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VSOTO Skin: Luxury Skincare For All!

May 6, 2022

I fell in love with VSOTO Ageless Exotic Glow Crème when it was applied during my facial at OleHenriksen recently. I was thrilled to try the rest of line and sharing below all the goodies from this line.

For too long, luxury spa skincare has been reserved for just the privileged few. At VSOTO, they are on a mission to create inclusive and intentional skin rituals that deliver the decadence of a $600 treatment to your bathroom counter. 

Their products are formulated for all people, no matter your gender, skin type, or skin tone. Behind every formula is a simple creed: revolutionary beauty experiences are powered by nature, made for everyone, and created to bring joy to your everyday routines.

With VSOTO you get professional spa results at home. Every product is a spa treatment in a jar, pairing nature’s most precious botanicals and exotic essential oils with science-backed actives to transform your skin.

VSOTO Ageless Exotic Glow Crème – $125 

The ultimate anti-aging moisturizer for that post exotic vacation glow! 

This is the ultimate anti-aging crème. Infused with exotic essential oils and powerful actives, this crème will give you that post exotic vacation glow. Helps to visibly plump, firm and provide deep hydration. Skin is left looking luminous and restored.

VSOTO Calming Cloud Crème – $95  

Restores sensitive skin leaving it softer, smoother and hydrated!

This velvety-rich crème helps restore sensitive skin, leaving it visibly softer, smoother, and hydrated. Packed with calming essential oils and powerful actives, this nurturing treatment soothes redness and helps to renew healthy looking skin.

VSOTO Hydrating Glow Crème – $90

Eliminates dryness, replenishes skin’s moisture and minimizes wrinkles!

This luxurious crème works to eliminate dryness, deeply replenish skin’s moisture and minimize the look of fine lines, wrinkles and sagging skin. Packed with hydrating essential oils and powerful actives, this treatment crème will leave skin feeling replenished, supple and soft.

VSOTO Purifying Transformation Crème – $90

Delivers purification, light exfoliation while hydrating skin!

This multi-tasking crème delivers purification, light exfoliation and pore refining benefits, all while deeply hydrating without stripping the skin of its natural oils. Packed with balancing essential oils and powerful actives, this treatment crème will leave skin feeling clear, soft and with a gorgeous glow.

VSOTO is paraben-free, cruelty-free, and made in the U.S.!

About the Founder of VSOTO: Vance Soto

“Coming from a working-class Latino family, I got my start in the spa industry like a lot of people with humble beginnings: wiping sweat off tanning beds at my local salon when I was in high school. But what started with a not-so-glamorous job led me to my professional calling. As a spa manager, I designed treatments for some of the largest day spas in California and ran a medical facility with the latest lasers, chemical peels, and injectable treatments. After becoming a spa owner, I traveled around the world to study everything from time-honored treatments to cutting-edge medspa technology. Today, my luxury face spa in LA is an oasis beloved by the world’s most recognizable faces for its highly innovative treatments. 

VSOTO is the result of everything I’ve learned over two decades of studying spa culture: a deep commitment to clean and natural ingredients, expertise in spa technology, and my personal belief that taking care of your skin is easier when you have products you look forward to using every single day.”

Vance has been featured in the press via Huffington PostINC.Mental Floss + many more!  

WIN THE BOARD’S BEAUTY ON DEMAND HOLIDAY BAG!

December 13, 2021

After the incredible success of THE BOARD’s first BEAUTY ON DEMAND campaign in September, POSTMATES & UBER EATS has asked THE BOARD to curate a follow-up bag for HOLIDAY. This bag is EVERYTHING. And I mean, top-quality, real-deal elevated skin and beauty products. And now, we are giving away one to one lucky winner!!

The Beauty On Demand Bag is curated by the Beauty experts at THE BOARD and includes 17 cult brands such as C & The Moon, MERIT, Playa, and SolaWave. Covering Santa Monica to Silverlake, the bags are express delivered from the Beverly Center and The Glen Centre, in a Limited Edition Citizens of Humanity tote which is the coolest tote you’ll ever have.

Valued at $850, (which is totally obvious upon digging into it) The Beauty On Demand bag is available exclusively through Postmates and Uber Eats for only $199, featuring 18 hero products from these Brands You Need To Gift.  Or keep for yourself—no judgment. Seriously, NO JUDGMENT. Just treat yourself. Now.

