Send us a text This week we are going to talk to Brand Educator Taylor Wilson from Starpil Wax, discuss some timing issues in the treatment room, give Retin/Tret one more explanation and to celebrate spooky season we're going to learn some new creepy skin facts. Support the show
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're going to talk about talking about shit when you don't know what you're talking about, facial/skin dysmorphia and our responsibility as providers and why the system our clients think they are beating, are really beating them. Support the show
Sep 04, 2024•49 min
Send us a text In this weeks episode we are going to talk about aging in an industry you aren't supposed to age in, imposter syndrome, I'm taking you back to school to talk about Daltons and we're sharing funny and or disturbing client stories sent in by a few listeners. Support the show
Jul 10, 2024•43 min
Send us a text This is a quickie! We'll be discussing the things people do to get out of using normal facial products, to cleanse or not to cleanse and I have to share my horrible awful, Pam of the Week with you. Support the show
Jun 05, 2024•32 min
Send us a text We are going to be talking about what to do post procedure when you fuck up, I'm going to unload some of my favorite products/brands so be prepared to be disappointed in me and we're going to end the episode with your favorite, a Pam of the week. Support the show
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr
Send us a text In this week's episode we're taking a peek at an ingredient that does all the work and gets none of the credit. Support the show
May 02, 2023•23 min
Send us a text It's a new season and a new show! In this week's show we are talking about a common sense skincare practice. Wanna support the show? Follow the link! https://www.buzzsprout.com/655045/supporters/new Support the show
Apr 18, 2023•18 min
Send us a text This week we are going to take a look at our field's unhealthy obsession with exfoliation, a bit about brows and at home devices that our clients are crazy about. Please note this is what happens when you edit an episode at 1:00AM. In segment one I’m talking about spot treating pimples not wrinkles. Support the show
Oct 09, 2022•48 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we are going to talk trends, what the hell is going on with clients and homecare and I'm going to tell you that story I promised you last time about the client I might or might not have mutilated. Fun times! Support the show
Jul 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk about lightening an brightening ingredients, rosacea, our obsession with black clothes and I might rant a tiny bit over another podcast's trashing of skincare. Support the show
May 24, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Send us a text In this episode we talk about those pesky processing and transaction fees, why you do indeed need to continue your education, ponder selfcare and I share a doozy of a Pam story. Support the show
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're going to talk about stopping the spread of incorrect esthy information, going solo...oh no...and find out if we really do need those oxygen facials after all. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7956298/ **meant to say FDA cleared ** Support the show
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're going to talk about so much shit! Product application, cruelty free...that's right I'm taking you to the slaughter house. And tons of fun, yet gross waxing stories to horrifying your loved ones who just happen to be in the car with you... Support the show
Jun 23, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk about the mass exodus of big salons, try to figure out why we want to be slugs and I share a horribly awful but funny wax story from my young esthetician days. Support the show
Apr 07, 2021•48 min
Send us a text In this week's episode you get an unwanted history of cupping, talk about waxing and why I still hate it and last but not least see if we can help a potential esthy figure out her next step. https://my.clevelandclinic.org https://www.sciencedirect.com https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Support the show...
Mar 23, 2021•39 min
Send us a text In this week's episode, we talk raising prices, why it's okay to be tired, and why you should quit talking shit about dermatologists...again because ya'll didn't listen the first, second or third time. Support the show
Mar 02, 2021•50 min
Send us a text In this week's episode, I'm going to do a theory class on using High Frequency in your treatments and talk and somehow manage to bring eggs into our discussion on social media...yep...tantalizing stuff! PS...violet wand has such a different connotation outside the world of esthetics #smutty romance! Support the show
Feb 16, 2021•42 min
Send us a text In this week's episode, well...I talk too damn long...about chemical peels and enzymes and respond to a not so happy follower about the realities of the world of esthetics. Support the show
Feb 02, 2021•43 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're deciphering some label lies, talking about a lovely antioxidant, getting organized in our treatment rooms and per usual, I continue to alienate as many people as possible by saying shit that’s gonna make you salty. Support the show
Jan 19, 2021•39 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk about microneedling at home, walk the beauty aisles of TJ Maxx, try to figure out if anti-aging is on it's way out and I make so many food comparisions you'll probably wonder if you're listening to a cooking show or a esthy podcast. Support the show
Jan 05, 2021•42 min
Send us a text *****************Disclaimer***************** LOTS OF STRONG LANGUAGE AND DISCUSSION OF BODILY FUNCTIONS In this week's episode I talk about what's normal and not in the treatment room, we do a deep dive you probably could have lived without, we talk about the importance of waxing consults and I share listeners stories about the joy of the holiday season in the beauty industry. Support the show...
Dec 22, 2020•49 min
Send us a text In this week's episode I'm talking about the ever horrifying BB Glow, the infamous sperm brow, how to retail without sounding like you have a brochure shoved up your ass and real talk about how some esthies are hurting their own industry. Support the show
Dec 01, 2020•33 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're gonna have to put a bunch of nickels in the swear jar because I'm talking about some of those judgemental esthies out there that need to lighten the hell up. And why it's okay to be an esthetician who doesn't get a contact high from touching people. I'm also going to give you some background on the Gua Sha and it's purpose in the treatment room and maybe a little something to ponder before you introduce this tool into your treatments. skepdic.com globa...
Nov 17, 2020•31 min
Send us a text In this week's episode I'm going to talk about extraction expectations, why your next skincare field trip should be at a drugstore, what it really means to double cleanse and discuss the hundreds of clients we all that are just 'so sensitive' Support the show
Nov 03, 2020•47 min
Send us a text In this week's episode I'm going to discuss meeting expectations of your esthetics program, introduce you to an oldie but goodie humectant that somehow ended up with a bad rap and apparently embarking on my second career as the offical esthy priest... Trust me, you'll want to hear these confessions. Support the show
Oct 19, 2020•36 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we talk about a popular enzyme mask that was all over Instagram a few months ago, I tell you why your collagen supplement is probably shit and I leave you with lot of funny listener stories or things gone wrong in the treatment room. Support the show
Oct 06, 2020•37 min
Send us a text In this week's episode I'm going to talk about pricing, menu and choosing products for your newly minted solo esthetics operation. Also going to tackle client expectations and how to manage those and I somehow work my abhorrence of meat into a show about skincare...you're welcome Support the show
Sep 22, 2020•45 min
Send us a text In this week's episode I sprinkle the F word around like I'm salting fries, answer listener questions, talk about skin types versus skin conditions and break down the jelly mask invasion. Oh, and I told you I'd drop the ingredient I couldn't remember for love nor money...here ya go.... 5 aminolevulinic acid...I was so close, yet so far away. Support the show...
Sep 08, 2020•41 min
Send us a text In this week's episode we're going to talk about going out on your own and booth renting as well as share some listener stories of rentals gone wrong. And answer a listener question about pH. Support the show
Aug 25, 2020•37 min
Send us a text In this week's episode, I'm going to talk about transitioning from a room to a classroom, whine about professional products not being so professional anymore and give you a grumpy pep talk...sort of. Support the show
Aug 11, 2020•36 min