Hello everyone! I want to tell you about one of the most important treatments I have ever performed, and it involved doing almost nothing. I was several weeks into an eight-week protocol with a client. The week before, I had performed a pH revision using alkaline wash, an aggressive and highly effective treatment that had
Hello everyone! I want to talk about the part of your skin that gets the least attention and takes the most abuse. Your feet. I know. It is not the glamorous topic. Nobody comes into my treatment room asking about their heels the way they ask about their fine lines. But I have been treating
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Hello everyone! Robin here. We are deep into August now, which means most of my color clients are somewhere in the middle of the summer color story. The fresh appointment in June has settled. The lake days and pool afternoons have accumulated. And a lot of you are looking in the mirror thinking that something
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Hello everyone! I want to talk about a word I use to describe my own approach, and one I have watched become almost meaningless through overuse. Holistic. If you tell most people you practice holistic skincare, one of two things happens. Either they nod approvingly and assume you mean everything is organic and nothing contains
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Hello everyone! There is a particular kind of frustration I see in my treatment room, and it usually sounds like this. A client tells me they have been using calming products for months. Gentle cleanser. Soothing serum. Anti-redness cream. Nothing harsh, nothing stripping, everything formulated for sensitive skin. And the redness is still there. Maybe
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Hello everyone! I want to defend something that gets dismissed constantly, including by people in my own industry. When you walk into a spa and there is a pleasant scent in the air, most people file it under ambiance. Nice lighting, soft music, a candle burning somewhere, a diffuser humming in the corner. It is
Hello everyone! Of all the tools I have brought into my treatment room over the years, none provokes more curiosity than this one. A client will be lying back with an enzyme mask setting on their face, and I will pick up what looks like a small metal instrument, strike it, and gently apply it
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Hello everyone! I want to talk about a treatment that sounds, at first, like it has absolutely nothing to do with skincare. Then I want to show you why it might have more to do with your skin than almost anything sitting in your bathroom cabinet. Craniosacral therapy. If you have never heard of it,
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Hello everyone! Robin here. Every September, I see the same thing walk through my door. Clients come in after a summer of lake days, pool time, coast trips, and long sunny afternoons, and their hair tells the whole story. It is drier than it was in June. The color has shifted, usually brassier or more
Hello everyone! Summer officially starts tomorrow, which means vacation season is here in full force. Whether you have a tropical trip on the calendar, a family reunion at the lake, a long weekend in Eastern Washington, or a multi-week European adventure, the goal is the same: you want to feel polished and confident the moment
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