CaptionA treatment at a good spa will make your worries float away like vapor in an essential oil diffuser. Your mind should be at ease from the moment you enter and meet your provider to the time you step back out into reality. Of course, that isn’t always the case. Better You talked to professionals who have worked in the spa industry for over 70 years combined to find out what makes an immersive spa experience, and the standards any spa you go to should meet. Keep reading to find out what goes on behind the scenes of the best (and worst) spa experiences.Getty ImagesMoren cautioned that because providers get paid by commission, they will try to sell unnecessary products or recommend extraneous treatments to clients. For example, when a client books a facial for the first time, they should go with the the most basic option because they need their skin analyzed. A facialist shouldn’t recommend anything more than the basic facial until they’ve performed the analysis. She also warned against facialists who try to sell clients an entire line of skincare in one go. “Start off with a cleanser and day or night cream, and book another appointment for a facial in four to six weeks,” she said. That way, the client has time to see how their skin reacts to a few product changes, rather than a dramatic overhaul.
