How To Administer Professional Skin Treatments While Client’s Wear Face Coverings
With many states mandating the use of face coverings by skin care practitioners as well as clients during services, treatments that target the eyes and body are a great way…
Help Clients Back to the Spa with Soothing Back Facials
As the summer approaches and people are getting out more, back treatments that incorporate gentle massage, steam, heat, and skin treatments to alleviate skin concerns such as breakouts or dryness can provide essential skin care and a powerful anti-stress treatment. With some states requiring the wearing of masks throughout the treatment, these also provide a great gateway experience back to the spa or salon.
Peel the Heel! The Pedicure Everyone Needs Now
As clients slowly return the spa and salon, it’s important to recognize the need for more intensive treatments to alleviate many of the additional skin concerns manifesting the feet, including dry, cracked and compromised skin. To do this, I have created a foot peel protocol especially for this area, utilizing the same type of peel used on the face, to help rejuvenate and slough off dead skin.
How to Create a Unique Waxing Treatment
Go above and beyond your client’s expectations and your business will grow—that is my mantra when it comes to succeeding in the skin care business. One unique way you can create a fabulous, unexpected experience that keeps your clients returning week after week is to re-imagine your waxing service.
Waxing: How to Implement Proper Sanitation and Prevent Infection
Believe it or not, sanitation can be THE most important factor to not only create an effective waxing program, but to build your business and increase profits. Here, we’ll review all the important aspects of proper sanitation for waxing so you can build your business.
Facial Treatment Spotlight: Repêchage® Vita Cura® B3 Lifting Treatment with Enzymatic Micropeel and Ionto Massager
Introducing a new facial protocol using products from the new Repêchage® Vita Cura® Gold Collection to target visible signs of aging. Learn what makes this treatment unique, the skin benefits, and how to perform the facial so that you can offer a lifting and exfoliating treatment that creates beautiful and ageless looking skin.
How to Create a Professional Image
“You only have one chance to make a first impression.” You have probably heard this phrase many, many times in your life. In fact, a person makes a first impression within seven seconds of meeting you. This is why focusing on your appearance and professional image is so important. To make a positive first impression, an image of professionalism, adherence to proper dress code and social etiquette are all essential.
How to Plan a Successful Holiday Spa Event: Be Prepared!
With holiday season just around the corner, it’s time to start planning a special event for your salon or spa to introduce your holiday offerings! ‘Tis the season for gifting and shopping, and a spa event is a great way to get clients in your spa to purchase gift certificates, retail products, and schedule spa services for themselves or their loved ones. A lot of work goes into planning a successful event, and if you are not prepared it will show. Here I’m sharing a timeline to keep you on track for a successful holiday spa event.
Does Your Spa Speak to the Senses?
So many times in life we are told “don’t sweat the small stuff.” But when it comes to running a spa, that advice is all wrong. It is the details that impress your clientele and add value to your business. Read below as I share how the elements of sight, sound, touch, smell and taste convey your spa’s identity, and how to properly incorporate these elements into your business.
How to: Body Treatments for the New Year
Click To Get These January, 2017 Promotions Or Call 1-800-248-7546 Dry, flaky or itchy skin all over during the colder months? Lydia Sarfati discusses at-home skincare tips to take care…
How to: Facial Treatments for the New Year
Cosmetologists Give your client’s skin a pick-me-up for 2017! Skin care and spa industry expert, Lydia Sarfati, demonstrates how to perform a facial treatment that is cost effective, easy to…
How Teens Can Benefit from Facial Massage
Part of my inspiration for our new Repêchage Fusion Express Bar and Spa Masks with Nutriceutical Organic Actives was creating a treatment that is ideal for teens and tweens. As…
Life and Work – How to Find the Proper Balance
As the busier fall and winter seasons lie ahead of us, I want to share with you how to find a healthy work/life balance. I’ll be the first to admit…
How to Create a Window Display
(A window display at Lovella Salon in New York City) Just this past week, I was walking through the mall with my husband, and I noticed the most gorgeous window…
The Iconic Repêchage Four-Layer Facial® Instructional Course
July, 2014 – FOUR-LAYER FACIAL® The Repêchage Four Layer Facial® Course is now available for streaming any time, and includes step by step instructions on how to administer this iconic…
How to Give Clients Proper Skin Consultations
As estheticians, we are experts of the skin. Clients visit us to receive treatments, and feel confident in putting themselves in our professional care. In order to give clients the…
Build a Great Team for Your Business
I, like probably many of you, spend a lot of time working. My business is my passion, which leads to a lot of business trips and sometimes late nights at…
How to Create Impulse Purchases
Clients today are on the go, go, go! So, how do you capture the client that races from your treatment room to the register with no pause in between? The…
Benefits of Vitamin Hair Blow-Outs
Blow-outs have become a top-selling salon service that women love treating themselves to. I know I love getting my weekly blow-out! The popularity of this treatment has even lead to…
New Spa Treatment I Love – Tahitian Getaway Massage at Vitomazza Salon & Spa
I love that I am able to see my treatments and products become a reality, but what is even more fun is seeing how my client’s put their own signature…
RevitalEyes – Eye Treatment How-To
Between late nights at holiday parties and long days spent at the mall, the holidays can be a very fun, but tiring time for your clients. As we all know,…
Out of the Red – Addressing Rosacea
No need to blush, if your clients need help getting “out of the red” you should be equipped to help them! I’m of course talking about Rosacea. Rosacea is…
Anti-Aging Hand Treatment – Mask Your Mits!
Cold, dry winters can leave your hands feeling rough, itchy and uncomfortable. You and your clients may need an extra boost of moisture to keep hands soft and smooth. What most…
How-To Get the Most Relaxation Out of Your Vacation
The beauty business is buzzing! Staying busy is great for our businesses but not always the best for our piece of mind. I was fortunate enough to take…
Heat it Up or Cool It Down with the Repechage Sea Spa Stone Pedicure Step-by-Step!
Walking in a winter wonderland is not always as relaxing as it sounds! A walk outside could mean cold, wet, stressed-out feet! As I mentioned in my post for Beauty…