Light Therapy Skincare
Hello Beautiful! With all the new skincare trends of 2021 flooding in, I am really excited about light therapy facials and skincare! New to skincare or light therapy? No worries! This is your guide to getting started.
What is Light Therapy Skincare?
Light Therapy is a skincare treatment that uses varying wavelengths of light, including red and blue, to obtain therapeutic benefits. LED is an effective modality to promote the healing of skin wounds. It takes less time than a traditional facial and it has proven to be effective at accomplishing results to your skincare goals.
Light Therapy by Tana Marie Skincare
One of my favorite facials to give is the Celluma LED Light Therapy Facial. This facial will rejuvenate skin by increasing collagen and elastin production (red light). It treats all grades of acne, including P. acnes bacteria, decreasing inflammation, and increasing microcirculation (blue light). Using blue, red, and near-infrared LED light simultaneously or alone can deliver powerful results. All treatments come with a double cleansing (extractions when indicated), a treatment serum, and a moisturizer applicable to your skin type.
Benefits of Light Therapy
Light Therapy is great for so many reasons:
Increasing collagen and tissues
Decreasing/lightening age spots
Smooth skin
Less downtime
Less expensive
Reduce damage from acne and wrinkles
Reduce the appearance of fine lines
Gives you a healthy glow
Locks in skin’s moisture
Promote anti-inflammatory effects
I could go on with these benefits, but maybe we should just talk about what you want to specifically accomplish to get a better idea of how light therapy can serve your skin. Message me on Facebook or book a free skin consultation to get started.
XOXO,
Tana Marie
This, not That
Hello Beautiful! I’ve been hearing about a lot of different fad skincare products that influencers and celebrities just rave about that aren’t the best for your skin. Because of this, I am starting a segment called this, not that. You wouldn’t feed your body food that is not good for you, so why would you feed your skin products that don’t help it?
Facial Wipes: These are great for the girl on the go, but they don’t give you the best cleanse. Used daily, makeup remover wipes can create friction and tear your skin. They also contain a lot of alcohol and preservatives that are not good for sensitive skin.
Instead, Use A gentle facial cleanser that will actually clear out your pores. I have some great options.
Biore Pore Strips: These strips can also cause tears in your skin or further irritate already sensitive skin.
Instead, Use A gentle, deep-cleansing toner. Here is my favorite toner: Face Reality’s Calming Facial Toner with beautiful hints of rose, perfect for dry/normal skin types, or Sal C-Toner, great for oily/acneic skin types. Book here.
Peel-Off Mask: These popular peel-off masks may help remove dirt and buildup from your pores, they also remove precious skin cells and even vellus hair, leaving skin raw and ready for irritation. Charcoal cannot identify between the good and bad cells, so it removes them all.
Instead, Use Come see me ;) Instead of a store-bought peel-off mask, we can talk about some DIY options and give you a results-oriented facial while we’re at it. Book your appointment here.
There are so many fads out there that claim to be great for your skin but do not give you the benefits they promise. If you are ever questioning a product or want to talk about what’s right for your skin, send me a message on Facebook. Let’s chat it out :)
XOXO,
Tana Marie
What is a Nano-Infusion Facial?
Hello Beautiful! With the dry fall and winter months coming up, I just have to recommend my nano-infusion facial. Let’s dive in and chat about what it is!
My Nano-Infusion Facial Experience
This treatment includes a double cleanse, dermaplaning, a light enzyme peel, a facial massage, and nano infusion with a complex blend of rejuvenating oils that awaken your skin cells. Your skin will drink up this amazing elixir, showing off a beautiful, youthful glow! This is a great treatment for dry skin.
What is a Nano-Infusion Facial?
Nano infusion refers to an intensive transdermal delivery of active ingredients to effectively treat esthetic skin conditions. It can be used as an adjunct treatment to microdermabrasion, peels, or LED light treatment. It is an alternative to microneedling (sometimes). This treatment is not microneedling, but it is 100% safe, non-invasive and only enters the top layer of the skin. There is little to no downtime, yet extremely effective.
The handheld device uses many pyramid-like nano heads. Each head is smaller than a human hair made of crystalline silicon, which is flexible, unlike the metal needles. When they touch the skin, peptides can be infused in the skin.
The result is that skin cells are separated and re-arranged to allow nutrition to pass through the skin barrier to provide 1000% more absorption to feed the skin.
Nano infusion is clinically proven to improve:
Refining skin texture
Hyperpigmentation
Fine lines and wrinkles
Tighten skin
Can be used just above the eye and over the lip
Peptides or stem cells can be infused into the skin
This treatment should be booked monthly to improve the skin’s texture and hydration. Book your nano-infusion facial here.
I can’t wait to see you!
XOXO,
Tana Marie
The Perfect Derma Peel
Hello Beautiful! My service menu is pretty extensive, so I want to walk you through some of them individually so you can decide if it’s perfect for you. Today I am going over the Perfect Derma Peel, which is perfect for the upcoming Peel season and this one is my absolute favorite!
