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Facial and skin session girls trips, call it a glowcation

Skincare gets packed with unreasonable optimism, three dinner outfits come along for one dinner, and somebody brings a hair tool powerful enough to service the entire room. This time someone else does the skincare, and there’s somewhere to stay for all of you.

Where
Melbourne and the Gold Coast
Group size
From six of you
Price
From $479 per person, somewhere to stay included
In the chair
A skin session or a spa treatment each
Three friends in white robes pulling faces for a selfie with bubbly at the day spa

Why the girls keep picking a facial

Your usual catch up could never.

The group catch up has been the same two hours for years. Coffee, a quick lunch, someone with an eye on the clock.

Here, everyone settles into their own corner with a glass of bubbly while the experts take over. Nobody is checking the clock, and the one decision required is whether another glass of bubbly is called for.

Being looked after beside the women who’ve seen you at your worst is nothing to feel sheepish about. Fresh faces need barely any makeup afterwards, and every outfit gets judged kindly by a very relaxed jury.

One night of being thoroughly spoiled makes the usual catch up very hard to go back to.

What happens on a facial girls weekend

Glow first, then the whole night.

A facial girls trip with My Ultimate is a skin session or a spa treatment for everyone, with facials on the menu, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, dinner and drinks.

  1. Your own corner, bubbly in hand.

    In Melbourne, a tailored skin session at a beauty bar. On the Gold Coast, an hour each at a five star day spa: a massage, a facial or half of each.

  2. Three friends in spa robes pulling faces for a selfie with bubbly

    Robes on, the week left outside.

    On the Gold Coast the group drifts between the rooftop pool, sauna and steam room between turns. In Melbourne the stay has an indoor heated pool, sauna and steam room too.

  3. Friends in matching robes taking a mirror selfie with the city lights glowing behind them

    Getting ready, barely any makeup required.

    Back at the apartment, in no hurry, comparing notes on the afternoon.

  4. Two friends raising their glasses at a leafy outdoor table

    Dinner by the water.

    Bubbly, pizzas and share plates by the river in Melbourne, then a bottle of sparkling. A rooftop beach club bottle and dinner by the water on the Gold Coast.

Two ways to do a facial girls trip

Pick your city, pick your glow.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the skin session or facial built in: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works. Each city’s page has it alongside every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Two friends in sunglasses holding their cocktails up to the camera

Melbourne

Your usual catch up could never

Girl’s Glow Up Weekend

A tailored skin session at a beauty bar with bubbly, a luxe stay with a heated pool, sauna and steam room, then dinner by the river and a bottle of sparkling.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a luxe apartment
  • A tailored skin session
  • Poolside indulgence: heated pool, sauna and steam room
  • Riverside dinner with bubbly and share plates
  • A bottle of bubbly with waterfront drinks
Four friends in white robes laughing and toasting with bubbly at the day spa

Gold Coast

Quiet first, then all the chatter

Tides and Tranquility

An afternoon at a five star day spa with an hour each, a massage, a facial or half of each, then a rooftop bottle and dinner by the water.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • A five star day spa with fluffy robes, sauna and steam
  • An hour each: a facial, a massage or half of each
  • A bottle of bubbly at a rooftop beach club
  • Waterfront dinner with share plates

What kind of girls group a facial suits

Everyone who packs skincare with optimism.

It works for the friend with a twelve step routine, and for the one who’s never had anyone else do her skin.

Three friends in robes and sunglasses laughing on the bed at the apartment

The skincare people.

Somebody else doing it, for once.

The ones who need a weekend off.

Robes, a pool and nowhere to be.

The quiet catch up crowd.

One corner each, then all the chatter later.

Every age at the table.

From the twenty somethings to the friends who’ve been to every birthday since school.

A milestone birthday.

Glowing for the photos, without trying.

The night out people.

The glow comes first, then dinner and drinks.

What pairs well with a facial

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the glow.

Every facial weekend already works on its own. These are the things that sit beautifully beside it, and a few of them can be added to the weekends above.

A day spa

A massage each in Sydney; a massage, a facial or half of each on the Gold Coast.

