Maintaining Your Glow In Between Spa Visits

Maintaining your glow in between spa visits is key to radiant skin. Beautiful, doll-like skin is achieved through a mix of professional care and daily habits. Home care and treatments are equally important. If you get treatments at the spa but don’t take the necessary steps at home, you won’t get the best results. Everything from your water intake to each ingredient you use on your skin should be carefully considered.

Be patient

Firstly, I want to clarify that with each spa visit, your skin will continue to slowly improve. It takes time, and you need to be patient with the results. You may not notice the changes right away, but that’s because we look in the mirror every day. It may only hit you when you find an old photo of yourself—that’s when you’ll see the difference.

Establish a solid skincare routine

I know that you know you don’t need a 10-step skincare routine for pretty skin. However, if the steps are right, it can actually give you great results. The basics of a good routine consist of a gentle cleanser, an exfoliator, a moisturizer, and an SPF within the 30-60 range. Each of these products should have ingredients tailored to your skin’s specific needs. A more complex routine may also include masks and serums.

Nourish your body from within

Drinking plenty of water, staying away from junk food as much as you can, and eating nutritious, hydrating foods will nourish your body from within. Certain foods help your body heal better and faster, which is especially important when you get treatments such as microneedling and chemical peels. The sole purpose of these treatments is to create intentional injury so your body repairs itself and produces more proteins such as collagen and elastin, making your skin look even better than before. The way your skin heals will determine the outcome of its appearance. You need to stay super hydrated when recovering from treatments, and there are foods that can increase hydration as well.

Practice regular at home treatments

Doing at-home treatments with masks for soothing, hydrating, and brightening is a great way to get your skin the way you want it to look more quickly. It is also a great way of maintaining your glow in between spa visits. This can enhance your results in between professional treatments. Look for ingredients such as hyaluronic acid for hydration, niacinamide for brightening, and colloidal oatmeal for calming irritation and inflammation. You have to avoid exfoliating right after treatments and ask your practitioner when you can exfoliate again. The preferred method of exfoliation would be chemical or enzymatic.

Depending on how sensitive your skin is and what problems you want to fix, lactic acid is great for dry, uneven skin. Papaya enzyme (with steam) is great for congested skin and is also very gentle for people with sensitive skin. Glycolic acid is for people whose skin has built a tolerance and also for mature and acneic skin. For acneic skin, I love a mixture of salicylic acid, glycolic acid, and/or mandelic acid. Okay, let’s continue because I am getting a little bit carried away. Can you tell that I am the esthetician at DRIP by how I am getting into it?

How managing stress maintains your glow

Stress happens to everybody; it’s just inevitable. Now, you may be thinking, “how does stress management have anything to do with maintaining your glow in between spa visits?” Well, the answer is simple, how we handle stress is important when it comes to aesthetics. When stress is chronic, inflammation in the body increases, making it more prone to premature aging, acne breakouts, dryness, irritation, redness, etc. During hard times, we not only release cortisol but also adrenaline, which increases oil production. Yea, it is no secret that stress negatively affects the skin, but let’s talk about how to manage stress and calm your skin down.

Even when you are stressed, try to make the effort to look after your skin. Wash your makeup off at night with an oil cleanser, give yourself little treatments, and keep up with your routine. Personally, I feel much more confident with nice skin; having skin problems when you’re already stressed is like being kicked when you’re already down—you do not need that extra weight. No one knows you better than you know yourself. Find what you enjoy and what relaxes you. Read, take a hot bath, go on walks, take up meditation or yoga classes. Also, don’t be too hard on yourself, and express your emotions properly. If you don’t, it’ll make you even more stressed.

Final thoughts

Achieving and maintaining doll-like skin comes from a combination of professional treatments, at-home skincare, internal nourishment, and stress management. Your efforts at home will determine how well your skin responds to spa treatments. Be patient, nice skin takes time, and remember that consistency is key. If you treat your skin with the love and care it deserves, it will reward you. Your glow is a reflection of how well you take care of yourself, inside and out.