Shangri La Body Care

I’ve decided to do a facial last minute before my photoshoot on Saturday so I called around to see who was available. I usually go see Jenny who works from home and is very close to where I live but she was off Tuesday and Wednesday. So I had no choice but to see someone else. I looked around Groupon and they had a deal for $75.00 from Shangri-La Body Care that includes a facial, massage, body wrap. 

I decided since it wasn’t that far away that I would try it out. Reviews on Groupon were quite good so there wasn’t much convincing for me to go. I called the day of, to book for an appointment after work. They said they could take me in which I was happy about because yesterday was the only day I had time to go. It was a little bit hard to find the location because it was behind a hair salon. I asked the hair dresser where the spa was and she called in the lady, Anna to come grab me. 

The layout wasn’t very professional and there was a dog who stayed there. I’m guessing the owner brings her dog to work. I got undressed and we started off with the massage. She told me I can upgrade to a deep tissue massage for $10.00 which I did. OMG the massage was intense. I felt every ache and pain in my body. She massaged me in ways I’ve never been massaged before. And she was a tiny Asian lady with great strength. Overall don’t expect a relaxation massage it was definitely painful and I was very much awake for the whole massage which was about an hour. 

Afterwards, it was the body wrap. It was two blow up buoys one underneath me and one above me and I was sandwiched in between. It was heated. I was fine in the beginning but towards the middle I was sweating balls! I was overheating, my mouth was parched. I was struggling to get out but I couldn’t because I was wrapped up so tightly. It was definitely uncomfortable but I did my best to go through the pain without letting her know I was. She was doing my facial at that time I believe there was 3-4 applications of cream, lotion, masque you name it. 

Overall the facial wasn’t up to my standards. The massage was great, I felt loose and I felt like I have bruises all over my body. The heat wrap was definitely toning, and I lost a lot of water weight from that service. Overall, for that price it was ok. I loved the massage even though it hurt but the rest of the services I wasn’t very pleased. 

Would I ever go back again? Probably just for another massage.