By C.A. Vargas

Now that the summer is here you want to preserve your beautiful complexion by avoiding the blazing summer sun. Nothing will more rapidly destroy your skin than overexposure to the sun and even a little bit of it goes a long way.

The are many things you can do to prevent the damage that readily occurs during the summer months. And the number one thing you can do to retain a youthful glow is avoid the sun.

For a start, the easiest thing to do if you are going to be out and about is to wear a hat, especially during the scorching hours of 9AM and 2PM, and preferably something wide enough to shade your face and neck. If you don’t like the fact that you might look like Katherine Hepburn in the African Queen you might want to opt for something more your style but certainly opt for a large hat for a day at the beach.

Another solution for everyday use is Eminence Organic Skin Care Sun Defense Minerals SPF 30. This wonderfully crafted product is great for any occasion when you are outside or just enjoying a summer walk. Aside from the zinc oxide, a sun screen that helps reflect the sun, Eminence adds vitamin rich organic fruits and herbs to keep your skin healthy, beautiful and to fight the signs of aging.

If you want something a bit more powerful I recommend Mineral Block SPF 58 by Solar Protection. This sunscreen utilizes micronized titanium dioxide and zinc oxide as its only active sunscreen ingredients. It is free of dyes, fragrance, parabens and is perfect for children and those with sensitive skin. An added benefit of Mineral Block SPF 58 is that it is water resistant, perfect for the beach!

These two products are great for the prevention of sun damaged skin and from it ultimately becoming a piece of rawhide. The Eminence Sun Defense comes in a variety of shades and can easily be used as a light foundation for natural and glowing skin. The Mineral Block by Solar Protection is fantastic for days at the beach or any occasion which you have to be exposed to the sun for prolonged periods of time. Remember sun protection will keep your skin youthful and glowing so don’t neglect it!

Get this vital summer skin care items by calling Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at (212)-949-2350.

Skin, specially during the summer months, is exposed on a regular basis to the withering effects of the sun. A facial, minimally once a month, can maintained that youthful glow that we all see in celebrities. Many people think that facials are for pampering yourself and washing away stress as this is how the industry has portrayed itself. Although, this is true, the more relevant truth is that a facial is vital for maintaining clean, clear and glowing skin. And a regular skin care routine, just like the gym, will keep you from withering on the vine and maintain your skin youthful and glowing. Read below, Joanna Vargas tips and tricks about summer skin care, and find out more about her signature Triple Crown Facial and other treatments call the Salon in New York City at 212.949.2350.

Source: celebutantesisters.com
June 9 2009

Summer Skin

It’s hot. It’s dry. Does your skin need a pick-me-up? Joanna Vargas is a celebrity skin care guru. Her salon, Joanna Vargas Skin Care, is in Manhattan and is the place to go for one-of-a-kind facials and clear, glowing skin.

In July, the sisters be writing about her signature Triple Crown Facial, an anti-aging and anti-wrinkle facial which combines the best micro-current machine available in the world with the revolutionary healing and skin renewal powers of a hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The micro-current actually stimulates the face muscles like a gym workout – which is why many clients refer to Joanna as their ‘personal skin care trainer.’ How fab!

Now, check out these amazing summer skincare tips from the fab facialist herself!

1. Every morning before you get in the shower, take a coarse bristle brush and firmly dry brush your entire body. Its great for your circulation, but there are some amazing benefits. It stimulates lymphatic drainage, thus smoothing out cellulite. It exfoliates the skin, and it actually firms the skin as well. I tell clients they will see a lifted butt in two weeks of brushing once a day.

2. A winter of dry heat leaves the skin dull and coarse feeling. Once a week, exfoliate with a natural scrub in the shower. I love Eminence Coconut Sugar Scrub as coconut is very hydrating and soothing for the skin.

3. Once in a while, I recommend taking a nice long bath in chamomile tea, fresh lemons and rosemary. Not only is it soothing and cooling to the skin in summer, it gives the hair a radiant glow that makes you look sun-kissed even when you’ve been trapped in the office all summer.

