By Neighbor To Neighbor Welcoming Services- Glastonbury CT Rep. May 05, 2013
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By New England Massage & Nutrition, LLC April 23, 2008
Thank you for accepting the invite. Yes we have a lot in common. That is why I enjoy MC netwrking because all of us in Alternative health have the same thing in common. Taking care of the clients needs. I have had MC members call me from NM, CA, FL and other places we have helped each other, and I even trained one MC member. I believe by networking we are all aiming to reach the same goal. Susan ...read more
Skin Care by Valerie Presents.... The Art of Airbrush To Register Contact: skincarebyvalerie@gmail.com / Telephone: (860)801-0777 / www.skincarebyvalerie.webs.com When: Sunday, April 14 th and 21st 10am- 4:30pm Where: CT Holistic Institute Suite H Oneida Holistic Health Center 8 Hebron Rd, Marlborough,CT 06447 For diections call: 860-467-6518 Costs: $675 including equipment The airbrush artistry two day workshop is a complete introductory course to applying airbrush makeup and mastering the use of the tools as well as troubleshooting. This class will teach you the fundamentals of airbrush makeup, application technique and the elite Dinair product line. You will learn how to flawlessly blend foundation, apply blush, high lighting, contouring and eyebrows! You’ll learn: · Foundation · Airbrush Equipment · Matte and Shimmer Contouring · Eye Shadows · Eyebrows · Beauty Stencils · Tattoo Coverage · Intro to Paramedical · Intro to Airbrush Tan · Bridal Tips $275 non-refundable deposit due upon enrollment on or before March 29 th. Balance to be paid in full prior to beginning of class. *Early enrollment special- $50 discount if paid in full by March 29 th. ...read more
By Pure and Simple Beauty February 27, 2013
WHAT DOES YOUR SKIN SAY ABOUT YOUR PERSONALITY? by Jo Ann Benoit, Clinical Skin Care Therapist Perhaps the best way to begin this article is with a disclaimer. What you are about to read has not been proven under any ‘double blind’ study (which physicians love to refer to and quote), nor have I studied this material in any class or read it in any other publication.... it is purely observational on my part, and could possibly fall under the category of professional experience. Skin Care is fascinating to me. It is my chosen profession, and it is my passion! I look at my profession as an opportunity to help my clients to not only have healthier skin, but also actuallybehealthier. Sometimes, that includes stress management and lifestyle choices, and it requires my learning more about them as individuals. After practicing professional skin care for several years and getting to know my clients personally, as well as professionally, a strange phenomenon began to emerge. It all started with Carole, whom I lovingly nicknamed ‘The Sponge’. She was a client that, if it took several treatments for anyone else to obtain results, would only require one or two treatments herself. Her skin soaked up everything, especially it seemed, when something was nourishing; yet, I had to be extremely careful if I did a peeling or exfoliating treatment on her. The treatment time had to be cut down significantly compared to normal standards or “The Sponge”, Carole, would soak in the product at an accelerated rate and peel like crazy. One day it occurred to me that this described Carole’s persona. That is to say, she was someone who absorbed the world around her from concepts, the stock market, conversation, and literature to jokes and, of course, skin care products! This acknowledgment triggered my curiosity and gave birth to my quest to investigate further the possibility of a connection between our skin and ‘who we really are’. Was this an anomaly, or was there some uncanny correlation between a person’s personality and their skin reactions and conditions? For months when one of my regular clients would come in for a treatment, I would scrutinize the conditions of their skinandtheir personality to see if there were any connections between them. When I began to ascertain associations between a client’s personality traits and their skin traits, a definite proclivity was significant. I then put my ‘theory” to the test and started to guess, from analyzing a new client’s skin, what their personality traits were. I would ask clients questions, which would link what I was observing in their skin, and what personality characteristic I thought would “match”. On discovery that more often than not I wasright, it became a kind of entertaining part of my sessions with new clients (and my skin care students). They would many times ask if I were psychic or if one of their friends or their husband had been talking to me about them. Thus the following is what I have discovered about the personality/skin connection, although my last name is not Freud, Jung or Erikson, and may not be true 100% of the time. Let’s start with the Sensitive Skin Type(s). Although this seems to be a ’no-brainer’, people who have sensitive skin are sensitive people; but it is a little more involved and complicated than it may appear on the surface. When I work on someone’s skin if they: Get red and stay red:This person is someone who probably gets their feelings hurt very easily and they don’t get over it very quickly either. They could easily harbor resentment or hold a grudge. They take much too much of what people say to heart and take it personally. Not only that, they may hold onto it for too long and to their own detriment. Get red, but calm down almost immediately:This person is one who, although they are a sensitive person and things may affect them, they don’t let it keep them down and get over hurts and emotional sensitivities very quickly. They just move on and they probably arenotthe type of person to harbor resentment or hold a grudge. Do not get red immediately, but get red later: This is someone who is slow to react to situations. Either they need time to think about it, or just didn’t ‘get it’ until later when they had time to think it over! (I have to be careful here because I fit into this category, and I don’t know if it’s a good thing or not, I’ll need to think about that...) Have