Skin Care Adventure

Went there in need of a facial. Very happy with my treatment and result. My facialist was Min Min or Miki. She really knew what was needed and very professional. I would say that her English is very so so, so do have patience with her! I went there for a facial for acne and scars. Bought a six package facial. So yeah will be going back

Been going here for years. It’s no frills (tiny space). I’d give it 4 stars for the cramped quarters but it goes back to 5 after I consider all the spa facials I’ve had in luxurious settings that don’t match this one. The $ 50 basic facial is great if you are into extraction facials. It includes a solid 20 minute head/​neck massage.

I love this place. I usually see Maggie, she is very nice and taking care of you like family. My skin, shoulder and back always feel good after I left here. It’s worth to buy a package. They are professionally and seriously trained. The product that they use is great. As you know from other comments that this place is small, so be aware that you won’t feel comfortable as you expected like the other spa or sometimes you will hear people talking but you can ask them to tune it down. But overall it’s worth it.

Everything here is cheaper than regular salons. It is a bit dingy looking and crowded, but pretty clean. Lying on my bed awaiting for my facial with a drawn light blue curtain made me feel like I was at a hospital. There was a cabinet knob randomly on the wall… and the slightest crack that showed me a sliver of the outside sun and passers by.
I got my eyelashes permed here once and swear that my lashes kept falling out so now I’m praying they regenerate soon. It’s probably worth it to spend more and get your lashes permed elsewhere, where the chemicals are less harmful.
I’d take public transportation to get here since it’s Chinatown, so parking would be a miracle. Credit cards accepted, and they have some hard to beat package deals.
Extractions are extremely painful and it’s kind of noisy– lots of chit chat and an occasional man who meanders in to mack on the ladies on account of Yellow Fever.

I’ve been going here over seven years and I love it. I’ve got facials at other places (usually once a month or so) and nothing compares. Although the extraction hurts like hell, the attentiveness I get from Annie makes up for it. The most basic facial lasts about 90 minutes and it also includes an upper body massage and eye brow tweezing for $ 50! What a steal. My favorite part is when she puts the mask on me and massages my upper body for about 20 minutes. She does a really great extraction and is not afraid to hurt you. Although your face will be really red after the facial, it will go away in a day or so and you’ll look great. I highly recommend this place — do not be intimidated by the small space!

I’m so disappointed.
After reading such great reviews on Unilocal,I decided to call and see if they did back «facials», since I recently had my face done and thought my back could use a treatment.
First of all, the place is tiny, and the treatment room is divided in three sections. I was in the section near the window, and it felt really, really tiny.
Okay, okay. So the woman does some exfoliation/​sunctioning thing on my back. It’s my first back treatment, so I didn’t quite know what to expect. It hurt quite a bit at the time, but so do extractions for your face, so I figured this was absolutely necessary for the ultimate health of my skin.
She gave me a massage (as they promised on the phone), but it lasted about 10 minutes (at most) and wasn’t really relaxing, since she could only massage ½ my body, since the treatment bed was against the wall and she couldn’t reach over me.
Then she put a «mud mask» on; it felt like she didn’t use enough of the product (as in, I’m not sure it covered my back …). She put saran wrap on me and left me in the room for 20 minutes.
And that was my treatment. Seriously.
I got really annoyed when I went to the desk to pay. Now, I’m used to being around people with accents (half my family, you’d say), and I wrote down when I called that the treatment cost $ 58. But they insisted they said $ 68, and I wasn’t going to argue. I still feel ripped off — it was *so* not worth the money.
I waited a bit to post this to see if I felt better about the treatment after a few days. Well, the first night, I couldn’t sleep on my back or shower because my skin felt so raw. Ouch!
My skin still has these «holes» in them. It looks like I was scraped, and badly. I hope my skin heals beautifully; if so, I’ll come back and edit this. Until then … do NOT get the back treatment.
I won’t be back. Sorry, Skin Care Adventure. I really wanted to like you, but there really wasn’t anything good about the treatment. At all.

