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Customized facials that repair, restore, and replenish your skin, using high-performance, plant-based products from Lira Clinical, all delivered with a healing touch.

Offered at Retreat Skin & Hair Studio, 146 Fillmore Street, San Francisco.

  • The Essential Facial · $185 · 60 min
    A classic deep-cleansing, mildly exfoliating facial with extractions, fully customized to your skin type, condition, and goals. You'll leave feeling clean, refreshed, and glowing.

    The Essential Teen Facial · $140 · 60 min
    A "mini" Essential Facial for clients under 18, focused on their clinical skincare needs. For acne, please see The Re•invent.

  • The Quintessential Facial · $250 · 90–120 min
    Everything in the Essential Facial, plus two additional modalities chosen for your skin, such as LED, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, acupressure, or an exfoliating peel. It can target hyperpigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles, scarring, and dehydration. A wonderful first visit, with time to learn about your skin and build your treatment around it.

    The Glow Up · $250 · $300 with MLD massage · $325 with dermaplaning · 75+ min
    A luxury reset for tired, dehydrated skin. Multiple acids and illuminating botanicals, collagen-supporting peptides, plant stem cells, and skin-balancing probiotics renew your skin through double exfoliation, extractions, and three different masks. Skin looks brighter, calmer, and plumper.

    The Re•surface · $250 · $275 with LED · $300 with a peel · 90-120 min
    This treatment features DERMAPLANING, an exfoliating technique that uses a blade in short strokes to remove the surface layer of dead skin, debris and vellus hair ( peach fuzz). This treatment includes a deep cleansing, dermaplaining session, extractions and a mask. Dermaplaning is completely pain free, non-invasive and suitable to most skin types.

    The Re•fresh · $275 · $300 with peel · $325 with peel and retinol seal · 120 min
    Uses Green Power Rebuilder, a natural mechanical exfoliator derived from freshwater sponge, as an organic alternative to device-assisted collagen induction therapy such as micro-rolling or micro-needling, to elevate your skin tone and texture. Includes extractions and LED light therapy. Our most comprehensive resurfacing treatment for scarring and hyperpigmentation, especially when combined with a peel. Not suitable for first-time clients. Its exfoliating ingredient is pregnancy-safe. If you're expecting, please let me know when you book so I can adjust any peel or add-on options.

    The Re•invent (acne) · $275 · $300 with peel · $350 for 1st visit · 120 min
    A corrective facial that refines and calms acne-prone skin. Antibacterial and soothing ingredients support healing, nutrition, and reduced inflammation. Includes extractions, LED light therapy, and Manual Lymphatic Drainage. At your first visit, we do an in-depth intake and create a customized homecare regimen, with guidance on food triggers and lifestyle changes that support clear, healthy skin.

  • Acupressure Facial Combo · $250 · 90 min
    A deeply relaxing, restorative facial that combines facial acupressure and Manual Lymphatic Drainage with LED light therapy. Acupressure is a holistic, touch-based technique that uses specific pressure points on the face and neck to energize and revitalize your skin. In this tradition, the points run along meridians, channels said to carry energy through the body. Lymphatic drainage adds a light, rhythmic touch that encourages lymph flow and moves fluid out of the tissue. Clients often notice released tension, reduced puffiness, improved circulation, and a toned, refreshed look. Includes cleansing with massage, extractions, a mask, facial acupressure, MLD, LED, and a foot massage.

    Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) for the face · $125 · $160 with LED · 45–60 min
    A light-touch, rhythmic technique that encourages lymph flow and moves fluid out of the tissue. Deeply relaxing, and many clients notice less puffiness and a calmer, more even-toned look. Especially beneficial for acne-prone, rosacea, and sensitive skin, puffiness, dark circles, and smokers' skin. Can be added to any facial.

  • The Re•shine (peel) · $170 and up · 45 min
    A quick "in and out" peel treatment, perfect a few days before a big event or to revitalize tired skin after a stressful week or a long vacation in the sun. Includes LED. Not suitable for first-time clients.

    The Re•light · $60 · 45 min
    A quick LED light treatment, a good follow-up a few days after a peel or an extensive facial to support healing and cell turnover. It also works as a stand-alone treatment for relaxation and skin vitality.

  • Boost the benefits of any facial:

    Peel $40

    Retinoid, PDRN+, TXA or NAD concentrated boosters $30

    LED $30

    Manual Lymphatic Drainage $40

    Acupressure $40

    Reiki $50

  • Korean Lash Lifting · $150 · $165 with lash color
    Lifts your own natural lashes from the base for a curl that makes them look longer, with results lasting up to 8 weeks. A great alternative to extensions or mascara, suited to any lash length. The formula is fast-processing, formaldehyde-free, and rich in conditioning, nourishing ingredients.

  • Head-to-toe waxing with a gentle Italian natural strip wax.

