Insights on longevity, aesthetics & wellness

December 12, 2016

African Children’s Choir and Kit’s New Husband

There’s a movie clip that comes back to me very often in my life….it generally pops up when I think back on my time in college and when I left the doctoral program at UT in History and African-America…

November 17, 2016

Skincare Topics from Divorce Central: Affordable Products to Keep You Beautiful

I live in an apartment in Westlake Hills, which I sometimes lovingly call “divorce central”. They are high-end apartments and so the demographic there is generally newly divorced, or people who want t…

November 13, 2016

Leslie is a Microblading “Guru”: Austin Chronicle’s Best of Austin Winner for Microbla

I got a group text a few days ago from Leslie, to me and Stacey: look who made it into the Chronicle! Our Leslie Sazon won Austin Chronicle’s Critic’s Choice for Best Of Austin for microblading! Here’…

November 7, 2016

Blog from the Couch: Beauty Recap from a Crip

I am not sure I am even qualified to write a beauty blog right now! I’ve been out of the spa for a week now. I currently sit on my couch, where I’ve mostly been since Tuesday, watching the Big Chill (…

October 16, 2016

The Before and Afters of Better Skin

We will be featuring our new skincare line, Skin Better, as part of our Open House on November 3rd. Truly I haven’t seen our staff this excited about skincare products since I’ve worked here (that’s a…

September 25, 2016

Eight Things To Do If You Want to Avoid Wearing Makeup

Some girls like to wear makeup. In this industry I am surrounded by very made-up ladies. Gorgeous women everywhere. On top of that, I feel like we are in the middle of some pretty strong beauty trends…

September 18, 2016

Rules Are Made to Be Broken…Until It’s Time to Try a New Product

My summer started off with a literal bang, as my daughter was in a car wreck in June. Not to be outdone by the start of summer, my daughter book-ended it with an appendicitis scare and a day at Seton…

August 21, 2016

Back to School, New Beginnings, and, Wait For It…a New Treatment!

Back to school is new beginnings. Picture it: Sunday, my house, t-minus one day until my girl is a senior. The patio door open and Punching in a Dream playing in the background. It was more than a typ…

August 15, 2016

Silky Smooth Real Life Photoshop

We had a refresher training on Restylane Silk the other day. We all love trainings because they are in essence just continuing education. There are always new techniques and subtleties in treatment an…

August 3, 2016

Supermodels, the New Golden Ratio & A New Meaning for OG

I used to be obsessed with the super models from the late 80s and early 90s. I was in high school then and knew them all by name. Cindy Crawford. Kate Moss. Linda Evangelista. Naomi Campbell. Christy…

July 24, 2016

Something Sparkly: The Launch of the Phyto Corrective Masque

Our Skin Ceuticals rep is a friend of mine. She’s an amazing, ambitious woman with a huge heart. About a year and a half ago, she introduced me to hot yoga at Black Swan, and it quickly became my new…

July 15, 2016

Botox Reverses the Components of Aging

I got my Dysport injections this past week. It was the first time since March. I was seeing my forehead lines coming back to life for at least a month. And my skin just looked, well, dry. Or tired. Or…

July 1, 2016

A Lash Lift and the First Cardinal Rule of Perm Maintenance

I’ve always curled my lashes. I had one friend in high school who would just laugh at me while I used my lash curler, and to this day I cannot put it to my face without seeing her standing next to me,…

June 10, 2016

What’s In Your Bag? Body Tonic Rx Faves and Product Giveaways!

I love when I’m paging through People Magazine or US and they have a feature about what’s in a celebrity’s bag. They show the purse and all it’s beautifully staged contents spilling out. Just a small…

May 25, 2016

Skin and Tonic: 5 Ways to Care for Your Skin

Microdermabrasion is our weekly special this week, and so that got me thinking about all the different services we offer for exfoliation. There are five main ways you can achieve exfoliation, all in v…

May 16, 2016

Julie Drank the Kool-aid: Becoming Part of the Med Spa Life

It seems our massage therapist Julie has now officially crossed over into the life of a med spa girl! It finally just occurred to me the other day that I have been watching this gradual progression fr…

May 1, 2016

Mama’s Day Fun: Spring Open House!

I can’t believe it’s time for another Open House! I am extra excited about this one though because we will be highlighting our new services and our beautiful new addition next door! Our new services a…

April 17, 2016

Mom Genes: Kicking Off Our Open House Giveaways!

As part of our Open House, we will have three giveaways of Galderma filler: Restylane, Silk and Lyft! How to enter? Upload a picture of you and your mom together to Facebook or Instagram with #momgene…

April 14, 2016

This is What a Liquid Facelift Looks Like

A liquid facelift is a non-surgical procedure using advanced injection techniques with dermal fillers, and Botox or Dysport, to lift and contour facial features. A liquid facelift can accomplish any o…

April 10, 2016

Microneedling: A Staff Fave

We offer a plethora of services here to help with a variety of antiaging concerns. But even with so much to choose from, we still have our staff favorites. Micropen (and Micropen with PRP) is one of t…

April 6, 2016

Belotero for Erasing Neck Bands

April 6, 2016

Sculptra: The New Age of Anti-Aging

April 6, 2016

Kybella: Ditch Your Double Chin

March 24, 2016

How to Lose Five Pounds in Ten Minutes

I’m having surgery tomorrow. It’s a near repeat of one I had about two months ago. For about two weeks after my first surgery I just felt so blah…extra out of shape and bloated. So this time I thought…