BUT I CAN'T FEEL ANYTHING!?! LED LIGHT THERAPY

We have been so accustomed to the phrase, “beauty equals pain,” that when we don’t feel the pain we doubt the effectiveness of a beauty treatment.  Today’s technology has come a long way since the excruciating services that left you swollen for days.  This includes the LED Light Therapy.  This type of service is not usually available in our area, but its right here is Big Spring, TX at Serenity Spa.

Eminence Organics has provided us with this beneficial information on why you should set up your appointment at Serenity Spa for your LED Light Treatment.

THE LED QUICK FACTS

•  State-of-the-art skin care technology
•  Diminishes the visible appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots
• Helps tighten unsightly pores
•  Promotes collagen regeneration
• Skin appears naturally smoother, tighter and more radiant
• Clinically-tested and designed by dermatologists for use as a cosmetic treatment for salons, spas and physicians
• PAINLESS with NO RECOVERY TIME
• Safe and sanitary

The new skin rejuvenation system using light technology has recently garnered considerable media attention, receiving positive reviews from many in the industry including Dermatology Times, Skin Inc., and Day Spa as well as the public media such as ABC’s Good Morning America and shows like Extreme Makeover.  Eminence has adapted this new technology into an FDA-approved system that improves the skin’s appearance.

Developed by dermatologists, the Eminence LED system incorporates a unique photo pulsation technology, which leaves a smoother, tighter and more radiant look to the skin with each subsequent treatment.  This non-invasive technology truly give the skin a more vibrant and youthful appearance as well as offers one of the quickest treatment times compared to other methods of skin rejuvenation.  Immediately after their treatment, clients can go straight back to work and resume their regular activities. 

The Eminence LED system comes with three handheld devices: 1 large red light, 1small red light and 1 blue light device.  The RED LED LIGHT helps encourage collagen production and healing in the skin and is ideal for anti-aging, rosacea, scarring, and post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation. 

The BLUE LED LIGHT is the only light currently approved by the FDA for Acne as it destroys bacteria on the skin and prevents bacteria from forming.

Compared to other skin therapies such as microdermabrasion or invasive skin treatments, LED treatment times are quicker with no down time making it a convenient in-and-out service.

It is suggested that treatments be performed between 7 and 14 days apart and depending on the age and skin condition of the client, it generally takes approximately sic treatments of 10-15 minutes each to achieve desired results with maintenance treatments every 45-60 days thereafter. 

Please call us for any questions or concerns regarding our LED Light Therapy Service at (432) 264-6651

And Remember…Beauty DOES NOT Equal Pain…. All of the time!

Serenity Spa LED Services

1 Session $60.00

Packaged Session* $45.00

*When Combined with any Facial or Microdermabrasion.

Eminence Anti-Aging LED Facial


The LED Light Therapy, a State-of-the- art skin care technology that diminishes the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and age spots is just the start of your experience. It is then followed by our eminence anti-aging collection to complete your Cutting edge facial. Revealing a long-lasting, brilliant, fresh, and more youthful skin.

$95/90min

Why Pink? by Mary Ellen Trevino

Why Pink?


I have always been an analytical person, though I may have ever known it, until recently.  I have always needed to know the when, how, and whys.  When we started planning our breast cancer awareness at Serenity Spa, I started to wonder why it was denoted by the color Pink. So I did some research, as I usually do, when I don’t know the answer to a question.

The idea of a ribbon symbolizing a certain idea or organization began with two phases. The first being when “in 1979, the year that Penney Laingen, wife of a hostage who’d been taken in Iran, was inspired by song to tie yellow ribbons around the trees in her front yard. The ribbon, Americans were told on the nightly news, signaled her desire to see her husband home again. For the first time, ribbon became medium, ribbon became message. Yellow ribbons sprouted up across the country in solidarity. That was step one.”

The second phase didn’t spring up until eleven years later when “AIDS activists looked at the yellow ribbons that had been resurrected for soldiers fighting the Gulf War and said, “What about something for our boys dying here at home?” The activist art group Visual AIDS turned the ribbon bright red—“because it’s the color of passion”—looped it, spruced it up and sent it onto the national stage during the Tony awards, photogenically pinned to the chest of actor Jeremy Irons.”

Suddenly ribbons were used to symbolize every charitable cause.  The New York Times declared 1992, “The Year of the Ribbon.” These events paved the way for Breast Cancer Awareness’ pink ribbon.

Susan G. Komen’s Race for a Cure initially began handing out pink ribbons for their New York race in late 1990, but this event was not necessarily the one that caused the “pink ribbon” to break out. 

With the combined efforts of Alexandra Penney, then the editor in chief of Self and Evelyn Lauder—Estée Lauder senior corporate vice president and a breast cancer survivor, they made history.  In early 1992, Self had their extraordinarily successful Breast Cancer Awareness Magazine and Estee Lauder created their cosmetic collection line with Pink Ribbons.  