Description
The Perfect Derma™ Peel is a safe, effective medium depth peel for All Skin Types & Ethnicities. This product is virtually painless, with no pre-peel skin preparation and little downtime. The Perfect Derma™ Peel is the only peel that includes the powerful anti-oxidant Glutathione, which lightens and brightens the skin, slows down the aging process and helps prevent wrinkles.
Benefits
Improve the overall clarity, tone, and texture of the skin
Reduce or eliminate hyperpigmentation, sun damage, and Melasma
Improve acneic skin conditions and reduce acne scars
Stimulate the production of collagen, resulting in firmer, more youthful skin
Reduce the appearance of pore size
Highlights
The Perfect Derma Peel is called perfect for a reason. This peel will give you results in one short session with me without the pain of a chemical peel.
Medical Grade Formulation
Powerful ingredients include TCA, Kojic Acid, Retinoic Acid, Salicylic Acid, Phenol, Vitamin C, and antioxidant Glutathione.
Solve Common Skin Concerns
Sun spots? Acne scars? Dull or aging complexion? The Perfect Derma Peel delivers real results for All Skin Types and Ethnicities.
Results in One Week
I can customize a treatment for anyone who books an appointment with me. Click here to schedule yours today. Tis the season!
The Perfect Derma Peel is a results-driven anti-aging peel that is less invasive. With little downtime and dramatic results, I am excited to be able to offer such a wonderful treatment.
XOXO,
Tana Marie
What are Enzyme Peels?
Hello Beautiful! You’ve heard about them, you might even have experienced them, but you’re still curious either what it is or the benefits of an enzyme peel. Allow me to explain. We will also chat about the fun advantages of enzyme peels over chemical peels.
Enzymes, a Quick Summary
Have you ever eaten pineapple and felt a little tingle on your tongue? Those would be enzymes and believe it or not, we can use them in facials to attain amazing results.
Enzymes are naturally derived active ingredients found in many fruits. Pomegranate, Pumpkin, Papaya, Pineapple, and Figs are a few examples. They act fast to dissolve dead skin to reveal smoother, healthier skin. They’re potent, but non-abrasive exfoliants for all skin types.
Enzyme peels exfoliate your skin by removing dead skin cells. Other benefits include anti-aging, clear skin, minimized pores, and clearing acne scars.
Enzyme Peel vs. Chemical Peel
While both types of peels yield benefits for your gorgeous skin, there are certain skin types that would benefit more from an enzyme peel.
Sensitive or easily-irritated skin. Like I said before, enzyme peels work hard to exfoliate your skin and remove dead skin cells much like chemical peels. The wonderful difference is that enzyme peels, because of their nature, won’t irritate your skin like chemical peels sometimes can. The purpose of a peel is to exfoliate and prepare your skin to soak in the necessary moisture it needs to be glowy and soft. Enzyme peels do just that, and they’re all-natural.
Pregnant or breastfeeding women. When you’re pregnant, you would do anything to protect your baby and there are so many things to be vigilant of. One way you can protect your skin and your baby is to opt for an enzyme peel instead. Always be sure to speak with your doctor first.
Those with weaker immunity. Anyone who has a history of a weak immune system or recently discovered their immune system is compromised should receive an enzyme peel because the natural products in the peel do not contain harmful ingredients. Always be sure to speak with your doctor first.
An Enzyme Peel is the Peel for Me
Fabulous! Allow me to suggest one of my most famous and effective enzyme peels, the Organic Ormedic Lift Peel. It’s a gentle peel that is good for all skin types to gently exfoliate your skin.
Description
A blend of pumpkin, pineapple, papaya, and mango fruit enzymes and peptides in an organic aloe vera gel base. This non-chemical peel rebalances, regenerates and restores skin while comfrey plant-derived stem cell technology recharges your skin’s stem cells helping to maintain youthfulness.
Skin Type
Unbalanced, irritated, sensitive, and dull-looking skin.
Benefits
Organic aloe vera is the delivery system with a pumpkin pulp exfoliator. Polypeptides provide maximum rejuvenation and hyaluronic acid adds moisture.
Ingredients
Organic aloe vera gel base, Pumpkin pulp, Passion fruit Papaya Pineapple Polypeptides, PhytoCellTec™ Symphytum - comfrey (Symphytum) roots, Botanical blend - coffee and peppermint, Essential oil blend eucalyptus and ylang-ylang, Luminescine, Seashine (undaria pinnatifida extract), Bearberry, Licorice, Mulberry. Mallow extract. Alchemilla Vulgaris (lady’s mantle), Arnica montana, Camelia Sinesis (green tea), Comfrey, Blackberry.
XOXO,
Tana Marie
Refrigerated Skincare
Hello Beautiful!
Okay, so you’re seeing lots of new products on the market that promise tighter skin when refrigerated and all these mini skincare fridges. Well, I’m here to help! Let’s learn about refrigerated beauty together and discuss some products that might work well for you.
What is Refrigerated Skincare?
Glad you asked! Refrigerated Skincare is just a little term I use to group together all the products that can benefit your skin more when they’re kept cool, like in a refrigerator for instance.
