I don't know where this 'trend' came from, but when I pay (and not little!) for a 1 hour facial, I expect to get just that and not half facial and half absolutely unexpected shoulder, arms and hand massage. The lady obviously didn't know much about skin care, instead of looking at my face she asked what skin I have. The extraction took like 5 minutes and left some very obvious spots that I had to get rid of myself later that day. She didn't explain any of what she was doing, and the absolutely worst of all was that she went from massaging my shoulders straight onto my face with those oily hands after all the cleansing and even called that a mask?! Never coming back!
The whole experience was great! The beautician was very professional - offering advice on how often I should get this type of treatment done - rotating on a monthly basis with a simple facial. The treatment itself was exactly what I wanted - the beautician made use of all of the allocated time and my skin looks alot brighter today. I have had quite a microdermabrasion treatments done both cheaper and more expensive and this has been the best one yet!
The therapist is lovely - I remember having had some treatments with her a few years ago and she has only perfected her technique! The caci and the results were nice, although in some instances I've had results which were somewhat more visible. Good value though.