Goodies in this curated holiday bag:

  • Ambari PM Active12® Serum
  • Bite Fresh Mint Toothpaste Bits
  • C & The Moon Malibu Made Body Scrub
  • Darya Hope (Dh) Volcanic Mineral Daily Face Polish
  • epi.logic Eye Contact 360 Night Repair Cream
  • Heales Apothecary Fascia Brush
  • Josie Maran Whipped Argan Pro-Retinol Body Butter
  • Merit Day Glow Highlighting Balm in Bounce
  • Milk & Honey Everything Oil & Lip Butter
  • Murchison-Hume Superlative Hand Soap in Australian White Grapefruit
  • oHHo Dream Cream
  • Petite’ n Pretty Talk Sweet Travel Size 10K Shine Lip Gloss Trio
  • Playa Healing Hair Masque
  • Sara Happ The Lip Scrub
  • Skylar Vanilla Sky Candle
  • Smudge Wellness The Smudge Key to Spiritual Wellness
  • SolaWave Advanced Skincare Wand with Red Light Therapy

Here’s the deal – the bag is available while stocks last.

It’s ideal for any last-minute holiday gift guides and is perfect for shopping procrastinators or anyone whose purchases may have been impacted by shipping delays.  Think shopping for 15+ people in one go without ever having to leave your house!

Want to try and WIN one? Here’s your chance!

Simply follow @_theboard and @groomedla for a chance to win.

Inside the Acne Bootcamp to the Stars like Miley Cyrus

September 20, 2021

If you’ve ever wondered how celebrities and mega influencers like Miley Cyrus, The Weeknd and Blair Imani fix their severe acne breakouts, I found your answer. 

It’s Face Reality’s Acne Bootcamp.  With over a 90% success rate, celebrities and acne sufferers nationwide rely on this customized acne program to clear their skin. Here is a breakdown of what clients can expect during the program.

I could not wait to take my teen to see Zaida’s studio, Skintegrity, at her cute little studio over in Glendale, where she follows this Face Reality Acne Bootcamp protocol, that WORKS!

During the initial consultation, the Zaida, evaluated Aria’s skin – and discussed all possible acne triggers such as hormones, digestive system, stress levels, diet, medications, cosmetics and lifestyle. 

Her facial was next level – Aria has had many facials to address her teen acne and all have left her a MESS. Zaida treated Aria with extra care while doing a supremely thorough extraction portion. For the first time, Aria’s skin has totally cleared up – IN A WEEK – after the facial and using the products Zaida outlined for her protocol. She is glowing and more important HAPPY!!!

We are definitely going back and Zaida is Aria’s new facialist. Now of course I cannot wait to get it for myself. While I don’t have acne, many women my age have massive hormonal issues, and I can certainly use a facial from an expert who knows what they are doing. As far as I’m concerned, being trained as an acne specialist prepares you for everything.

SKINTEGRITY
116 E. Broadway
Glendale CA 91205
(424) 256-9299
Suite 204 (@nd floor)

Check out the treatments here

The 411 on the Acne Bootcamp to the Stars:
  • After the consultation, clients will receive a customized skincare regimen and treatment plan. Face Reality products are pharmaceutical-grade, designed specifically for acne-prone skin, with different strengths for all levels of acne. Expert guidance is given on how to use the products to ensure skin is not getting irritated.

  • The actual professional acne treatments are customized for the condition of the skin at the time of treatment. Sometimes the skin will need hydration and other times you will need corrective peels to facilitate the clearing of your acne and dark spots. They will perform extractions at every treatment so your skin clears more quickly.

  • Depending on the severity of your acne, it typically takes 3-4 months to get clear. Many people see a noticeable difference in their acne within the first two months.

The amazing Zaida below who I love love love…

 

More details about Zaida’s Face Reality Acne Bootcamp HERE!

Some intense before and after’s of the Face Reality Acne Bootcamp:

The skincare for the protocol – it is WORKING.

Mila Moursi Spa

July 2, 2021

Heavenly facial at Mila Moursi Spa.

It is ALL about the Mila Moursi’s famous technique of dry contouring and sculpting to lift and firm the face, neck, and décolleté. This is next level on every level. It naturally smooths, contours, and tightens skin while increasing circulation, stimulating cellular renewal, and encouraging a radiant, rosy glow.

