Sort of like the dentist except a million times better.

Yeah, I’m going to go ahead and file this post under “health,” since A) we don’t have a “vanity” tag, and B), the skin is the largest organ in your body and outwardly manifests all manner of internal turmoil, as you know. But this is straight up about facials. Salon facials. So whether you consider it an act of maintenance equivalent to your semiannual trip to the dentist, or you consider it a self-indulgent luxury, click over for the rundown on a small, hole-in-the wall salon called Illume.

A treatment room at Illume.

  • Sort of like the dentist except a million times better.

Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...