11 min read
Exfoliation plays an essential role in skin care, revealing softer, refreshed skin as it loosens and sloughs away dead skin cells from the epidermis. The process also prepares skin to get the best outcomes from wraps, masks, creams, and other topical products because they can penetrate deeply after the top layer of skin no longer ... Read More
- Published in Body Care
11 min read
Exfoliation is a hot topic across treatment rooms, social media, beauty bloggers, and magazine articles. But clients are getting mixed messages about what exfoliants to use and the correct way to exfoliate. The job of the aesthetician is to educate clients about the correct way to use exfoliants to assist the skin without breaking down ... Read More
- Published in Back to Basics
5 min read
Vitamin A is essential for healthy growth and development, good vision, a strong immune system, and a healthy skin barrier. In the 1960s, dermatologists commonly used vitamin A for treating acne until it was later identified as an effective vitamin for the repair of aging skin.1 It is currently one of the most popular ingredients ... Read More
- Published in Skin Care
4 min read
Client expectations often aren’t realistic. Let’s take, for example, our lovely associates in the world of hair. How many times have you sat down in a chair with an airbrushed picture of some lovely model, who more than likely is sporting extensions or even a styled wig, and informed your stylist you wanted to look ... Read More
- Published in Business
5 min read
Most spas would prefer to hire people as independent contractors. The added cost of making people employees can be staggering. Employers are assessed payroll tax on their employees and they are required to purchase worker’s compensation insurance. Checks must be issued to each employee with the appropriate deductions taken out, which could lead to hiring ... Read More
- Published in Business
4 min read
Striving in the beauty industry is not always a beautiful experience, especially if you are new to the field and are eager to establish your unique brand and business. With over 20 years of experience, I can share with you a thing or two on what it takes to win in the industry. Personally, ... Read More
- Published in Bare-Knuckle Esthi, Business
5 min read
As skin care professionals, we often forget to remind ourselves that we matter, too. Day in and day out, we are pouring our time, talent, and expertise into others, often at the detriment to our own well-being and sanity. You may find yourself too tired to do the things that once meant so much to ... Read More
- Published in Wellness
6 min read
You’re planning a prosperous future as a career aesthetician. To succeed with clients, you know that service quality and prices matter. But, potential clients have numerous spa choices in your area – your competitors – and you are concerned about how to position yourself among them. And, who are these businesses that want the same ... Read More
- Published in Business
5 min read
The greatest tools a professional, licensed aesthetician or massage therapist will ever use in their career is their hands. Hands are the soft keratin, receptor fueled tools that engage skin-to-skin contact allowing professionals to determine pressure, texture, and temperature of the canvas they are creatively manipulating. They are the most important tools for a massage ... Read More
- Published in Body Care
7 min read
Skin care and massage can be similar occupations. They have similar lengths of hours to get a basic license, require a lifetime to learn, and are well suited to compassionate people wanting to change lives for the better. That may also be where those similarities end. Skin care has masses of retail inventory and ... Read More
- Published in Body Care
