– by Doreen Marion Gee –
This is the fourth in a six-part series of profiles on some great local businesses that are working to keep us all in good health.
“Skin is our largest organ – adults carry some 8 pounds and 22 square feet of it” (science.nationalgeographic.com.) The importance of this protective covering to our overall health cannot be overstated. Taking proper care of our skin is an essential part of any health regimen. Alana Delcourt of Fresh Esthetics Studio has a lot to teach us about how to take care of that thin layer of tissue that keeps us hydrated, protected and well.
Alana, a licensed esthetician, owns Fresh Esthetics Studio in Sidney. She has worked in some of the premier spas in BC, including two world-renowned hot spots, The Wickaninnish Inn at Tofino and The Empress Hotel in Victoria. Her resume reveals that she has waxed, buffed, and exfoliated the stars, including Halle Berry and Jessica Biel. Alana is on a new adventure – new house and new studio. Her business has moved to #312 at the same address, 2453 Beacon Ave. “My new studio is lovely and light and more spacious than the previous spot.”
Along with the new space comes an exciting new service in skin care: “Advanced Skin Analysis.” Every day we are inundated with advertisements about new ‘breakthroughs’ in skin care with products that promise the moon but don’t always deliver. How do we know which products we really should be using to give us the healthy beautiful skin that we crave?
Alana’s valuable new service determines whether or not your regular skin care products actually are making a difference to your skin: “Advanced Skin Analysis helps to determine if the products you are using are right for your skin and, more importantly, if they are working.”
A very important aspect of Alana’s new expert service is her search for the real causes of skin problems, outer and inner. Her skin analysis treatment is “An in-depth consultation using the most advanced diagnostic techniques to address the leading cause of your skin’s concerns, not just the symptoms.” Our skin reflects our general health. Many factors influence the health, look and tone of our protective covering: the kind of food we eat, whether we drink or smoke, our fitness and stress levels and mental state, to name just a few. The smart and well-informed esthetician searches for these underlying factors, incorporates this knowledge into her analysis and offers a remedy, a new healthy way to achieve beautiful healthy skin: “As a fully qualified skin care therapist, I take into consideration your diet and lifestyle, your work/play balance and your previous skin care history. By understanding the cause and effects skin concerns have on your skin’s cells and systems, I am able to create a comprehensive plan to permanently address your skin concerns and get your skin healthy and in shape.”
Alana’s treatments are lovingly performed with respect and compassion for her clients. She tenderly treats health-challenged skin with her expert “Oncology Esthetics” service. In a nutshell, people receive royal treatment and a luxurious Zen-like experience at her spa. Fancy a soothing back massage and a foot soak before a blissful rejuvenating facial? Or try a customized facial to “reveal a fresh complexion” and ending with a scalp massage, the ultimate nirvana in bodily sensations. Have a sore aching back? Do “hot compresses of eucalyptus” and a “Bamboo scrub & a super fruit peel” sound good? Alana will give your feet a rebirth – baby-soft, cool and refreshed. Attention men: Alana’s hair removal will make you irresistible on those sandy beaches.
Our skin “acts as a waterproof, insulating shield, guarding the body against extremes of temperature, damaging sunlight, and harmful chemicals.”(National Geographic) Isn’t it comforting to know that there is someone in Sidney who will help you take loving care of this miraculous organ! And don’t forget your sunscreen.
Contact: www.fresh-studio.ca, www.facebook.com/pages/Fresh-Esthetics-Studio
