thumbs up! :D

The final clean and fresh look of my skin (minus the slight redness due to sensitive skin, which cleared up within the same day). My day continued after the facial, without having to deal with people staring at a red and swollen, freshly-out-of-facial face or people asking me what happened to my face! I love it! ☺

We quickly grabbed a photo with the beautiful owners of Hadara before we left for work too!

Exclusive promotions

Because you have all been soon supportive, there is some exclusive discount just for all of you! :D

1) 8% OFF Dermagold Sensitive Skin System
This system consists of:
- Delicate Skin Cleansing Mousse
- Delicate Skin Toner
- Miracle C+ (star product of Dermagold with 18% Vitamin C)
- HA Booster (100% Hyaluronic Acid)
- Hydra Recovery Gel [won award for: NUYOU Suncare Awards 2015 - After Suncare (Face) and SHAPE Suncare Awards Aftersun Care For Face (Most Moisturising)]

Validity: Valid till 30 September 2015

2) Purchase 3 Hadara Customised Facials for S$399 (U.P. S$450) AND receive 3 x S$50 Hadara Cash Voucher
Hadara Customised Facials include:
- Hadara Power Facial (whitening / anti-aging)
- Hadara Acne Clear Facial (acne)
- Hadara Derma-calm Facial (sensitive)

Validity: Valid till 30 September 2015

There is also a special promotion for all tertiary students and more details can be found on Hadara's Facebook page! :)

Specially designed for Singaporean skin, Hadara provides a very good range of Dermagold skincare which I love very much! Do pop by and grab a few to try if you are around the area!

Hadara Aesthetic Boutique 

23 Lorong Telok #01-01 

Singapore 049035
 

Contact number: 6969 3022
 

Email: info@hadaraaesthetics.com 

Website: www.hadaraaesthetics.com 

For other promotions and giveaways, feel free to like the Facebook page of Hadara and Dermagold, and follow them on Instagram, @dermagold_sg and @hadara_sg too! :D

Beauty and Fitness talk – Facial Fitness PAO

(Sponsored post)

Many times, we talk about keeping fit and working out to keep fit and look good. However, whenever it comes to beauty, the first things that come to my mind is often skincare regime, makeup products and aesthetic enhancements. Never would I have imagined that I would be introduced to gadgets that will promote facial fitness (even with the knowledge that we all have facial muscles). 

Then comes the question: Do you work your facial muscles (like how you work other body parts)? 

Facial Fitness PAO

MTG Pacific Pte Ltd (MTG Singapore) originated in Japan and is committed to bringing out everyone’s maximum potential, through products that complement a healthy lifestyle, and encourage beauty, the natural way. Since its inception in 1996, MTG has been innovative in creating attractive-looking products, bridging the business domains of “Beauty” and “Wellness”. In Japan, the ReFa series (which Jason will be covering in his blog) has sold over 2.5 million units, making it extremely popular!

So what is this gadget all about? Facial Fitness PAO or PAO for short may look funny but a lot of research and work had been done to produce such a gadget to work on the (more than) 40 individual muscles that are responsible for a wide range of emotions that our face make daily. Similar to our bodily muscles, our facial muscles will weaken over time and age, causing us to have wrinkles and droopy expressions.

All you need to do is to put the mouth piece (without the casing, of course) into your mouth and hold it with your lips. After which, bob your head to swing it up and down rhythmically for 30 seconds. All you need is twice a day, or more if you want to. The colourful plates are actually weights (similar concept to progressive overload when you workout) that you can slowly progress with.

3 technologies:
1. Resonance Movement
By just nodding your head up and down, you can swing the weighted ends of the bar extending from the mouthpiece. This resonance movement, generated by the up and down motion of the head produces the a force (load) that exercises facial muscles.

2. Technical Distance The part that you hold between your lips extends 30mm from the center of the bar. Maintaining this slight distance from the exerciser serves to intensify the force applied to the facial muscles.

3. Mouth Hold The “Mouth Hold” refers to the part of the mouthpiece that you clamp between your lips. It is designed to effectively stimulate the muscles with the force delivered to the orbicularis oris muscle.

PAO and us

Jason and I started using PAO for about a month religiously, until we found out that we were using it wrongly. We were biting it with our teeth instead of holding the mouth piece with our lips. We managed to clarify with the partners and corrected the usage and started seeing visible changes and feeling the soreness physically!

After some getting used to, Jason started to increase his sessions up to a min each time. After which Jason managed to feel much more soreness and difference on double chin area. Wheareas for me, I felt a lot of soreness and more difference on the cheeks and jaw. We tried using PAO for a total of 2 months and here are our results! Apologies for the bad photoshop of the background (oops!) but no other editing/photoshop was done besides the background and removal of some pimples!

There was not drastic changes to our face shapes but if you notice, our smile lines were kind of lifted (which makes it easier to smile now)! Well, we were using PAO effectively and correctly only for a month or so then. We shall continue using it and see if there will be more visible differences from when we first started! :)

Jason and I also love how it comes with a pouch and we brought it to Seoul so we could use it while on holiday, like how we would still look for gyms and workout during holidays. We strongly believe that just like having a good physique, maintaining a youthful look requires time and effort as well. Best of all, you can use it anywhere at your convenience!

Feel free to find out more on http://www.mtg-sg.com and quote “JLnetwork” for a discount of 5% on any product!