4. For around town and throughout the day, I recommend that clients carry around Ila Face Spray. It contains Himalayan salt crystals which have 102 trace minerals that are essential for healthy skin. The scent is orange blossom – which is refreshing anytime you feel hot, stressed or just tired. In summer heat, you sweat out vital minerals and nutrients and this replenishes your skin when you are on the go.

5. Finally, treat yourself to a great sunless tan. I combine a full body pure oxygen treatment with the tanner application, making it a true therapeutic session for the skin. The oxygen rejuvenates, stimulates cell activity and feels amazing. The client leaves with a full body glow.

Hi Everyone,

We can’t wait to share great and exciting news with all of you! We just got a brand new, the most updated and the latest version of LED light therapy machine on the market. The anti aging program is more powerful than ever before and the program for acne is more effective in healing and soothing the skin than the previous one.

WHAT IS LIGHT THERAPY: Light therapy is one of the most powerful anti aging tools in the arsenal against the ravages of time and is considered highly effective against acne. This powerful technology has been mostly used by physicians, NASA and the NAVY SEALS for muscle regeneration and the healing of wounds.

The study and use of light therapy is over 100 years old and has been validated by thousands of results and studies and finally it has moved over into the aesthetic field with amazing results. After you had this amazing treatment your face will be clean, clear and glowing!

Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care salon in New York City at 212-949-2350 and book your Vita Light treatment today!

We would like to wish you all a wonderful start to summer with a special event. Book a Multivitalight Facial by the end of July 2009 and receive a 15% discount. There is no better way to kick off the summer than with a multi-layered vitamin treatment that is accompanied by LED light therapy! Gift certificates are also available. Read on to find out more about this completely holistic skin care treatment.

MultiVitaLight

This procedure is 75 minutes of distilled beauty and will leave your skin clean, clear and completely glowing. It commences with a fundamental to all our treatments here at Joanna Vargas Skin Care, microdermabrasion. Using a diamond tip wand to exfoliate the skin, the most advanced form of microdermabrasion, we safely exfoliate the top layer of dead cells and surface dirt, leaving a beautiful new complexion.

After the exfoliation, we then prepare a customized cocktail of vitamins and other active elements to completely restructure the surface of the skin. Its an alchemy of powerful products to fight all the signs of aging. The result is simply miraculous as it erases fine lines and wrinkles, lightens sun spots and tones the skin. All with organic skin care products from France.

Next we use the latest technology in anti-aging skin care, LED light therapy. Light therapy has been used by NASA and the NAVY SEALS in the treatment of wounds and muscle regeneration with great success and now is being integrated into the field of aesthetics with great success.

We end this procedure with 98% pure oxygen, which is the ultimate in healing and anti-aging. The oxygen is infused with an antioxidant spiked serum that helps to lift, tone, plump and hydrate the skin. The entire procedure is holistic and will leave you looking radiant and more than red-carpet ready. This treatment will literally reverse the signs of aging and give new life to your ravaged skin.

Book your appointment now by calling Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at 212.949.2350.

Although you will not find the Rose Purifying Facial as part of our regular menu of services it can be done by request. Aside from the below article Skin Inc Magazine cites, “Providing visible results, the New York City facility’s new facial combines romance-tingled service with effective ingredients to offer solutions for dry, sensitive and mature skin.” I encourage you to try it and you will, as any other service here at Joanna Vargas Skin Care, not regret it. Call the salon at 212.949.2350 for your appointment now!

Source: Examiner.com
By Charu Suri
May 29 2009

I entered Joanna Vargas’ anti-aging salon expecting to be greeted by a standard spa attendant (aka well dressed but not Audrey Hepburn), but instead I met Irene who was more well-heeled than Blair Waldorf. And then there was Joanna herself with gorgeous, flawless skin and decked in the latest Abaete dress.

I thought she was going to the Opera after she gave me my facial, but “this is how we dress” she says cheerfully. “I didn’t want my salon to be a typical spa.”

Joanna is totally married to organic / natural products and she carries Eminence Skincare from Hungary and the seldom seen high-end Ila skincare line that is completely sans synthetic chemicals.