Though it was not an easy path to decide on the color pink because of “68-year-old Charlotte Haley, the granddaughter, sister, and mother of women who had battled breast cancer. Her peach-colored loops were handmade in her dining room. Each set of five came with a card saying: “The National Cancer Institute annual budget is $1.8 billion, only 5 percent goes for cancer prevention. Help us wake up our legislators and America by wearing this ribbon.” The color peach depicted her cause. 

Though Self did make the attempt to contact Mrs. Haley, she did not want to have anything to do with Self Magazine stating, “[Self] was too commercial.” 

Once they determined that pink was going to be their symbolic color, they were very satisfied with the response that they received.

“Pink is the quintessential female color,” says Margaret Welch, director of the Color Association of the United States. “The profile on pink is playful, life-affirming. We have studies as to its calming effect, its quieting effect, its lessening of stress. [Pastel pink] is a shade known to be health-giving; that’s why we have expressions like ‘in the pink.’ You can’t say a bad thing about it.” Pink is, in other words, everything cancer notably is not.

With the release of their Pink Ribbon Collection, Estée Lauder “collected over 200,000 pink ribbon petitions urging the White House to push for increased funding for research.”

The rest is history from pink shirts to pink hair, pink has become the known color for Breast Cancer Awareness.  So think pink! Be aware! Contribute to the cause!

Bibliography

http://thinkbeforeyoupink.org/?page_id=26

For more information regarding Breast Cancer Awareness, please visit the sites below.

http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancer/index

http://www.pinkhairforhope.org/

Fast Fast Fixes by GLAMOUR

GLAMOUR BRINGS YOU. Fast Fixes for When You…

…Look like you slept 20 minutes last night.

1.     GET WIDER-AWAKE EYES by concentrating mascara above the pupils and on the outer corners of the eyes.  Oh, and the Lancôme mascara at right? It’s said to be the kind Kim Kardashian wore on her wedding day. 

2.     GLOW LIKE YOU GOT YOUR EIGHT HOURS via a pink blush on the apples of your cheek.

3.     DOTAND BLEND ILLUMINATING CONCEALER under your eyes to erase circles, but no lighter than your skin or it’ll be raccoonville. 

…Wake up with a scary zit.

1.     ICE IT to nix swelling

2.     DAB IT WITH AFRIN (yep, the nasal spray) to reduce redness, suggests dermatologist Bobby Buka, M.D.  

‎5 FALL DO AND DON'T TIPS! BROUGHT TO YOU BY REFINERY 29

Connie Wang, Global Editor

Do: "Let your lip stains fade over the day for a wine-stained, insouciant look."
Don't: "Let lip color wander. Kool-aid mouth is never a good look."

Annie Georgia Greenberg, New York Editor

Do: "Utilize that dry shampoo to test the limits of your hair. Let it go that extra day—sometimes my waves are best unwashed."
Don't: "Use baby powder. Everyone will know your tricks."

Kate Mulling, Los Angeles Editor

Do: "Sweep a pink blush on the apples of your cheeks if you've got a pale complexion."
Don't: "As a redhead, I never use bronzer because it makes me look monochromatic."

Gina Marinelli, Editorial Assistant

Do: "Experiment with bold lipsticks. It'll serve you well on a lazy girl's day when applying any other makeup seems like too much work."
Don't: "Match your eye/cheek/lip color shadow to your outfit; it starts to look like a whole lot of color craziness!"

Zoila Sylvester, Beauty Intern

Do: "Leave a little conditioner in after washing curly hair. It'll make it look way less frizzy!"
Don't: "Shampoo too often. You'll strip your hair of its essential oils."

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New and Exciting Things At Serenity Spa

We have so many new and fun things going on at Serenity Spa.  Jaci Herrera has joined our team and she is a lot of fun!  Jaci does awesome manicures and pedicures.  She even does the Shellac!!  We are patiently waiting on our new massaging pedi chair.  Doesn't that sound heavenly?

Jaci also does facials and microderms.  Her airbrush tanning has really taken off!  Want a safe way to get a tan?  Come give it a try!

Mary Kemp has joined our massage team.  Mary has a true Texas accent and a hilarious sense of humor!  And she can massage!!  Mary has a knack for necks.  She can really work those kinks out.  When she isn't massaging she is playing with her pet goats and her puppy Oscar.

Katie has been massaging for us since we opened our doors.  She and her husband, Josh, are expecting their first child.  We are so excited for them.  It is a boy and his name is Timothy Nash Helmstetler.  He will be here around July 21.  He has a lot of "aunts" patiently awaiting his arrival!!

Beautiful Suzanne has been massaging for us for awhile.  She loves people and it shows in her work.  It is hard to get out of here without a hug and a smile from her.  She does deep tissue and mixes in some trigger point and stretching with her massages.  She recently learned arthrossage and is good at it!! 

On Tuesday afternoons, Susan from Dora Roberts does massages.  She may be little but she has some strength behind her.  Her experience as a physical therapy tech gives her massages something unique. 


Jessica Price is our Public Relations Specialist.  She is beautiful inside and out.  She has such a talent for getting things organized.  Jessica and her husband, Bob, own Moss Creek Ranch and are in the process of reopening Red Mesa.  We are so excited for them.  We can't wait!!