Technique. This is a sacred word to skin therapists. To begin with, it's French-more on that in a moment. For generations, technique has been the skin care profession's raison d'etre-oops, I mean entire reason for being. Mastering the traditional posture, ...

In the ancient Orient, this was discovered rather early, and foot treatments were used as a method of healing both the mind and the body. As a holistic treatment, these therapies were a wonderful modality in relieving stress, promoting restful sleep, ...

Books have been written on skin permeability and obtuse descriptions of the mathematics of permeation and diffusion have been laid before their readers with great erudition. All of this is great if you can understand it, but for the aesthetician struggling ...

Tweezers, the earliest known method of hair removal, have evolved little from the clam shells used by the Neanderthals. Julius Caesar tweezed his facial hair multiple times per day, inspiring men of the time to copy his style in a new forum, the barber ...

Did you know... that early American colonists made grey paint by boiling blueberries in milk? If all the blueberries grown in North America in one year were spread out in a single layer, they would cover a four-lane highway that stretched from New York ...

New Tech and a New Economy Call for Greater-Than-Ever Customer Service We do not need reminding that is it is a “new economy” in 2011. We are all much more selective about where we want to spend our time and our hard-earned dollars. When considering ...

The pursuit of “hairless happiness” has been in existence long before the earliest days of recorded history. With no real scientific understanding of the skin and body, these old-world aestheticians practiced often-disastrous methods of trial and error ...