Product of the Month: PCA’s Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Cream and Gel
Just when I think PCA can't come up with anything better, they go and do it again. Ideal Complex: Restorative Eye Cream and gel are hypoallergenic anti-aging eye treatments that strengthen, firm and lift the skin around the entire eye area, ridding the eye area of...
Coconut Oil: Your Skin’s New Best Friend
As a skin therapist whose treatment room is located in a beauty boutique, I have access to thousands of products that help keep our skin looking good. It's a wonderful, terrible temptation on a daily basis! All of these products are wonderful. They range from...
Getting Back To The Basics – The Facial
Let’s get back to basics. Everyone knows that professional skincare therapists perform facials, and that facials feel really good, and are really relaxing. But they’re much, much more than that. They can help resolve many skin issues, from acne, to the signs of aging...
The Skinny About The Ink
Tattooing is as ancient as modern man. These decorative marks have been found in cavemen and mummies, spanning many different cultures worldwide. The first modern tattooing machine was modeled after Thomas Edison’s engraving machine and ran on electricity. Today, over...
Botox and Fillers and Needles, Oh My!
As a skin therapist, it is a part of our job that we love, to keep current on the latest and best treatments, modalities and products to address our clients’ concerns with the signs of aging. Unfortunately, there are some challenges no skincare therapist can conquer....
The Ounce Of Prevention You Really Need
Never has the old adage “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” been more applicable than in prevention of sun damage to the skin. The amount of skin damage I have seen in my line of work, the amount of people I know who have and are fighting the...
Tired Of Looking Tired?
For many of us, it doesn’t matter if you get your requisite eight hours of sleep or not, we still wake up with bags and dark circles under our eyes. And as we all know, if we do, we look like we partied just a little too hard the night before, when it may just be that...
Sugaring, Sweeter Side Of Hair Removal
Sugaring, the sweeter side of hair removal! I was unpacking my brand-new double sugar paste warmer when my client walked in. Excited to show him my new purchase, I told him what I was doing. “Sugaring,” he said, intrigued, “that’s like getting a sugar scrub, right?” ...
The Paraben Controversy
Paraben Free! So many people are relieved to see these words on a skincare product that they find them to be huge selling points, even when they really don’t know what they mean. There has been a ton of controversy surrounding the use of parabens, yet most people...
Those Rosy Cheeks Are Bad News
I love winter! The crisp air, the feeling of being warm inside during a chilly day (maybe with a fire in the fireplace!), the scents of the season, all combine to make this a special time of year. Unfortunately, that rosy glow that accompanies this weather is also...