The only thing I like about my own birthday is the excuse to treat myself. 
In previous years, I would get a new piercing on my birthday. Ears, tragus, nose, belly button… and when I don’t feel like piercing anywhere else, I moved on to tattoos. Well, my tattoo wasn’t impulsive, in fact it was planned for more than a year, from which part of my body to its design etc.
This time around, I decided to treat myself to a spa, especially since I have not been to one before in my entire life (OK, very shy to admit this). Endota spa came up as one of the top search result after simply googling “spa retreats in melbourne”. Its website seemed impressive, price reasonable and its chain of branches across Melbourne can only mean they are definitely not dodgy or one of those massage places which gives you massage service with possible ‘happy endings’ if you get what I mean.
There were having a promotion for the month of November in conjuntion with their Chadstone branch’s grand opening. Book a one hour session and get a free microZone treatment (worth $40) for free. I’m not a massage kinda person so I went with their scrub & glow – an hour of scrubbing to make your body err.. glow (duh)! For my microZone treatment, the lady recommended the AGE smart™ flash exfoliation treatment (IS THIS A SIGN TO TELL ME I AM AGING??).
Overall the experience was not too bad. It wasn’t excellent as the ladies there could have been friendlier, and the body scrub could have extended to the front of my body. At least I got to soak in a bath (which was wayy to hot and I had to add cold water by myself!!) for a bit, which is always a bonus since Melbourne’s going into Stage 4 water restriction now. I didn’t like the microZone treatment as it made my skin feel so dry after, I think its the Dermalogica products. I know Dermalogica is one brand beauticians love and always recommend but I don’t think my skin agree with it as I’ve used it before but never to good results. I think I’ll stick to my trusty Origins.
