Hi Everyone,

According to Jamie Allison Sanders, a self-professed beauty junkie and writer for the Beauty Of Life, the best facials in New York City are by Joanna Vargas. In a candid interview she discovers the philosophy and planning that went into the creation of the Joanna Vargas Skin Care Salon.

Source: TheBeautyofLifeBlog.com
By Jamie Allison Sanders
November 2008

Joanna Vargas
The best facial in all of New York City? It’s definitely by facialist Joanna Vargas. Her small and cozy spot in the heart of Bryant Park offers the most amazing facials and treatments this side of the East River. I even fell asleep on the table during extractions at my last appointment! Joanna is an absolutely intriguing individual — and I am thrilled to bring you this week’s edition of First Look Fridays with a candid interview. Joanna grew up in Princeton, NJ and graduated from the University of Chicago, where she studied photography and women’s studies. She moved to NYC right after graduation — and the rest is history! Read on to discover more about this fabulous gal. To read the full story click on the link above.

By Samuella Becker

Here’s a great treat for the upcoming holidays from Joanna Vargas Skin Care without the calories! Its the perfect way to indulge without the guilt of having to go to the gym in order to enjoy it.

Get Pumpk’ed …

Joanna Vargas is offering a twist on her signature deep cleansing Purifying Facial. Following microdermabrasion (where a diamond tip wand safely removes the top layer of dead skin without irritation, redness, broken capillaries, scratching), clients can opt for an organic pumpkin enzyme masque to heal, nourish and smooth their skin.

According to Vargas, “Pumpkin is a nutritional powerhouse for the skin as it is loaded with Age-Fighting Vitamin A, Vitamins B & C, the antioxidant beta-carotene, niacin and riboflavin. Even the pumpkin seeds have benefits as they contain zinc, a natural sunblock and antioxidant.”

This treat like all good things must end but we would like to encourage this guilty pleasure by offering you 10% off. Available now from October 21 through December 31 2008.

The Perfect Organic Pumpkin Purifying Facial - $175
The Perfect Organic Pumpkin Purifying Facial with Oxygen - $250
*All treatments with Joanna Add $75

Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City and make your appointment now at 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com and receive 10% off when you mention this article.

Joanna Vargas is going mobile, in her latest media hit, with HealthNewsDigest.com. This online magazine reports on breaking news as it happens via AvantGo, the hand held palm devise with 7 million registered users worldwide.

HealthNewsDigest.com is a 9 year old online magazine that publishes news stories on the health industry on a daily basis and in addition to AvantGo, they are syndicated to thousands of major health industry web sites, including 2,000 news editors and health columnist.

The news is of course Joanna Vargas holistic approach to skin care and her use of only organic products from Europe during her facials. Her Oxygen Purifying Facial is featured as a healthy way to improve your skin and maintain your good looks.

Mention that you saw the article below and receive 10% off your oxygen facial when you contact Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com

The Oxygen Facial Technique for Skin Rejuvenation
By Leslie Bennett - HealthNewsDigest.com
Nov 3, 2008 - 7:57:29 PM

The Oxygen Facial Technique for Skin Rejuvenation

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The oxygen machine used by Joanna Vargas Skin Care is new to the industry and advances the oxygen facial technique of years past. Infusing the skin with pure oxygen, green tea, hylaronic acid and Vitamin A, C and E serums hydrate and regenerate new skin cells, as well as promote elastin and collagen production. This, in turn, reduces lines and wrinkles.

It’s a long trip from my first facial about 15 years ago at a well known salon where I was in tears during the extraction process.

After the prepping, there was the cleansing, a wonderfully subtle pumpkin masque exfolliant, oxygenation, extraction, and micro-dermabrasion. Everything was done with care and consideration for my comfort.

For first-time treatment customers, Joanna always does one side of the face and then takes delight in showing the client the difference in the mirror. “It is both exciting for me as an aesthetician as well as for the client,” said Joanna. “Most people had no idea they could get their skin to look so youthful without going under the knife.”

There’s no pushing of products here, not an assembly line feel, for your time is your time and you are left uninterrupted allowing her process and technique to take effect.

There’s quiet meditative classical music playing in the background, all of the procedures, in particular, the extraction which normally can be somewhat painful, was done with a great deal of gentleness. It turns out that Joanna has found a way over the years working with top clients, to utilize soft cotton and a sponge so that we who want to have the best possible facial don’t have to suffer unnecessarily with any pinching or discomfort.

