He relocated from his hometown of Miami to Los Angeles.

And hed do it all again if he had towhich, devastatingly, he does.

Whenwildfires began blazingthrough LAs Palisades neighborhood on January 7, they took Pols beloved spa with it.

facialist ivan pol inside the beauty sandwich spa in los angeles

Sources images: Courtesy of Iván Pol; Illustration by Ingrid Fowler

Just a few days after losing the magnum opus of his career, Pol told his story toAllure.

I came to LA with a dream of launching a brand, and I did that.

I moved into the space on January 3.

interior of the beauty sandwich spa in los angeles

Courtesy of Iván Pol

It burned down around the same date [during the Palisades fire].

It felt like one of the last slices of Americana with its picket fences.

My first pop-up was in the Palisades.

I fell in love with the town.

I fell in love with the California dream.

That drive is completely different now.

“That drive down Sunset every morning was therapeutic, and now it’s all gone.

That drive is completely different now.”

I was in Aspen [when the fires started].

We were going to celebrate my birthday.

And I had just finished theGolden Globes, my most successful ever with 11 faces on the red carpet.

We woke up on Tuesday and we started to see everything unfold.

I was locked onto social media and the news.

That’s a two-minute walk from my spa.

I remember being sort of calm.

But in my mind, I thought, “It’s gone.”

All I was picturing was the beauty of my space.

I built the spa of my dreams.

That space contained all of my love, all of my passion.

I wanted it to feel like a complete escape… something luxurious but clean, very comforting and cozy.

The video showed that the entire back of the building [that housed the spa] is gone.

I was just heartbroken to see that very special space was gone.

Then I shifted to looking around and seeing that our whole community was gone.

It was bigger than me.

I’m just a tiny part of this huge community.

I found out that the buildings landlord not only lost that business, she lost her home.

She lost her sister because her sister didn’t evacuate in time.

These are the heartbreaking stories of this.

I’m a self-funded guy.

I don’t have any investors.

I know that I will rebuild the spa in LA.

That is a for-sure thing.

The beautiful thing about Los Angeles is that we’re a community that really helps one another.

I have a space for you.

you’re able to come here tomorrow."

I wouldn’t be where I am today if it weren’t for those relationships.

Everyone helped me from day one.

I feel so fortunate that I have so many options because so many people don’t.

That’s where my head is at right now.

Life is so precious.

I’m hurt, but I know my dream lives on.

This is going to make me stronger.

Heres a list ofways to help.