Yvonne Martin London

Do you give yourself using negative self-talk? What do you think in how you look and feel? 🤔

Saying words like -

“Im looking tired, drained, lacklustred and older. Oh, it’s just ageing, it happens to us all.”

But notice how those words make you feel. Just awful 😟

Consciously consider in how you speak to yourself daily. Try telling yourself something different:

“I’m glowing, energised and rejuvenated.”

You have nothing to lose.

You will feel good at the very least if you make it a daily practice. At the very least, you’ll begin to feel better. In time, that inner shift will start to show on the outside too. 🌟

“When it looked like the sun wasn’t going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds. Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.”

Maya Angelou

BEAUTY THROUGH THE AGES · (HOLLYWOOD, 1947)

Before the ice rollers and cryotherapy🌟

This woman is wearing Max Factor Jr.’s experimental “Ice Mask”.

Those aren’t loose ice cubes - this mask had plastic cube-shaped compartments filled with water and frozen. It was created to cool actresses faces under the hot studio lights without ruining their makeup. And was very effective with reducing puffiness after Hollywood parties.

(image originally published in Science Illustrated 1947.)

Elizabeth Arden & Helena Rubinstein

(Beauty & Ambition with a dose of Rivalry)

They were important architects of the beauty industry in building two of history’s greatest beauty empires.

What Arden and Rubinstein did exceptionally well was transform “beauty” into a sophisticated international business They branded skincare, beauty “science,” aspirational advertising, elegant packaging and luxurious salons.

Their professional beauty Culturists gave individual consultations, advising each client on a complete beauty routine.

Helena Rubinstein opened her first salon in Melbourne in 1902, later expanding to London, Paris and New York.

Elizabeth Arden opened her famous Red Door salon on Fifth Avenue in 1910.

Their New York rivalry began around 1915, when Rubinstein arrived in the city.

By the 1930s, both women had become extraordinarily powerful international beauty entrepreneurs.

They apparently never met, but their rivalry continued for decades. However both remained dominant forces in beauty into the 1950s and early 1960s.

BEAUTY HISTORY……..

“Strange, ingenious and sometimes completely bonkers beauty practices from different eras.”

THE DIMPLE MAKER · 1936

Isabella Gilbert of Rochester, New York, in 1936 introduced her rather extraordinary “Dimple Maker.”

The contraption fitted around the face, with two little k***s pressing firmly into the cheeks - supposedly training the face to develop dimples.

The instructions reportedly advised wearing it for around five minutes at a time, two or three times a day, while dressing, resting, reading or writing.

But did it actually work?

Despite their claims, the American Medical Association later dismissed the Dimple Maker as ineffective. In 1947, it included the device among others, that was regarded as medical quackery.

Modern plastic surgeons similarly explain that pressure devices might produce a temporary indentation, but are not a reliable way of creating the anatomical change responsible for a true permanent dimple.

Interestingly, I can’t find any original before-and-after photographs showing that the device actually created permanent dimples. 😄

Mission accomplished 🙌

Creating cleansing balms and body balms for case studies. Love my new 2 ring stove for making one offs and tiny batches. They smell gorgeous ❤️

Now let’s see the results.

Testing !!

Using Universal PH strips

When the ph is problematic & I need the product under 5.5 - 8 strips later.
The process of making 1-2-1 products is one of serious concentration - losing focus for seconds can mess up the whole project. One product seems to take forever! 🤔😅

I’m nearly finished my 2 year formulation course using essential oils, other ecocert ingredients plus really understanding & learning the chemistry.

Roll on September!! I’ll be honest Its extremely challenging, but incredible 💫

It’s all about figuring it out what’s right for you as an individual. Everyone is unique.

Such as what skincare to choose from and when to use it.

Which healthy food and nutrition programme. Or the best type of movement.

Plus in clinic face and body treatments there are so many choices.

On top of that; it’s the time and patience to do it or most of it.

Kintsugi

The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold. So fascinating.

Kintsugi is about repair, resilience and transformation. It’s not about pretending the cracks never existed. They’re not hidden; they become part of the object’s beauty and story

I like to think of our own imperfections (and life experiences) in the same way with our body and mind.

I see quality skincare as the “gold” in repairing, regenerating to reveal healthy, glowing skin.

The same can be said for the choice of “food “ we eat, our “thoughts” and our energy levels. All this plays a huge part in shaping the health & beauty we carry on both the inside and outside.

Beauty is not about perfection. It needs to be looked at in a very different way.