Services offered by Joanna Vargas Skin Care include:

* The Purifying Facial – basic organic facial
* The Oxygen Purifying Facial – basic organic facial plus a rejuvenating oxygen infusion
* The Triple Crown Facial - [our microcurrent facial] lymphatic drainage, muscle toning, skin tightening plus oxygen rejuvenating infusion
* The Tone-Up - lymphatic drainage, muscle toning, skin tightening
* The Two -Tone Body Treatment Plus Oxygen Inhalation

All of the products were wonderfully fragranced, felt wonderful, and were professionally applied with tender loving care. I have to say that my skin felt so soft and smooth that I did not wear make up for the few days that followed.

Joanna Vargas Skin Care
501 Fifth Avenue
New York City
Phone: 212-949-2350

www.joannavargas.com

www.HealthNewsDigest.com

By C.A. Vargas

The “TRIPLE CROWN FACIAL” is a three step facial that combines three unique treatments into one heavenly experience. It begins with the gentle exfoliation of the diamond peel to remove impurities and dead skin, this is an innovative new way of doing microdermabrasion.

This form of microdermabrasion uses actual diamond fragments on the tip of a wand to safely and gently exfoliate dead skin.

Next the face muscles and the skin are stimulated with microcurrent which promotes collagen and elastin, two vital proteins needed for the skin to remain youthful and glowing.

During this step of the facial the face muscles and skin are being giving a workout which drains away puffiness, tones, tightens and enhances skin elasticity. Eliminating fine lines and wrinkles. And the benefits are cumulative.

It restores a youthful and glowing complexion, a true anti aging facial!

This last step in the Triple Crown Facial is the final step in the oxygen facial which supplements the skin with all the needed nutrients through the vitamin spiked pure oxygen.

The results are so dramatic because of the combined use of microdermabrasion, microcurrent and ensuing oxygen treatment that clients are left properly awed by their radiant and youthful appearance. A PURE MIRACLE!

To experience the Joanna Vargas signature microcurrent facial the Triple Crown please call Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com and receive 10% off when you mention this article.

By C.A. Vargas

OXYGEN PURIFYING FACIAL

The “OXYGEN PURIFYING FACIAL” employs the gentle technology of the diamond peel, an innovative way of using microdermabrasion with a wand that actually has diamonds. Its is safe and gentle and even the most delicate skin can have it without irritation.

The subsequent step is then applied, a delicious medley of organic skin care products. Every product is customized for your skin type.

The next step is the use of pure oxygen, nirvana for the skin.

A rich concentration of 98% pure oxygen is infused with a lifting serum and it’s directly applied to the face. The serum contains essential vitamins and antioxidants that work together to promote healthy skin and eliminate free radicals that cause premature aging.

The awesome regenerative powers of pure oxygen, a fact that has been known by doctors for years, in conjunction with the serum provides results that are nothing less than miraculous.

The reduction of lines and wrinkles, the smoothing and firming of the skin as well as enhanced elasticity are visible immediately, and of course enhanced rapid cell growth makes this a true anti aging facial.

To experience The Oxygen Purifying Facial please call Joanna Vargas Skin Care in New York City at 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com and receive 10% off when you mention this article.

By C.A Vargas

When clients come to Joanna Vargas Skin Care, most want a luxurious and pampering experience and indeed, that is what they get. However, there is an underlying practical philosophy that I impart and it is my operating basis for skincare. And that is, that a facial should be done as part of a regular skin care regime and used as a means to prevent and protect the skin from the factors which cause skin to age prematurely. Joanna Vargas Purifying facial delivers all the fundamentals of beauty in one simple facial.

The “PURIFYING FACIAL” is a deep cleansing facial that uses an innovative and safe method of microdermabrasion using a diamond tip wand instead of abrasive materials.

It safely removes the top layer of dead skin preventing unwanted adverse reactions such as irritation, redness, broken capillaries, scratching etc.

Once the microdermabrasion is completed we use organic products that are healing, nourishing, soothing and are customized for the individual skin type. This step helps to remove excess oil and impurities which can clog pores and prevent beautiful skin.

Then, the final touches are done and the results are fantastic, leaving the client with a fresh new face and a foundation for truly beautiful skin.

To Experience The Purifying Facial Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care In New york City at 212.949.2350 Or Email Us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com And Book Your Appointment Now. And buy your organic skin care products on our online store and get 10% off code with your welcome email.

By C.A. Vargas

The Buzz About Oxygen

Oxygen treatments have emerged in the last few years as the newly recognized skin care essential. From oxygen creams to oxygen spray treatments and oxygen inhalation, most spas and salons across the country have something on their menu oxygen related to offer their client. Even celebrities have jumped on the band wagon and none bigger than Madonna. She even has her own oxygen machine and personal aesthetician performing oxygen facials.

