Self Care Gifts and Retail Items at Olney Skin Care and Massage in Illinois (618) 392-4400

Now more than ever, our clients are looking for self care options at home.

We proudly offer, sell, and use award-winning skin care brands at Olney Skin Care and Massage. Enjoy curbside pickup or fast shipping.

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Your daily skin regimen does not need to be expensive or complicated. We carry multiple brands at various price points for all budgets. We offer professional skin care treatments for home use (our full-time licensed esthetician offers a complimentary consultation with every session as well as virtual consultations): 

• Travel Size Skin Care
• Youth Acne Regimens
• Adult Acne Regimens
• Anti Aging Regimens
• Dry and Dehydrated Skin Regimens
• Dull Skin Regimens
• Oily Skin Regimens
• Sensitive and Sensitized Skin Regimens
• Hyperpigmented Skin Regimens
• Normal Skin Regimens
• Oil-Based Cleansers
• Water-Based Cleansers
• Foaming Cleansers
• Cream Cleansers
• Acne Cleansers
• Anti Aging Cleansers
• Dry Skin Cleansers
  
• Oily and Acneic Skin Cleansers
• Powder Cleansers
• Gentle Exfoliators (all skin types)
• Physical Exfoliators
• Chemical Exfoliators (recommended for aging and acneic skin)
• Sheet Masks for Face and Body
• Lip Masks and Treatments for All Skin Types
• Foaming and Treatment Masks for Face and Body
• Essences for All Skin Types
• Pumpable Toners for All Skin Types
• Spray Toners for All Skin Types
• Facial Oils for All Skin Types
• Serums for All Skin Types
• Leave-on Treatment Oils
  
• Leave-on Acne Treatments
• Leave-on Aging Treatments
• Leave-on Overnight Treatments
• Retinol, Retinal, and Retinoids
• Spot Treatments / Eye and Lip Creams
• Moisturizers for All Skin Types
• Body Care: oils, gels, creams, scrubs, moisturizers
• SPF/sunscreen for all skin types

Award-winning brands (new items added regularly): 

• Amber Apothecary Bath and Body Products
• Bonblissity Luxury Body Scrubs and Body Care
• Dermalogica: #1 Professional Skin Care Brand Worldwide
• Hale and Hush: Skin Care for Health Compromised Skin
• Kocostar Korean Beauty Face and Body Masks
• ToGoSpa American Beauty Face and Body Masks
• PLUS hand-poured soy candles, Turkish Spa Towels, Gua Sha Glass Skin Sculptors, Organic Sage from California, Konjac Root Beauty Exfoliator Sponges, Waterless Hand Cleansers, Gift Sets, and More

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See you soon!
Donna & Cynthia

Olney Skin Care and Massage
Established 2007

(618) 392-4400

604 West Main Street in Olney, Illinois (map)

For fast service, click here to send a gift certificate online. Our last appointment before 2022 is on Tuesday, December 21, 2021.

PS Forgive us for not blogging. We became much busier than expected and have doubled our services over the past few years.

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OLNEY SKIN CARE & MASSAGE
by appointment at 604 West Main in Olney, Illinois
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Save $20 on organic facials at Olney Skin Care and Massage (618) 392-4400

 Last chance! Schedule by December 21 and save $15 on select fall facials or $20 on organic facials. Clients must schedule online. See you soon!

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See you soon. New faces welcome!
Donna & Cynthia

Olney Skin Care and Massage
Established 2007

(618) 392-4400

604 West Main Street in Olney, Illinois (map)

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OLNEY SKIN CARE & MASSAGE
by appointment at 604 West Main in Olney, Illinois
SCHEDULE & SEND GIFTS: http://olneymassage.com (618) 392-4400/vmail

Sensitive Skin Facials at Olney Skin Care and Massage (618) 392-4400

Donna Botelho, our licensed esthetician, offers skin treatments for sensitive, sensitized, and health compromised skin. Now more than ever, our clients are facing skin challenges due to environmental factors like wearing a mask at work or school or outdoor irritants.

Hale & Hush is an award-winning professional skin care system. You may schedule a calming facial specifically, or your therapist may recommend calming ingredients during your professional skin care consultation (included in every facial).

