Embracing Personalized Skincare
Nurturing Your Skin for Holistic Well-being
In a world where well-being is an individual journey, personalized skincare emerges as an essential component. It’s not just about external beauty, but about understanding and nurturing the guest’s skin in a way that reflects their inner health and overall well-being.
The first step in this transformative approach is identifying the skin type: dry, oily, combination, sensitive, or normal. Each has unique needs that require specific attention. Once a therapist understands the guest’s skin, they can create a conscious routine that adapts to their habits and environment. A personalized skincare routine is about creating a daily ritual that allows guests to connect with themselves and respond to their skin’s needs. Essential steps include:
• Gentle cleansing: removes impurities without altering the skin’s natural barrier.
• Balancing toning: restores pH level and refreshes the skin.
• Exfoliation: eliminates dead cells and stimulates cell renewal (1-2 times per week).
• Concentrated serum: treats specific problems such as blemishes, wrinkles, or dehydration.
• Eye contour: hydrates and protects the delicate skin around the eyes.
• Hydration: maintains skin protection and elasticity.
• Sun protection: the most important step to prevent premature aging and sun damage.
Remember, a skincare routine should not be an obligation, but a moment for the guest. Listen to the skin, adjust the products as the skin changes, and encourage guests to enjoy each step as part of their holistic well-being.
At MAROMA SPA BY GUERLAIN, we combine science and nature for personalized skincare. Abeille Royale, with pure honeys, rejuvenates the skin, while Orchidée Impériale combats aging at the cellular level. Discover comprehensive well-being with transformative results.
By Rosa Santana
Spa Manager, Maroma Spa by Guerlain
www.belmond.com
Facial Morphology
The Science Behind Truly Personalized Treatments
Customizing treatments is not an option: it is a responsibility. The effectiveness of a treatment depends not only on the products or techniques used, but also on the ability to observe the face as a whole, beyond the skin. In this context, facial bone morphology becomes an essential tool for understanding the deep architecture of the face and adapting each intervention.
Understanding bone structure allows us to anticipate how soft tissues are distributed, aging patterns, and areas prone to flaccidity, fluid retention, or loss of volume. Working on a triangular-shaped face is not the same as working on a square or elongated face; each bone shape requires a different technical approach.
Elongated or triangular faces typically have fine musculature, little volume, and a tendency toward devitalization, with pronounced lines, expression folds, and cracked skin, poor fluid retention, and weak microcirculation, limiting oxygenation and tissue nutrition. Manual vascular microstimulation reactivates blood flow, slow friction with nourishing active ingredients restores the lipid barrier, while myoactivating maneuvers provide tone without causing hypertrophy. In contrast, oval or hexagonal faces have well-irrigated tissues and strong musculature, but are prone to lymphatic congestion and progressive flaccidity. These benefit from lymphatic drainage to eliminate toxins, ascending myostructural maneuvers to reposition volume, and rhythmic neurovascular pressure to balance circulatory hyperactivity.
Morphological observation enables more precise maneuvers, adjusting intensity, and treating each face individually. This optimizes results, avoids unnecessary interventions, and supports the person’s natural evolution. Thus, personalization becomes a practice rooted in science and aesthetic sensitivity. A well-founded facial treatment does not seek to transform, but rather to reveal the harmony that already exists in every face.
By Yvette Pons
Founder and Director, Yvette Pons Training
www.yvetteponstraining.com
