It’s that time of year again! The time when beauty professionals flock to Orlando, Florida in well-dressed, made-up, hairstyled, glowy-skinned droves to attend none other than…(drumroll)…Premiere Orlando! Premiere Orlando is one of several recurring beauty conferences that takes place across the United States each year, where estheticians, hair professionals, and nail techs alike come to…
The DONT’S of Doing Esthetics School (when your Body Don’t Want to Do its Thing)
IDK if it’s just me, but when I hear, “Don’t,” I instantly think of my mother. “Don’t you bring that boy up to your room!” (But, Mom…*huffs and stomps feet*) “Don’t put that dog poop in your mouth!” (I was a toddler. In case that wasn’t totally obvs.) And my favorite, “Don’t procrastinate!” (Although we…
Slippery Slopes Ahead: The Many Uses of Aquaphor, and How to Know Which Is Right for Your Skin
We’re all familiar with Aquaphor, cooler older cousin to the similarly petroleum-based Vaseline. Superior, IMO, due to its profile of soothing and moisturizing ingredients…whereas Vaseline, by contrast, is just…plain old petroleum jelly. But I’m not here to look down my nose. I’m here, as an avid Aquaphor ambassador, to break down what Aquaphor is, and…
To Extend a Helping Hand (Cream): How My Fibromyalgia Led Me to Enter Esthetics School and Start This Blog
I’ll say it once, then again: at the same time my reality was crumbling due to a set of mysterious symptoms, I looked. Freaking. Fabulous. No, this isn’t the story of my eating disorder–that’s a whole ‘nother can of undernourished worms. This is the story of my fibromyalgia and how it led me to enroll…