Young skin. It is the paradigm for which we are all striving: skin with lightning-fast metabolic turnover, robust support from abundant collagen, elastin reserves in tissues, and consistent melanin production. Smooth, plump, evenly-pigmented, fresh. Clients dream about it. Skin therapists strive to replicate it.

Winter can be a time for skin renewal, especially if you have clients who tend to spend a lot of their summer in the sun. While skin exfoliation is a naturally-occurring process, most skin types can stand some help. Our skin naturally sheds every 28 days, but with age, this process slows, causing dull and tired-looking skin. The regular use of exfoliants dissolves dead, flaky…

Integrating add-on treatments in your services is a popular and undeniable need for skin care professionals. For the purpose of this article, we will concentrate on facial treatment add-ons. This analysis could easily be applied to body treatments and other services.I am often asked: is it better to include all steps of a service into a facial, use an upscale product line, and charge a…

As an aesthetician and skin care business owner, here is what I know for sure: to create and sustain a successful skin care business, we need to stay up with the ever growing and changing aesthetic equipment technology. Today’s clients are savvy and results-oriented. There is so much information readily available to them through the Internet. They investigate technologies and want to know that we…