My facial started with a thorough microdermabrasion. From the deep cleansing milk to the extractions (totally bad ass, I must add, but excellent for the skin), I felt completely relaxed and all the while knowing that only pure ingredients were being layered onto my skin.

I applaud Joanna for having the integrity to stick with her vision of using only the best quality organic ingredients in her facials. It’s all too easy to subscribe to trends and slather on the “sexy” synthetics like the products filled with CoEnzymeQ10 etc. “I was into organic products way before they even became a fad,” she says.

After the extractions and a soothing hydrating mask, my skin felt as though it had been shuttled through a time machine (think Benjamin Button cycle). The Red Rose Purifying facial is a special treat, and perfect for Mother’s Day too.

Every one deserves a lifestyle changing aesthetician, right?

The Oxygen Purifying Facial is featured in Impre.com, a Latino web based magazine, that offers a wide variety of subjects and themes to its Latino public. What makes The Oxygen Purifying Facial one of the most unique facials is the combination of technologies used to bring about magnificent results. Joanna Vargas uses non invasive techniques and the organic skin care products used are customized for each individual. The result is clean, clear and glowing skin. Read the article below or find out more by clicking on this link to the Oxygen Purifying Facial.

Source: Impre.com
By Rebeca Herrero
May 15 2009

En los últimos 12 años, Joanna Vargas, una profesional de la belleza de origen latino y nacida en Chicago, ha perfeccionado el arte de faciales a través del tiempo. En su salón en Manhattan, Vargas se especializa en faciales y masajes con el uso de productos orgánicos. “Es importante que los hombres limpien su rostro dos veces al día, y que se exfolien la cara al menos una vez a la semana. El tratamiento profesional debe ser aplicado una vez al mes” dijo Vargas.

Oxygen Purifying Facial

Este tratamiento utiliza la tecnología de “diamond peel” (depilación con diamante), una forma innovadora de microdermabrasión con una máquina cuya punta está hecha de diamantes. Esto elimina la celulas muertas del rostro.

Luego se aplica una combinación de productos orgánicos. Asimismo se aplica oxígeno puro, nirvana para el rostro. El oxígeno se combina con un producto de elevación sérica que contiene vitaminas y antioxidantes para eliminar los radicales libres que causan el envejecimiento prematuro.

Otro consejo de la esteticista es no recurrir al botox o procesos quirúrgicos que pueden cambiar tus expresiones faciales. Para ella, ir por lo natural, una vida llena de ejercicios y buena nutrición vale más la pena . Para más información visita www.joannavargas.com o llama al 212-949-2350. El tratamiento en las fotos, Oxygen Purifying Facial tiene un costo de $250.00 por una hora.

Hello Everyone,

We would like to highlight our favorite products in the salon: Eminence Tonique Sprays. Use after your cleanser to help keep your skin clean, clear and glowing all day long. We have a refreshing tonique spray for any skin type from sensitive to dehydrated to anti-aging. With scents like Wild Plum, Sweet Red Rose, Lime or Chamomile, you can carry one in your purse and refresh your skin whenever you need a boost!

Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at (212) 949-2350 to pick yours up today!

Joanna Vargas in this interview reveals her many facets, from a young budding professional to her philosophy regarding skin care and how organic products and non-invasive treatments have played a role in a homeopathic approach to healthy and beautiful skin.

Source: Cris Simone
By Cris Simone
May 14 2009

How did you develop your interest in your profession as an esthetician?

I studied photography and woman’s studies – I was always very fascinated about how women felt about themselves and how that played out image wise for a woman. I moved to New York after I graduated from the University of Chicago in hopes of pursuing photography as a career, but there were a lot of things I did not like about the industry. I wanted to participate in creating a woman’s image some how, but not through photography. So I went to school for esthetics pursuing skin care and make up artistry. And I just fell in love with the idea of personal care, and taking care of someone one-on-one.

