Ella Baché - Balwyn (1070 reviews)

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The experience is ruined for me with continuous upswell for add ons. The 99 facial is heavily promoted and it’s the price point I can afford. Then the last three times Tim suggested extra 40$ treatments. Also 40 $$ for 5 minute eyebrow tidy is a total rip off. I don’t think I’ll come back. The therapist gave a really good treatment by the way. Karen

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Lovely girl, she did express her regular treatment work was with skin. Maybe not ideal for waxing....... one of the more messy and painfull waxing tretments i have had.

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I booked a two hour appointment with a specific person, however on arrival I was placed with someone else. This was not communicated to me. The appointment was for 2 hours, however I finished 30min early. The massage portion was just okay unfortunately. I did request a firm massage and it was quite light and didn’t target the areas i mentioned - lower back/neck (was very brief and seemed routine). The good level of firmness applied was only brief and the rest was a lot of just rubbing which didn’t really do much in terms of relieve pain/muscle tightness. The girl I had was lovely and explained things well, this review is no reflection on her - more what just seems to be standard practice at the spa. I did mention the level of firmness once, however I expected the treatment to go on for longer and improve. Perhaps it was because the treatments were combined? But either way 30min early seems a bit much. For the cost ($185) of what ended up being ~70min in the room I didn’t find it to be particularly good. In my opinion it would also be good to invest in some softer towels without a pattern as the ones you have are quite hard and leave a very noticeable skin imprint when you get up, which isn’t ideal for when you leave.

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Good atmosphere but salon appears to be quite rundown. Warm towels used during service were not warm at all and had strange, musky smell to them. Music could be barely heard so that created uncomfortable silence in treatment room. I booked a particular treatment because of description online, but not all parts of that treatment were completed. I wish I had been warned in advance as I would have chosen a different treatment instead. However, extremely friendly staff that made me feel comfortable and looked after.