Winter Skin Care Favorites

There is nothing worse than changing seasons wreaking havoc on your skin!

This winter, we’ve put together a few of our favorite products that help you to beat the dry season and keep that skin exfoliated and glowing. Winter and changing temperatures can dry out even oily skin! No matter your skin type, it’s important to hydrate and protect your skin's barrier function. This will help to keep irritants out and lock in all the good stuff. 

The skincare line that we carry is Sorella Apothecary. This line has a great range of products to help clients enhance their skin and correct any concerns they may have in a natural and effective manner. These products are loaded with active ingredients to help you see results faster. 

Here are our top picks!

• Apricot Mango Cleansing Milk - This cleanser is ideal for helping relieve dryness and calm the skin. It is infused with apricot oil, vitamin C, and mango extract. These ingredients will help soothe, brighten and protect your skin with antioxidants.

• Mint Poppy Seed Polish - This product doubles as an exfoliant AND a mask! Infused with sweet almond oil, Kaolin clay, and lactic acid, this product helps to rebuild the skin’s barrier as well as exfoliate dead skin cells that cause irritation, flakiness, and in some cases, pimples!

• Main Squeeze Hydrating Serum - Hydration and a lightweight feel make this serum great for all skin types. Snow mushroom extract, hyaluronic acid, and Niacinamide combine to create a great complexion perfecter. The snow mushroom extract and hydrating properties of the hyaluronic acid help to create a better overall complexion while Niacinamide (B3) vitamins help to reduce inflammation and restore the skin’s barrier.

• The Balm - This product is an Elevate Esthetics favorite! A great addition to any nightly routine, this thicker moisturizer contains Argireline, Black Currant Extract, Acai Berry Extract. These powerhouse ingredients are great for anti-aging, brightening, and providing antioxidants to the skin.

• Yogurt & Kale Eye Concentrate - Algae?! in skincare?! Don’t knock it until you try it! This anti-aging powerhouse has tightening, firming, and smoothing effects on the skin. Algae also help to stimulate the production of collagen in the skin, which helps to firm and smooth fine lines naturally. Another anti-aging powerhouse that this serum contains is apple stem cells! This helps to preserve skins vibrancy and youthful appearance. This eye concentrate sounds good enough to eat!

This winter skincare routine is sure to bust up your dryness and give your skin a healthy and radiant glow! But, just because the weather is turning drab doesn’t mean your skin has to!! 

Treat yourself this season with skincare and gift cards! We are including a $20 voucher with every $50 gift card purchased. So this season, give the gift of great-looking and feeling skin—buy online or in-studio at elevate-esthetics.com. 

Lash Lift After Care

There are a few questions that we get a lot regarding the after care and maintenance of the lash lifting. They’re pretty low maintenance believe it or not!

“What do I do after this?”
The main things to remember are no water or no mascara for 24 hours. Think of the iconic courtroom scene from Legally Blonde:

“Because isn't the first cardinal rule of perm maintenance that you're forbidden to wet your hair for at least 24 hours after getting a perm at the risk of deactivating the ammonium thioglycolate”

The process and solutions are very similar to that of a hair perm. Getting the lashes wet will deactivate the solutions and cause the lashes to fall. We don’t recommend doing any excessive sweating, swimming, showering, washing your face, etc. Keep those puppies dry!

“If I get a tint, can I still use mascara?” 

Yes! You can still use mascara if you want to, but tinting them a darker color, you may not want to! Just don’t put anything on for the first 24 hours after you receive the service.

“Can I still use a lash serum when they are lifted?”

Of course! It’s highly encouraged to use a lash serum while you have a lift, as well as a conditioner. This will protect your lashes and keep them healthy.

“Is there a lash length requirement for the lifting process?”

While we want to say yes, we can lift shorter lashes, there is just a bit of a risk with them being too short. We can risk damaging the lashes or you really won’t see that much of a dramatic difference with the lift. 

“How soon should I get this redone?” 

We will rebook you at 6 weeks to get them relifted. Normally 6-8 weeks is the timeframe in which you need to get them relifted. Your lashes' natural cycle of life spans from 6 -8 weeks and it depends on where you are in that cycle when you get the lift done. We recommend the 6 week mark to catch the lashes before they completely fall. This will condition your lashes to stay curled so that they can stay that way longer.