PHYSICIANS USE IT: Oxygen has incredible regenerative powers. For decades, doctors have not only recognized this fact but used it in the treatment of burns, gangrene and wounds that simply would not heal otherwise. Bacteria, viruses, and fungal infections simply do not survive in an oxygen rich environment because oxygen triggers the body’s own healing mechanism. It is these two very important functions of oxygen that inspired skin care experts to incorporate oxygen into aesthetic treatments around the world.

WE ARE OXYGEN DEPRIVED: Did you know that in pre-historic earth, the earth’s atmosphere contained oxygen levels of up to 35%? Today, thanks to the Industrial Revolution and deforestation, that number has gone down to 21%. And in some major cities, that number is even worse- as low as 17%! What does that mean for our bodies? Our skin, the protective barrier between us and the environment, gets hit with that pollution every day. We are oxygen starved from our skin to our lungs. Damage will occur, and that damage will accumulate over time resulting in very stressed, pre-mature aged skin. Wrinkles, loss of elasticity and firmness are the result.

WE NEED OXYGEN TO SURVIVE: Keeping all of these facts under consideration, it only makes rational sense that incorporating pure oxygen as a treatment into our routine would have real benefit. We need to replenish the oxygen the environment is lacking by adding them to our treatment. And not once a year, but a minimum of once every month. Oxygen treatments in facials and body treatments help combat all sorts of enemies to the skin, from pollution and stress to the lack of oxygen in the atmosphere.

THE BENEFITS OF OXYGEN: The procedure involves spraying hyperbaric oxygen, 98% pure to be exact, that is infused with a serum that contains essential nutrients and antioxidants. The oxygen and serum work in conjunction to reach and repair the skin at a cellular level, achieving optimum results. The results are visible immediately, the reduction of lines and wrinkles as well as enhancing the skin’s elasticity and firmness. A true anti-aging facial.

TREATMENT: To Experience The Oxygen Purifying Facial Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care In New York City at 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com And Get 10% Off When You Mention this Article.

By C.A. Vargas

All About Microcurrent And Its Use

HISTORY: In 1830, Dr. Carlos Matteucci discovered that injured tissue in the human body discharged electricity and since that discovery, over 120 years ago, many experiments with microcurrent have been done to validate his findings. The use of microcurrent has become an acceptable form of therapy in the treatment of wounds, soft tissue and bone fracture because of its ability to heal the body at a rate of 250% to 350% faster than someone not using microcurrent therapy. However, it was the accidental discovery of a physician treating Bell’s palsy patients for paralysis that lead microcurrent to become integrated into the aesthetic field. He noticed that the face of his patients were smoother and they appeared much younger looking after treatments.

WHAT IS MICROCURRENT: Microcurrent, meaning mild electrical current, is a near duplicate electrical current to that which the body generates on its own. It is so slight that it would take one million microcurrent machines to light a 40 watt light bulb and therefore generally sub-sensory. It was discovered that an injured or damaged tissue disrupts the natural flow of electricity generated by the body and its this disruption that prevents or delays the body from healing itself. When microcurrent is applied to the injured or damaged area it restores the natural flow of electrical current and therefore the healing can begin.

HOW DOES IT APPLY TO AESTHETICS? Skin with fine lines or wrinkles, sagging muscles or lost elasticity is simply damaged. Microcurrent has the ability to restore the lost energy to the tissue and thereby turn back the hands of time on all of us. A microcurrent facial is in essence a non-surgical facelift. The facial muscles and skin are being giving a workout that stimulates collagen and elastin production. Collagen and elastin are two essential proteins needed for the skin to remain youthful and glowing. The production of collagen, elastin and the stimulation of the skin and face muscles begin a catalyst in the skin with some amazing results.

IS IT SAFE: Microcurrent is a safe and non-invasive procedure, although pregnant women, people with any kind of heart condition will be prevented from receiving the treatment. Your skin care consultant has a list of contraindications. However, a person in relatively good health can get this wonderful treatment without any side effects. The facial has been dub by the media as the “Red Carpet Facial” because you can get it and go straight to an event afterwards without any downtime.

BENEFITS: Some of the benefits are lymphatic drainage, regeneration of connective tissue, lifting of the jowls and eyebrows, eliminates or reduces fine lines or wrinkles, tones and tightens the skin, enhanced skin elasticity, skin pigmentation is improved and much more. Most people report immediate results even after the first treatment and best of all, results are cumulative.

MICROCURRENT FACIAL: When a microcurrent facial is done by an expert the results are nothing less than miraculous and if used in conjunction with other anti-aging treatments will enhance the benefits greatly. And one of the best things about this facial is that any skin type can get it as it is extremely gentle. Additionally, even young people can benefit from it as it prevents the natural progression of aging from going into effect. Look your best at every age with a natural, healthy beauty regime!

