I Got A $395 Gemstone Facial | Beauty With Mi | Refinery29
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- On this episode of Beauty With Mi, our host Mi-Anne Chan heads to The Detox Market for a gemstone facial. This treatment is done by Dr. Elizabeth Tratner utilizing acupuncture and crystals. Watch this video to see if the facial is for you!
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Are you into using gemstones for any healing purpose? Share your opinions with us below.
I dont see any benefit in stones. I think it's just a scam. I mean, how do stones placed randomly on your face help cope with stress, it may feel cold and relaxing but that is basically it lol
All US Acupuncturists need to pass a Clean Needle Technique Certification, 3-4 years graduates program, as well as a 2-3 year clinical internship. Needles shouldn't be falling out if inserted correctly. Also, you need to press the needled spots with cotton pad after you take out each needle, otherwise can cause bruising. Especially, the face is most sensitive. I'm sorry to say her needling technique and treatment principle are a misrepresentation of Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Mi-Anne and Refinery29, I love that you are always open to trying and sharing all kinds of beauty treatments. But please, please do more research. Acupuncture is a medical practice that has been around for thousands of years, and has help treat and manage many medical problems--- Psoriasis, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, depression, arthritis, neurological disorders, stress and pain management, fatigue, insomnia, etc. If you want to try acupuncture to improve skin complexion or beauty in general, you need to find an acupuncturist, who is well-trained in diagnosis and treatment in managing symptoms, and more importantly treating the underlying root (internal) causes.
For example, symptoms of poor skin complexion and fatigue, can be due to root cause: SP Deficiency (which is Chinese Medicine terminology for poor digestion, eating, sleeping habits, possibly anemia, etc). Hence, the acupuncturist will normally give treatment to help regulate your digestion, appetite and sleep, in order to address your chief complaint of skin complexion and fatigue. Because when your digestion, metabolism and sleep is functioning normally, your skin and energy level will show. This is just an example case.
@@misssoandso We appreciate your feedback! Thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.
No. Stones are not treatments for anything. It would be a interesting topic for the Shady series talking about those fake treatments that use random stones from the ground
Refinery29 I don’t really think they have any special properties except to be pretty rocks
I’m Chinese and my family has been practicing traditional Chinese medicine for 6 generations but this is the first time I heard that gemstones had anything to do with traditional Chinese medicine lol
that is so true
Jonathan Li ok thanks I needed someone to agree with me to lol 😆
Question, I know jade face rollers are really popular from everywhere and are said they originate from China. Do you know if they were used there a long time ago?
@@pierogipizza I believe jade rollers are just alternative forms of the Guasha tool. Guasha has been practiced in China for hundreds, if not thousands of years. But the concept of jade roller was new to me.
Now I understand that the crystals used in this specific video and the methods of their use might be a little questionable to some people but gem stones have been used in countless ancient empires by royals and even in China. Jade specifically was associated with immortality and Chinese emperors were often encased in jade burial suits with a piece of jade placed under the tongue and on top of the eyes when they died to ensure their immortality after death. And this is just one example of gem stones used by the Chinese.
i can't take any facial that leaves MAKEUP on the skin seriously... also that citrine is fake.
@@candelariaag I think she might be referring to the hot pink eyeliner
Same
she should have also removed the necklace
@@samanthamerritt1718 ya lol
onlychimerically looks like a heat treated amethyst
These “gem stones” look like they were bought of Amazon smh..... 🤦🏻♂️
lmao
They look like those plastic toys.
Oldiemanta RBLX I was hoping someone else had the same thought. I could have sworn I had plastic rings with those exact same “stones” when I was like 5.
O S actually, those gemstones are actually quartz gemstones that why they look like plastic lmao
O S because you can buy real gemstones on AMAZON JEZZ everyone finds something to hate on literally on every video 🤬
Just an other marketing gag. The stones are just to make it more expensive 😒 The cupping and needles might work, but you could get that for half the price.
Cupping is just hogwash. A regular massage is just the same.
I totally agree
@@kingjingun4704 Actually, cupping us supposed to suck the bad blood out if your body. But usually there is a mark where there was cupping, and this one doesn't so this one probably didn't work...
