Beauty Geek by Caroline King

I had to share this great product with you all because it has so many beauty benefits to it. It's natural and it so inexpensive to buy plus you can buy it off the shelf in any supermarket. I got mine from Tesco's I think it was less than £1.50 for a whole bottle. First thing to mention about this product is that when it gets cold it sets and looks white unless your house is very warm it will need warming up ideally to use it at its best. Less is more with this as well, you get the added bonus that it smells delicious too.                                                 Beauty Benefit one : it's amazing on your cuticles to keep them nourished and soft. Place a small amount of the oil once warmed up either on a cotton bud or if you have a dropper you can dip this directly into the liquid and drop onto your cuticles. Any residue left over can be rubbed into t...

Lets face it this time of year our skin in general takes a bit of a battering. Its dark, cold and gloomy outside and do we really want to get the moisturiser out and cream ourselves up when it is cold? No one will see.....will they?? Well hands do give a lot away. I have always got a tube of some kind of hand cream in my hand bag. But that doesn't always mean I use it right? This season the focus is on creamy complexions and glowing skin. This includes the hands especially as they are seen more so. Lets not forget them. Take some time out to exfoliate, rinse and apply a hand mask for ten minutes then apply a lovely fragrant hand cream. Exfoliating will not only instantly take years off the look of the hands, but it will also aid the application of moisturiser to penetrate far deeper into the skins layers and will do more good. Then just sitting on all that dead, dull looking skin if you don't exfoliate. Boys, we shouldn't forget your hands either. Use all the above b...

Happy New Year Everyone!  2014 is a way to start a fresh, new moon, new ideas, fresh focus, right? Well that's how we all aim to start off after the big celebrations with a "new me" regime. Colour and make up this season gives you a reason to fall in love all over again with your make up bag. Colours are bright, and bold with a hint of nude tones thrown in for good measure. Citrus Orange is the new red for those puckered lips....skin tones will determine which shade of orange you chose.  Skin complexion this year is all about clear complexion, perfection with creamy luminous products that look natural and bare. So guys and gals, get that exfoliator out now and have a good overall scrub to get the skin glowing and feeling wonderful. Microdermabrasion facials with help get a good overall deep exfoliation and eliminate blockages and uneven skin tone. In between this salon treatment you can do a weekly scrub at home whilst relaxing in a bubbly bath with of cours...

Its been a while since I sat down and wrote to you all, that's mainly due to not enough hours in the day and days in the week. Firstly, apologies....I love to write and this subject is one that I get asked about from time to time when I am holding training sessions. But surprisingly, not many people know about CPDs or understand their importance. Hence me writing this lovely blog for you all to read up on and hopefully answer your queries and questions? So what does CPD even mean?  It stands for Continual Professional Development. This is very important in anyone's career, because it shows a tracking process of training and learning and is a way of documenting skills, knowledge and experience through your individual career path. Why should we have it? Well, because its a tool to help you record and reflect on your training  development, what you have learnt and when. Used in the right way it can be a great tool. It a great way of helping you target where you wish to de...

I wanted to share with you today one of my quick tanning application tricks that works well for fair to medium skin tones and is great for those of you out there, like me, just don't always have time to get your own spray tan or full manual application because we are just simply too busy.....or more importantly, too tired when we do get time Firstly like all great tanning application the secret to it lasting well and fading evenly is great preparation of the skin, so a good all over body exfoliation in is order. Product list: Disposable gloves or a tanning mitt Dark glowing Sienna X tan 8% Body Moisturising Balm I generally find that I am between a 6% and an 8% tan for this time of year. Sometimes 8% is a little too dark for my face and hands. Especially if you just want a little colour pick me up. So start on my face and work down my body. You can apply this just to your desired area or all over. Depends how much time you have mainly? Pop on your gloves or tanning m...

Man-i-cures make great nail services... Lets not forget when treating our clients that male members are coming over to the dark side and enjoying a session of pampering just like us ladies do. They know a thing or two about a beauty regime. Like the rest of us they have a busy work-life and need a bit of "me time" . From my own personal experience, I have seen my treatment on male clients raise considerably over the past 5 years. I do treat a lot of couples, partners and often then leads to their children too. Make it welcoming.... If you want to bring in both male and female client bases, make sure your work environment looks inviting for both. Nothing too pink and over girly. Lots of magazines in reception to suit all. Once you get men into the salon, and they enjoy their experience of the treatment and the company plus the environment. You will have a loyal client for sure. What to consider with a Man-i-cure? Most men will not want to have colour ename...

So its mid-week and I've decided I need to have a clear out of my tanning kit and prep ready for tomorrows busy salon day of pampering all my lovely clients. It was whilst doing this I came across my trusty disposable kimono that it came to me, how under-rated this item really is. Its so cost effective and an essential part of my tanning kit. I've just hand washed mine in some anti-bacterial soap and rinsed out, then hung them out on the line to dry through today.   So why is it part of my essential kit? Even though it is disposable, it can be washed  and reused several times. or you can put it into the washing machine on a 30 degree wash. but be aware...don't tumble dry! Trust me, I did try this and it came out barbie doll size. Which would be fine if I had a daughter that could play dress up. But I don't, and my son wasn't too impressed when I offered this to be used on action man! It doesn't help that he is 15! They are lightweight, and ide...