Full disclosure; I am on a slight rant here, but stay with me. While bars, gyms and hair salons are included in widened reopening following the coronavirus lockdown, the question on my mind is — when can I return to work? You may not...
You know the drill. You go to Macy’s, Nordstrom, Sephora, etc., and are invited to have a little beauty consultation by one of the well-made-up cosmetic counter employees. Brand names like Dior, Clinique, Bobby Brown, Shiseido, Lancome and other well known company marquees peer...
Back in the mid-‘90s, when my son Joshua suffered from severe cystic acne as a teen, I wish I had been a licensed aesthetician and knew what I knew now. The first doctor we saw said the only thing he could do for my...
Ever notice how a scent affects you? While a special perfume may have an effect on the opposite sex, there is a lot more to know about some very special aromas. Inhaling essential oils stimulates the part of the brain connected to smell, including the nose...
There is nothing like closing out the year with an elegant newer, more spacious location within the Aqua Salon Spa. A little sweat equity with help from family members resulted in a beautiful new space closer to the entry door of the salon and...
Deciding your skin needs attention is a great first step to change. You can read about all the latest solutions to your skin issues, but there may not be a ton of information in the Facebook ads or even the product boxes of self-administered...
There’s a new facial in town and this one is really special. It’s called the Zen Facelift facial and it’s got my clients buzzing. It involves manipulating the skin, fascia, lymph, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles and bones of the face, scalp, neck and...
If the expression “physician heal thyself” applies, never was it more suited to what befell me on April 14, 2018 — the day my active life hit a major road bump. In Mendocino with 5 other women on our annual retreat, I had gone...
It’s interesting to me how some of my clients think of facials as something they should have done a few days before a special event — like having a mani-pedi, or getting a spray tan. No single type of client concerns me more where...
As many of you know, I am a light massage expert. Since “deep tissue massage” is a much more familiar term, however, I thought I would explain the differences as well as why light touch massage has become so popular lately. Light touch massage...