@@fasterandsmarter I don't know why this comment made me lose my shit...u must be joking... Sucking out blood by cupping??? Did u realize what u r saying? Without any needles hw r u supposed to suck out blood??? N extreme cupping cn end up in bruises... Also hw r u supposed to filter that blood or do u just let it drain it out of ur body eventually leading to hypovolemic shock🤣🤣🤣.... U didn't read much of biology did u???
@@fasterandsmarter The marks go away dumbass
*rubbing crystals n sticking needles on unwashed face. No thnx, I m good*
I think she only left her eye makeup on ^^
@@roejin7365 even then I'd feel nervous having needles put in without cleaning first because there can still be bacteria that can get introduced under the skin from the needles
@@roejin7365 her eyebrows too-
tomomi her eyebrows I think are microbladed
Laura Eshelman they don’t clean ur face before acupuncture so and how do u know her face isn’t cleaned bro
Those gems she put on her face at 5:15 look fake glass/plastics gemstones LMAO Can you imagine paying that much and she actually uses fake ones
Juno omg they look so fake 💀💀💀
@Tara Saran crystals and gemstones have energy healing properties
K Shwayzy so does ecstacy 😂 just cause it wakes you up doesn't mean it's WORTH IT
No I’ve worked with gemstones they all seem real although when people say the citrine is fake it’s because they mean it’s heat treated amethyst.
K Shwayzy EXACTLY!!! I think your the only other person that realises this!
Imagine paying $300+ for fake stones to be placed on your body
1k likes and no responds I'm gonna ruin it hehehe
@@xalciaqx9026 lmao
Their Life They Decide You Rude Person
@@forzeia8138 she can go ahead and do it if she wants, but calm down. It’s just their honest opinion.
A couple of those stones were real, but the gems were totally made out of glass! Going to rock shows and having someone teach me how to tell fakes pays off
when you charge 200-300 for a healing crystal facial but use fake citrine.. 😂
200-300 for a handful of grawl in one's face
Okurrr
@@theturtlejalle3345 handful of plastic and glass
Ah😂
_blueNeon even if it was real, it doesn’t do anything.
I wonder if the facialist actually believes in it or just scams naive people telling them it works, maybe a combination of both?
H. P. obv a scam
The placebo effect is real so she technically is giving her clients some sort of benefit psychologically :P
In my experience , people who pull off those kind of gimmicks really believe in the words that come from their mouth.
@@marzipanmango You can give them that with a normal facial too. It would have a double effect then.
yea just for money , i mean she gotta get paid🤷🏽
This is a scam lmao she doesnt know what she talking about.
It’s her money who cares
I'm the 999 like
I do use crystals for healing, and you’re so right. Some were also fake crystals lol.
Lol
@@toastedtoastontoast Hel
Any one bugged out by the fact she is wearing rings doing facial on someone’s face? Hygiene please!
And her nails too
As I always say... I'm a geologist with an advanced degree and if gem stone healing was true, I would have had super powers by now. Do I have that super power? No. But are they pretty enough to rip off people? Yes. I like how you acknowledged they are "pretty for pictures" lol
My father was a mining engineer and I know the horrible work conditions for the workers in the mining industry. Km tired of people thinking that a stone will fix problems or will balance bad energy. I think going to real therapy with a shrink is much more helpful.
People love to believe in magical remedies.
I don't understand how gemstones are bad for your skin. They're just compressed rocks?
@@dj_nyx8903 no theyre not bad but how are they any good?
I go on college geology field trips on my spare time. I love finding gems, rocks and fossils especially trilobites. I have added gems in their raw form in my collection. I agree this pure cringe. Rocks and gems have helped man kind but it because of their chemical properties. Never energy or magical. They don't gain powers when developingm I hate that because of these idiots if there is gem I want not normally found in my area. The gem is over priced.
@@Micv90 If people really want to believe in that stuff and feel like it's giving them positive results, I guess it hurts no one to do whatever you want with stones and gems! However I do feel like making a shameless profit off these beliefs is super wrong.
I mean it's one thing to just buy stones and believe they have a positively power on you if you wear them in your pocket or whatever, but selling a $400 stone "facial" is straight up scam. I mean as you say I think there are a lot of people who truly have issues in their lives and who should seek help but instead fall into traps like this instead of actually trying to fix it. At this point I guess it's not that serious because it's just cosmetic but I've literally seen videos of people "healing" things like diabetes or ADHD with crystals and shit. That's so bloody dangerous...
