Jari Spa

Overall, it was a really relaxing spa experience. Before I went to my appointment, I read a couple of poor reviews, so I was preparing myself for a subpar treatment. However, I was gladly mistaken!

It is a little tricky to navigate Solaris Dutamas. I usually park near Block B, and take the escalator up and arrive at Block A2. I ended up walking around A3 as I tried to find level U1. I suppose if you've never been to the area, it is a little challanging, so allow plenty of time. Although I had planned on  being there early, I ended up being 10 minutes late as I tried to find the shop.

Once at the shop, I was taken into the treatment room, where I would remain for the next 2.5 hours for the Royal Bali Treatment. I was actually worried I would miss out on part of the treatment as I was a little late, but the therapist was nice and said I wasn't too late, that I would have all the treatments. She had a customer before me that was 1 hour late, and her treatment had to be cut short. I know afew people have written reviews blaming the shop for cutting short their treatment, but its understandable- if you're really running that late, you've messed up the schedule for the shop and the next customers!

The therapist gave me a very firm and deep balinese massage. She had incredible strength in her fingers and hands, and as I enjoy a deep massage, it was very therapeutic. She massaged my back, legs and arms, then asked me to turn over. It was certainly a full body massage, even my chest was massaged briefly! Then came time for the body scrub and she applied a layer of javanese lulur scrub on my front. After it had dried she rubbed the scrub in, and I felt layers of dead cells being scrubbed away. Then she put on a whitening mask on my frontside, covered me with a towel, and left me in a trance like state for afew minutes. Thereafter she re emerged and asked me to flip over, and did the same on my back.

The massage, scrub and mask were quite thorough, and she took care to to ensure all areas of my body were treated. While this was going on, the jacuzzi spa next to the massage table was slowly filling with warm water. She then asked me to hop into the jacuzzi, and I had a milk bath, jacuzzi style, with the powerful jets turned on bubbling around my body. At this point I was thinking their electricity bill must be huge! After 10 minutes or so, she asked me to shower myself off and set down a towel for me to use, and asked me to change my underwear as the facial treatment would continue. Then she exited the room. I dried myself off and already felt like a new person.

The facial was refreshing, as described. For the facial, the therapist seemed to really pace herself, and the technique was lovely and much less rushed than the body treatment. The facial massage was sublime. She triple cleansed my skin, exfoliated, massaged, and then put a mask on me, and left the room for a while. I was in a state of pure bliss, and I usually don't drift off to sleep during a massage, but for the first time, I think I slipped into a subconscious state, and dozed off for a micro second, before realizing where I was.

During the facial, she also gave me a couple of head massages, and as she had already massaged my head during the body treatment, my head was truly grateful for all the attention, after being massaged 3 separate times!

Overall, Jari Spa was a lovely, wonderful experience, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. I will look out for further promotions, if not just to enjoy their excellent ginger tea, served at the end!

Service: 9/10 - Service with a smile, and graciousness. Also the therapist made sure I felt comfortable/warm at all times.

Technique: 7/10 - Body massage technique was deep, but a little rushed at the beginning, but overall, very good.

Ambiance: 8/10 - The music was lovely and tribal, but light and relaxing. The use of dim lights and dark rooms was nice. The seating area after treatment with a cup of ginger tea ready for me, was not intimidating, and relaxing.

Results: 8/10 - I left the Spa feeling refreshed, rejuvenated, and my mood was definitely lifted as I felt good all over.

Skin Renew

I made an appointment for a medilift facial. Overall, it was a good experience. The estimated duration was 2 hours, but I stepped out at 2.5 hours.
During the initial consultation, the SA used a machine to magnify my skin. It was rather educational, as I had never seen my skin up so close, flakiness, blackheads and all.
There were actually two beauticians who attended to me. The first beautician cleansed and extracted my skin, and performed a lymphatic massage, and finally shoulder and back massage at the end. She was very thorough, and I was satisfied with the treatment. The more experienced one performed the medilift treatment, using a couple of different machines.
I purchased a stemcell ampoule treatment, and it was put on prior to my mask, and massaged into my skin.
As I exited the shop, my skin felt radiant, clean, and relaxed.

Service: Well trained and thorough.

Ambiance: They adjusted the lights and music, and kept noise inside the room to a minimum. However, the walls were paper thin and I could hear them chattering away outside the room.

Results of treatment: The medilift treatment made my jaw look slimmer. However, it was slightly unbalanced on closer examination. The extraction was thorough, and didn't leave red marks.