Skincare products that have been cooled can benefit you by constricting blood vessels, creating a firmer, tighter appearance. For example, you could reduce under eye-bags and puffiness in the morning with a chilled eye cream or tighten your skin with a chilled facial mask.
What Products are Best for Me?
Let’s chat about different products that have hidden benefits revealed once chilled. Eye creams and serums, face mists like setting sprays or rose water, jade and crystal rollers, vitamin C creams, toners, sheet masks, or aloe gel can all have great effects on your skin once chilled. They feel great and do great things for your glow.
Eye creams and serums. Chilled eye creams and serums are your new best friend in the morning. By simply refrigerating these products, you can tell puffy and tired eyes to begone! It’s certainly a wake-up call to put cold cream under your eyes first thing in the morning.
Facial masks. Sheet and clay masks that are chilled still hold the benefits they promise on the bottle, but they also now can calm inflammation and redness.
Facial mists. Facial mists like setting spray or rose water are lightweight and hold tons of benefits once chilled. Just stow in the fridge and spray away for soothed skin.
Vitamin C. This magical vitamin boosts radiance like no other and is different from all the aforementioned products because it must be stored in the fridge to ensure long life and all the benefits promised on the bottle.
Jade and crystal rollers. Awaken your skin and your circulation by chilling your facial rollers and stones. Sculpt and define your features with a chilled tool. Unsure if facial tools like jade rollers are right for you? Read my blog about jade rollers and their benefits here.
I hope this helps to break down why everyone is putting their skincare products in the fridge. Some who are really passionate about skincare have even bought a little fridge, specifically to store their skincare products. You don’t need to go that far, but I bet you’ll be re-evaluating your storage situation after reading this.
XOXO,
Tana Marie
Jade Rollers: What Are They Good For?
Jade rollers are all over Instagram. These photogenic facial tools are somewhat of a myth to most, but they hold many useful benefits, besides being beautiful in pictures.
Your jade roller doesn’t have to collect dust on your vanity. Instead, use it to extract these benefits for your beautiful skin:
Use it to moisturize. Yep. You heard me right. If your face costs more than your outfit, you feel us here. So much of your skincare products get wasted on your hands and in your nails. Waste no more! Dot your product on your skin and use your jade roller to roll it into your skin for 20 seconds. Your skin will absorb the product and you can use less because your hands don’t absorb the majority of it.
Rid your body of toxins. Just like a good massage, massaging your face with a jade roller will drain the toxins from your body. Roll the jade roller across your cheeks, chin, and forehead. By doing this, you’re opening up pathways and improving lymphatic flow. This reduces puffiness and inflation, especially around your eyes. As you roll, apply light pressure and start on the décolleté and neck to open up pathways and create flow for effective drainage.
Soothe your skin. You can use the naturally cool crystal to soothe your skin. The cool jade roller can soothe rosacea and puffy eyes. The gentle pressure from the crystal will leave your facial muscles feeling more relaxed.
Destress after a long day (or night). Any massage is relaxing, but a facial massage is known to be a stress reliever. Making jade rolling a part of your daily ritual can relieve tension in your facial muscles and can count as your self-care for the day.
Know that you’re taking care of your skin, naturally. A jade facial roller is free from chemicals and additives, so if chemical-free is something important to you in your skincare routine, then jade rollers are the perfect addition to your skincare routine. Because most jade rollers are free of synthetic fragrances, dyes, sulfates, parabens, and mineral oil, it’s safe to use on any skin type.
Jade rollers hold a significant benefit to your skin and can help you feel more relaxed throughout the day. An added benefit of saving more of your skincare products to keep for your face and not your hands is one of the best parts! Below are a few different jade rollers that fit any type of budget and cater to any type of skin.
Herbivore Jade Facial Rollers. Their new Jade Rollers are crafted with improved hardware and higher quality ethically-mined stones to withstand the tests of time and use. The new Jade Rollers improve circulation and vitality, helping to freshen your complexion and luminosity. Each Jade Facial Roller will vary slightly in color and shape since each is made from genuine stone and each stone is unique | $30
Kaesthetics Studio Jade Roller. Jade roller includes a large rolling stone for larger areas of the face like forehead or cheeks and a smaller rolling stone for small areas of the face such as nose or eyes. Each product gets a hand-written note and each jade roller is handmade with naturally sourced jade from northeast China | $19
PURPLE WHALE 100% Natural Grade A Jade Roller. Invigorate, calm and awaken your skin with the help of this 1-Piece Grade A Jade Skin Roller Anti-aging Beauty Tool. A natural alternative to Botox, it helps keep your skin supple, reduce the look of wrinkles and restore a youthful appearance. This jade massage tool features double-ended rollers that allow you to cover both broad and fine-detail areas effectively. | $12
Jade rollers are an easy addition to your skincare routine and can greatly benefit your skin and your well-being. There’s never enough time in the day to invest in yourself, but with jade rollers, it’s easy and fast. I can’t wait to see what you think! Jade rollers will soon be available on my website, so keep an eye out.
XOXO,
Tana Marie