Beauty All Around is a popular Nail & Beauty Studio. We have a great sense of pride in our experienced & professional beauty consultants, the quality of our treatments & the products we use. With our relaxing environment we are sure you will enjoy your experience with us.

Glossary

We hope you find our glossary of beauty terms useful. Our clients often ask us about the techniques we use & the history of some of those techniques; so we have outlined some of the beauty techniques used at Beauty All Around.

Aromatherapy

The use of plant oils, including essential oils, for psychological & physical well-being. Plant Oils contain a variety of healing & soothing properties & are chosen to suite the individual needs of clients.

Collagen

Collagen is the most important building block in the animal world; it is the tie that binds the animal kingdom together. Life is a string of complex molecules: polymers. Nature's most abundant protein polymer is collagen, making up over 33% our body's protein & 75% of our skin.

Collagen acts as a scaffolding for our bodies. It controls cell shape & differentiation. It helps broken bones regenerate & wounds heal & promotes healthy blood vessels to feed areas that are in need of healing. It is the fibrous protein constituent of skin, cartilage, bone, & other connective tissue.

Essential Oils

Essential oils are valuable substances extracted from plants through distillation. They enhance life by bringing the physical, emotional, & spiritual aspects of your being into balance. Applied through various methods, they help restore health & well-being.

Exfoliation

Dirt, pollution, make-up, & dead skin cells can make your skin dry &/or oily. Pores become clogged & can result in premature ageing. Regular, gentle exfoliation removes build-up. Exfoliation coaxes the skin to rejuvenate itself as nature intended.

The key to effective exfoliation (& to your skin's long-term health & beauty) is to preserve the natural, protective oils of the top layer while keeping intact the critical lower layers, where 70 percent of the sustaining collagen fibers reside.

Kaolin

A natural clay that has cleansing & drawing qualities.

Lipolysis

Before fat can be burned it must be broken down to free fatty acids & glycerol. This process is called lipolysis.

Lymph Drainage

The lymphatic system has a vital role in our bodies. It clears out toxins, regulates & strengthens the immune system to protect the body from infection. It reduces swelling, promotes younger appearance & a general healthy well-being. It transports nutrients to cells & eliminates metabolic waste, toxins & excess fluid from the body.

It encourages stimulation of the lymphatic system. It is a very specific technique used in manual body massage therapy.

Lymphatic drainage is a very effective way of detoxing the body plus stimulating vital immune defences.

Shea Butter

Shea Butter Moisturises & Heals

Because of its skin care & healing properties, Shea butter has been used for centuries by healers in parts of Africa. It is a wild growing tree that takes 40 to 50 years to mature & produces tiny, almond-like fruit from which Shea butter is extracted. Shea butter"s high content of vitamins A, E & F will provide your skin with the essential elements it needs for good skin balance

Shea Butter absorbs quickly into the skin to give an even skin tone without the harsh effects of chemicals. Shea Butter is good for stretch marks, dry skin, cracked heels & more. Shea Butter has many uses. Shea Butter improves the quality of skin & hair.

It is hypo-allergenic & can be used on very sensitive skin.

Shea butter is used for the treatment of dry & wrinkled skin, sunburns, scars, skin irritations, cold sores, stretch marks, itching, nappy rash, eczema, burns, dermatitis & skin discolourations. It soothes & heals skin after shaving or waxing. It moisturises, revitalises & softens your skin to bring back its elasticity without being greasy.

Thalassotherapy

The healing properties of sea water & the marine l&scape have, for centuries, been well known. Thalassotherapy is a recognised technique that utilises healing properties & qualities found in the sea water & plant life.

At the start of the Twentieth century Rene' Quinton studied & compared the elements which are in the sea & in blood plasma.

These studies exposed an important characteristic of the human skin which, especially at a certain temperature & humidity, becomes a very good vehicle for the exchange between sea water & blood.

Sea water is rich in potassium, magnesium, iodine & other substances which pass through the skin, via osmosis, reaching the blood cells. This stimulates & regenerates numerous functions.

It can help prevent & treat allergies, bone diseases, circulatory problems & ease breathing difficulties.

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