Best Facials in Melbourne for Skin-Loving Self Care

A great facial will have you emerge feeling like a brand new person. High tech gadgetry, concentrated formulas and the magic touch of an experienced facialist gets skin glowing, dewy and plump in a way you just can’t achieve at home. Whether you prefer a high intensity clinical approach or gentle botanical solution, there’s a salon out there that’ll take you to beauty bliss.

The Skin Bar 

In super exciting news, Australia's leading skin needling specialists, The Skin Bar, have expanded their popular network of skin clinics with a new addition in Armadale. A first for Melbourne, this sanctuary-like clinic is a must-try for non-invasive facials, non-toxic anti-ageing treatments and skin needling. 

Founded by dermal therapist Samantha Appel, the space has been designed as an inner-city oasis, where beauty meets simplicity and innovation. 

The Skin Bar is doing a striking job of taking the beauty space away from dull white clinics, to vibrant, homey and warm spaces, where people can come to and feel safe and in capable hands. Easily one of the best new spots for a facial in Melbourne - where you'll leave feeling luminous and new! 

1240 High Street, Armadale

Grown Alchemist

Grown Alchemist’s focus on potent botanicals has made them one of Australia’s most loved skincare labels. At their retail lab in Carlton, you can get the full experience with a transformative facial using concentrated antioxidants and plant-based peptides. Their brightening facial ($190) deploys fruit enzymes to work on a deep cellular level to increase circulation for a radiant complexion. Best of all, you can redeem 50 per cent of the cost of any facial towards products in store.

226 Faraday Street, Carlton

Hüd Skin + Beauty

Hüd’s Norwegian founder Gry Tømte is one of the best beauty therapists in the biz, and she and her team bring signature Scandinavian perfectionism to everything they do. They’ve won a swag of awards, so you’re in safe hands when you book their stellar enzyme therapy treatments ($230-$320) which rebuild the skin over four sessions. Working their way up in strength, they’ll exfoliate the surface of the skin while working internally on the skin cells with an enzyme mask.

140 St Kilda Road, St Kilda

Made by Self

This peppy salon in Hawthorn blends techniques from eastern and western traditions to bring you facials that are different from the average. Book into stimulating gua sha facials ($235) that are combined with deep vitamin C infusion, or buccal massage facials ($335) that will tone, sculpt and release tension. Made by Self even offers facials for your back that will rid you of that dreaded backne with the help of enzymes and decongesting clay.

671 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

Skin Day Spa

St Kilda fave Skin Day Spa offers some of the best, and the best-value, facials in town. You can freshen up your visage with mini microdermabrasion ($99) or light therapy-backed glow facials ($149). Even their top-of-the-range “red carpet ready” facials cost less than $200, combining oxygen infusion and LED red light therapy for immediate plumping and priming.

147 Chapel Street, St Kilda

Luminous Skin Clinics

For a multi-step, medical-grade treatment that will transform your face with zero downtime, book into Luminous Skin Clinics’ signature HydraFacial. They use cutting edge technology to cleanse, exfoliate, extract and hydrate all in a single session, boosting your skin with antioxidants, peptides and hyaluronic acid for a more supple and firm complexion. Perfect for pre-event glow ups!

12 Shuter Street, Moonee Ponds

Little Company

With one location in Collingwood and another in the wellness mecca of Byron Bay, Little Company is highly versed in the art of making their clients glow. Their signature Ritual Facial (from $289) is a holistic experience designed to renew more than just your skin. In addition to facial treatments, they add soundscapes, scents and LED light to harmonise your mind and body while neck and head massages put you in a state of total relaxation.

Montalto Place, Collingwood

Victorian Dermal Group

For those seeking a more clinical approach, Victorian Dermal Group uses the most advanced technology on the market to ensure their clients get visible results. Medical grade chemical peels remove dead skin cells and promote collagen regeneration, leaving you with a bright and even complexion. They offer a range of peels to suit your needs, from mild enzyme peels for minor blemishes to medical grade chemical peels that treat hyperpigmentation.

206/1 Princess Street, Kew

Liberty Belle Skin Centre

You’ll find celebs, models and influencers among the regulars at this high end Toorak clinic, where experienced staff and next-gen techniques ensure unmatched results. Their signature Glow Facial ($395) will have you looking red carpet ready in a flash, with deep cleaning exfoliation followed by a customised serum infusion and gentle warming laser that stimulates collagen production.

506 Toorak Road, Toorak

Chuan Spa

For an experience that includes the bells and whistles, The Langham’s luxurious in-house spa offers a package that’ll tickle every fancy. Chuan Spa’s signature Chuan Yu facial (from $239) combines ancient holistic techniques of Gua Sha and acupressure. A healing jade stone is gently glided over the skin to visibly lift, tone and revitalise. For a full body experience, back it up with a peaceful relaxation massage with one of their expert therapists.

Level 9/1 Southgate Avenue, Southbank

Rationale

Nature meets science at Rationale, where facials combine Australian botanicals with cutting edge cosmeceuticals to leave you feeling reborn. The comprehensive experience begins with a consultation, double cleanse and UV light analysis that informs your recommended treatments – these include the cooling CryoGenic Calming facial, LED-boosted EpiNova Brilliance facial and antioxidant rich PhotoGenic Resilience facial ($315).

016A/287 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Clinica Lase

Give your skin a boost with Clinica Lase’s high impact oxygen facial (from $275), which uses a hyperbaric machine to infuse vitamin and antioxidant-rich serums deep into the dermal layer. Immediate results include plump, bouncy and hydrated skin, while over the following days serums continue working underneath the skin to stimulate collagen production and reduce fine lines.

23-25 Argyle Place South, Carlton

The Skin Boutique

With six clinics around Melbourne, including one in the CBD, you could easily drop into the Skin Boutique on your lunch break and return to your desk transformed. Their series of powerful yet non-invasive range of facials prevent and correct all stages of ageing, with high concentrated ingredients such as vitamin C for brightening, marine collagen for elasticity and plant stem cells for tissue strengthening.

Shop E8/121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

T3/131 Ormond Road, Elwood

42 Bay Road, Sandringham

78 Mount Eliza Way, Mount Eliza

1036/1239 Nepean Highway, Cheltenham

Shop 135/400 Cranbourne Road, Narre Warren South

Skin Angel

Models and brides-to-be trust this luxe clinic to give them the perfect game day glow. Their corrective facials use active ingredients to target focus areas, from instant collagen induction to decongestive acne busting. For a full service treatment, we can’t go past the sculpting and lifting facial ($500), which combines a prescribed peel with tension-dissolving massage techniques that’ll soften and strengthen your skin.

1206 High Street, Armadale

Claire Francoise Skin & Body Clinic

Combining state-of-the-art technology with the glamour of a French beauty parlour, this award winning clinic is one of our favourite places to rejuvenate. When it comes to skin that feels clogged and heavy, their powerfully efficient 30-minute regeneration facial is the way to go. They get right into it, quickly ridding the skin of build up and blockages with a deep cleanse and mandelic acid peel.

153C High Street, Prahran

Beautyologist

Refresh and rejuvenate your skin naturally with a lymphatic drainage facial ($148) at St Kilda’s most sumptuous beauty clinic. This therapeutic massage technique uses gentle pressure and strokes to stimulate the flow of your lymph system and detox toxins from your body. The result is a brighter complexion, reduced puffiness and overall healthier skin.

181 Carlisle Street, St Kilda East

Beauty addicts can find more ways to achieve silky smooth skin with the best laser, waxing, and tanning salons in Melbourne. When you’re at home, keep the glow going with the best Australian skincare brands on the market.