Rosacea and/or red irritated skin: Rosacea is a skin condition which is red, irritated may have blemishes and is usually located mostly in the center of the face, (but not always). This redness is quite different from the sensitive skin types. The irritation and redness is at a cellular level, and usually looks blotchy. The medical community really does not know ‘what’ causes it. Theydoknow what aggravates it, and one of the main triggers is stress. I have a theory about the personality type who is more prone to Rosacea and red irritated skin. The “A” type personality I have found is far more likely to have these skin conditions. You know the type, busy, busy, busy. If they have 5 minutes, they fill it. As teenagers, the A type personality will be involved in everything from clubs to sports to pushing themselves to achieve a 4.0 average. These teenagers are more likely to have acne, or some other skin problem. As adults, this behavior doesn't change and may even get worse. Many times as adults they develop Adult Acne or are prone to breaking out or have a Rosacea flare-up in stressful situations. They can often feel agitated and not have a clue as to why. I have a whole other theory on this vicious cycle, because our bodies are very susceptible to a pH balance and someone who is an “A” type personality is already a little too acidic and therefore out of balance. This is a whole other topic within itself..... People who have skin that has blackheads and lot of ‘congestion’ in the poresare clients I call the “stuffers”. They may be prone to breaking out because of their congested pores, have white heads and possibly many other skin problems and they also can be sensitive. Their skin is ‘sluggish’ because it does not function well and they tend to hold things ‘in’ their pores and ‘in’ their personal lives. Usually the skin is dull (although the person may not be) and the skin color is sallow. I worry about these people the most because the skin is the largest organ of the body and part of the elimination system. This means we need it to function well to help eliminate waste, and if the skin is not functioning well I wonder aboutallelimination, including emotional garbage. This person usually holds EVERYTHING “in”, and their skin reflects that fact. I read somewhere people who do not show their emotions and hold their pain and anger in are more prone to cancer and other diseases. Consequently, I try to delicately tell these individuals, if they do fit this profile, although you can’t change your ‘natural’ tendencies, it is healthier to eliminate waste, even when, and maybe especially when, it is emotional! Where did the saying come from “this person is tough skinned” or “they have a ‘thick’ skin” meaning that not a lot gets to them? I think I know! My clients with tough, thick skin are usually pretty resilient individuals. These people are not usually sensitive, but they can be “stuffers” as well as some other combinations. It has been my experience the thicker someone’s skin is, the more they can take personally and in their skin care treatments. When someone’s skin doesn’t absorb products well, and even seems to almost repel products, I know this is someone who is not easy to get close to and know personally. They lead very private lives and have to know you for a while before they will “let you in” and trust you, (just like they won’t let their skin care products in). This person is the antithesis of “the Sponge”, who makes friends at the drop of a hat! Maybe before we get in a relationship with someone, we should do a facial on the person first. (?) To wrap it up… we are a sum total of all we do, even what we think and who wereallyare; who we really are may show up on our skin. Our skin can have many traits just like we do, and perhaps these traits really do match and, surprisingly, can also change with moods and situations! The saying used to be “Only your hair dresser knows for sure”, however; I’ve rewritten that to say, “Only your aesthetician* knows for sure (who youreallyare)”. PSAnother interesting theory I have (again “client tested”); if you’re pregnant and breakout, you probably are having a boy, if your skin clears up... it’s a girl. (Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and “Only your doctor knows for sure!”) *Aesthetician is the ‘technical’ name for skin care professionals. Jo Ann Benoit is a Clinical Skin Care Therapist, educator and owner (with her daughter, Karen Umbehr) of PURE&SIMPLE BEAUTY skin care products and Aesthetic Associates. Most recently, Jo Ann has entered into a partnership with Torin Lee, owner of The Oneida Holistic Health Center, to establish the CT Holistic Institute (CHI) in Marlborough), CT, to provide continuing education for Holistic Practitioners. Jo Ann has been an aesthetician for over 25 years, and has also, studied, taught and/or practiced Skin Care in several States, as well as in Paris, France. She concentrating most of her work in Medical Spas, blending in her holistic approach to skin care and is now expanding her vision to CHI. Presently, Jo Ann is working on a book about skin care for the general public,Wellness and Beauty on Purpose© of which this is an excerpt from the first Chapter, “What does yourskin say…”. ...read more
By Pure and Simple Beauty February 27, 2013
Advanced Classes For Aestheticians I am now offering Advance Skin Care Classes for estheticians at my Marlborough location.Private classes are available upon request.For more info please email me atctholisticinstitute@gmail.comor call 860-467-6518.. . ...read more
By Pure and Simple Beauty November 19, 2012
Learning how to flat iron your hair will save you money and time spent at a hair salon. The process is quite simple and only involves a few simple steps. When flat ironing your hair on your own it is important to make sure your hair is washed and well conditioned. ...read more
Consuming carrots provides beauty benefits such as glowing skin from within, but carrots can also be used topically in homemade beauty treatments. Carrots act as a natural acne treatment, provide moisture to dry skin in a homemade moisturizer and add naturally add softness and shine to hair. ...read more