I got the basic facial here for $ 45. Mine lasted for about an hour and a half, but about 45 minutes of that involved being abandoned in an empty room with a rubbery pasty mask over my face, long after it has dried. The treatment rooms are not private; another aesthetician brought in another client to the second massage bed next to mine, and she must have been a regular, as they chatted it up for the rest of my stay there.
The facilities are quite clean. The décor is nothing edgy or sophisticated like western-​style day spas, but the bathrooms are spotlessly neat, and the linens/​terrycloth body wrap that I used seemed quite clean as well.
My aesthetician was also very persistent about selling me the salon’s products and its 10-​facial package deal, which annoyed me seeing how I went there in order to relax. I didn’t see a particular difference in my skin right after or in the few days following the treatment. However, I really enjoyed the brief shoulder and arm massages that came with my facial — the lady had a very sound hand.
Also, be sure to tell the counter personnel if you would like to put the tip on your card.
I also believe this is the same place as the one Sa Sa Skincare Adventure, which for some reason is posted as a separate business on Unilocal

I had a snow day today so I thought a nice facial would be nice, so I decided to check out Skin Care Adventure (since it had good reviews) and they took me in that same day!
I got a woman named Annie, who was very sweet. The place itself is pretty small, kind of crowded but it doesn’t matter, the facial was great!
Mine lasted about 1+ hours — it included extractions (hurts like hell but didn’t last all that long), suction (doesn’t hurt), high frequency to kill the bacteria (doesn’t hurt), and cleansing and masks and tree oil :)!
Annie gave me a massage which was pretty decent. And they also gave me free samples of cleansers at the end.
Your face will be pretty red from the extractions, my whole forehead was red! But I’m sure in a few days it’ll be fine. My skin feels wayyy smoother!
My facial was only $ 45 dollars, which is a steal compared to the ones on Newbury. Yay! Must check it out.

I had a deep facial there last night. It was wonderful, 75 minutes of face and neck massage with a mask too. Definitely a must have facial in Boston. Only disappointing thing was the sales upgrade tries.

I lived in Asia for many years before moving to this area and finding a facial place similar to the ones they have there was a top priority for me. They always take care of my skin so much better than I could alone. I had been breaking out pretty severely after the move, but after one extremely relaxing visit to Skin Care adventure (and admittedly a somewhat painful ‘acne treating’ facial,) the zits were gone. That was a week ago. I bought a package of eight with four of the $ 45 facials and four of the $ 60 facials for about $ 40 per facial — other reviewers seem to have gotten a better deal… and free masks as well! Still, I’ve spent the last seven days both marvelling over the softness and cleanliness of my skin, and looking forward to my next visit. I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a relaxing, if not fancy experience, and nice skin to boot.

Very reasonable prices for services, and thorough, effective treatments. They use high-​end products (GM Collin, etc.), which I didn’t expect from a cheapie little place.
However, they GOUGE you for products purchased there! I paid $ 49 for a GM Collin acne travel kit that I later learned should have cost me $ 40, max, plus tax. That’s irritating, esp. since I paid upfront for a package of 8 facials. Not cool, guys.

EXTREMELY impressed by the Marine Essentials facial. Not surprisingly, there was a steady stream of customers the day I went. Not a fancy spa experience by any means (customer chairs are separated by curtains), but what a fantastic facial! My therapist provided some of the best extractions ever. In one, one hour session, she got rid of blemishes that had lingered for almost two weeks. The neck and shoulder massage was very deep and relaxing. All this for $ 60! And they have package deals where if you buy ten in advance, the cost drops down to something like $ 37 per facial. They gave me a couple of free facial masks after my service.

Its more like 4.5 stars for the price. this place does not have the fanciest décor but the facials are great. I bought a package of 10 facials (normally at $ 60) for way cheaper. They have one large room with three beds and two small rooms. I have only gotten facials in the large room, which has curtains for seperation. They turn off the light so it is not glaring in your face the entire time (unlike their sister salon, Da Da). There is talking, espeically if there are other customers talking, but its usually not bad. The staff is very attentive and barely leaves you alone. The facial massage and shoulder massage are both long and relaxing.
My boyfriend has also gotten facials here and they are not shy about massaging him, unlike some other chinese places he’s been to.
They also do body treatments, nails and waxing although I have not gotten any of these done before.
Overall, they have great facial treatments but if you’re looking for an upscale spa feel, you won’t get it here. For those who don’t speak chinese, don’t worry. They know a decent amount of english.