TREATMENT: To Experience Our Signature Microcurrent Facial, The Triple Crown, Call Joanna Vargas Skin Care Salon In New York City To Make Your Appointment. 212.949.2350 or email us at Salon@JoannaVargas.com And Mention This Article And Get 10% Off.

The use of microcurrent technology has been around for over 120 years and it is an acceptable form of therapy in the medical industry. It is used in soft tissue therapy, wound recovery and fractured bones because of its ability to heal the body at a rate of 250% to 350%.

Microcurrent technology is the hottest thing in the anti aging industry and there’s a good reason why. These machines give almost instant, visible results that tighten, tone, and firm aging skin. In fact, the results from microcurrent facials are so dramatic that they are often referred to as “non surgical face lifts”.

There are many factors that cause our facial skin to wrinkle and sag as we age. Our muscles become accustomed to certain expressions and tend to “stick” in these positions.

The simple reason is that our muscles have a memory system that tends to remember specific positions. A great example of this are the furrows between the eyebrows that many people get.

In addition there are certain face muscles which are hardly ever used, and they begin to atrophy, which leads to sagging. Thus we get droopy jaw lines, chins and neck as we get old.

One of the factors that cause skin to age and thus become damaged is that there is less production of collagen and elastin. These two vital proteins are necessary for youthful, glowing skin.

Microcurrent stimulation not only helps in the production of collagen and elastin but it also restores the body’s own electrical current that gets interrupted when damaged to the skin occurs. Therefore healing occurs.

Visible results happen almost from the first treatment and can be quite dramatic. Improved textured, firmer skin and also noticeable elimination of fine lines and wrinkles. Your face will have a much more lifted and youthful appearance as you walk out the door. And best of all the results are cumulative.

I have created a truly wonderful microcurrent facial which I call the Triple Crown. It is a three step facial that begins with a fundamental to all my facials here, microdermabrasion.

I use a special tool which has actual diamond fragments attached to a wand. The diamond peel is a safe way to do microdermabrasion without causing any adverse effects to your skin.

Then we follow that up with the microcurrent. With first time clients I treat one side of the face and then I show you with a mirror the dramatic results you’re getting.

This is as close to instant gratification as you can get. And the most important point is that it is noninvasive and totally safe.

The last step is a booster to the whole process as it is one of the most healing elements on Earth, oxygen. This step is part of the oxygen facial and the O2 is infused with an antioxidant spiked serum and it is applied in a very specific way so as to form a hyperbaric chamber.

Oxygen when applied in this form actually penetrates deeply into the skin and helps it with cell regeneration. And of course I only use organic products in all of my facials.

Microcurrent facials are cumulative and an alternative to cosmetic surgery or invasive treatments that might actually hurt or damage more than just skin. And they do not require any recovery time as they are totally safe.

Perhaps one of the most talked about treatments in recent years has been the oxygen facial. Many celebrities swear by it and the Hollywood Red Carpet usuals can’t get enough of it.

This is the perfect facial for any skin type and has an impressive list of immediate benefits. Your skin will be more properly hydrated, plumper, refreshed and younger as the results are cumulative.

But perhaps the biggest misconception about oxygen facials is that the esthetician will just blow some oxygen on your face and call it a day. This is not the case.

A real oxygen facial delivers the oxygen under pressure creating something like a hyperbaric chamber. The oxygen penetrates deeply into the skin delivering its powerful regenerative benefits. Spraying the oxygen on top of the face might feel nice but it has little benefits.

The Oxygen Purifying Facial is an awesome oxygen facial that begins with the gentle technology of the diamond peel, a new way of doing microdermabrasion that uses real diamonds and even people with sensitive skin can do.

Then the subsequent delicious step is done by using all organic products. I have carefully chosen the best companies that use the most strictest guidelines when crafting their organic products. They are healing, nurturing, soothing and anti aging.

They create beautiful skin with each application.

The next step of the Oxygen Purifying Facial is done by the use of pure oxygen. Nirvana for the skin!

I use a rich concentration of 98% pure oxygen that is infused with a lifting serum and it’s directly applied to the face. The serum contains essential vitamins and antioxidants that work together to promote healthy skin and eliminate free radicals that cause premature aging.

The awesome regenerative powers of pure oxygen is a fact that has been known by doctors for years, and it’s used in hospitals for that reason, in conjunction with the serum provides results that are nothing less than MIRACULOUS.

The results are visible immediately, the reduction of fine lines and wrinkles, smoothing and firming of the skin, enhanced elasticity and of course rapid growth of cell regeneration. A true anti aging facial.