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Consumers are holding the market under more intense scrutiny; they want to know what's in their products, what ingredients are safe and where they come from.

Forever Chemicals in Skin Care: What Every Aesthetic Professional Should Know

Have you been to any of the beauty conferences this year or opened a trade magazine and discovered the surge of marketing claims promoting “clean,” “non-toxic” and “green” skin care products?

Lack of regulation and legal ambiguity across different states concerning energy work and 'license to touch' laws can complicate the inclusion of energy work services in spas, so be sure to check your local regulation.

The Business Benefits of Adding Energy Healing to Your Esthetics Practice

Seasonal Skin Savvy: How to Boost Your Biz Throughout the Year

Elevate the Experience: The Tech Your Guests Will Soon Expect

Elevate the Experience: The Tech Your Guests Will Soon Expect

In today's spa and wellness market, guests prioritize results and relaxation, seeking advanced and personalized experiences. As trends become hotter, spas and wellness clubs must integrate innovative solutions to meet the growing demands. RedWave and HydroWave by Wellsystem can be that solution, with fully automated, touch-free systems that deliver high-impact wellness benefits with minimal staff involvement.

The growing sustainability movement makes authentic, ethically-sourced EVOO a very attractive option in terms of ingredients.

Jar Deconstructed: Extra Virgin Olive Oil

You probably have it in your kitchen right now.

Toners are undergoing a transformation in this unprecedented time of product innovation. This is what state-of-the-art looks like in The Age of Multifunctionality.

Texture & Consumer Awareness: This is What's Shaping Current Toner Trends

Where formulation in one component of a consumer's skin care regimen is optimized, so too will the others follow, especially when it comes to multifunctionality.

Environmental stressors like pollution and UV radiation are just a couple of examples of what can exacerbate inflammation.

The Fire Within: Understanding and Addressing Inflammation in Modern Skin Care

Ask any esthetician for the top complaints from clients and you'll hear a familiar list: redness, irritation, breakouts or sensitive skin that just won't settle down.

The rise of self-care has brought meditation more centrally into the wellness conversation, being an accessible but effective tool.

Glow from the Inside Out: How Meditation Became My Secret Skincare Weapon

At Shot Bar Medspa in Chicago, we're known for turning heads with skin that stuns.

Advancements in AI mean advancements in skin care with components like diagnostic capabilities becoming more intelligent than ever.

AI in Skin Care: Practical Innovations for Spa Owners and Estheticians

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the skin care industry, offering spa owners and estheticians powerful tools to enhance client care, streamline operations and stay competitive.

The increasingly health-conscious consumer is holding ingredients to a higher standard. In the pursuit of 'clean' and safe ingredients, they often look to natural ingredients like botanicals.

Perfect Pairings: Enhancing Advanced Skin Care Modalities with Natural Ingredients

Trends come and go in the spa and esthetics industry, but some are here to stay: advanced modalities and treatments like dermaplaning, microneedling, injectables and more.

The holiday season isn't just a winter wonderland, but a mindfield of stressors from the pressure to put on the perfect holiday, to getting slammed by end-of-year deadlines or even the reminder of a loved one's absence—clients can have some pretty heavy things written on their faces.

Holiday Skin SOS: The Surprising Science You Need to Know During Stress Season

Walk into any treatment room this holiday season and you'll see it instantly—that telltale puffiness around the eyes, the stubborn redness that refuses to calm down, the client who insists their go-to serum suddenly stings.

When helping your clients with aftercare, it's important to advise your clients in a way that supports their healthcare provider's recommended regimen, and to provide solutions that make a recovery regimen easier to adhere to.

Medical Aesthetic Procedures – What’s in Your Aftercare?

The aesthetic industry has grown and developed over the last twenty years!

In an age where clients are showing unprecedented levels of stress, a scalp massage can be a valuable tool for mitigating this and allowing them to release tension.

The Power of Scalp Massage in Elevating Client Treatment

There are many ways to enhance treatments, but one of the simplest and most effective is a great scalp massage.

Some consumers still worry about the potential of being exposed to harmful chemicals during a spray tan sesh; understanding what ingredients you're working with and ensuring proper precautions to avoid ingestion and inhalation are paramount.

The Complete Business of Spray Tanning: A Guide for the Modern Esthetician

In the ever-evolving world of aesthetics, there’s one service that’s managed to stay both timeless and trendy—profitable for practitioners, addictive for clients and shockingly low overhead for what it delivers: spray tanning.