12/11/10: I am so very excited to share this story with all of you!!! I had an Intraceuticals event at my Center yesterday and it was a HUGE success. But let me start at the beginning... About 13 years ago I had an oxygen treatment by an Esty that was renting a room in my Day Spa. I was so totally unimpressed with how the treatment felt (a stream of air flowing on my face for about 30 minutes) and the results (none!) that I never gave oxygen treatments another thought. If I saw something about it in a magazine, I'd quickly turn to the next page. Same thing if I saw it at a tradeshow, I'd quickly move on to the next booth.
But lately I have been hearing quite a bit of buzz about this oxygen infusion treatment. We've all heard that Madonna swears by them. She has an Esthetician that travels with her to give her these treatments on a regular basis! I just figured that this had to be Hollywood hype.
Because of what I'm creating here at my Center, I felt that it was my duty to at least check it out and not just come to my own biased conclusion. So, I emailed the company asking for information. A couple of days later I received a phone call from their Northern California representative, Sarah Crawford. We set up a demo appointment for the following week. I have to tell you that I had a bit of an attitude about receiving this demo. I was absolutely sure that I wasn't going to like this treatment. I was very nice to Sarah though and she never even suspected that I had an attitude problem. But let me tell you this...she was about to give me an attitude adjustment, big time! First, Sarah told me about the company and thoroughly explained the technology to me in a way that was very easy to comprehend. Then we started the treatment and I was immediately thrown aback. This didn't feel anything like the treatment I had 13 years ago...not even close. Yes, there was air, but it was applied with much more intense pressure than I had experienced before and there was also the hyaluronic acid serum being infused at the same time. It felt fabulous! I just found out that not all oxygen treatments are created equal! She did half of my face and then had me sit up and look in the mirror. Wow. That's all I could say, I was so shocked and thrilled by what I saw. I was not expecting to see any changes but there was a very visible difference between the two sides of my face. Okay Sarah, let's move on to the other side of my face, please!
I could now feel the excitement starting to build up in my stomach. That's the way I feel when I'm about to get involved with something awesome. Sarah and I made plans for her to come back the following week so I could give her a Radiancy treatment before she did the oxygen on herself (she loved it!). We wanted to see how the two modalities would work together...they really compliment each other. To my surprise, she gave me another treatment that day. She's sneaky...she knew how to get me hooked! So....I purchased it!
We did a special event yesterday at my Center. I booked 10 clients to receive a treatment from Sarah. We set it up as a tag team, I cleansed and exfoliated and then sent them over to her for the oxygen. She explained the treatment to my clients and I listened and watched all day long. I learned alot!
To make a longer story a bit shorter...9 of the 10 clients paid for a series of treatments after seeing their results and I made enough yesterday to pay for the equipment! WhooHoo..I love that story!
Pictures Never Really Do Justice to the True Results! Each Client You See Here Purchased a Series of Eight Treatments So, they liked what they saw!
Before the Treatment
After One Treatment
We did one half of everyone's face and then had them sit up to take a picture. Here's two of the gals!
Half Face Results
Half Face Results
12/18/2010: I've had my machine for a couple of days now and I'm doing treatments like crazy!! There is definitely a learning curve to getting the technique down properly, but I'm loving it and so are my clients! I did an Opulence brightening treatment on a pregnant client this morning. She looked fabulous when she left! It's wonderful that this treatment can be done on pregnant women because our options for treatment get pretty slim once their pregnant. I had a cancellation yesterday afternoon so I snuck in a treatment on myself. My skin looks and feels fabulous today!!
12/29/10: This has been the busiest holiday season in my career and it's because of this treatment. A gal came in for LHE hair removal on her lip the other day. Besides the hair, she is concerned about the wrinkles. I did a quick oxygen infusion on her lip and she loved it. She's coming in today for her first full face treatment. She had only been a hair removal client and now because of this treatment, she's become a facial client.
I did a clients hands the other day and boy did they look great. I'm going to put treatments on my menu for just hands also for lips. There are so many women concerned about the lines around their lips and/or plumping up their lips. You can really plump lips up, it looks like they've had filler....I'm kinda hooked on doing it on myself!
2/24/2011: I'm still absolutely loving this treatment. My clients are hooked. They've pretty much all finished their series of 6 treatments and now they've added this into their monthly maintenance. I offered this as one of my Groupon treatments. So far I've had one Groupon client purchase a series of these treatments.
I've been doing the Opulence serum on two Sisters that come in for treatments. They are Hispanic and the Opulance works fabulous on their skin tone. It looks so bright and glowing!
4/05/2011: Nothing new to report except that I still love this treatment. I'm still doing alot of them and my clients are still loving their results. I can't imagine not offering this treatment among my arsenal of anti-aging tricks up my sleeve!
