Are you in a committed relationship with your esthetician?

1.  A committed relationship with an licensed esthetician, you now have someone who knows you and your skin well enough to:

• Know which products/services will work for your particular skin and which ones will not.
• Help you to understand your skin and what makes it “happy.”  This includes how your diet, lifestyle and products affect your skin, whether good or bad.
• Quickly identify your skin mysteries- which comes from a personal/working knowledge of you and your skin history.
  • an example of this is my sleuthing work with a client that all of a sudden had issues with getting chemical peels…After many question/answer sessions between my client and I, I discovered she was taking citrucel and it affected the PH of her skin making and her ability to have a successful chemical peel
• Not waste time working on services/products that are not issues for you.  Example, you go in for help with dark spots and the esthetician is pushing eye creams your way. In a committed skincare relationship your esthetician should repect your needs, goals and budget
• Understand/know you and your lifestyle and is able to make recommendations accordingly.  Example, not giving a ten step routine to a mom of a newborn…which, we all know, she would not have the time, energy or desire to focus a program with that amount of steps.

A committed skin relationship is especially important if you have a skin issue you are trying to fix.  And, fixing these issues can take time, lots of conversation and patience.