My product selection a true reflection of my practice. I offer everything that my clients need in order to address their skin issues, from acne to aging, and in between, and my intention is to keep perfecting the selection and keep being science and research based.

I started as a treatment oriented Esthetician, but so quickly I noticed that clients were seeking a personalized product recommendation after their treatment. There are so many product lines on the market that it very confusing to customers as to which skin care product to buy and how to use them in the most effective way.

It was the most vibrant metropolis with fantastic bohemian life, culture, art, culinary and music scenes. Beautiful people, smart and cultured, caught in a paradox of westernization, socialism and post modernism. And as we all know the best estheticians always come from Eastern Europe!

Before I started my own practice there was a tipping point in my career where it became clear to me that people were really in need of good quality and personalized skincare. I decided to venture on my own, and shortly after I had a waitlist of 30-50 people wanting to see me. As flattering as that might be, I did not want to expand to the point where the quality of my treatments would suffer, as so often happens, and I am still one woman business. In the last couple of years, it came to me that I had to steer my business to a holistic practice, with a major accent on wellness and health. I have the "dewy" and "clear" skin part down, but I have noticed how much un-wellness there is in Los Angeles and in the busy lives of so many women and men and how I actually have the perfect set of skills to help people. That is where I am deepening my practice now.

To get rid of cortisol and adrenaline deposits (which cause Aging, Dehydration, Lines, and Muscular Spasms….!! ), we need to calm the mind, breathe and drain the lymphatic fluids, NOT exercise more.

Some of my clients I have been treating for 15 years so they know…be careful with taking marketing based advice. Always check the credibility of the author or a source.

So many skin care lines are born out of need for investment and by non skin care professionals, and the question is: where do they get their research from, and if. Today's trend is intimidation from "chemicals", yet the many new lines use similar just not so common but equally bad or unstudied chemicals, and cosmetic chemistry must utilize Fillers, Emulsifiers, Preservatives…etc for the same reason food items require certain ingredients to hold the texture and deliver nutrients. The discussion can go on forever here.

A skin care routine should be short and simple and skin care treatments as regular as massage, nail and hair treatments. Skin care products are NOT collectible and NOT fashion items. They clash with each other, they have an expiration, and often times are redundant or unnecessary.

I dread those photos on social media with mountains of random branded products. What does that even mean?

Layering numerous products is the oldest trick in the book, that is often masking the lack of true understanding of the skin functions and cosmetic chemistry.