Resurfacing
Hydro Diamond Glass Skin Facial
Ninety minutes at $175 to resurface, hydrate and finish with the glass skin look, $100 deposit to hold the appointment.
Chapter 01
Dull and congested is not the same problem as dry
Skin that looks flat, tired and a little grey is often read as dry skin and treated with more moisturiser, when the real problem is buildup sitting on the surface and circulation that has slowed underneath it. The Hydro Diamond Glass Skin Facial is built for that case, someone whose skin is congested and dull rather than simply dehydrated, who wants the resurfaced, lit-from-within look people mean when they say glass skin.
It is not the right booking for skin that is actively reactive or freshly irritated, since resurfacing on top of inflammation just adds to it. That is part of why every appointment opens with Tomo looking at the skin in person before deciding exactly which tools in this facial to lean on, rather than running the same sequence on every client who books it.
Clients booking this one are usually coming off a stretch of feeling like their skin looks tired no matter how much product they use at home, and the read Tomo gives at the start of the appointment is what decides whether hydro diamond or one of the other resurfacing tools in this facial does the heavier work that day. The studio's own record, 5.0 from 133 Google reviews, is built out of appointments run this same way, decided in the room rather than off a fixed script.
LED light therapy with a red light mask during a facial treatment at Tulum Spa
Resurfacing, then putting it back
The session exfoliates with hydro diamond, a mechanical resurfacing pass that lifts the dull top layer, then moves into cryo to calm and tighten what was just worked on. From there Tomo brings in radiofrequency, and either mesotherapy or a mini microcurrent lift depending on what the skin needs that day, to firm and circulate what the resurfacing has opened up.
It closes the way the Signature Facial does, with a proper signature massage and a hydrojelly mask, so the appointment ends with hydration going back in rather than stopping at the resurfacing step. The full ninety minutes is booked at $175 with a $100 deposit, appointment only, one of four clients Tomo sees that day.
Chapter 03
Holding glass skin past the weekend
The finish reads best in the first few days, so the studio's guidance is to keep SPF consistent and hold off on heavy actives at home for a short stretch afterward, so the resurfacing is not immediately undone by a strong retinol or acid the same week. Booking is appointment only, at 13360 W. Washington Blvd. inside KILLER HAIR on the Del Rey and Mar Vista edge of Culver City, and Tomo takes Japanese-language consultations by text or voice message at the same number for clients who would rather ask their questions that way.
Clients who want the scalp and hands included in the same visit can step up to the Delux Spa Treatment, $230 for 105 minutes with the same $100 deposit, which adds a dry head spa and a hand hydro exfoliation with thermo therapy onto this exact facial rather than being a separate booking.
Tulum Spa. California State Board licensed estheticians. Call (310) 866-6807.
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