3 Products Your Skin Needs Year-Round
By: Casey harding-brown
Meet Melissa, Owner of IV Point Aesthetics & Licensed Esthetician. After years working in the corporate, sales, and tech spaces, Melissa discovered that her real passion was in skincare and changing the way people feel about their skin. She was astounded at how expensive and un-educational skincare services were - and decided there needed to be a change.
Melissa launched Four Point Aesthetics in 2017 and has never looked back. Over the past two years, she’s built up her business with a specific focus on providing affordable services accompanied with education during and after the process.
Mel dedicates a portion of her services giving back to cancer survivors by providing them with services at a discounted price. This is something that is near and dear to Melissa, as one of her grandmothers recently lost her battle to ovarian cancer, and the other grandmother battled lung & breast cancer. She also has a handful of close friends who are cancer survivors. Melissa’s long term goal is to open a non-profit to help cancer survivors with scarring, tattooing, and other beauty services!
Mel has given a list of three products your skin needs all year round, along with recommendations and links to her favorite products!
1. Vitamin C
Again, not all skincare products are created equal! So be sure to talk to your esthetician to confirm you are using a high potency Vitamin C. Vitamin C boosts the collagen & elastin in your skin and protects it against sun & environmental damage.
Melissa's Favorite Vitamin C Products:
2. Retinoids Vitamin A
Retinoids increase the rate of cell turnover. This can improve the texture and tone of skin, exfoliate dull and lifeless skin, fight acne, and slow the signs of aging. It’s important to note that products like beta carotene, retinaldehyde, and retinol are best used in the evening!
Source: Medical News Today
Melissa's Favorite Vitamin A Products:
3. SPF
Regardless of how light or dark your skin is, this is a must year around. Yes, that means rainy days, cloudy days, and even just in the car! It’s important to protect your skin against sun damage. Physical Sunscreens such as Zinc Oxide and Titatinium Oxide deflect the sunlight.
Read more about the difference here.
Melissa's Favorite SPFs:
Ever since coming off my hormonal birth control, my monthly pre-period craving has become the world renowned classic, otherwise known as gelato, helado, or ice cream. I’m declaring this a safe space for what I am about to say (or should I say write) next is definitely controversial; Until recently, ice cream was never top of my list. To clarify, I am not a psychopath. If ice cream cake was presented at a birthday party, I would be excited about the upgrade from your standard yellow cake with chocolate frosting. If I found myself in Italy, you bet I was seeking out dulce de leche gelato. My dad routinely ended his night with a generous bowl of some sort of chocolate, coffee, nut combo before falling asleep with his head on my mom’s lap, no later than 9:30pm. It was readily available and normalized as an everyday treat, yet for whatever reason it wasn't my go to. I didn’t have anything against it per say, it just never called to me. Until recently that is. And ever since my hormones came back to their normal selves, I have been a mad woman on the hunt for the best ice cream in Denver.
Yes, yes it may officially be fall but with temperatures hovering in the 80’s all week, I say ice cream season is still in full swing. Also, who doesn’t like ice cream year round? Why should we confine such a delectable dessert to one season?! Plus many places now offer seasonal flavors such as pumpkin chocolate chip. Whatever the weather may be, I hope you enjoy indulging in these woman owned ice cream shops as much as I did.