Even though I was once a ‘Beauty Editor’, (a term with horrendous in-built connotations about one's levels of ‘brattiness’) I have typically shied away from all beauty machinery I wouldn’t trust myself to drive. 

This stems from an unhealthy pre-formal period in the nineties in which I damaged my dermis and shortened my life while basking in solariums. This is something I now type with grave shame. I knew not what I did. Or worse, at the time I barely cared. 

Nevertheless, this blatant disregard for my own life span left me uninterested in playing with anything involving a laser. Any suggested encounter would typically be greeted with my blonde-bobbed head recoiling back into the safety of its taxicab. 

So you can imagine my trepidation when it became clear that I needed to confront my fears (stroke pay my bills), and try Omnilux. After all, matriarch of Aussie beauty, author and editor, Zoe Foster reportedly raved about it in her new release Amazing Face and she knows everything about beauty. At least that’s what they teach us at beauty school!

‘Omni’ meaning all and ‘lux’ translating as the measurement of luminance emittance, is a healing light you sit under for twenty-minutes. It’s very much like the basking in the sun but without inducing cancer or skin damage. In fact, the opposite is true. 

While under the red laser’s rays, (there’s also a blue light for ACNE and an near infrared light for healing) at Crown Metropol’s Isika spa, I was feeling intensely proud about just how great I was being to my skin. Turns out that twenty-minutes under this baby meant that I’d be in for a whole lot of age-defying, (fine lines, wrinkles and uneven skin tone are ‘fixed’) skin-clearing, plumping pleasure.

And they weren’t wrong. Apart from the initial fright, in which therapist Cara pops on my goggles and tells me it’s going to be extraordinarily bright until my closed-eyes adjust, I was feeling entirely tranquil. 

This comes as no surprise apparently, as this machine, much like the sun, omits feel-good chemicals, which are being investigated for their positive effects on depression. 

And before you imagine sterile, autopsy-like moments, in which you are left alone to fester/have an anxiety attack, stop. And this is important. You are not left alone in dark room at any one time. Instead you are pampered (hand or foot massage madam?) within an inch of your vastly now age-reversing life while under the light. 

The aftermath was just as good. My skin feels plump and glowy. My pores seem less, err, obtrusive. And, I even manage a smile when I get flashed at a redlight camera thereafter. Keep in mind this was my first treatment (and they recommend nine in three weeks!), but if one can do this, lord knows what planet I’ll be on with the recommended nine. 

Last words: if you go to Isika, ask for Cara. She’s more in-tune than Hype Machine.

How much is it: At Isika, the first consultation costs $240.00 and is seventy-five minutes. Treatments thereafter cost $105.00 and are thirty minutes. Yes, this is expensive but in this case, you get what you pay for.

Where do you get it: For salons in Australia visit here.

How often do you need it: It is recommended to have nine treatments within three weeks and then have fortnightly maintenance treatments for maximum benefit.

Who should get it: Those of you who would like amazing skin at any age without having to wear make-up. And this is entirely safe too, with the Brits having invested twenty-years researching the mechanics.

Who shouldn't get it: People on hard-core acne meds like roacutane.

Would I do it again: Yes, I’ve really fallen for this treatment and have a wedding coming up so I’m going to make the investment.