Turn back the clock

The other day I received an email from the gym that I am a member of. They were offering a peel party for 19 lucky clients at the spa. For 30 dollars you could potentially look 10 years younger. All this at an 85 dollar discount. I thought what the heck, I have never had a chemical peel for my skin. I phoned for the appointment, I was number 18...I just made it. I was reassured that my face would not resemble a tomato. I was in! So, today was the day. I must admit that I was a tad bit nervous, chemical peel does not sound like a nice thing regardless of the fact that they attempted to mask the unpleasantness with the phrase, peel party.

I was greeted by a 20 something girl with beautiful glowing skin. She asked me how many peels I had had in the past, I said never. She looked at me with her perfectly arched eyebrows and said, "Oh, really." It could have been me, but I did detect a little bit of pity in her voice. She then began to ask my about my beauty regime and skin care. I told her the truth...I wash. She prodded me further, what products do you use? I wasn't sure if she really wanted the truth (whatever is on sale at Target)or not, so I fibbed just a tad stating that I only use oil of olay rejuvenist. She sighed, and asked me to lay down. The facial massage was to die for, I was feeling great until she said, "Do you realize that you are very broken out? You are storing up toxins in your nasal passage." What? Yes, I know I have a few pimples (thank you PMS), and the toxins are known as Texas allergies! After the peel, I met with the product sales person who spotted me immediately and asked if I just had a peel. How did she know? Could it be the fact that I looked like I just got back from a day at the beach without SPF?? Once she found out my affinity for all things cheap, she gave up on her sales pitch.

So how do I look? Defiantly about 15 years younger, when I was in the throws of puberty. So if you see a redhead with a pink irritated face and a sprinkling of pimples it is me. For 30 dollars I really did turn back the clock!