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<\/a>Margaret Tomaszewicz. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n
I had met Margaret Tomaszewicz at a couple of recent events in Los Angeles, and she told me about what she does.\u00a0 She had such a lovely presence about her that I decided to go to her for my next facial.\u00a0 I really needed one after a month in the house, suffering from pneumonia.\u00a0 I had to make it a priority because I usually don\u2019t even have time for a facial.\u00a0 (I won a series of eight of them at another facial place, two years ago!!!\u00a0 And I haven\u2019t had any time to use even one<\/em> of them!)\u00a0 But, after a month of suffering from dramatic pneumonia, I felt that my very first time leaving the house after that siege should be for something beneficial to my being.<\/p>\n So, I headed down to Santa Monica to European Skin and Massage Studio, which is located in a very interesting place.\u00a0 Salon Republic occupies one floor of an office building, and on that one floor are all different beauty services, each in their own room or office.\u00a0 This way, there\u2019s no wasted space, (as there is in so many other salons,) and each proprietor is master of his or her own universe.<\/p>\n Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n Margaret\u2019s space is so peaceful and warm, and right outside it, she set-up a chair and table with magazines, in case she\u2019s finishing-up with her previous client.\u00a0 And, if that\u2019s the case, (as it was with me, because I was early,) she hangs a sign on her door, \u201cRelaxation in Progress,\u201d so that we don\u2019t have to wonder what\u2019s going on.\u00a0 How thoughtful of her.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019re on her heated, cozy table, you can choose your desired facial from her menu of services, (such as the basic European or the Anti-Aging,) or, do as I did, let Margaret see what\u2019s what with your skin and then decide what\u2019s best for you.\u00a0 I just went with the flow.<\/p>\n After I lay down and got cozy under the blanket, Margaret examined my skin, and determined that it was good, but a bit dry from being sick and in bed for so long.\u00a0 Along the way, she applied a couple of masks, and performed not just one, but two<\/em> wonderful face, neck, head, and shoulder massages. I was in heaven!<\/p>\n Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n I appreciated that she let me dictate if we should chat during the facial, or not.\u00a0 She made me conformable enough to just relax and drift off a bit, but when I had questions about the products she was using, she was happy to educate me, without pushing me to purchase products from her line.\u00a0 (I actually already\u00a0owned a couple of them, and I can promise you that my skin does look somewhat brighter when I use her Woda brand Magic Bamboo & Charcoal Mask. I actually just included it in my Mother\u2019s Day\/Beauty Products That Work<\/em> column.)<\/p>\n This was funny.\u00a0 When I was looking in the mirror that morning, before I left the house, I noticed that, after a month in bed, my brows were in great need of grooming.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t have time to attend to them before the facial, but I figured it didn\u2019t matter anyway\u2014a facial would disturb them anyway.\u00a0 But after doing my first face massage that day, Margaret laughingly said something to the effect that my brows were a mess. I so respect her for being brave enough to tease me about them!\u00a0 She said that I was not quite Andy Rooney yet, but getting there! (Bite our tongues.)\u00a0 I told her what happened that morning, and that I had noticed the errant brows (when I was actually checking to see if that sick siege had produced any little mustache hairs,)\u00a0and she laughed and said that she could fix it all for me; no problem.\u00a0 So, bing, bang, boom\u2014she trimmed and shaped my brows with no fuss whatsoever, and even tweezed a couple of stray hairs above my upper lip.\u00a0 What a pleasure that was\u2014she\u2019s a one-stop beauty shop!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>