How A Celebrity Esthetician Got Her Skin Ready For Her Own Wedding

By Lora Condon-Williamson

The Beauty Buster

http://www.thebeautybuster.com’

 

For decades, I’ve guided women through the wedding skin process and Bridal Bootcamps, but when it came to my own wedding, I started freaking out and thought of every possible thing I could do to my skin to evaporate every line, freckle and issue that was showing due to my years of riding in my Jeep with the top down to the Jersey Shore.

After a few glasses of wine, and many deep breaths, I finally remembered that I actually do know how to prepare my skin. I decided to take my own advice! With practically every single modality at my fingertips and easy access to every product on the market, I devised a three-month treatment plan to detox and rejuvenate my skin, as I’ve been doing for my clients for the last 20 years. It was easy to use the products I already sell to my clients since I have years of great results and experience using them. When used correctly and religiously, you will see results especially when you follow the wholistic body plan.

I got this! Oh yeah!!

I’m in my 50’s, so this adds a whole other layer of natural aging to overcome and/or come to terms with before the big day.

I’ve always leaned more towards the natural and wholistic side of skin care and I didn’t want to do anything drastic that would make me not look like myself. My future husband would not be thrilled if I was so frozen that he couldn’t see the incredible joy on my face while walking down the aisle. Crow’s feet are normal when smiling, and nothing I wanted to really get rid of, unless I wasn’t smiling!

 

Just like with my clients, I asked myself:

“What is my ultimate goal?

To have glowing, smooth skin with no major wrinkles. Lessen inflammation in my body so I feel less bloated.

What exact changes do I want to see?

  1. Decrease the lines between my eyebrows also known as the, “11s”.
  2. More glowing skin
  3. More hydrated skin
  4. Smoother skin texture
  5. Skin that will not look crepey under the makeup after hours of humidity, stress, dancing, smiling and photographs.
  6. Smoother neck with fewer lines
  7. Firmer and hydrated body skin

To address these issues, I devised a daily am/pm routine along with treatments I would do weekly, monthly, frequently and anything else I could throw in there. Basically, the kitchen sink treatment! Drinking less wine was on the list for sure. That was an epic fail but I didn’t fee guilty drinking  Scout & Cellar wine because they’re organic and no extra, added sugar. I also did away with a big pillow and used the pillow that I use and sell to my clients when doing their lash extensions. That particular pillow is great for helping to minimize necklines and minimizing my neck hump from being bent over the last 20 years as an esthetician. If you’re looking down a lot at your computer or phone, this pillow is a must. Cutting sugar and limiting any processed foods is paramount in obtaining great skin. There are also a few Jedi mind tricks I use with clients and decided to use then on myself. Some might sound cheesy, but I didn’t care. Oh and by the way, no cheese or dairy! Gotta cut that inflammation and prevent pimples.

Do you know what's really in your wine?

 

The skin and lash brands I used were:  The Beauty Buster , DMK International., XO8 Cosmeceuticals Olura, Jergens Daily Glow,  Tizo, Deka Lash,

Tools I used were: Zaq facial cups, Amythyst Gua-sha and Amethyst roller, ZAQ Skincare,   Olura’s Eno Device, Beauty Buster Luxe Facial Mitt, DMK Zit Zapper and the DMK 4 in 1 Device, Dermafile, ProCell, Deka Lash Growth Serum, LightStim LED Handheld 

 

Here’s a basic breakdown of my skin detox treatment program. I changed things up depending on what my skin needed and utilized all of my options.

Daily AM?

  1. Cleanse with Beauty Buster’s Oatmeal and Lavender Cleansing Paste or rinsed with water and the Beauty Buster Cleansing Mitt.
  2. Apply Beta Gel and Fibromax Vitamin C from DMK.
  3. Hydrate my face, neck and chest with Beauty Buster Sacred Face Oil.
  4. Cup or gua-sha my face if it looked like I needed it aka puffy or lined.
  5. Apply Tizo SPF Tizo.
  6. Apply Beauty Buster Macchiato Lip Scrub.
  7. Apply Beauty Buster Espresso Lip Treatment

 

 

 

Espresso Lip Balm from Beauty Buster

 

Daily PM?