Mila Moursi is the skincare legend behind the most beautiful people in the world. Hollywood royalty’s best-kept secret, Mila opened her West-Hollywood-based spa, the Mila Moursi Skin Care Institute & Day Spa, in 1981. She welcomes A-listers from across the globe as well as clients from all walks of life who swear by her innovative techniques and luxury products.

Mila’s passion began in Paris where she studied cosmetic chemistry as a disciple of Dr. Louis Renaud, a renowned French chemist who created many of the luxurious and timeless formulas of the great prestige skin care houses from all over the world. She moved to the United States at a young age to share this unique knowledge and passion for improving the health and beauty of her clients.

Building upon her training in aesthetics and cosmetic chemistry, Mila invented dry contouring and sculpting massage (now widely copied), her signature high performance technique for building the facial muscles, while sculpting and highlighting the face’s natural bone structure, which provides a health conscious alternative to often misused botox and fillers.

Constantly innovating to provide her clients with the most state-of-the-art ingredients and techniques in the world, Mila travels frequently to research the latest technologies and developments, inventing exciting product formulations and continuing to pioneer new frontiers in skincare.

SIGNATURE TREATMENTS

FACE TREATMENTS

  • CLASSIC EUROPEAN FACIAL

    60 MINUTES: $200
    Gateway to beautiful skin, this classic cleansing facial removes impurities, deeply hydrates, and balances tone, keeping skin supple, oxygenated, and well-nourished. Regular facials are recommended in order to maintain results and prevent future skin issues.
  • SIGNATURE REJUVENATION TREATMENT

    75 MINUTES: $300
    This unique facial rejuvenation treatment features Mila Moursi’s own technique of dry contouring and sculpting to lift and firm without the use of machines. Naturally smooths, contours, and tightens skin while increasing circulation, stimulating cellular renewal, and encouraging a radiant, rosy glow. Firms and lifts the face, neck, and décolleté, while potent serums, creams, and mask improve elasticity, firmness, and a flawless radiance. Regular treatments are recommended in order to help keep skin looking firm, tight, and lifted.
  • INTENSIVE REJUVENATION TREATMENT

    75 MINUTES: $400 / SERIES OF 6: $2,190
    This treatment features Mila Moursi’s own technique of dry contouring and sculpting to lift and firm the face, neck, and décolleté. Naturally smooths, contours, and tightens skin while increasing circulation, stimulating cellular renewal, and encouraging a radiant, rosy glow. Includes one supplemental corrective treatment, according to personalized skin condition, while potent serums, creams, and masks improve elasticity, firmness, and a flawless radiance. For lasting effects, this treatment is recommended as a series.
  • L’OPTIMAL

    90 MINUTES: $550/ SERIES OF 6: $3,000

    This treatment combines the best in manual techniques and state of the art, advanced technology to bring you the best results.It features Mila Moursi’s technique of dry contouring and sculpting to lift and firm the face, neck, and décolleté. Naturally smooths, contours, and tightens skin while increasing circulation, stimulating cellular renewal, and encouraging a radiant, rosy glow

  • ENDYMED RADIO FREQUENCY FACIAL TIGHTENING

    60 MIN OR LESS: $350/ SERIES OF 6: $1,800 (FACE)
    60 MIN OR LESS: $400/ SERIES OF 6: $2,100 (FACE & NECK)

BODY TREATMENTS

  • FULL BODY MASSAGE

    60 MINUTES: $165 / 90 MINUTES: $225
    De-stressing massage sends the entire body into a state of profound relaxation. Firm, therapeutic massage strokes melt away tension, reduce muscle fatigue, and stimulate microcirculation while encouraging well-being for the body, mind, and soul.
  • BODY DETOX & WELLNESS TREATMENT

    120 MINUTES: $375 / SERIES OF 6: $2100

    Wellness starts here.Detoxifying and skin conditioning body restoration program begins with a detoxifying treatment that promotes sweating impurities and toxins out of the system. Treatment includes a customized lymphatic drainage massage and G5 massaging machine to increase the detoxifying process, target cellulite, and enhance body firmness. Lymphatic drainage, sweating, and improved circulation lead to a visibly smoother, more contoured silhouette.

