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This week on Beauty With Mi, our host, Mi-Anne Chan undergoes a CBD facial at Ildi Pekar's Skin Care & Spa. This full body treatment is intended balance the skin and relax the client. Watch this episode of Beauty With Mi to witness what this CBD incorporating experience is all about!

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Transcript
00:00Hey guys, it's Mi-Anne and this is Beauty With Me.
00:02You may have noticed that the national conversation around weed is changing and the beauty industry
00:06in particular is abuzz with excitement around a particular ingredient called cannabidiol
00:11or CBD, the non-psychoactive component of the cannabis plant derived from the stalks
00:16and stems of hemp.
00:18Thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties, brands have been infusing this stuff in everything
00:22from salves to lotions to facial serums, touting its ability to soothe aches and pains and
00:27treat skin conditions like acne, eczema, and even wrinkles.
00:30I have been absolutely inundated with emails around CBD-infused everything and now I have
00:38tried my fair share of CBD products, some that I love and some that I don't love as much,
00:42but when I found out that Hungarian facialist Ildi Pekar launched a CBD facial, I knew I
00:48had to give it a go.
00:49I tried it out, obviously, and spoiler alert, it was the most relaxing facial I've ever
00:54gotten, but before we get into the nitty gritty, make sure you are subscribed down below, Beauty
00:59With Me comes out every Monday at 11am.
01:01I've done a few stories on CBD in the past, but I wanted to learn from Ildi herself who's
01:05been using the ingredient for years.
01:07When I got to Ildi Spa here in New York City, we immediately sat down to talk shop.
01:12So I want to ask you all about CBD because obviously I'm going to be getting your CBD facial
01:16today.
01:17So CBD is a great ingredient.
01:19CBD is not new, it's been in the market forever.
01:22They use them in the 30s for medication.
01:24CBD is made for inflammation.
01:27So pretty much everybody has inflammation and it doesn't matter if it shows up in your skin
01:31or shows up in your head.
01:33So taking it or putting it on your skin, it has a lot of benefits.
01:37You know a lot of people think that CBD is a drug.
01:41CBD doesn't necessarily have THC anymore.
01:43If you're looking for a CBD product, what's a good little threshold of how much CBD you should
01:48be looking for in a product for it to be working?
01:51I recommend to do research on the company.
01:53There is, I think there's a lot of companies out there, they don't extract the plant
01:57right away or the right way.
01:59They come in different strength.
02:00I'm sure you saw 50 milligrams, 250, 500, 1,200.
02:04There's a lot of information out there and it's confusing to know how much you should be using.
02:08Very confusing.
02:09So being just spent well-being, 250, max 500 is fine.
02:13If you have kind of chronic illness, you could go above 500.
02:16So I'm about to get your CBD facial.
02:19You should feel really, really relaxed.
02:20You should feel really calm.
02:22You're going to be a very good people to be around today.
02:24Not that I'm ever bad to be around any other time, right?
02:29They're not saying anything.
02:30They're not saying anything, yeah.
02:32Once I was clear on what to expect, it was time to start the treatment,
02:35which Ildi describes as more of a full body experience rather than a facial,
02:39thanks to CBD's ability to soothe and relax muscles.
02:42Unlike most treatments, Ildi started off by giving me a gentle massage
02:46using her CBD-infused massage oil.
02:49Then she gave me an optional tincture, which Ildi created to allow her customers
02:54to ingest CBD orally.
02:57Oh, it tastes really good.
02:58Tastes good.
02:58It doesn't taste like bitter at all.
03:02And I've tried other ones before.
03:03The stevia takes the bitterness away, so it's easier to swallow it.
03:07Then we got to the facial portion, which was pretty standard.
03:10Ildi started with a gentle cleanse and then a nice chemical peel.
03:14Once my skin was all exfoliated, though, that's when things got a little weird.
03:18Ildi brought out an electrostatic polarization machine, handed me this metallic rod
03:26that was meant to ground the electricity in my body, put on these white glove things,
03:32and started massaging my body using electricity.
03:35The device is designed to send vibrations through your skin and muscles to improve circulation,
03:40soothe muscles, and drain lymph.
03:42It felt really strange.
03:44It didn't hurt at all.
03:46I will say I was nervous that it was going to hurt.
03:48She handed me this, like, the metal rod, and I was like,
03:50oh, man, this is going to shock me.
03:52It didn't at all.
03:53It actually was super relaxing.
03:55A very gentle massage through.
03:58My body just felt vibrations all over, and it was a very zen experience.
04:02Once Ildi had done a full pass on my neck, arms, and face, she did a little bit of LED
04:06therapy
04:07and brought out the big gun.
04:10Ildi applied a CBD-infused mask all over my face and then used an oxygenating machine,
04:14which uses negative ion therapy to do everything from relax to balance your skin's pH.
04:21Now, this machine was super weird, and it was probably the machine that I was most excited about.
04:26It looks like a space helmet.
04:28She took this big plastic bubble, put it over my face, and told me that it was going to be
04:33pumping oxygen in.
04:35I was going to be super relaxed.
04:36I might even have to fight the urge to sleep.
04:39Once I was in the cocoon, she put on the vibrating gloves again, massaged me more,
04:45and I fell into this really deep, beautiful nap.
04:51Now, I know that I fall asleep in pretty much every facial that I ever get,
04:57but this one was different.
04:59It was the most relaxing sleep I've ever had in a facial, even in massages.
05:05It's really hard to describe because Ildi basically predicted everything that I would feel
05:10before I felt that she was like, you're going to feel like you're floating in the bubble.
05:15You're going to feel like your eyelids are going to be heavy.
05:17You're going to start, your speech is going to get slower.
05:19She turned on this beautiful music.
05:21The massage was so nice.
05:23And then, I mean, I started snoring, which I don't think I do.
05:26I've asked my boyfriend many times, and he said I don't snore, so.
05:30But anyway, I woke up after 30 minutes feeling so rested.
05:34It was just a really nice way to wake up.
05:37It was just, it was nice.
05:38I don't know.
05:38Then, Ildi put on some of her skin care just to protect my skin and moisturize,
05:43and told me to drink a lot of water and sent me on my way.
05:47I totally agree with Ildi when she says that this facial is more of a full body treatment
05:52than it is a true facial.
05:54Sure, my skin was definitely like less puffy, less red,
05:58more even after I emerged from the cocoon,
06:01but it really was the like deep sleep and then relaxation,
06:05the muscle work that she did that made it so unique to me.
06:09Sadly though, CBD is an expensive ingredient.
06:11Ildi's facial is not cheap at $400.
06:15While it is legal to sell CBD, apart from making sure that there are appropriate levels of THC in the
06:21CBD itself,
06:22this stuff is largely unregulated.
06:24And there's obviously a huge placebo effect that can happen when you're using products like this.
06:29That being said though, there's a reason why so many people use CBD as a treatment
06:33for everything from sleeping disorders to period cramps to eczema.
06:38There's still a long way to go when it comes to CBD and beauty,
06:40but it's still an exciting field nonetheless.
06:43Thank you guys so much for watching.
06:44Let me know what you want to see next on Beauty With Me in the comments down below,
06:47and let me know if you would ever try this facial.
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06:53and follow me on Instagram at mian.chan so we can hang out there too.
06:57See you next week. Bye!