  1. Cleanse with Beauty Buster’s Oatmeal and Lavender Cleansing Paste and Cleansing Mitt.
  2. Layer X08 Vital Restorative Elixir, Revitalizing Elixir and Vital Refining Treatment
  3. Either cupping, gua-sha and/or amethyst roller and rose quartz stone mask

Weekly?

  1. Game of Thrones Mask Kit
  2. Nanoneedle with Bella Sacred Oil and XO8 Serum. XO8 Placenta Peptide Complex and DMK Fibromax Vitamin C
  3. DMK Cryo-therapy body wrap 2-3 times a week
  4. XO8 Revitalizing Eye Mask
  5. XO8 Revitalizing Face Mask
  6. 3-5 times a week – Bella Sacred Oil all over my whole body at night.
  7. Cupping and Gua-Sha with Bella Sacred Oil
  8. 2-3 times a week LightStim LED Handheld on my face concentrating on wrinkles around the mouth, eyes and forehead.
  9. Gently Dermafile with my cleanser especially if I was wearing foundation.
  10. Eno Device for lifting muscle and penetrating products. Once a week for ultrasonic cleaning and 3 times a week for lifting and flattening lines.
  11. Olura treatment serums at least 1-2 times a week to keep up the smooth skin.
  12. Beauty Buster Macchiato Lip Scrub

Monthly

  1. 2 Procell Therapies Micro-Channeling Treatments, Procell, starting 3 months before the wedding. Follow-up products directly after the treatment for 3 days were DMK Beta Gel and Fibromax Vitamin C, followed by Bella Sacred Oil from Beauty Buster. On the 3rd day, an X08 Vital Restorative Mask.
  2. Eyelash extensions every two weeks. I got TrueVolume at the Deka Lash near me.

 

Week before the wedding

  1. Dermaplane & Nanoneedle Facial followed by the Game of Thrones Mask Kit
  2. Jergens Daily Self Tanner in Dark, Monday and Wednesday leaving 2 days before the wedding to have it fully soaked in and showered off.
  3. TrueVolume eyelash fill at Deka Lash. The lash nap was free and much needed

 

Night before the wedding.

  1. Cleanse with Cleansing Paste and Dermafile very lightly.
  2. XO8 Rejuvenating Face Mask and put the extra serum over my chest and arms
  3. Facial Cupping and Gua-sha with leftover XO8 serum.
  4. Bella Sacred Oil all over my body.
  5. LightStim LED handheld

 Day of the wedding

  1. Apply a liberal amount of Bella Sacred Oil in the morning at approx 9am.
  2. In the afternoon before doing my wedding makeup approx 2pm: I cleansed my skin with Oatmeal and Lavender Cleansing Paste and the Olura Eno Device.
  3. Applied 3 products from Olura, The Treatment Serum, Moisturizing Lotion and Refreshing Essence and then used the Eno Device to penetrate the products and do a little lifting of the outer corner of my lips and final flattening and smoothing of the lines between my brows. Let it all penetrate into my skin until I liked the end result.
  4. Applied the DMK Creme Glace as my primer and continued with my DMK Cosmetics Foundation using the DMK brushes, super soft DMK Beauty Blender and pressed the setting powder in with the DMK Luxe Powder Puff. The rest of my makeup came from Italy!

Eno Device from Olura

Day After the Wedding 

We actually got up early, went to mass, had a totally decadent brunch and went to the pool with family and friends. Thankfully, we were in Florida and sunglasses hid a multitude of sins! 

I did made some permanent changes after the wedding. I changed things that either made a big difference in my skin or I just loved the way it felt. I continued using the Luxe Beauty Buster Cleansing Mitt. It was convenient and very thorough at cleansing my skin. It has a very sensual feel to it that made me feel like I’m loving my skin as I’m wiping it.  I’m obsessed with it. I also use the Olura products for special occasions when I want my foundation to look amazing or if I’m feeling old and crusty! Their machine is always on my nightstand next to my facial cups, gua-sha and Bella Sacred Oil. I’ve kept up with my Xo8 and Game of Thrones masks which have been a part of my skin routine for many years. Lashes are non-negotiable in my beauty routine! For my body, I do a wrap 1-3 times a month and use the Beauty Buster Sacred Oil, 2 times a week at the least. 

To start your virtual Bridal Bootcamp or Wholistic Skin Detox program to reveal your very own beautiful skin, email Lora at makeupwithme7@aol.com.