The Most Underrated Skincare Product isn't a Product - it's Consistency.

The truth about getting serious about your skincare is just as sobering as it is when you start getting serious about the gym: one session isn’t going to change your life. You won’t get a dump truck from one glute session, and you won’t have 1000% more collagen from one facial.

And I know that it feels like it should. You book the facial, you spend an hour solely on your skin, you leave looking hydrated, smoothed, lifted, maybe even a little snatched… and then a week later you’re like:

“Wait. Why are my problematic areas still being.. problematic?”

Welcome to the same universal experience we all have after getting serious about skin maintenance. Fun, right?

Let’s talk about it.

Okay but WTF do #skincarequeens & #gymbros have to do with each other? And is skincare consistency that important?

Showing up for your skin really isn’t that different from showing up for your body. The biggest parallel? You can’t expect results from a single session.

Close your eyes and imagine this scenario for a sec: you walk into the gym, you do a solid 45 minutes on the StairMaster, and leave expecting visible washboard abs when you get home.

If you locate this magical stairmaster let me know, because that would be insane.

BUT for some reason, skincare gets treated like magic. One hour-long treatment and you’ve Benjamin Button’ed a few years. A single facial is a boost, not a transformation. It’s a “first day back at the gym” high - it’s not the one and done solution.

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So let’s say you commit to the long-term plan and commit to a monthly facial routine. This is a perfect baseline - but could all be a wasted effort without adequate at-home care.

You wouldn’t kick ass in a workout class just to go home and polish off an entire bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, would you? Or you wouldn’t hit the gym regularly,  fueled on a diet of iced coffee & a lack of sleep, right? Not if you expected to see muscle definition.

Skincare works the same. exact. way. Your routine between treatments: SPF, actives, hydration, and true day in, day out consistency - carries 80% of the load. The facials are the workout, and the skincare and at-home habits are the diet. It takes both to see results.

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It’s also very important to remind you that even if you’re doing everything optimally and routinely to near-perfection, it still takes time. 

Ask anyone who lifts or does Pilates and they’ll tell you that the changes aren’t noticeable day to day. They compound slowly and gradually, until out of nowhere one day you’ll look in the mirror and say “When did those bicep muscles get there?” or someone will tell you “Wait, you look AMAZING!?”

It really doesn’t differ much when it comes to skin. The results kinda sneak up on you out of nowhere. You’ll be consistent for a few months, and the compliment will just hit you on a random Tuesday at Sprouts.

This is also why, similarly to the gym, it’s important to take progress pictures! Make sure to grab a few pictures of your skin pre-committing to this routine - and after that aforementioned compliment at the grocery store, you’ll have pictures to look back on and say “Damn, I really AM glowing!”

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Let’s talk about the training - ie, skincare - itself. You have to have a varied split for your treatments, just as you’d have a varied workout split in the gym. Just like training, different sessions do different things:

• Glo2 = your pre-workout oxygen push

• Procell Microchanneling = the muscle-building growth factor equivalent

• PICOSure = the deep, restorative recovery session

• Home skincare = your daily steps + protein intake

  
  

Combine them for the most well-rounded, holistically-targeted approach.

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When people say to me, “I want brighter skin” or “I want to get rid of texture,” it’s essentially the equivalent of saying to your coach: “I want toned arms” or “I want stronger legs.”

It’s great that we have tangible goals… but what’s the plan?

If you have concrete skin goals you’d like to accomplish, they deserve the same intentionality you’d give to a fitness goal. That means being mindful of:

• Frequency (how often you’re coming in)

• Progression (stacking treatments strategically)

• Accountability (staying disciplined even when you want to sleep in your makeup and call it a night)

• Recovery (skincare routine, sleep, hydration)

  
  

Skincare consistency is the unrivaled winner, every single time - and that really is the most important mindset shift you could have. When you look at the bigger picture; look past the facial for the plan that comes with it - that’s when you’ll actually see the facial pay off. It’s a crucial player in a larger, all-encompassing strategy - not the whole strategy itself.

So book the treatment, of course - but much more importantly:

Commit to the plan.

Choose the package. Schedule out the treatments. Show up for your skin the same way you show up for anyone or anything you truly care about. If you want the results, you HAVE to view these treatments as a part of a plan you commit to - no ifs, ands or buts.

Ready to start?

Schedule your gym PT sessions - er, your facials & skin treatments - here, or grab your treatments packages here. I also offer complimentary skin consults, and would be more than happy to curate a custom plan alongside you to help you reach your skin goals.

Cheers to our healthiest, happiest skin yet!

Xo, Nicole