Why do we love Hale & Hush?

 “Our mission at Hale & Hush is to give people high quality skin care products for extremely sensitive and health-challenged skin.” (from their website)

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Why do clients love Hale & Hush?

PARABEN-FREE

Hale & Hush chooses the best fitting preservative for each product that is also kind to the environment; Tecniche® does not formulate with parabens.

GLUTEN-FREE

Gluten is a protein found in wheat and wheat-related grains. Celiac disease and dermatitis herpetiformis are autoimmune disorders caused by a reaction to the ingestion of gluten (celiac) or skin contact with gluten (DH). Hale & Hush products have been certified gluten-free to prevent adverse skin reactions.

SULFATE-FREE

Hale & Hush has created all of their products to be sulfate-free, protecting the environment as well as the skin from harsh chemicals.

NO ANIMAL TESTING

Hale & Hush tests their products on individuals who fall within a variety of points along the Skin Challenge Spectrum. Hale & Hush does not test on animals.

LIMITED SCENT; NO ARTIFICIAL FRAGRANCE

Hale & Hush products have no added artificial fragrances since artificial fragrances can irritate skin, as well as cause nausea and/or headaches. The aroma of Hale & Hush products stems from the naturally occurring scent of the ingredients; if a product is designed to be scented, then a 100% natural scent was incorporated.

DERMATOLOGIST TESTED

A third-party lab performed a “repeat insult patch test” by applying Hale & Hush product on compensated volunteers (not animals) in order to test for skin reactions and make claims that the products are non-irritating, clinically tested and allergy tested; test results are reviewed by a dermatologist.

INTELLIGENT USE OF ORGANIC & SUSTAINABLE INGREDIENTS

Hale & Hush chemists carefully take into account the sustainability of natural and organic ingredients, as well as create a combination of ingredients that are best suited for Sensitive and Anti-Aging skin. Natural ingredients are derived from natural sources, which can refer to earth-natural or scientifically derived lab-neutral. Some earth-natural ingredients are also organically grown, which means they are produced with environmentally sound methods: no pesticides, no chemical fertilizers and no genetic modifications.

CHIRALLY CORRECT

Mother Nature creates molecules with two sides or hands, right and left. For reasons unknown to scientists, some right-handed molecules work best on skin, whereas some left-handed molecules are better received by the skin. It may be a more extensive and expensive route, but it has been Hale & Hush’s life work to only use the ‘hand’ of the lab-neutral molecule that best mimics Mother Nature’s perfect plan (aka: chirally correct).

BOTANICAL HEART INGREDIENTS

The highly purified part of a botanical that has the highest concentrated levels of the key potent active(s); In other words… the best of the best of a botanical.

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AWARENESS

Hale & Hush is acutely aware that skin cells, including critical stem cells, have their own clocks. These clocks are set to “night” in order to proliferate, repair and maintain healthy tissue. However, stress, illness, night jobs, and normal aging can all interrupt nighttime sleep, which can accelerate DNA damage, cell aging and other negative skin ailments. Hale & Hush creates products that address this natural, yet often overlooked skin ‘clock’ dilemma.

CORNEOTHERAPY SUPPORTIVE

Hale & Hush chooses ingredients that supportive correction and restoration of the stratum corneum and the skin’s barrier defense systems.

Quite possibly the best part of your Hale & Hush facial is after your session. Your therapist will recommend ways to improve your skin health at home, including tips for applying your skin care and specific ingredients to keep your skin looking and feeling healthy between professional facials.

Hale & Hush home products cost between $23-$62, making it one of the most affordable professional skin care systems on the market. The Hale and Hush line includes award-winning products for aging skin, acneic skin, and all other skin types.

Questions? We are happy to help anytime. (618) 392-4400.

