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Hands wearing black latex gloves is showing the viewer a bottle of AHA/BHA Skin Prep and cotton gauze. A client is visible with her eyes closed.
April 27, 2022

Ingredient Focus #1: Lactic Acid

What Is Lactic Acid? Lactic acid is a rock star in skincare! Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele was the first to isolate the compound from sour milk. In the late 1800s, German pharmacist Boehringer Ingelheim created methods to mass-produce lactic acid when he discovered it was a byproduct of f...
Tips on Technique Part 21: Dermaplaning Dry and Rebooking.
January 21, 2022

Tips on Technique Part 21: Dermaplaning Dry and Rebooking.

Dermaplaning Dry & Rebooking How many clients do you have that have only had dermaplaning with you one time? Go check your book. We’ll wait. If they’re not rebooking consistently read on… Oil has become as essential part of prepping the skin for dermaplaning. Prior to its availability in ...
Three baby bears walking in a meadow.
January 11, 2022

Tips on Technique Part 20: Goldilocks, the 3 Bears, and Dermaplaning.

What do Goldilocks and the 3 Bears have in common with dermaplaning? When it comes to dermaplaning, we live in the land of Goldilocks. She taught us as kids the difference between too hot, too cold and just right when she was eating the porridge. Too hard, too soft and just right when she was tr...