And Now a Post That Scares the Bejesus Out of Me

I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna do it. I just did it. OMG. Yup, that’s me in all my non-makeup glory. I was going to post the one below, but that was only part of my face and it felt like cheating so I went the full monty. So why in the hell would 37-year-old me post a pic of myself sans makeup? Because I got the world’s greatest facial and I felt so good about my skin afterward that I decided to share. Whatever, I’ve always been a little TMI.

Last Monday, I skidded into the valet at the Viceroy and marched up the stairs to The Spa at Viceroy to have a facial. I’ve admitted it before, facials scare me. I’m allergic to things with no rhyme or reason, so I never know what’s going to make me red and bumpy (hell, once I broke out into hives from putting baby oil on. Baby oil!) But this time around I was ready to give my skin a little R&R. I put it through a lot. I never give it a vacay. And I’m pushing its limits here in my late ’30s.

Today’s treatment: the Valmont Iconic Age-Defying Facial, a facial that uses the healing power of Swiss glacial spring water, medical grade pure collagen and a full strand of triple DNA. That all sounds fancy and wrinkle-reducing, and, according to my Valmont facial expert (complete with French accent), it is. She swabbed me here. Massaged me there. Then, she put what felt like a gooey octopus on my face, even covering my mouth. It was cool and slimy, but there was something so good about it. At first, the collagen around my mouth began to tingle. But then, the next thing I knew I was completely asleep. During a facial. That never happens. It was so soothing and so relaxing and so everything I needed, I just nodded right off. When I came to, my face felt like someone went back in time and transported my 20 year-old skin onto my not 20-year-old face. It felt amazing. As my therapist said, my hydration was balanced. No overly dry spots here, overly oily spots there. I was even Stephen.

It felt so good I decided to take these makeup-less selfies. And post them. On social media. Yup, it’s that good.