Clientele

I have a wide range of clients. In a business like mine, you end up doing the daughters of your clients and your client’s mom, aunts, cousins, and best friends. So the age range of my clientele is from fourteen years old to women in their seventies. I would say the majority of women that come here are between thirty and forty-five.

Typical Problems

Pimples, wrinkles, or sagging and they don’t know how to take care of it to make it look better. And that is where I come in. I do treatments on people, but I think my main focus is on teaching people how to take care of themselves so that they can feel good about themselves every day.

What is your philosophy about skin care?

My primary goal is to get clients to use organic products on their skin, and their bodies. Products with chemicals in them tend to create a lot of different issues such as breakouts, sensitivity, and redness. Whereas organic products have a tendency to not create any negative results, in fact most clients notice a huge difference in their skin right away. When you put an organic serum on your skin you get a nice healthy glow because it increases the circulation in your skin right away.

I really love it when a client exfoliates, uses a mask, and then follows the mask with a serum. You can get either an exfoliating scrub or an enzyme exfoliant, and a lot of different lines have them. I sell products from my website that are really good – but any kind of enzyme or scrub, followed by a hydrating mask and then a face oil it is incredible.

When I first opened, clients would tell me, “if chemicals are going to get us more results, I rather just use the chemicals.” However, people have found that they actually see more results with the organic skin care than anything else.

I do believe in using modern technology to our advantage. There are a lot of treatments these days in the world of esthetics that are completely healthy, non-invasive, that make you look incredible without injecting chemicals or Botox or anything in your system. So even though I believe in organic skin care, I believe in using technology to do what you can for your skin.

I don’t like my clients to speak negatively about themselves when they are with me. I encourage them to not be like that about themselves. Women are their own worse critics. They would never speak about another person in the way they speak about themselves. So I encourage people to be more positive about themselves. It makes people feel better and you feel like you look better. For long time people wanted to hear, “take this magic pill and it will all go away,” and now we are finding out that it does not. We are finding out that there is no magic solution, but you have to find out what the right steps are for you, for your body, and for your skin. Then take those steps every day to maintain yourself. When people just do the simplest things like buy an organic cleanser and use it every night, they come back and tell me they saw a huge difference in the way that their skin looked.

Major skin problems you see with ethnic skin?

Women of color have a tendency to think that they do not need to wear sunscreen. The sun is extremely damaging for anybody no matter what tone of skin you have. It destroys your elasticity and causes all sorts of problems with oil production and pigment. I can’t say enough bad stuff about the sun in terms of the skin. So I encourage everyone to wear sunscreen and to wear a hat, especially when you are on the beach because you shouldn’t let the sun beat down on you. Women who are younger do not have a reality about that, but it is easy for me to get a client who is thirty-five or forty to understand that she will have more lines and wrinkles very quickly if she does not start doing something about it.

Women of color need to know they can get skin cancer too. I think women of color have a tendency to not realize that their skin can be very sensitive. I would discourage women of color from using a cream with a retinal in it because so many have such sensitive to their skin.

Hyper-pigmentation

I see it a lot around the eyes and the mouth, and it is a big issue for all women especially women of color. And again, the sun brings all of that out. I sell a 58 SPF sun block that is really incredible. I do a treatment that addresses hyper-pigmentation called LED Light Therapy, and that is amazing for evening out the skin tones. It’s amazing for getting rid of sun damages in general. It just leaves you skin looking glowing. And it is a noninvasive treatment option, it is not a laser, and it does not harm the surface of the skin. There is no risk of you getting burnt from it basically just heals any damage presently in the skin. You would do it in a series and it just incredible – all my clients to do it. I have had clients with severe acne do a series of LED light therapy treatments and most of the acne completed vanished.

Nutrition

I always check up on the diet of my clients and their lifestyle. Women need to take a lot of vitamins because we lose a lot of minerals with our menstrual cycle and we sweat it out everyday running around – stressing out. Drinking coffee and smoking depletes vitamins, so we need to fortify our bodies in order to have the energy to get on with our day. One thing that I encourage all clients to do is to always have a huge salad for lunch with as many different colors of vegetables as you can possible get into your salad. It is very healthy for the skin and the body – you will have a lot more energy to go on with your afternoon.

