I love body scrubs! Always have! I can remember being a teenager and using scrubs that smelled like every kind of fruit imaginable. I don't use very many fruity scrubs anymore but I always make the time to get my scrub in! We will talk about dry brushing in a future post, and I love that as well, but the gritty stuff definitely has a major place in my body care. Let's talk about all the View Post
Who Has Time For A Mask?
Making time to apply a mask has kind of lost its appeal. No time. What does it really do anyway? Let's talk about it and see why making time for a mask is so essential for your skin! Drag those jars of mask out of the bathroom and see why this is more than a feeling of indulgence in our skincare routine. Masks have come a long way from the jars of green pepperminty ones View Post
Summer Is Here!
It's that time of year again! Sunshine, warm summer days, and blue skies! We all want to enjoy this wonderful season and soak in all those rays as much as we can. Living in Chicago with long winters has me looking forward to summer months even before it arrives. Being an Esthetician though, I have seen lots of women who have spent too many years in the sun with little or no sun protection. View Post
Eye Care and How To See Changes
The eye area is usually one of the first areas to show signs of aging and is one of the top concerns for clients. Some of it can be hereditary, and lifestyle, but I'm a firm believer we can make some major improvements and bring some visible changes to this area. Why is the eye area so different? The eye area has the thinnest and has the most fragile skin than anywhere else on the face. There View Post
Exfoliation – Getting Back The Glow
Let's talk exfoliation. This is a skincare technique that clients overdo on the skin or don't do at all. Once you get in the habit of regularly exfoliating your skin, you will always make time to exfoliate because it makes such a difference. What is exfoliation? It's simply the removal of dead skin cells on the surface of the skin. Exfoliation will kick start newer cells to the surface View Post
Skincare – Back to Basics – Cleansing
Cleansing. It should be a simple thing, but somehow its gotten confusing. Being in the skincare industry I have heard it all on this topic, from using baby wipes to petroleum jelly, to not cleansing at all, and everything in between. Why is it so complicated? As women age, it seems to be an even more neglected step. We're going to change that! Let's keep it simple and talk View Post
