A facial studio on Nayland Street in Sumner, Christchurch, built around Kobido, a Japanese facial massage ritual. The signature treatment is a Kobido face massage, and the studio also offers face sculpting with intra-oral massage, which works the muscles inside the mouth. The website describes a luxurious, calm setting by the ocean. Customers mention facial massage most often, with jaw tension relief and brow lamination also coming up. The studio recommends a series of treatments about a week apart to keep the effect, and says the results can be seen after the first session.
Reviewers describe the treatment as deeply relaxing, and one says it eased tension in the face that they had not realised they were holding. Others say their skin felt glowing and lighter, and that friends noticed a difference afterwards. One reviewer found the environment warm and calming. Of the two wellness centres within a kilometre with ten or more reviews, none rates higher than this one. Sumner Wellness Studio, 0.2 km away, is also rated 5.0, and Ember Therapeutics, 0.1 km away, is rated the same on fewer reviews.