“What lash serums do you recommend?”  

There are a lot of options out there for lash serums. The one that we recommend is by the brand Grande Lash. We love that brand as a whole and love seeing the results that it gives our clients. We also suggest the Grande Lash thickening mascara in conjunction with the serum. The mascara is infused with peptides which help to protect and strengthen your lashes.

I hope this helped to give you some answers to your burning questions! We have a great video posted on our website to help you guys as well.

The Science Behind the Lift

Have you ever wondered what the solution is doing while you’re letting it sit on your lashes?

We give a general answer to clients, but lets dive deeper into the science behind the lash lift!

We all remember the perms of the 70s and 80s right? Well a lash lift is essentially the same thing, on a smaller scale.

There are 3 solutions that we use at Elevate Esthetics during the service to lift and secure your lashes. The first solution that we will use is the heavy hitter. This is the lifting solution.

Your hair is made of up keratin proteins and depending on your specific structure of proteins, this gives your hair its density, flexibility, and length of your natural lash. The lifting solution contains the thioglycolic acid which aids in breaking down the keratin molecules in your hair shaft. This will, in a sense, loosen your hair shaft and allow the lashes to mold to the silicone rod that we use to hold the curl.

The second solution that we use on your lashes is a setting solution. These solutions normally contain sodium bromate and a conditioning agent. This solution helps to redcoat the hair shaft re-harden it in to the shape of the curl. This is what helps the lashes to stay in that curled state.

The last solution that we use, here at Elevate Esthetics, is a lash conditioner. This solution contains amino acids and peptides which mimic the natural amino acids found in your lash hair. It helps to strengthen, nourish, and relieve stress put on the hair shaft from lash curlers, astringents, eye rubbing, mascara, etc.

The solutions that we use are safe for the eye area and they are only applied to the lashes themselves.

It’s always fun to know what exactly is happening during your service! I hope this helped to navigate the lash lifting world and what happens to your lashes while the service is being performed.

As always, check out our website for more information and FAQs on your lash lifting journey!

Waxing Mediums

While there are many types of waxes out there… Here are the main 3 types that I want to touch on and get asked a lot about. Your basic soft wax, your basic hard wax, and sugaring. Now, I say basic because there are many different ingredients that can go into each of these waxes. There can be different bases of the wax, for example, resin, beeswax, and cream are just a few. 

Soft wax is mainly cream/resin-based. It is applied in a thin layer over the skin and removed with a cloth strip.

Hard wax is applied warm and solidifies as it cools. It cools to a flexible medium which is then removed using a “lip” or “tab” created from the wax itself by the esthetician. These are mainly beeswax/resin-based formulas. 

Sugaring is a sugar-based substance that is applied as a paste and removed in a quick motion with your hands. Similar to hard wax, the hair is removed with the substance itself by the trained esthetician. 

These seem to be the main waxes that we hear of. In our studio, we use soft wax as well as hard wax. 

Now, how do we determine which wax to use?

It depends on the hair type, the skin type, and the preference of the waxer. Some are trained solely on hard wax, some on soft, and some for sugaring. Most estheticians are able to utilize both hard and soft wax in their treatment rooms, but they will always have one that they are more comfortable with using. Usually, estheticians are adept at working well with both hard and soft types of wax on most body parts. Those estheticians that are trained in sugaring have taken a specific class to help them hone their skill. Not every esthetician or wax specialist you meet will be trained in sugaring. 

At Elevate Esthetics we are trained on soft and hard waxes. So depending on the type of hair on the body and the skin type (sensitive/reactive or not), we will use a certain wax accordingly. 

As always, if there are questions, we are available on social media, or phone to answer anything you have to ask. Also, check out our website for more answered questions! 

The main question that we get a lot is “Does it hurt?” 

Yes. We are traumatizing that hair follicle by removing the strand of hair from the root. This is going to hurt to some degree. Each person is different and each person’s pain tolerance is different. It’s a different experience for each different individual! We do our best to minimize the pain afterward, but we have some tips and tricks on our website for before and aftercare!

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