“And, now we do not speak,” Skin Therapist Zina Janashvili said. I was on her table, at the Aphrodite Salon about to discover for myself why my 47-year-old friend never needed make up. “A relaxed mind relaxes facial muscles,” Zina explained, “and creates better results.” She applied the exclusive cell therapy treatment, made from plant placenta, and began a 20 minute lymphatic massage. Under her deft touch, with new age music seeping into my psyche, I drifted into a transformative, meditative state. That is, in fact, the point. “We are transforming the skin on a cellular level,” Zina later explained. “I call it alternative botox. But, if you stop botox, you looks better longer.” Zina combines an old world sensibility, working with the highest She had been a pharmacist in Georgia, Russia, studying skin care with her dermatologist and giving facials as a hobby. She came to graduating from the Christine Valmi school, and then getting a countries. She understands ingredients, how to mix and sometimes, “cook” “Too harsh,” says Zina. The facials she gives represent the apex of skin care If you want your skin to look like any movie star on Oscar night, except Cameron Diaz, consider these treatments Zina brings her special touch to: Cell therapy: Zina uses a galvanic ionization tool to penetrate the skin with a product she mixes of organic hyaluronic acid, natural collagen, and natural elastin. Next is a micro current lymphatic massage which dissolves the plant placenta even skin create new tissue and cells,” she says. Pure oxygen: Madonna put a face (pun intended) on this treatment six years ago saying she had bought the pricey administering machine for all of her homes. Zina calls it “alternative restylane,” because she uses a natural organic serum with hyaluronic acid (the ingredient in restylane) and anti oxidents (to balance free radicals) with the pure oxygen. Like the placenta facial, she says it plumps and hydrates skin, acne (because oxygen kills bacteria). LED light therapy: Red light stimulates collagen and elastin production. Blue light kills the bacterial that causes acne. Mirodermabrasian with ultra sound: To exfoliate without damage. Go in there with a treatment in mind, but, be advised, Zina knows home. She also carries many of the exclusive products she has found “done.” That, kiddies, is how women of a certain age tell each other they look good! Aphrodite Salon:
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