I got a number of services done at Body Polish Spa, so I'll talk about each one individually:
Sugar Scrub and Body Butter - The product itself is gentle and nice. It left my skin soft. The girl doing the service was nice and we chatted and laughed through the whole service. The only little glitch was that the disposable underwear that is usually supplied was actually a headband (that's not a euphemism. It was an actual headband.). The room was a little small for her to actually get around with the bed in there, but she made do.
Facial - I've never had a facial before so I didn't know what to expect. The products themselves were nice. I didn't really enjoy the extraction process, and my nose is just starting to not hurt along the side because of it (4 days later). When I got home, I could see the job was not complete. But for moisturizing, the process was quite nice. She didn't really explain what was going on my skin or why.
Lip rejuvenation - I really don't see a difference in my lips because of this, but I tried. My lips are still quite dry. At the end she put a gloss of some kind on with a q-tip, which left cotton behind. All the money coming in for treatments and they don't get disposable applicators like they have at Sephora?
Eyelash tinting - I had high hopes for this! I have very light eye lashes, and wear mascara daily. I got the darkest black they had. The process itself is very simple and pain free. The only down side was that while you're waiting for the tint to sink into the lashes and you're sitting there with your eyes shut for 15 minutes in the only room I found in the building with no music in it. The results were nice, but not as dramatic as I would have hoped. It looks better on my bottom lashes than my tops. I would consider this if I was heading on a beach vacation to have decent lashes that wouldn't run in the water, but not for a regular service, since I've had to put on mascara every day since.
Manicure with Shellac Polish - I have a shellac polish home kit, so I'm familiar with the process. She was worried that doing the hand parifan during my facial, which she did, would reduce the hold of the shellac. She double buffed the top layer of my nails, which thinned them considerably. I love the colour, but I know it won't stay on long, since the pinky's polish on my left hand was lifting half way home, and the left ring was lifting the next day. But it's not because of the parifan, it's because the polish is so thick! With shellac/gel polish, the trick is thin, even coats, but the edges of my nails are so thick, there is no way to cure it properly. Also, the edges of the nails were still rough when I got home, so I had to file a bit, breaking the seal on three nails. The surface of the polish has bumps and grooves that I keep playing with. I'll be going back to my regular polish at home, which lasts quite a while. She said they have a two day guarantee on their gel, but I don't have the time to go back up to the north side of Edmonton to get it fixed.
Pedicure with Shellac - it looks like she took more time with the feet, because they are staying quite well. She didn't know that I already had parafin on my feet during the Sugar Scrub, so she only roughed up the surface of my toe nails. Following the polish, there was the soak, buff, and parafin, which were all fine and left my feet looking good for my event on the weekend.
When they called to confirm my appointments, I asked when I was going to be done to appropriately plan my day. I was told I would be done about 4:30 pm, which was great because by the time I got back to South Edmonton I could pick up supper for my family and take it back home right away. Well, when all was said and done, I was done at 2:30 pm, with 2 hours to spare. I didn't want to go all the way back home (I live in a community south of Edmonton, and I would use that time to just drive home, turn around and come back). So I ended up wandering around West Edmonton Mall with no makeup on, trying to kill time before the food was ready.
The spa itself was clean and well appointed, but there were definite things to improve upon. I had money left on my gift card once all was said and done, and I gave it to a friend that lives on that side of town to go get a pedicure, as I don't see myself driving all the way up there to use the last $35. If it was truly outstanding, I would, but for an alright experience, it's not worth the gas. read more