  • For any treatment that includes a peel, dermaplaning, or resurfacing (including a peel add-on), please follow this routine for a safe and optimal result:

    • 5 days before: stop retinol and retinoids.

    • 3 days before: stop AHAs, BHAs, and manual exfoliation.

    • No injectables or facial laser hair removal for 2 weeks before or after.

    You'll receive a pre- and post-care routine for these treatments. Treatments marked † follow this guidance.

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  • Before your appointment

    • Please come with clean lashes, and avoid heavy eye makeup or mascara on the day of your lash lift or lash color if you can.

    • Please don't wear contact lenses to your appointment, since you won't be able to put them back in afterward. Bring your glasses with you.

    After your appointment

    • For 24 hours, keep your lashes completely dry, with no water, steam, or heavy moisture. That means no washing your hair, no long, hot, steamy showers and no heavy perspiration (workouts) during that time, so plan ahead.n text goes here

  • Before your appointment

    • Accutane: If you're on Accutane, waxing isn't possible for any part of your body. Please let me know before you book.

    • Active ingredients: For 5 days before your wax, please stop using retinoids and retinols (including Retin-A), alpha and beta hydroxy acids (glycolic, lactic, malic, and salicylic acids), benzoyl peroxide, and any manual exfoliation on the area being waxed.

    • Injectables and laser: Please wait 2 weeks after injectables or facial laser hair removal before facial or body waxing.

    • Hair length: Hair should be ¼" to ½" long so the wax can grip well. If it's longer, let me know and I can trim it first.

    • Sun: Please avoid sun exposure, tanning, and sunburn on the area before your visit.

    • Skin: Come with clean skin, and skip lotions and oils on the area that day.

    • Let me know if you use prescription creams or are pregnant, so I can adjust for more sensitive skin.

    • Day of your appointment: If you can, avoid caffeine and aspirin, and skip exercise that makes you sweat heavily. (Please don't stop any medication prescribed by your doctor.)

    After your appointment

    • For 24 to 48 hours, avoid hot baths, saunas, steam rooms, hot tubs, swimming pools, strenuous exercise, sun, and tanning beds.

    • Wear loose, breathable clothing over the area.

    • Use only gentle, fragrance-free products on the area, and skip makeup on a waxed face for the rest of the day.

    • Avoid touching the area with unwashed hands.

    • After 48 hours, gentle exfoliation helps prevent ingrown hairs.

Preparing for your visit!

A little care before and after your appointment helps your skin get the very best results. These short instructions help your skin respond beautifully while keeping you safe, comfortable, and cared for every step of the way.

Homecare essentials for healthy skin

Cleanse

Lira Clinical approaches cleansing as an active, corrective step, not a passive wash-and-go.

Exfoliate

Refine texture and fine lines, minimize pore appearance, reduce breakouts and promote a youthful glow. Gentle physical exfoliants, enzymes and AHA/BHAs.

Repair & Regenerate

High-quality serums formulated with plant stem cells, advanced peptides, exclusive botanicals, vitamins, and minerals, and technologically advanced delivery systems, help your skin look and feel healthy, resilient, and radiant.

Nourish & Protect

Keeping barrier of the skin in tact with nourishing hydrators, oils and cremes is essential for healthy skin. Wearing chemical-free, broad spectrum, reef safe sunscreen is proven to prevent premature aging, pigment disfunction, and decrease the development of skin cancer.

PROFESSIONAL SKINCARE,

TAILORED FOR YOU


Lira Clinical is the line I use in every facial and recommend for homecare. I love it not only because it was created by warm, innovative women right here in the Bay Area with over 40 years experience in the industry; they are always researching new ingredients and delivery technologies to make their products even better. Its range covers a wide variety of skin concerns, so I can match your treatment and routine to your skin’s needs. Consistent homecare keeps your skin ready for each treatment, so every facial builds on the last. Products are available at your visit or through Retreat's online store.


Shop Lira Clinical at Retreat

  • "Kim is not only highly knowledgeable and skilled in all things related to skin care, she is also caring, intuitive and generous. I found myself looking forward to getting a facial the same way I'd look forward to getting a massage. It wasn't just my face that felt nurtured and cared for, and when I learned that Kim also did Reiki, I understood why. Kim is a healer."

    - Pamela S.

  • "I started entrusting my skin to Kim almost 20 years ago, and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. After I started getting regular facials (every 8 weeks) and using the products Kim recommends, I no longer needed to see a dermatologist or use acne meds. Miraculous! She's kept my skin glowing, beautiful, and wrinkle-free all this time. I just turned 48, and nobody can believe it. Do yourself a favor, and book the Retreat Quintssential facial today. ;)"

    -Erin H

If you're ready to take some time for yourself and care for your skin, but have a few questions first, send me a message. Tell me about your skin, your concerns, or what you'd like to know, and I'll be happy to help you find the right treatment. I look forward to sharing my healing touch with you.

Questions? I'd love to hear from you.