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See you soon. New faces welcome!
Donna & Cynthia

Olney Skin Care and Massage
Established 2007

(618) 392-4400

604 West Main Street in Olney, Illinois (map)

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OLNEY SKIN CARE & MASSAGE
by appointment at 604 West Main in Olney, Illinois
SCHEDULE & SEND GIFTS: http://olneymassage.com (618) 392-4400/vmail

Activated Charcoal: the ultimate remedy for dull skin

Speak about the benefits of activated charcoal with your professional skin therapist: (618) 392-4400. UPDATE: it's finally here! Olney Skin Care & Massage now carries the NEW Charcoal Rescue Masque, so call today to take home this new "all in 1" treatment.

INGREDIENT SPOTLIGHT: activated charcoal

What is Activated Charcoal, and why is it so effective in skin care? 

This powerful detoxifying ingredient is much more than it seems.

Unlike the Charcoal typically found in a grill, Activated Charcoal is a carbonized, mineral-rich material that can adsorb more than 1,000 times its weight in positively-charged compounds.

Yes, you read that right: ADsorb! Unlike absorption, which is the entering of one substance by another, adsorption occurs when one substance adheres to the surface of another (think magnets).

Charcoal is negatively-charged, so it attracts positively-charged compounds – such as deep-dwelling dirt and oil in the skin – to its surface.

Activated Charcoal, also called Activated Carbon, comes in many forms specific to many different uses. Dermalogica uses Activated Binchotan Charcoal, a special high-quality Charcoal made from Japanese Ubame Oak wood.

This type of Charcoal is “activated” by an age-old process of extreme heating and rapid cooling, which yields millions of microscopic pores that are ideal for adsorbing impurities from the skin.

In hospital emergency rooms, food-grade Activated Charcoal is used to adsorb poisons from the body. Activated Charcoal is also used in regular household appliances, such as water filters, to remove or reduce chlorine, sediment, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), taste and odor from tap water.

In Dermalogica Charcoal Rescue Masque, Activated Binchotan Charcoal is used to draw out excess oil and impurities from your pores, leaving you with brighter, purer skin. 

Charcoal Rescue Masque also contains a variety of other ingredients such as Volcanic and Hot Spring Ash, Sea Silt, Bamboo Stem Extract, Sulfur and Chilean Wild Mint to provide additional skin health benefits.

Not sure if the Charcoal Rescue Masque is right for you?
Call our professional skin therapist to experience it in person!

EXPERIENCE THIS MASQUE AT MOONLIGHT MADNESS!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11th (open til 10pm RSVP)

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MELASMA: causes, prevention, and treatment

MELASMA - causes, prevention, and treatment

Who gets melasma? 
It's commonly referred to as a "pregnancy mask," which alludes to the statistics: as many as 6 million women in their 20s-40s experience patches of brown, tan, or blue-gray skin on the face as a result of hormone fluctuation (pregnancy), heat (being in a hot kitchen), and sun exposure (tanning and natural light).

Does melasma cause harm?
Yes and no. There are no physical health concerns related to melasma, but it can have psychological effects. So while treatment is not necessary, it is helpful for someone who is experiencing a difference in quality of life related to melasma.

How can I prevent melasma? 
Not all melasma is preventable, but it can be limited with sun protection and gentle (non-irritating) products. It can be difficult for many people to be diligent about sun protection in normal circumstances, but topical treatments that can take months to work can be negated by even a small amount of sun exposure.

Hydroquinone - banned, possibly unsafe
We DO NOT recommend the use of hydroquinone, a common ingredient in over-the-counter lighteners that is banned in some countries (it can cause skin sensitivity and is a potential carcinogen).

What are some safe options?
We DO recommend a skin consultation to determine which chemical exfoliants could help. Other options include retin and retin derivatives as well as professional peels.

What about at-home regimens?
YES! We recommend a simple daily regimen (something you'll actually stick to) when treating melasma. The three-step regimen we keep in stock is called PowerBright TRx™:

• C-12 Pure Bright Serum (potent brightener applied before SPF)
• Pure Light SPF50 (daytime brightening moisturizer with SPF)
• Pure Night (overnight brightening treatment)

Do you need help with pigmentation issues? We take appointments from 10am to 8pm on weekdays. 
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OLNEY SKIN CARE & MASSAGE
Cynthia Given, Licensed Massage Therapist
Donna Botelho, Licensed Esthetician
604 West Main Street
Olney, IL 62450