This week’s forecast: Calm Skin Week
November is settling in — the days are shorter, the calendar is filling up, and the holiday rush is just around the corner. Here's what your esthetician wants you to know: your skin feels stress before you do. Breakouts, dullness, that tight, tired feeling — stress shows up on your face first. So this week, we're not adding anything new. We're slowing down, simplifying, and letting your skin catch its breath.
3 tips for the week
1. When your skin is stressed, simplify — don't add. A stressed-out barrier doesn't need a new active or a ten-step routine. This week, go back to the basics: a gentle cleanser, a good moisturizer, and SPF in the morning. Let your skin settle, then build back up.
2. For my melanin-rich beauties: stress breakouts heal slower when we pick at them — and picking is what leaves the dark marks that linger long after the breakout is gone. Hands off, spot-treat gently, and give your skin time to heal. Your glow is worth the patience.
3. Sleep is skincare. Seven to eight hours is when your skin does its repair work — cell turnover, moisture balance, all of it happens overnight. Keep your phone out of the bedroom if you can, swap to a satin pillowcase, and treat bedtime like the appointment it is.
Service spotlight: Signature Glow Mini-Facial
Sometimes the calmest thing you can do for your skin is put it in someone else's hands. My Signature Glow Mini-Facial is a reset in my chair — a deep cleanse, gentle exfoliation, a soothing mask, and a little massage to melt the week away. You leave with skin that looks rested, even when life hasn't let you rest. Book your chair time at lbakerglow.com.
Sunday ritual: The 25-Minute Calm Skin Reset
Tonight, give yourself twenty-five unhurried minutes. Start with a warm towel pressed gently over your face — just breathe for a moment. Cleanse slowly, moisturize while your skin is still a little damp, and light a candle. Then the phone goes down, the tea comes out, and the rest of the evening is yours. You will walk into Monday softer, calmer, and glowing.
Here's to a beautiful week. Glow boldly. — LaTonya
