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Welcome to Our Skin Care Journal

Consider this your go-to space for expert skin care advice, holistic beauty tips, treatment education, and a little behind-the-scenes from our Calgary spa.

At The Natural Art of Skin Care, we believe great skin starts with understanding your skin. With decades of hands-on experience, our team is here to share what we’ve learned—from acne and sensitive skin to healthy aging, seasonal skin changes, professional treatments, clean beauty, and everything in between.

No complicated routines. No one-size-fits-all advice. Just thoughtful education, professional insight, and a more natural approach to helping you put your best face forward, naturally.

Grab a cup of tea, get cozy, and explore the journal. There’s always something new to learn about the skin you’re in.

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Hyaluronic Acid, and why your skin may need it.
Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director
Hyaluronic Acid, and why your skin may need it.
Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director
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Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director
It was a pleasure hosting Boldijarre Koronczay, founder and president of Eminence Organics at our spa!
Rachel Lamont
It was a pleasure hosting Boldijarre Koronczay, founder and president of Eminence Organics at our spa!
Rachel Lamont

Celebrity guest visit! We had the wonderful opportunity of spending some time with the facial master himself, the founder and president of Eminence Organics Skin Care, Boldijarre Koronczay!

For those of you who don't know who Boldijarre Koronczay is, he is renowned for being a visionary and the pioneer who brought awareness to natural, organic, and biodynamic skin care in North America. Eminence Organics has gained its popularity over decades through Boldijarre’s dedication to educating people on the power of natural and organic ingredients. He started out as an esthetician in the treatment room, but more than that now, he’s a philanthropist at heart.

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Rachel Lamont
WHY The Natural Art of Skin Care was Born.
Rachel Lamont
WHY The Natural Art of Skin Care was Born.
Rachel Lamont

“I did my research, I got smarter, I discovered a whole new lens to the world, where I was able to now SEE all the Toxins that we’re surrounded by in our everyday life. I made a major shift in both my professional and personal lifestyles. I quit the lasers. I overhauled my everyday products and household items to eliminate all toxins and chemicals, I stopped dying my hair with synthetic dyes, switched to chemical-free laundry detergents, aluminum-free deodorants, and GREEN cleaning supplies.”

“I learned about all the negative effects that so many chemicals, harmful ingredients, and preservatives have on our body, both short-term and long-term. Ingredients that, when you research them, are known to disrupt the body's natural systems, but they’re so readily found in our everyday life! I asked myself, is this worth my health? Why do we need this in our skincare? Was this contributing to the growth of my goitre all this time? I no longer wanted it. I didn't need it. And then I found a new world of effective, but healthy, alternatives!”

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Rachel Lamont
Rachel Lamont
YOUR GUIDE TO MICRO-NEEDLING TREATMENTS
Rachel Lamont

The skin has an exceptional ability of healing itself by producing proteins, collagen fibers and elastin, that work coefficiently together to keep the skin firm, strong, supple and healthy. The bad news is, as we age naturally this ability slows down over time, and we begin to see the signs of aging with wrinkles and sagging skin. When we’re young, the skin takes anywhere between 27 to 28 days to completely turn over and renew itself, and as we get older it takes closer to 37 to 38 days for this process. That is why it is more difficult to correct older skin - because of it’s prolonged exposure to oxidative stress, it is and therefore appears older, dryer, more pigmentation spots, fine lines and deep wrinkles, scarring, and loss of firmness. Therefore we look less luminous, and young. To aid with the correction or slowing down of this process, we use various techniques to help the skin shed off old layers faster, and build up those new collagen and elastin fibers. This is where we introduce microneedling - to the aging rescue!

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Rachel Lamont
Rachel Lamont
DERMAPLANING - What, How, Why, When
Rachel Lamont

What is Dermaplaning?

Dermaplaning is a cosmetic procedure that uses a surgical blade to manually exfoliate the surface of the skin to remove the dead top layer of old skin cells and vellus hair or “peach fuzz”. It is also sometimes referred to as micro-planing or blading. The aim is to make the surface of your skin smooth, more youthful, and GLOWING. It's also a great tool for prepping the skin by removing tough outer layers of skin barriers prior to performing deeper treatments such as infusions, or peels. It creates a perfect canvas for your makeup application, and it gives the rest of your holistic skincare products a better chance to penetrate to the deeper layers of our skin.

Who is Dermaplaning good for?

Dermaplaning can be performed on many different skin types, and can benefit many different skin conditions. Dermaplaning is perfect for people with dull, dry or textured skin, oily skin types, sun damaged, peach fuzz, and fine lines. It’s also a great option when doing post-acne scar treatments as it helps to reduce the appearance of deeper acne scars and balance the complexion.

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Rachel Lamont
Personal Lubricants - The Bad , The Good, and The Delicious.
Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director
Personal Lubricants - The Bad , The Good, and The Delicious.
Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director

The topic of choice this February is... PERSONAL LUUUBRICANTS.

Many of us have used them, if you haven’t, congratulations! You and your partner are sexually hydrated! Some of us use personal lubricants in the bedroom for a more enjoyable experience when things aren’t quite as moist. But there are so many different types of lubricants out there, it’s hard to know what may be good for you, and what might not! That’s where I think this guide will come in handy and help give you some clarity this upcoming Valentine’s Day. 💖

When you’re looking to spice things up, go a little longer, or add a little deliciousness to your bedroom routine… we recommend using natural things with organic ingredients that will provide a nice slip without throwing off your inside ecosystem - products such as the Giddy Yoyo RAW LOVE BUTTER! 😍 Organic, Vegan, & Cruelty Free, this full body EDIBLE moisturizer melts effortlessly with the warmth of your body, and nourishes and hydrates the skin, and also smells and tastes like chocolate, making it a perfect pairing for Valentines Day.

Check out the full ingredient listing of this irresistibly sweet smelling, cocoa, vanilla bean flavoured, coconut oil, slippery goodness…

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Kyndle Doolan, Spa Director
Melasma + Hyper-pigmentation Damage, and How You Can Fix It!
Rachel Lamont
Melasma + Hyper-pigmentation Damage, and How You Can Fix It!
Rachel Lamont

Over the years I’ve had many clients come into my spa asking how to combat uneven pigmentation damage in the skin. So, I decided to put this little article together for anyone struggling with pigmentation problems. This particular article will provide you with some extra information on the pigmentation disorder called Melasma.

Hyper-pigmentation is caused by an overproduction of melanin in the skin. Melanin is produced by the melanocyte cell that lives in the skin. It is the melanocytes job to produce pigmentation to protect the DNA, as well as the physical structures of the skin. When skin, and more specifically melanocytes, feel that they are being over exposed to UV they start producing melanin. This melanin acts like little umbrellas to shield the skin cells from being damaged by UV. This is the process the skin goes through when we get a tan. In some cases, the melanin is produced in an uneven fashion and can show up as pigmentation or “sun spots” on the face. And in other cases, this process can go into hyper-drive, over-producing in certain areas - causing uneven, unwanted pigmentation blotches.

While not all pigmentation caused by melasma will always clear up with treatment, there are certainly things you can do to minimize the appearance of discoloration and prevent it from worsening. Read more to see how you can combat melasma and pigmentation damage!

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Rachel Lamont 
The Natural Art of Skin Care

No complicated routines. No one-size-fits-all advice. Just thoughtful education, professional insight, and a more natural approach to helping you put your best face forward, naturally. 🌿