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"  &amp;#039;Sheep&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;placenta&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;facial&amp;#039; - three words I&amp;#039;ve never used in the same sentence\u2026 until now. When I was first invited to try it, I had sick-making images of an actual sheep&amp;#039;s placenta being flopped onto my face - not nice. But surely the likes of Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian and Simon Cowell wouldn&amp;#039;t allow a farmyard animal&amp;#039;s birth stuff all up in their grill, would they? No they wouldn&amp;#039;t, which is why this treatment uses purified stem cells harvested from New Zealand Sheep placenta (no animal cruelty here), and sprinkled with some 24 carat gold flakes - much nicer. Stem Cell Beauty Innovations is the first UK skincare range to use stem cells harvested from mammal placenta. It claims to be the ultimate anti-ageing prescription, and Beyond MediSpa at Harvey Nichols has designed a 75-minute facial incorporating the products. It started with a good cleanse, some microdermabrasion (bye bye dead skin cells), a light glycolic peel, followed by some extraction (that&amp;#039;s spot squeezing to you and me). Then the O-Placenta concentrate was applied. 24ml of this stuff will put you back \u00A3225, which kind of explains the cost of the overall facial. Then came the gold serum, followed by some red light therapy to push all that skin-loving goodness into the deeper layers of my skin. People with sensitive skin should forego the peel, and possibly the microdermabrasion, but your therapist will tailor the treatment to suit your skin type. There&amp;#039;s also some lovely shoulder and neck massage thrown in - sleepy time! And the results? The slightly sensitive skin on my cheeks looked a little irritated immediately afterwards, but the following day, I had the lovely plump, glowy complexion I was promised. Whether these results were down to the placenta stem cells is a whole other story - some experts argue that additional active ingredients, such as peptides, could be responsible for the collagen-boosting, skin-renewing benefits of stem cell products. But there&amp;#039;s no denying it, this was a really good facial, and a world away from the placenta-flopping-on-my-face experience I envisaged. I left feeling happy, relaxed, and not at all nauseous - hurrah! The Placenta Facial by SCBI at Beyond MediSpa, \u00A3185 per treatment or \u00A3925 for a series of six treatments. \u00A0  THE BEST NEW FACE OILS CAN FACIALS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOUR SKIN? CELEB BEAUTY BUYS UNDER \u00A315 \u00A0 \u00A0 "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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