Big, Beautiful, Fabulous

REVIEW: Fresver Beauty

Thursday, January 31, 2013 , 0 Comment

I am already in my mid twenties but my face is still like an adolescent. Eversince i hit puberty, my face has been plagued with acne. I have tried every facial products from the drugstore, doctor's and traditional medicines. I was advised by my nutrionist eons ago that i must not eat seafood, chicken, sugary and oily stuff. Well the advice falls on deaf ears, i mean; what is life when you can't enjoy the good food right? Well i have to face the consequences. Every girls dream to have a flawless face but not all of us are lucky. I have to live with it. 6 months ago, my mak told me to stop wearing make-up on my face and just use the bedak sejuk (rice powder) ( I will make another entry on my "new" facial products).

Before i digressed.. you know the discounted website such as groupon and deal.com.sg where they feature goodies and really low prices. I bought a coupon from Streetdeal.sg which cost me $18 for a facial. I purchased it last year in September but i redeemed it a month before the expiry date.

I never heard of Fresever Beauty, they did not have a facebook but they did have a website which wasn't that helpful. I settled for their Hougang Oulet. It was located at the Hougang Bus interchange! I never imagine that a beauty parlour would be there.

I made appointment for the 5.30pm slot but i was early and arrived at 4.45pm. I thought perhaps they would not have many customers but i was wrong! It was packed and i wasn't received happily by the receptionist. She went "Your appointment is at 5.30pm, now very early, you can go out and walk first and buy food" such atrocious english! Of course i was pissed because the receptionist could hold her tongue and be more tactful.

I waited at the benches and dreading that the service would be a turn-off. My thoughts were playing that they would rush through the treatment to get it done and over with and also hardsell me their packages.

I braced myself for the unknown experience.

I came in again at 5.15pm because i knew that perhaps they want to take my particulars and i need to change into their gear. I did not have any pictures of their shop but the ambience is very calm and clean. they give me their slipper to wear and i was ushered into my room. The music was soothing and i could not hear the bus engines outside. The room was similar with any other facial/spa boutique.

My therapist was Janice a chinese malaysian. Ii was proven wrong again! I had the blissful experience ever! Janice was jovial but did not talk much like the makcik from wayan. She was very professional where every procedure she would inform me like, "now i'm doing cleansing for you", "your face cannot do normal facial massage can only do point massage" , " I'm going to leave the room, i come back later". She made effort to converse to me but did not disturb me. She has a good skill and knowledge on her massaging techniques and procedures. I was impressed.

The treatment took 1hr 15mins. When i looked at the time, She used the time and did not cut short any treatment. At the end of it, she served me warm ginger tea. I was a happy customer.

Then the consultant came in and showed me their brochure of the different treatment and packages. I was hesistant because i did not want to waste my money. After cajoling, i signed-up when she said that i could place a 50% deposit and the balance during the 1st treatment. It cost me $288 exclude GST for 6 treatment. It is a colour therapy treatment where instead of extraction, they used the machine which is not so painful and traumatic for the skin. If not for the big day, i won't plonk in that amount of money. I hope that it is worth it and my skin will be smooth and blemish free for the wedding.

Overall Experience: 4/5 (Yay to my therapist , Nay to the Receptionist)

Labels: beauty, review, wedding journey