1. Stones aren't magic. They might be great for massages and rollers duer to them being able to be beveled smoothly, but that's it. 2. Those crystals were fake, I can see the seams in the orange and purple one that is known in stage production as "flashing". It happens when product spills out between mold parts and is usually ground down and smoothed. Please, please do not be fooled by this. I'm all for facial massages and things to help destress but the gem and crystal bit is just bunk.
Come to Hawaii and a dare you to take a rock back home with you. There's a reason all the hotels here get packages year round of returned stones from tourists who don't believe it until it happens to them.....
BwanaLana _ I took a rock by accident and I’m literally perfectly fine? Rocks are literally just that. Rocks
Stones and crystals are used in witchcraft so they basically are magic.... Do your research.
@@qwernatif2476
Not everyone has the same beliefs, do your research
gaaras wife bruh, lmao
oh she was really dancing around the fact she thought the facial did nothing ahha
Precisely! The massage might have been helpful, but crystals are not magic, for goodness sake. *eye roll*
@Tina Yael Severinovna M. $395 for a massage loool
This is for the rich who have lots of money and nothing better to do with their time.
She never cleaned ur face. Ur makeup for still there. So where 395 dollar went.
Only her eye makeup is left
She gets so many facials she has good skin. She's not actually wearing any face makeup
I agree but her make up was left.
Yeah and theyre wearing jewelry in a so called "facial"
without even following basic facial steps, wtf this is a huge scam, those stones were plastic toooo.
man, the confidence is astounding. i envy someone who can be so confident selling their bs that people think hocking over $400 to have rocks rubbed on their face does anything. like, she doesn't even need to buy any equipment or more than a few simple products. i have no clue why she tried going for cut fake gems, they look fake even when they're real and definitely don't give off a nature healing vibe.
"Gemstones have been used in medicine for 5,000 years". So have leaches, and we all know how great those were.
I think leeches are still used sometimes lol
They actually were used to suck out poison/disease out of the blood and for the time and age it was very efficient..
Leeches are STILL used for a lot of things. No, they're not good if you just STICK them on yourself, but if you have a trained medical professional using them then they're fine. They use them in vet's offices, too
Yes, leeches are still used today, and can still be beneficial. What I meant is how people used to just stick them on whenever anything happened- headache? Leeches! Feel sick? Leeches!
Did y’all study in leeches smh *or maybe I’m just an idiot* 😂
Anyone going to talk about the “ear seeds” they look like the fake gem stickers you get from Claire’s to pretend you have a nose piercing
Ear seeding is actually really similar to acupuncture, which does have health benefits.
These ones look like dollar store rhinestones tho 😂
ear seeding is real, but those definitely look fake LOL
Yep
They look like bindi which indians place on their forehead though😂
Rich people will really pay anything for anything
Them gems look like plastic ones from dollar tree
Fr fr
I am glad that you get to try these kind of stuff, so that people who are curious don’t just casually spend 100-400$ only for a new marketing strategy
If you come to my little sisters art class you can get this done for free!
Underrated comment right here 😅
Meet u there on Monday 😂😂😂😂😂
Never had a facial where they didn’t CLEAN my face first.... and the gems are definitely fake
I just know this lady doesn’t get vaccines
Yup
How?
She’d be dead by now if she didn’t.
Those are literally from like a pack of gems
That you can get at like walmart
Every item used in this video can purchased on Shein. I just checked.
Those crystals on her face are not real
I think the benefit a person may feel they get from this treatment has much more to do with being touched kindly and feeling taking cared of rather than gemstones. A good video though, relaxing and fun to watch.
"grounds you" "negative charge"
electricians: am i a joke to you.
Why she didn’t cleanse your face ???????????????
init
This is a joke right?
I wish!😂
Saying “It smells so good” about a face cream... that’s not a good thing
Yeah, some fragrances can be completely harmless tho
Ada Harrison Not for sensitive skin
@@adaharrisonn Fragrance is useless for the skin, and can cause irritations, and it just doesn't benefit you in any way in the long run.
I'm so happy I wasn't the only one wprried about that lol
Exactly
...healing crystals?? Ok...
