For a younger looking skin

Caviar facial can work wonders on wrinkles and as an anti-ageing beauty treatment, discovers Barnalee Handique
We live in a world where our appearance matters. And in our quest to look good, we explore a variety of beauty products. The latest to enter the beauty market is the caviar facial mask. This mask is prepared from the eggs of sturgeon fish and helps to counter ageing problems of the skin. It resembles a thick green gunk which contains sevruga extracts and spirulina algae, which give the mask its colour.
In our city, Westin Spa, Koregoan park, offers caviar facial. It makes use of an innovative mask, made from the eggs of a bottom feeding fish. Caviar, which is rich in amino acids, glutamic acid, glycine, arginine, leuchine, serine and oligo. These ingredients are rich in iron, magnesium, and phospholipids. Marine collagen helps to smoothen wrinkles, while Marine Elastin helps to improve tonicity, and alpha lipolic acid helps to fight free-radicals and re energise skin. The caviar facial is an unsurpassed formula to smooth, firm and powerfully repair the skin. Though the caviar treatment is usually recommended for mature skin, it is becoming the spa treatment of choice for all age groups.
The reason? It is very smooth and gentle and it can applied hours before any event. The after effects usually show the next day. And then you can luxuriate in the glow. Explains Sweta Tyagi, Spa Manager, Westin, Pune, “Caviar actually has a cell structure that is very familiar to human collagen. So every time you apply it on the face, you'll be amazed by the results. It is an ideal mask to use before an event because there is no picking or extraction which will look red.”
She continues, “There are three gentle exfoliations. You can go for this treatment 24 hours to 48 hours before an event, unlike a traditional facial, which you can 4 to 5 days before an event.”
Once you step in for the therapy, the first step involves straightforward cleansing. It removes the dirt and grime that have deposited in the skin. It is followed by a balm cleanser, followed by a repair lotion. Then comes the enzyme peeling cream and phyto gel cleanser. After this procedure, a thin gauze is put over the face, and the dark green mushy caviar mask is applied on the face. Tyagi says, “We usually do this as the many of our clients have sensitive skin. Many of them are vegetarians, they don't like the fish eggs to be applied on their face. Moreover,the strong pungent smell is a deterrent.”
And refrain from asking for a champagne to snack on with what's left is the jar. When the green stuff comes off, it is time for marine matrix sheet. As the name goes, it is a while gauzy sheet which contains shrimp extract saturated with more caviar.
Avoid going for caviar mask if you are suffering from skin diseases,allergic to seaweed or caviar or if you suffering from thyroid, rosacea, or have cuts, bruises or swelling on the face.
A caviar facial, then, makes perfect sense, except for the fact that a 90 minute session can cost you Rs 5000 and upwards. And you can go for the a repeat performance after 15 days or once a month, as recommended by the therapist. So, are you interested?