Beauty and Wellness Journal — skin care

Growing up on the coast of the Baltic Sea, where sunny days were a rare occasion, I did not get to enjoy much time in the sun. Yet, just like other girls of my age, I dreamed of having glowing, tanned skin. Many of my friends and I wanted to look like the models or celebrities from the covers of our favorite magazines. I remember how excited we all were when the first tanning salon has opened in our city. Every day after school we used to spend our lunch money just to get a few minutes of the artificial...

The most common question I hear when I tell people that I am an esthetician is whether I “put people to sleep” or not. While that sometimes happens during relaxing treatments, it seems that many confuse estheticians with anesthesiologists. The two, however, have hardly anything in common. Beauty treatments, to which esthetics is largely related to, have been around for thousands of years. Esthetics in the United States has emerged into a separate profession only about two decades ago. Nowadays, nearly everyone tries to put their best face forward.  This trend has been driving a tremendous growth of the skin...