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On this episode of Beauty With Mi, our beauty writer, Mi-Anne Chan gets a bubble ice facial from celebrity esthetician, Renee Rouleau. Renee uses the ice fusion facial on Mi-Anne, that she personally invented using heating and cooling treatments on the face. Watch this episode to see how this luxurious facial goes for Mi-Anne!

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Transcript
00:00You're the best.
00:01You're like how with my skin and you're trying to get the eyelash out of my eye.
00:04She's the best.
00:05Hey guys, it's me Anne and this is Beauty With Me.
00:07Hello all, welcome back.
00:09If you are new to this channel, please hit the subscribe button down below
00:12and give this video a thumbs up because today I'm doing another weird facial.
00:16Ever since I did the enzyme facial, you know, the one where it came out looking like a straight up
00:21grandma,
00:22I've been wondering if I'd ever find something that would top that.
00:26Turns out, I just might have.
00:28And naturally, I filmed the entire experience for all of you.
00:32The facial in question is called the Ice Infusion Tightening Facial
00:36and it was developed by an esthetician named Renee Rouleau, someone I've admired for years.
00:40Her clients include the likes of Demi Lovato.
00:43Ever heard of her?
00:44Although Renee is based out of Austin, she makes regular trips to LA and New York
00:48and I got a chance to try out the Ice Infusion Facial in the flesh.
00:52The facial itself is designed to heat up and cool the skin,
00:55thus brightening, tightening and smoothing everything out,
01:01aka all things that I love.
01:03She started off by cleansing my skin using amazing hot stones,
01:09thus beginning the warm-up process.
01:11By increasing the skin's internal temperature, we're increasing oxygen and blood flow,
01:17and the blood brings new nutrients and feeds the skin cells.
01:21Then, once my skin was sufficiently clean,
01:23Renee smoothed on a cranberry peel to loosen up any dead skin cells on the surface of my face.
01:29It smells so good.
01:31Next, she continued with even more exfoliation using a biobrasion device,
01:36which is basically designed to exfoliate the skin through light suction and vibration.
01:40I almost felt like it was going to hurt.
01:43Right.
01:44It doesn't hurt at all.
01:45Very gentle.
01:46Then, she moved on to a mousse-like bubble mask that helps improve circulation.
01:51Naturally, I made like Bella Thorne and took a few pictures.
01:55I'm going to get the perfect gram.
01:57Who wore better?
01:58Let me know in the comments below.
02:00I love a good close shave.
02:02Mm-hmm.
02:06It's dual purpose.
02:07It warms the skin, which helps increase blood circulation.
02:11That's what the rosemary and the mintiness will do, right?
02:14Yeah.
02:15But then it also softens the skin, so if somebody does need extraction, it will make it easier.
02:20Once the mask had done its work, she removed it and put on a serum and brought out an ultrasound.
02:26Yup.
02:27You earned that right.
02:28An ultrasound.
02:28But she wasn't gliding that device on my skin in search of a heartbeat, she was actually
02:33using it to improve circulation, reduce inflammation, and help the serum she applied absorb better.
02:38I feel like this would be a really great machine if I was in middle school and I wanted to
02:45pretend
02:45like I had a fever.
02:48Then it was time for phase two, the cool-down.
02:52Renee whipped out a tray of what looked like ice cubes, what was actually full of frozen
02:58serum popsicles cooled down to negative two degrees.
03:02And what this does is anytime you create cold on the skin, it immediately constricts the capillaries
03:10and it creates a vacuum effect.
03:12It pulls the ingredients deeper into the skin.
03:14It creates like a suction.
03:15Not gonna lie, it wasn't the most comfortable.
03:18It kind of felt like a three-minute brain freeze.
03:20And if you touch your face, you can feel how slippery and delicious.
03:28Oh, it's really smooth.
03:31Renee made a seaweed rubber mask that she put on my skin that felt so good.
03:37It was cooling on contact and had really soothing ingredients like seaweed in it to hydrate
03:41my skin.
03:42What it does is it creates an occlusive seal over the skin so that everything underneath
03:49has no place else to go but into the skin.
03:54I'm not even kidding.
03:55When I looked in the mirror, there was like no pores.
03:57I just didn't understand.
03:59Like around my nose, I used to have like kind of bigger like clogged pores.
04:02Yeah, because the cold constricts the opening of the pore.
04:05You can also see your breakouts have really settled down.
04:07Yeah, like I had one here that was like painful and it's not even red anymore.
04:11Mm-hmm.
04:11I feel like it's an amazing facial for events because I literally looked at myself
04:16and I could see a difference like immediately.
04:18Right.
04:18How long can I expect to see these results for?
04:21I'd say most people can see a visible difference for about 7 to 10 days.
04:25That's so much longer than I thought would.
04:26I'm so excited.
04:27Well, thanks so much for giving me the Renee Rouleau Glow.
04:30Your skin's beautiful.
04:32I didn't have to work that hard.
04:33Oh, we did.
04:34We did some work.
04:35Full disclosure, Renee's facials cost around $450, which I know is pretty steep.
04:41So, the next best thing to getting an actual facial from Renee is to get something from her product line.
04:46She recommended three products that you can use to mimic the effects of her facial at home.
04:51The first item is an exfoliating mask.
04:54Now, Renee has one in her line.
04:55It's called the Triple Berry Smoothing Peel.
04:57I've actually used this before and I really, really like it.
05:00It smells amazing.
05:03And when you put it on and leave it on for 10 minutes afterward, your skin will be like baby
05:08soft.
05:09I'm not even kidding.
05:10Next up is a toner.
05:12Now, Renee actually suggested I pour toner into an ice cube tray, stick it in the freezer and use it
05:18to mimic the effects of her ice facial.
05:20So, I actually did that and it worked.
05:22It was pretty cool.
05:23Finally, a soothing mask.
05:25Now, Renee recommends this one, which is the Rapid Response Detox Mask.
05:29I actually adore this thing.
05:31I really like her line in general, but this mask is amazing.
05:34It looks like golden honey, golden nectar of some sort.
05:38You put it on, it's not drying even though it's really good for acne.
05:42It has tea tree leaf oil, salicylic acid, manuka leaf oil, all of which are antibacterial, so great for pimples.
05:48But it also has sodium hyaluronate, which is great for hydrating.
05:51So, this is amazing to soothe your skin.
05:53It really calms down breakouts, but you can actually make a bunch of DIY masks that I think would do
05:59the job as well.
06:00I actually did an entire video on DIY skincare and made a bunch of masks.
06:05I made an exfoliating mask.
06:06I made a really hydrating honey mask and a cocoa powder and yogurt mask, all of which you can see
06:12the recipes for up here.
06:14All in all, I really love this facial, but I'm not going to lie, I don't think one facial is
06:18going to completely solve all of your skin concerns.
06:22To me, getting a facial is all about pampering and relaxing, and honestly, Renee's facial was exactly that.
06:27But I hope that you guys enjoyed this.
06:29Let me know what your favorite part of the facial was below.
06:31And if you have any cool masks or DIY recipes for me to try, I would love to hear them
06:36as well.
06:36Let me know in the comments, and I will catch you guys next week.
06:39Bye!
06:40Thanks so much for watching, guys.
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06:49Bye!