More on day spas

A pamper session

An in room mani pedi. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

More on pamper sessions

Brunch the morning after

Mimosas, still glowing. An extra on both weekends.

More on bottomless brunch

Grazing at the apartment

For the robes and couch hours. An extra on both weekends.

More on grazing delivered

High tea

Tiered stands after the glow. An extra on the Melbourne weekend.

More on high tea

Tarot readings

Very relaxed, slightly mystical. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

More on tarot readings

A VIP nightclub booth

Glowing on the dance floor. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

More on nightclub booths

Cocktail making

From the steam room to the shaker. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

More on cocktail making

A rooftop beach club

A bottle up high after the spa. Already in the Gold Coast weekend.

More on beach clubs

A Japanese head spa

A long, slow scalp ritual.

More on Japanese head spas

Every pamper and day spa girls trip idea

Good to know before your facial

The small things the girls will ask about.

Melbourne

A tailored skin session at a beauty bar, with a glass of bubbly.

Gold Coast

An hour each: a facial, a massage or half of each, at a five star day spa.

Afterwards

Fresh faces need barely any makeup. Pack the good moisturiser anyway.

Photos

The robe selfie is mandatory. What goes on socials is the group’s call.

Facial and skin session girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is
A skin session or a spa treatment for everyone, facials included, inside a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay.
Where
Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
Group size
From six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
From $479 per person in Melbourne and $499 on the Gold Coast, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Three women in robes, towel turbans and sheet masks under palm trees

There is a whole folder in our chat called GIRLS TRIP with links dating back to 2023.

None of those trips happened.

This one did.

Isabella Marino, 27
Three women in pyjamas and sheet masks taking a selfie on a sofa

We're mums. We're wives. We're single. We're divorced. We're executives. We're exhausted. We're not exhausted. We're all completely different.

But we're still the girls who have known each other for 20 years.

This weekend felt like making space for that part of our lives again.

Loved every second.

Jade C., 45

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Booking a facial, or a whole girls weekend

Same glow, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book facials and come out glowing. Then everyone heads off in different directions, and the glow wears off on the drive home.

A facial girls weekend with My Ultimate has the stay, dinner and drinks already lined up after the treatments, so the glow gets a night out with everyone in it.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the debrief and the morning coffee.
One front door at the end of the night.Everyone heads home to the same place, still glowing.
You’re in the photo.In a robe with the girls, not booking the next car.

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Girls trip idea: a glow up weekend. A facial or skin session each, then dinner and drinks, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

Melbourne from $479pp, Gold Coast from $499pp. Who’s in?

https://www.myultimate-girls-trip.com.au/facials-girls-trip

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Where you can do a facial girls trip

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see its facial weekend beside every other girls weekend there, prices and all. Found the one? Check your dates.

In Sydney there’s a day spa weekend with a relaxation massage each, and pamper sessions run in all four cities.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Facial girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with a facial, or pick your city and see the weekends.

What’s included?

In Melbourne, a tailored skin session at a beauty bar with a glass of bubbly, and a luxe stay with an indoor heated pool, sauna and steam room. On the Gold Coast, an afternoon at a five star day spa with fluffy robes and an hour each: a facial, a massage or half of each.

How much does a facial girls trip cost?

The two facial weekends start from $479 per person in Melbourne and $499 on the Gold Coast, for a minimum of six, with somewhere to stay included. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

Can we choose a massage instead?

On the Gold Coast, yes: a massage, a facial or half of each. For a massage weekend in Sydney, see day spa.

What else is in the weekend?

Dinner by the river and a bottle of sparkling in Melbourne; a rooftop beach club and dinner by the water on the Gold Coast.

Is there a facial weekend in Sydney or Brisbane?

Not yet. Sydney has a day spa weekend, and every weekend is on the Sydney and Brisbane pages.

Can we just book the treatments?

Facials with My Ultimate come inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast.

How many of us do we need?

Six for each weekend. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.

Is a facial weekend a good idea for a birthday?

A beautiful one. Glowing for the photos, without trying.