Introducing Australia’s #1 Certified Organic Tan & Body Care Range

Slow Beauty is proud to offer clients a professional certified organic tanning service, with no artificial or synthetic ingredients.

Eco Tan’s Professional, Tanning and Body Care range is:

Certified Organic by the Organic Food Chain Australia, they are Accredited Toxic Free by Safe Cosmetics Australia
Vegan (tanning and body care range only)
Vegetarian (sunscreen)
Accredited by Choose Cruelty Free

Spray Tanning 101: What you need to know

Slow Beauty Eco Salon uses Eco Tan Professional Spray Tanning Solutions in Rich Honey (for drier skins, producing gold bronze tones) and Two (for oilier skins, producing deep earthy brown tones).

Eco Tan is Australia’s first certified organic professional tanning solution for face and body and combines a luxurious blend of aloe vera and grape skin extract to instantly nourish and replenish dry skin. Free from synthetic food dyes, this solution uses natural cacao to deliver the most beautiful golden bronze tan every time. Eco Tan:

develops over a period of 2+ hours
is non sticky and fast drying
is long lasting
is nourishing and super hydrating
fades gently and evenly
contains Eco Certified DHA
has been specially formulated to adapt to individual skin tones
Lasts for approximately 7-10 days
contains no artificial ingredients
has no fragrance added
contains an anti-cellulite ingredient and a free-radical scavenger to bring you the best possible treatment to your skin
continues to develop in to a deep tan the longer it is left on, choose between a 2-6 hour wash-off time

BEFORE YOUR SPRAY TAN SESSION
The most important thing before getting a spray tan is to exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate. Exfoliating before a spray tan will greatly improve the quality of your tan and will ensure that the spray tanning solution applies evenly.
Pay particular attention to the dry areas of your body like your elbows and knees as well as the ankles and your feet. If your feet and toes are extra dry you can apply a little moisturiser to these areas just before your spray tan and this will stop a lot of the spray tan solution sticking to all the dry skin and making them look much darker.
Exfoliating will also make your tan last longer and fade more evenly as it removes any excess dead skin cells and leaves you with soft, fresh skin.
I recommend using the Extreme Exfoliant Glove and Pink Himalayan Salt Scrub to prepare the skin prior to tanning for best results.
Extra spray tan tip: Shaving is best done between 8 and 24 hours prior to your spray tan and waxing must be done at least 24 hours prior.

TO YOUR SPRAY TAN SESSION
Do not wear any moisturiser or deodorant, make-up or perfume to your spray tanning session.
The first hour is the most crucial because this is when most of the tan develops so our garments are the perfect solution for you.
Whilst your tan is developing avoid any activity that would cause sweating as this could result in lines and uneven tanning.

AFTER SPRAY TAN CARE AND MAINTENANCE
When you are ready to shower, wash with a mild moisturising shower gel, preferably SLS free. Normal soaps can often be a little harsh and strip the skin and in doing so remove your tan a lot quicker. I recommend using Eco Tan’s Foaming Body Wash or Coconut & Mint Body Wash, available from Slow Beauty Eco Salon. Always pat your skin dry, do not rub the skin.
The most important thing after a spray tan is to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. This will greatly improve the life and the look of your spray tan. I recommend Eco Tan’s Coconut Body Milk to extend the life of your tan.
Extra spray tan tip: Swimming in chlorinated pools may contribute to your spray tan fading quicker than normal.

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September 13, 2017November 9, 2023

The 3 main differences between waxing and sugaring

Sugaring unwanted facial and body hair requires an entirely different mindset and approach from waxing. For instance, did you know…

1. Alexandria Professional Sugaring products do not adhere to live skin cells…?

This is one of the major differences between sugaring and waxing. Wax products are made of resins that adhere to skin cells. Because wax sticks to any surface it is applied to, pulling it away causes unwarranted pain. Alexandria Professional® sugaring products never adhere to live skin cells on bodies, faces, or legs. Therefore, when it is removed, it only gently exfoliates dead skin cells, leaving behind silky smooth skin.

Additionally, because Alexandria Professional sugaring paste is all-natural and water-soluble, it can be easily rinsed away if needed.

2. Did you know that the Alexandria Professional Sugaring Technique extracts hair in its natural direction of growth?

When waxing, you remove the hair against the natural direction of growth causing undue levels of pain. With Alexandria Professional®’s sugaring method, you only remove the hair in the natural direction of the hair growth. Plus, through the Alexandria sugaring application technique, the sugar paste seeps into the hair follicle. This helps lubricate the hair root regardless of whether it’s on the legs or anywhere else.

These two facts alone make a world of difference in comfort. This is especially important for those of us who have suffered in the past with waxing in sensitive areas.

3. Alexandria Professional sugaring is performed at body temperature.

Alexandria Professional® advanced sugar pastes adhere to the hair, not the skin, and lubricate the root for easier extraction from the follicle. Combined with hair removal in the natural direction of growth, AP sugaring means a much more comfortable experience for everyone.

