How to Find a Great Esthetician

You may be surprised to learn that finding a great esthetician is harder than you think.

ou may be surprised to learn that finding a great esthetician is harder than you think. Some people won’t even refer you to their esthetician for fear of their skin guru getting booked up. In every city, town, and neighborhood, there are skin therapists waiting to help you with your skin, it’s just a matter of finding them. You may even try a few before you commit to one, but it is worth every phone call, every inquiry, and every bit of leg work to find “the one”.

	Skincare is as important as brushing your teeth.

Ask For Recommendations

Ask around! You will eventually find at least a couple friends, colleagues, or family members who are willing to share their secret. Take them out to lunch, buy them movie tickets, make a promise not to take their estheticians most desired times, and swear not to tell anyone—do whatever it takes to get them to spill the beans!

The benefits of word of mouth include:

• Seeing the facialist’s work for yourself since you are staring her work right in the face—literally, your friend’s face.
• Hearing the ins and outs of the treatments she gets.
• Knowing firsthand how well the esthetician performs extractions, massage, and skin analysis.

Turn to the Internet

When word of mouth doesn’t pan out, you can always turn to the Internet with so many Websites including reader comments and user reviews. This is another great way to hear firsthand what a place is like. Sometimes, users mention estheticians by name in their reviews—seek out a facialist from those reviews.

Make sure the place is reputable. Large spa supercenters are sometimes not a good place to get a facial, which should be an intimate and personal treatment. Someone will be touching your face. And if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Plan on spending a good amount of money to get a great treatment. There are a lot of professional and pharmaceutical grade products involved. Skincare is not a bargain.

How to Interview an Esthetician

Walk around your neighborhood or town center. Walk into places and ask to speak to the esthetician. Here are some questions you can ask:

• How long have you been an esthetician?
• Have you worked anywhere else?
• Do you have advanced training? If so, what classes have you taken?
• What product lines do you use?
• What is your opinion on nature/organic versus the science of skincare?
• What is your overall philosophy on skincare?
• Do you do extractions? Do you use your fingers and/or a comedone extractor?
• What would you say is your specialty?
• Do you use steam and/or hot towels? Machines?
• What do you use to exfoliate: enzymes, AHA, both?

Since you are in the neighborhood, you might even ask—politely, of course—if you can see her room. Is it clean? (It better be.) What vibe does it give off? First impressions are everything!

Skincare is as important as brushing your teeth. There are so many combatants internally and externally that we are being inflicted with at every turn. All they want to do is damage our skin. Make sure you arm yourself with the right facialist so she can help protect the only skin you have!