A Reason, A Season, A Lifetime

Educational information comes into your life for a reason, a season, and hopefully, a lifetime. Our education will help you understand the difference taking care of yourself can make and will encourage a longing to apply the information given.

Educational information - the answers to those important questions you have been thinking about or about problems you would like to avoid - was put there for a reason. The reason is to help you with your skin care needs. We provide education to you to assist you in coping with your aging concerns, offering you guidance and support. With knowledge, you will improve your health, appearance, and ultimately improve your self-esteem. We are here for a reason - you need us!

Each day we age and with each seasonal change, our skin is affected. We share our educational information so you can grow in knowledge. Life is hectic and we often sacrifice our own personal needs. We often avoid opportunities to relax, buying into the stresses that are forced upon us by our own frantic lifestyles. You must learn how to rejuvenate yourself, renewing your spirit and allowing attention to focus on yourself. You deserve it and must come to realize that your own personal needs must be met if you are to continue to provide for others. The desire to make you feel good about yourself must be fulfilled.

Our hope is to create a lifelong relationship between education and self-care, providing a solid basis that will support you through the aging process. Our professional guidance and education will allow you to be successful in learning to love yourself, both inside and out.

A Professional Skin Analysis
Analysis: an examination of a complex issue, its elements, and their relations.

Skin analysis is important, not only to determine your skin type, but also to discover the unique and complex set of physical relationships and genetics that affect and create your skin type.

Dry skin: can be caused by any combination of sun, wind, diet, lack of fluid. May be oil-dry or moisture dry, or both.

Oily skin: overproduction of oil and sebum, caused by any combination of hormonal imbalance, fat-rich diet, and/or climate. Skin feels thick and is prone to breakouts and enlarged pores.

Sensitive skin: is often thin in appearance, blushes easily, and blanches (turns white) easily when touched. Can have a history of allergies and reactions to topicals, drugs, and food.

Combination skin: any combination of skin types.

Acne: breakouts which affect the face, neck, shoulders, and back - not limited to adolescents.

Discoloration: hyperpigmentation (brown spots) yellow tinge, or redness; caused by sun, medication, illness, or normal aging process.

Rosacea: overproduction of oil with excessive redness, especially around nose and cheeks. If neglected, may cause lumpiness; referred to as acne rosacea.

Mature: any combination of premature aging symptoms, caused by neglect, sun, wind, pollution, illness, stress, extreme weight loss, diet, medication, alcohol, or smoking.

Aging: loss of elasticity and normal texture. Signs of normal aging, but also of premature aging, depending on contributing factors.

Skin analysis is complicated, and takes into account these factors and more. Consultation helps us understand your skin, and create a plan by which to approach or prevent each problem. Your subsequent commitment to consistency - in product and treatment - makes it all happen.

Stress - The Silent Enemy
You can see it happening: stress is creeping up on a special guy in your life. Chances are, whether he's your father, your husband, or a good friend, he thinks he can handle it himself. Free radicals, a by-product of stress - says otherwise.

Free-radical damage plays a leading role in aging and its visible symptoms. The hardest part of overcoming any problem is recognizing it exists. So, gently help him recognize the three areas of stress-related symptoms: mental, muscular, and mechanical.

Quiet times admiring the stars and the moon, reading, listening to music - these offer mental relief. For muscular relief, make sure he is faithful with physical exercise - a brisk run, a roller blade or workout. For mechanical relief, send him to us, the professional, to meet his skin care needs. Someone needs to take care of him. For all the special times he's given you, take the time to pay attention to his needs, and vanquish his silent enemy.

Free Radical Facts:
Fact One:
Recent studies show that
exercise decreases free
radical damage by 2%,
compared with a 13%
increase in those who
do nothing at all.
Fact Two:
Our purpose is to help
prevent or repair free
radical damage.