Alexandria Professional Certification — Natalie has been sugaring with Alexandria Professional since 2014 and is a certified Alexandria Professional Advanced Technique Practitioner

What’s so great about Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring?

Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring and Full Circle Of Skin Conditioning Treatments will…

eliminate ingrown hair
prevent new ingrown hair
extract all hair colours and textures
successfully treat all skin types and colours
improve the skin’s tone and texture
treat various skin problems such as keratosis, eczema, psoriasis, etc…

Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring will not…

burn the skin
damage the dermal cells
“pit” the delicate facial skin cells
scar the follicle mouth or surrounding area
promote cross-contamination
cause unnecessary discomfort
cause ingrown hair

Slow Beauty Eco Salon is a certified Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring Advanced Technique Accredited Salon. You can also find out more about Alexandria Professional Body Sugaring, or view Slow Beauty’s Body Sugaring Menu.

The Full Circle of Skin Conditioning will ensure your skin has never looked better and give you optimal results from your sugaring treatments

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August 9, 2017November 10, 2023

The top five causes of dry, dehydrated skin

Intrinsic Ageing
Intrinsic ageing, also known as healthy aging, is the normal process of physical change over time that is more about genetics than lifestyle. (Livestyle-induced aging is known as premature aging.) This process begins in our mid-20s, but, unlike premature aging induced by external factors, does not begin to show on our faces until decades later.

Dry, dehydrated skin is common in older skin since the activity of the sebaceous glands in the skin tends to decrease with age and the skin’s natural hydration declines over the years. Aging also may cause blood flow to the skin to fall, causing a drop in sebum production.

Over-cleansing
The loss of existing sebum (oil) is commonly caused by excessive bathing or showering, scrubbing, or the use of harsh soaps that dissolve the protective layer of sebum. Oftentimes, dry skin can affect the hands, as those in health care or food preparation must frequently wash to rid their hands of potential germs.

Cold Weather and Low Humidity
Cold winds and low temperatures can dry out your skin, depriving it of balanced levels of sebum (oil) that keep the skin lubricated. Without these oils, skin becomes dry, and is more prone to premature aging because of the lack of protective oils.

The Sun
The sun can also contribute to dry skin. Although many people only complain of dryness in the winter, others experience dry skin in the summer. Prolonged exposure to the sun causes water to evaporate from the skin, which is why skin that has been recently tanned or burned often requires more moisturisation than areas that were not exposed.

While many of us are responsible enough to apply sunscreen at the beach or when we’re spending a long time outdoors, there is still not enough understanding that cumulative exposure to the sun can also cause extensive damage. A fifteen-minute walk outside and an occasional lunch outdoors can add up to dry, damaged skin, and of course, skin cancer. And even if you don’t see pink or red skin after being in the sun, that doesn’t mean the damage hasn’t been done.

Summer activities, such as swimming, can also contribute to dryness, as chlorine in pools and salt in ocean water cause skin irritation.

Lifestyle

Nutritionists say that those surviving on a litany of diet sodas and fat-free fad food items are missing out on vital, skin-friendly essential fatty acids (EFA) and fat-soluble vitamins. (And don’t forget that fat-free foods often substitute sugar with artificial sweeteners that can cause skin sensitivity).

An EFA deficiency can result in skin problems such as chronic itching, dryness, scaling and thinning, and lead to an imbalance in prostaglandins (prostaglandins are chemical messengers that do many things, such as control inflammation). The lack of “good” fats in our diets could also be contributing to the increase in the percentage of the population that suffers from psoriasis, eczema and dandruff.

A deficiency of the mineral Zinc, which plays a key role in wound healing and in the metabolism of fatty acids and vitamin A can also affect the integrity of the skin.

Smoking can also have a drying effect on the skin, as smoking inhibits the body’s ability to provide oxygen and nutrients to the skin. Smoking drains the skin (and the body) of vitamins A and C and restricts blood vessels (which equates to less blood flow) – meaning smoking is somewhat like suffocating skin from the inside. And, medications (such as nasal decongestants) can also contribute to dry skin.

Proper treatment for results

You can take many steps to help prevent or lessen the discomfort associated with dry, dehydrated skin. Professional skin treatments coupled with the right lifestyle choices are great ways to begin treating and relieving dry skin.

An effective skin treatment for dry skin will include exfoliation to help prep skin to receive nourishing ingredients, the use of emollients and hydration to replenish skin, and vitamins to help smooth skin, stimulate collagen production and increase skin’s natural protective barrier.

Exfoliation helps remove dulling skin cells while improving the penetration of beneficial ingredients.
Emollients (such as Shea Butter) will help maintain soft, smooth, pliable skin and will act as a lubricant, helping to reduce flaking and moisture loss while improving appearance.
It has been scientifically proven that topically-applied vitamins do improve the health of the skin. Vitamin A helps inhibit collagen breakdown while stimulating collagen production for more plump-looking skin, Vitamin B5 aids in wound healing and Vitamin E is an antioxidant that provides barrier protection while smoothing skin.

