Heaven Scent: Incorporating Essential Oils into the Spa Experience by Trish Green B.Ed. D. Hom (Pract) BFRP, C.A.H.P, Cidesco Exthetician Trish Green, president of Eve Taylor North America, has been an educator for 40 years. She is an international speaker, educating aestheticians across the United States and Canada. As a CIDESCO aesthetician and a homeopath, she specializes in the wellness approach in her aesthetic practice,…

The topics for these monthly articles were set last year, before COVID-19. After having lived in, or through a pandemic the world is in a bit of chaos, uncertainty, and for some, tragedy. For months now there has been talks about the importance of self-care for healthy people. However, amidst chaos and tragedy, does something need to be done differently? Self-care is needed even more…

The sensory manifestations of warmth have been associated with various physical and often common place experiences; the energetic sensation of heat through circulation from running, the application of a warm thermal pack to soothe muscle tightness, the stinging from a sunburn, or the comfort of a warm electric blanket to take a chill away are familiar. There are also fewer familiar applications of warmth from…