by Shelly Burns, M.D.

Creams, nutritional supplements, treatments, lotions, and potions. We are always looking for the next miracle product to keep skin looking healthy and young. However, there is one essential, inexpensive, and often overlooked nutrient right at your fingertips: water.

An Introduction to Esthetics, by Chrissy Spehar

Everyone wants healthy, glowing skin, but attaining a beautiful complexion often requires a delicate combination of art and science. That's where skin care professionals come in. Often called estheticians, skin care practitioners analyze skin types and provide treatment plans to help clients achieve their skin care goals. Working with the top layer of the skin, estheticians are specially trained and licensed in a variety of techniques and products to tailor treatments for each client's individual needs and desires.

Body treatments are skin care treatments for the whole body that clean, balance and refresh your body's skin to help it look its best. Treatments can target aging, dryness, dullness, acne, and even damaging effects by the environment.

What can body treatments do?

An Essential Oil for Fundamental Health

Lavender essential oil is a one-stop medicine chest, helping to reduce anxiety, fatigue, and stress and balance hormones, increase the immune response, lower blood pressure, and relieve pain. To utilize lavender's healing benefits at home, mix five to 10 drops of lavender essential oil in one ounce of jojoba oil or unscented lotion. (Essential oils shouldn't be applied directly to the skin; it's best to partner them with a carrier oil, liquid, or lotion.)