  • VACUODERMIE & PRESSOTHERAPY CELLULITE TREATMENT

    60 MINUTES: $350 / SERIES OF 6: $1,800
    90 MINUTES WITH MASSAGE $400/ SERIES OF 6: $2100
    Cellulite-targeted treatment is designed to smooth, firm, and slim body contours by stimulating circulation, improving lymphatic drainage, and facilitating the flow of nutrients to problem areas. Transformative treatment includes Vacuodermie, Pressotherapy, and lymphatic drainage massage.
  • RADIO FREQUENCY

    45 MINUTES: $250 / SERIES OF 6: $1350
    90 MINUTES WITH MASSAGE: $400 / SERIES OF 6: $2250

    Non-invasive radio frequency is designed to help firm and contour the body.Technologically-advanced treatment encourages the body’s natural collagen renewal process to tighten skin and reduce the appearance of wrinkles and sagging. Includes de-stressing, therapeutic massage to melt away tension, improve microcirculation, and encourage well-being for the body, mind, and soul.

  • CRYOTHERAPY & PRESSOTHERAPY

    45 MIN: $350 / SERIES OF 6: $1950
    Cryotherapy treatment uses cold and warm temperatures to optimize blood circulation, create a youthful radiance, and encourage collagen synthesis to tighten and firm skin. Includes pressotherapy to stimulate and improve circulation on the legs and the lymphatic system.
  • CRYOTHERAPY & MASSAGE

    90 MINUTES: $400 / SERIES OF 6: $2250
    Cryotherapy treatment uses cold and warm temperatures to optimize blood circulation, create a youthful radiance, and encourage collagen synthesis to tighten and firm skin. Includes de-stressing, therapeutic massage to melt away tension, improve microcirculation, and encourage well-being for the body, mind, and soul.
  • L’OPTIMAL BODY SERIES

    90-120 MINUTES SERIES OF 6: $3000
    Alternating Body Series consisting of the Body Detox & Wellness Treatment, Vacuodermie & Pressotherapy Cellulite Treatment, Radio Frequency, & Cryotherapy, in addition to the face and body LED bed.

Watch the VIDEOS here to learn more: 

STORE LOCATOR

1-844-509-6495
Mon-Fri 9am-2pm PST
For spa availabilty in our West Hollywood location, please call 310.274.1602.

SkinSpirit Beverly Hills

May 1, 2021

We popped over to the new SkinSpirit location in Beverly Hills to see what all the buzz about and saw with our own eyes (and faces!) what this pioneer in advanced aesthetic treatments, medical-grade facials, and world class body services, is all about. Turns out – a lot! We will be heading back this May, to report on their signature facial and also a few more micro-tweaks with the incredible NP, Lynn Bartels. More about Lynn later, but she did the most amazing subtle refreshers with Botox and filler. Tiny micro-updates to balance, harmonize and refresh and the work was nothing short of amazing.

SkinSpirit is known for its expertise and exceptional service, with 17 luxurious locations throughout California, Texas, Washington and Utah – it’s the number one provider for Botox and dermal fillers in the U.S.

Their team of practitioners is considered best-in-class practitioners, they use up-to-date scientifically-proven methods, and offer a comprehensive suite of personalized, tailored services

The only way to ever report on anything involving aesthetics and injections is to experience it ourselves. Groomed LA has never and will never, write about anything that goes on or in your face and body, without firsthand trying for ourselves.

Lynn Bartels graduated from the Harbor-UCLA nurse practitioner program, with a dual degree in adult medicine and women’s health, and began her career as a nurse practitioner (NP) in cardio-thoracic surgery. She made the switch to aesthetics 17 years ago and was the first NP brought on board at SkinSpirit.

Today, Lynn treats patients from SkinSpirit’s Beverly Hills, Palo Alto and San Francisco clinics and stays on the cutting edge of new technology and techniques by working hands-on with thousands of patients a year. Recognized as an expert in the field of facial rejuvenation, Lynn specializes in creating custom non-surgical programs that use combination therapy to produce stunning results.

As a clinical expert, she is known for “training the trainers” and serves a national trainer for Allergan’s Medical Institute teaching her skills to residents, physicians and nurses around the country. Additionally, Lynn sits on several prominent medical advisory boards including SkinSpirit’s Medical Advisory Board and Allergan’s Aesthetics Advisory Board. She is a regular featured expert at the top national medical aesthetics conferences annually.

For more information on SkinSpirit, please visit: https://www.skinspirit.com.

153 S Lasky Dr, Suite 8
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: (310) 552-8010

Located on the second floor.

HOURS

Tuesday – Friday: 8:30am – 5pm
Saturday: 8:30am – 4pm