August 2, 2017November 10, 2023

Why is my skin so dry?

Dry, dehydrated skin can be a temporary problem – one you experience only in winter, for example – or a lifelong concern.

Dry skin, also called xerosis, is a very common problem in modern life, affecting people of all ages, even infants. Scientists agree – because of a sharp decline in the Stratum corneum lipids (lipids are fats that are essential for the structure and function of living cells), especially the significant drop in ceramides (one of the more important structural components of the lipid barrier), by the time we reach age 40, our skin will almost certainly be dry and/or dehydrated.

However, some people experience the trials of a dry skin condition before they reach this time in their life. An increasingly stressful lifestyle coupled with continual exposure to the sun, wind and chemicals in the environment contribute to dry, dehydrated skin in people of all ages.

What is dry, dehydrated skin?

Dry skin, or slipped skin, generally refers to skin that is lacking oil, whereas dehydrated skin is characterised by the lack of moisture in the Stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the epidermis. Typically, cells that comprise the deepest layers of the epidermis have about 80% water content, while cells of the Stratum corneum are about 10% water. Anything below 10% is perceived as dehydrated.

Both dry and dehydrated skin is often irritated, inflamed and itchy, and it is generally worse in areas with relatively few sebaceous (oil) glands such as the arms, legs and torso, as well as the cheeks and eye area.

There is also a widespread misconception that dehydrated skin is the opposite of oily skin. “Dehydrated” refers to lack of moisture (not a lack of oil), while “oily” refers to levels of sebum or oil on skin. While adequate sebum does help maintain water levels on skin, oily skin can be dehydrated. Dehydrated skin may lack water only in the outermost layers of the epidermis while maintaining normal levels in the deeper layers.

Other symptoms of dry skin can include a feeling of tightness or tautness, especially after showering, bathing or swimming, skin that feels and looks rough rather than smooth, slight to severe flaking or scaling, fine lines, cracks that can sometimes bleed, and severe redness.

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June 27, 2017October 13, 2022

What is Body Sugaring?

Slow Beauty Eco Salon is dedicated to providing healthy, natural solutions to your beauty concerns. We strive to work with our clients to resolve any skin concerns and improve the overall condition of their skin, which is why we only use the best professionally available products on the market today.

“Is there really a difference between waxing and sugaring?” Yes, quite a bit!

WHAT IS BODY SUGARING EPILATION?

Professional Body Sugaring Skin Epilation is a safe, gentle and effective solution to hair extraction for women, men and children. Advanced Body Sugaring Epilation offers numerous unique and diverse benefits.

The most important advantage is very fundamental: the Alexandria technique and sugar paste formulation extracts the hair in its natural direction of growth while the hair is still in the early growth stage (Anagen stage). This eliminates hair breakage, unnecessary discomfort, irritation and ingrown hairs while exfoliating dry skin cells.

Advantages of Body Sugaring

Pure and Natural Ingredients

Sugaring paste is made from NATURAL INGREDIENTS with no testing on animals and with no harmful side effects caused by allergic reactions. It is so natural you can EAT it!

It Is Not As Hot

The Advanced Sugaring Paste is applied at body temperature making it safe for all areas. It is even safe for spider veins and varicose veins.

It Is Easier To Clean Up

Sugar can be easily cleaned up with water – from both client and clothing. Guests will never feel sticky after treatments.

It Will Not Stick To The Skin

Sugar cannot stick to live skin cells. Live cells are wet, and because sugar is water soluble, it will not adhere to live skin cells.

It Is Environmentally Friendly

The Advanced Sugar Paste can be used over and over on different parts of the body and is discarded after each treatment. It is never used on any other person and the sugar breaks down in landfill with exposure to water. Wax requires constant dipping for each strip applied and the spatulas, used wax and strips never break down.

It Never Dries

Sugar will not dry, so an entire area can be worked over without ever having to walk back to the sugar warmer to dip a spatula or retrieve a strip. Most waxes must be removed immediately before they dry, making the process longer than necessary.

It Will Not Break As Many Hairs

Using the Alexandria Professional Advanced Sugaring Technique, the paste wraps around the hair shaft making it pliable, while seeping below the mouth of the follicle and lubricating the hair to make the extraction more complete and gentle. The hair is eased out of the follicle only in the natural direction of growth, which helps to extract the hair intact. Because of the direction of extraction, the guest feels little, if any, discomfort.

Can Extract Very Short Hairs

The Advanced Sugaring Technique requires less than 1/16 inch or four to seven days of growth, after shaving. Wax products require at least two to three weeks of growth before treatment when a client is shaving.

Leads To Permanency

After a number of treatments, the hair follicle begins to deplete. The hair grows more refined each time. Because sugar can extract the shortest hair, it is possible to extract hair in the early anagen phase, which can lead to permanency. You will see superior results after just a few treatments.

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