If people really want to be serious about nutrition, I encourage people to do juicing. A green juice a day does amazing things for the body and for the face. It is very detoxing, gives you energy and it is an incredibly healthy snack. A green juice and a handful of nuts give you a lot of energy.

I discourage people from drinking tons of coffee. I understand that one cup of coffee a day might be necessary, but I don’t like when clients drink a lot of cups of coffee a day because it dehydrates the skin and the body. People need to get in their heads that they should be drinking at least a liter and a half a day for good health.

ILA – From Great Britain

ILA makes the most incredible face oil. It has something called argan oil in it which is an extremely high anti-oxidant. Argon oil is found in Morocco and comes from this one kind of fruit that grows from this one kind of tree in Morocco. It is used for massages, put in food and used for medicinal purposes. It is like the cure all there. The ILA product line has argan oil in almost everything. They also make an amazing face mask that revitalizes the skin. It is green clay and argan oil mask that is unbelievable for making the skin look revitalized, healthy, hydrated and beautiful.

Final Thoughts

Taking care of yourself properly has a lot rewards – more energy, you feel better and you get more done during the day. It is not just about being beautiful, but feeling good about yourself. Feeling good about yourself is sort of better than any outfit or pair of shoes you ever bought.

Young women everywhere have gotten beauty tips and tricks from moms since time immemorial. These beauty tips have been handed down in most cases like heirlooms and are practiced for the sole reason of achieving perfect skin. It is no secret that clean, clear and glowing skin makes one feel wonderfully beautiful and erases years from ones complexion. How do we achieve it? Read on as Fiorella Valdesolo has asked top beauty experts, like Joanna Vargas, to reveal what they are.

Source: Glamour.com
By Fiorella Valdesolo
May 7, 2009

“Whether or not we like to admit it, oftentimes, mother does know best. Particularly when it comes to beauty. Who hasn’t copied a few of the beautifying rituals of their own mommy dearest? So, in celebration of Mother’s Day, we asked some of our favorite beauty insiders to share the tips and tricks they picked up from their own moms that have managed to stick with them over the years.”

“Bathe in rosemary to soothe skin and sinuses

I got lots of inspiration from my mom. She was a model as a young woman, so she had lots of beauty rituals. She would boil a cup of chamomile flowers and a cup of dried rosemary every night for an hour on the stove. Then she would run a bath and mix the concentration into her bath water and rinse her hair in it. She said it was soothing for sensitive skin and detoxing for the skin and respiratory system. I did it for my son’s sensitive skin every day his whole first year. And when he is sick, that bath water clears out a stuffy nose like magic! Rosemary water is also good for a dry, itchy scalp and psoriasis.” —Joanna Vargas of Joanna Vargas Skincare

To read all of the recommendations by the top beauty experts please click on Glamour.com

I have had just about every kind of blemish on my face and chest starting at the age of 14. And with every type of blemish I have seen dozens of dermatologist and facialist to help my skin. I have been prescribed every topical and oral acne treatment that Western medicine uses to treat acne including Menocycline, antibiotics, and accutane. Some of the prescriptions did help my skin, some did not, and some made my skin worse.

All of which only helped my skin for a short while. I went to Joanna Vargas Salon after reading a testimonial from someone who suffered from the same acne problem as me. The treatments all use organic products, made from all natural ingredients. Stuff that we are naturally supposed to consume and thrive on, nothing synthetic or potentially harmful to any part or organ of your body. Every facial appointment is customized to how your skin is/looking that day and home regiments are well thought out and customized to your skin type.

I am very pleased to have finally found someone who understands what my skin needs and can tell me what to do to help it. And best of all, using natural products. My skin is clearer, more radiant, and glowing. I actually get compliments from my friends and family on how great my skin looks and have recommended the salon to just about everyone I meet.

Thank you so much especially to Cecilia for sharing your expertise and taking the time to treat my skin so carefully and thoroughly. I will be coming back every chance I get!

Tera
Software engineer/consultant