I mean some people believe in lithotherapy. I myself use it but it NEVER replaces true care or medicine whether you believe in it or not. Plus stones are not supposed to be shared and you have to use it for a longer time. And it doesn't matter if you put it on your face or not except if you want to use it on a Chakrah. But most of the gemstones she uses are not efficient for a facial at all.
@Tara S. goop is overpriced and takes crystal therapy too far imo, they are supposed to be used for mainly spiritual and emotioanl purposes but goop is advertising them as these cure all for your broken bone or smth
Seems like a scam, I’d rather get a $60 facial that shows me results immediately
Seems? It literally is
Oh wow she just put plastic gems on her face and suddenly she’s RADIANT very likely 🙄 so worth 300 DOLLARS
That massage looks like it feels really nice, and I'm sure the gem stones feel cooling and nice, but them having special healing properties is the biggest effing scam. Also, where the heck are this lady's gloves during the acupuncture?! That seems like a serious health risk, like wtf?
Those gems look like the one you can get at gift shops when you travel to Orlando.
Worthless but I would do it if I had bill gates kind of money.
id just get a facial without all the bells and whistles because its the same thing but cheaper. i doubt the gems are used for anything but to raise the price.
Prakriti Subba limboo I WOULD NEVER, even if I had that kind of money... I wouldn’t want needles in my skin without it being washed 🤮
@@machinegirI
The needles were new..
I wouldn't support a scammer even if i was rich
@@Xighor YEP
My aunt has worked with and sold gemstones for many years now. She said that gemstones MAY work on people because they trick people into thinking it’s working which then achieves the result they were wanting. Example: A customer wanted to fall asleep better. Aunt gave her a big stand up gemstone and apparently the customer achieved what was wanted. This is why my aunt doesn’t sell it past $70 (depending on the size of gemstone). She told me that the gemstones in the videos looked extremely fake lol
That's called the placebo effect, it's really interesting
3 words
SCAM, FAKE, EXPENSIVE
I-
Lavender Lunaar but low key I would do it just bc it’s aesthetic 🌸🌸
In other words, an extravagant way to waste $395 😂
Those "gem stones" look like they were bought at Hobby Lobby
I find this video so relaxing almost like asmr. I’m addicted
It might be complete bogus and way too expensive but it does look relaxing. What glass stones off of amazon have to do with tcm is still a mystery to me.
"I'm using an aromatherapy"
Some of the gemstones may be fake but imagine how relaxing this is
This is not very believable to me but she had a nice nap so it was at least relaxing 🤷🏼♀️
A $300 nap. Such quackery.
carnival30 lol
The “crystals” she put on her face are fake
Where do you get so much money to throw it away like that? This is ridiculous
Actually, whether you believe in the healing properties of the gems or not, it is believed that it should be cleansed with salt water and full moon's light and charged it with sunlight... which I guess she doesn't do with every client she has... so meaning to say you are charging yourself with negative energy from the last clients before your turn...
Man, that’s a lot of work to make magic rocks do their thing.
@@pyroshayniac1090 That's why I charge my gemstones in my 'prison wallet' before putting it on my face...
Quicker than the sun, but the constant pink eye gets annoying.
None of it is real so it's irrelevant
As someone who done some geology college field trips. I have found stuff from garnet, trilabite to quartz out in the field this is pure cringe. Sure some rocks have progressed the human speices. Such as powering things, making heat and fire, medicine by what their chemically properties.
also building materials based on their hardness.. but there is Nothing magical/healing about gemstones or rocks by sticking it on your face and feeling its energy. I feel sad for people being conned by this. Gems and rocks are developed by curtain earth conditions. They don't gain powers. I hate because of these people if you want to buy gems or rocks. The prices are overpriced!
@yeet boii but you have the acknowledge just because something is “natural”(everything is) doesn’t always mean it works. It’s just delusions
Lmao this reminds me of when you were a child and you would play fake doctor on your moms guests "say ahhhh"
The face stones seriously just look like plastic rhinestones not gonna lie
Lmaooooo do people really pay for this crap? Absolute quackery.
"Doctor of integrative medicine" is just a holistic doctor btw, that's what they call themselves now because it sounds more "legit".
