Skin Specialist Caci Thompson, Owner of Toccare (Italian
for ‘Touch’), joined us on Nov. 5 to talk about skin care and looking great. Caci has spent 14 years in the
industry working at various salons and spas including Carmen! Carmen! and Jeffre
Scott. She has been able to grow and
learn about the skin care industry and learn about different brands.
- Be realistic about what you is going to change
- Skin care is personal
- Skin care is unique
- Skin care needs to be customized to fit your life style, it shouldn’t cause irritation and should should feel pampered and good afterwards.
The main difference between expensive and less expensive skin
care? Less expensive care uses lower quantity active ingredients and it's of lower quality overall.
Why you should consider organic:
- 60 percent of what you put on your skin is absorbed into your body.
- There are 10,000 chemical ingredients found in cosmetics. Use www.ewg.org to check out the chemicals in your favorite brands. It will rate the safety of each item on a scale of 1-10.
A few especially worrisome ingredients:
- Retinol for Anti-Aging – It can be in the form of Retin A, and it takes the outer layer of skin off, causing your skin to overcompensate and produce more oil and hair. It can also cause hyper pigmentation of the skin and make it more sensitive.
- Hydroquinone for skin lightening – it is a known carcinogen and OUTLAWED in Europe. To help lighten skin, Caci recommends a good exfoliation instead.
For a skin care routine, she recommends you invest in a
ritual you enjoy, Be Decisive and Stay Committed to your plan of action.
Her recommended skin care routine in order of importance:
- Cleanser at night – something designed for your skin type, all skin types can use Cetaphil
- Moisturize – to protect the skin, she recommends one without SPF – during the day use a separate SPF
- Exfoliate – depending on your skin type anywhere from 1-2 times a week for sensitive to 3-4 for more oily. Two types, manual (where you do the scrubbing) or dissolving where the reaction does the dissolving (usually includes fruits and veggies)
- Eye Cream or Serum – this is where you want to spend your money – if you use a serum for your face you don’t need a separate eye cream.
- Mask – weekly to address and target what you dislike about your skin. Do it when you are doing something else, like cleaning up or reading a magazine.
- Toners – less important and used to balance our your skin
Caci has been using skin balms to wash her face at night, it
melts in your hands and removes make up and dirt.
She recommends a facial when the seasons change but if you
can only do 1 she recommends doing it in the fall.
As you complete your ritual at night give yourself time to
think about the things you appreciate. Appreciate
yourself and the good things in life.
Happy people have the prettiest skin
Caci did an awesome giveaway: Jill Jones won the facial and Claire Lukens won the brow
waxing!!
Find Caci at The Villa, 715 Providence Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207. Phone: 704-562-1912, Email: caci@toccare.net or go to www.toccare.net Hours are Wed-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-2, Mon and
Tues by appointment.
A big thank you to Joanna Feltovich for taking these notes, and Leslie Lowery for taking these photographs!
