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Your Morning Skincare: Start The Night Before

Your Morning Skincare: Start The Night Before

If you want to make sure that you start every morning with the best possible skin, you need to prepare the night before!

If you are following a meal plan as part of a new healthy diet, you will plan your meals and snacks ahead so that you know you have everything you need. Planning ahead also helps you stay on track with your regime and the same applies to looking after your skin. Take a little time to look after your skincare before you turn in for the night and you’ll get a great glow when you wake the following morning.

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Why Sticking with One Esthetician Will Give You Better Results

Why Sticking with One Esthetician Will Give You Better Results

It’s tempting to follow the special offers and go where there are deals for a facial or a series of treatments; but that’s not always the best deal for your skin care. It might not even be the best thing for your pocket.

Sticking with one therapist may help you save money in the longer term, but why exactly would it be better for your skin? They all do the same thing, right?

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Spring Skin Care Secrets

Spring Skin Care Secrets

It’s time to spring up your skin – after being hammered by the wind, rain and cold all over the winter, the sun is starting to show itself again and so it’s now the ideal time for you to book those spa appointments and get your spring glow on.

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What Are Cosmeceuticals?

What Are Cosmeceuticals?

Cosmeceuticals – it’s a buzzword that you hear all over the place but what does it actually mean? How do these wonder ingredients affect your skin and where do you find them?

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Pigmentation: What Is It and What to Do About It

Pigmentation: What Is It and What to Do About It

One of those things that we often notice starting to show up as we get older is skin pigmentation – or just a little bit of uneven skin tone. This can manifest itself in light or darker brown patches on your face – and they can also show up on your décolletage, shoulders and even your hands, where they are often just known as ‘age spots’.

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My Top Ten Skin Care Tips

My Top Ten Skin Care Tips

What would your esthetician tell you if you asked for her top tips on skin care? YES, I’ve compiled a few of my most important top tips for you, so take your pick (or try them all).

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The Dry Skin Diet

The Dry Skin Diet

If you have dry skin, you should use good quality moisturizers and products to treat it topically. Did you know that a few changes to your diet can also help to alleviate dry, itchy, and scaly skin?

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LED Light Therapy: How Does It Work and What Does It Do

LED Light Therapy: How Does It Work and What Does It Do

LED skin treatments are becoming more and more popular in spas and skin clinics, but what do you know about how they work and how they are most effective?

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Top Tips for Soothing Stressed Skin

Top Tips for Soothing Stressed Skin

Stress. It’s hard to avoid its effects – and we’re all aware of how damaging it can be to both our mind and body if we let it build up for too long.

Moles: What to Look For

Moles: What to Look For

Moles are a very common skin growth and most of us have at least a few of them. In most cases they are nothing to worry about and we tend to forget we have them.

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Skin Conditions vs Skin Types: What is the Difference

Skin Conditions vs Skin Types: What is the Difference

You hear a lot about skin type and skin conditions or ‘concerns’ when you’re looking into skin care treatments and products. There can be a little confusion at times about what your ‘type’ is and whether it has an effect on any skin ‘conditions’.

Rosacea: The Do’s and Dont's of Caring for Rosacea

Rosacea: The Do’s and Dont's of Caring for Rosacea

Rosacea is a common long-term skin condition which mostly affects people on the face. It can be a very frustrating condition to live with as it’s not easily controlled and there’s no cure for it. There are ways that it can be managed, mostly through trial and error.

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My Skin Is Suddenly Sensitive

My Skin Is Suddenly Sensitive

You don’t think you’ve done anything to change your routine, but you’ve noticed that your skin seems angry and sensitive. What could be making it so irritable?

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What is Brazilian Waxing?

What is Brazilian Waxing?

With Brazilian Style waxing, the hair in the intimate area is removed with a type of wax known as film wax or hard wax. This method comes from Brazil, hence the name. The nice thing about waxing, in contrast to shaving, is that you can get rid of annoying hairs for several weeks not only a few days. Since with waxing the hairs are removed together with hair follicles, we notice the growth of fewer and thinner hairs.

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Lash Lift and Brow Lamination Aftercare

Lash Lift and Brow Lamination Aftercare

Lash lifts and brow laminations are amazing, there’s no doubt about that. I have seen the dramatic changes that come from lifting someone’s lashes to new heights, but how can you make these glorious results last longer? On average, they last for the duration of the hair growth cycle, roughly 6-8 weeks, but sometimes these are affected by YOUR activities immediately after the treatment. I will be going through the proper aftercare procedures for lash lifts / brow laminations to help you better understand the importance. I guarantee that the beautiful results will last much longer when following these simple steps.

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Maskne is the New Acne: Now What Do I Do

Maskne is the New Acne: Now What Do I Do

If you're serious about protecting yourself, and others, you've been wearing some type of face mask or facial covering to limit the spread of COVID-19 (corona virus). Although the normalization and consistency of wearing masks is immensely important and suggested, it may have come with a bit of a rebuttal. Maskne is a term to describe the acne caused by our new everyday accessory. What can you do about it?

Step-by-Step Tutorial: At Home Facial

Step-by-Step Tutorial: At Home Facial

A simple step-by-step tutorial for doing an at-home facial. All you need are a handful of products, which you already own, or can make yourself! (For a bonus recipe on DIY facial scrub and masks, see below!)

Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic Acid

HA is a moisture attracting, water retaining gel substance capable of holding 1000 times its weight in water – this is important news for every skin type.

How to Exfoliate Before Your Brazilian Wax

How to Exfoliate Before Your Brazilian Wax

Brazilian wax consists in removing all hair from your intimate area, from the top to the whole rear side. As you may suppose, this is extensive hair removal and needs some preparation. A few simple things you can do at home – among which exfoliating is crucial –will prepare you for the best Brazilian of your life. Even if you have the best hair removal products, you won't get top results if you don't exfoliate beforehand. So, stay around if you want to learn exactly how to scrub down there to get the smoothest wax and keep your intimate area feeling healthy and looking good.

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Phototoxic Essential Oils

Phototoxic Essential Oils

Although essential oils are natural and safe used correctly, they are powerful and, in some cases, should be used with caution. One example of this is the list of essential oils that is known to cause a reaction called phototoxicity.

Phototoxicity happens when chemical elements in essential oils (or other substances) bind to the DNA in the skin and react when they are exposed to UV light. This can lead to phototoxic burns which can appear up to 24 hours after being out in sunlight or using a tanning bed.

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