“Minerals have been used in medicine for a long time”
yeah, they have. But that’s when they’re used in medication put INTO the body. Not putting rocks on your kidney area and saying “that’s going to clear ALL the vibes”
My issue is when people say that stuff is actually going to make you healthier. Because it’s not.
*geologists have entered the chat*
Are the gemstones real?They kinda look fake.btw love your videos!😶
+alfnirosha Thanks for watching and hanging out!!
😂😂
alf nirosha fake
I love how they didn’t answer your question.. they know it’s fake but she probably got this treatment for free so she can’t say anything bad about it
@@refinery29 Are they fake or not?
,please don’t mess up Chinese medication! This is not
Forget that “extra element of fun.” I would rather get an effective treatment without the fake looking gemstones (in my opinion) for a lower cost. Again, this is just my opinion, she can do what she wants.
Maybe the facialist should try her own product. Js.
“Doctor of integrated medicine”
It’s gonna be a yikes from me dog
She does look like a real DIM though
im in love with her pink eyeliner
She's so gentle ! I like this actually
These are the best videos of Refinery29 love Mi-Anne
Even if it's bs i imagine it's pretty relaxing, but that price is crazy
I don’t like that she has rings on whilst she’s doing it 🤦🏼♀️🙈
All the bling and none of the hygiene!
Crazy how they get so much money for this kinda bs there ain’t nothing special about those stones
yo hi their scamming ppl? No they can’t just do what they want lol it’s total bs.
yo hi keep scrolling you’ll see more ppl with the same mind set as me
scam artist at their finest
Lmao she's sticking dollar store gems to her ear I CAN'T
We've missed you Mi!💕
couldn't look away from mi-anne's eyeliner
her hair is AMAZING!
This video is soooo relaxing 💞
Imagine paying 270 for some rocks that aren’t even real , oil from tjmaxx, and needles.
the oil might be but not the needles
Mi’s hair is absolutely beautiful
This is so relaxing!!
But in reality the gems were 3.95 at walmart😂
I love watching mi ❤️ I have the same face shape as her and it’s really nice to see that
But the stones at the beginning were put on a towel on top, not on the skin direct, so how does the energy or whatever transfers over to the body? You could do this at home, I have those pink rollers and a gua sha, and some gemstones, but I doubt they have any real healing energy, I've tried, believe me!
Her NAILS explains everything.
She has a dream job .. getting facials for work
I’m sorry but I look at how the person doing the facial looks 👀
And her hands don’t ...look to good..
I was wondering ... what are the differences in the needles being used?
Love the facial videos!
6:42 so basically one of those plastic sticky 'gems'? smh
Did this facialist just rub the face oil on her Face without taking off her make up wtf 🤣🤣🤣if the facialist was asian I think I would accept the stone healing lmao 😂
You can't compare an Asian and non-Asian person Thats so fucking rude to people who are Asian , Why would it matter if an Asian was doing your facial ? Your tryna say we can't do facials ? Lol most of the discoveries and world records are from Asia and we have more people , or I should say respectful people .
@@alinaowo1141 I she they meant to say that she would prefer if it was done by someone who was asian
mi-anne your skin is looking next level here
Your so lucky having all these different facials and treatments..😊
On one hand they post a video about homeless people and on the other they get 400 bucks facials smh
Especially if it's going to be useless like this 😭 I mean I can understand how someone would pay $400 to try and cure severe acne, or scars, but this was just... Useless
It's like they threw $400 down the drain + the salaries of all the people who worked on that video
Imagine having her job & just try expensive things all the time while getting paid for the content...
Those gems remind me of those fake earrings i had as a child with the sticky backs.
I’m obsessed with this
I’m no expert on rocks and gems, however I am a long time collector of gemstones and have done my research. And I can say that 😖🤭😬😑.
For several years I’ve believed in crystal healing and nothing has ever happened. I stopped believing in it and I have some cool rocks as decoration now.
This lady must be so happy with all the people she’s scamming right now.
Your skin look so mush nicer!! And gemstone have healing benefits even without the serums and needles
That pink liner is super cute
Ear seeds are very magical! Every time you use them they make the amount of money is your bank or wallet become smaller
i love this chanel❤️❤️
+sophiewohrer Thanks for hanging with us!
How do you all differentiate between real or fake gem stones and crystals?
I slept while watching this bruhh .. its looks so relaxing