The Aesthetic Report

Connect with us via text! Beauty, travel, and trust collide in this episode of The Aesthetic Report. At 35,000 feet, Etihad’s new wellbeing program, which stocks business class with LANEIGE sleeping masks and gives first class ESPA skin care, begs the question of whether in-flight spa touches change how travelers feel or are just wellness theater. Back on the ground, Fenty Skin, Glow Recipe, and Huda Beauty launched near-identical sliced hydrogel eye patches within days of each other. Is inn...

Connect with us via text! Skin isn't a protocol, and today's guest is here to prove it. Natalie Anchondo, licensed aesthetician and founder of Lux & Lav Aesthetics, has trained more than 6,000 professionals to close that gap. Today we're digging into the idea that your treatment isn't your expertise, your judgment is, and what that means when you're deciding which rules to question and which to respect. We'll get into microneedling, why acne changes the equation, and how to read tissue r...

Connect with us via text! This week, Sorella Apothecary co-founders Danielle Munley and Emily Sindlinger return to the show — Danielle bringing her entertainment-industry marketing background from E! and NBC, and Emily bringing nearly two decades of spa expertise from building Lime Spa into a five-room operation. In this follow-up to their origin-story episode, they dig into how Sorella has grown a partner base that acts more like a community than a customer list, and why putting partners fi...

Connect with us via text! This week, our DERMASCOPE in-house aesthetician team sits down with renowned celebrity aesthetician and owner of Renée Rouleau Skin Care, Renée Rouleau herself! Hear all about how the industry has evolved over the last 30 years, including how social media and the educated client have changed professional aesthetics and how Renée's brand has developed over time, as well as personal anecdotes from Renée's nearly four decades long career. Don't forget to follow this po...

Connect with us via text! Medical aesthetics has never been more technologically advanced, yet many practices are still struggling with disconnected systems, inefficient workflows, and technology that creates more complexity than clarity. In this episode Dr. Tiphany Hall, Chief Growth Officer of Aesthetic Record, Co-Founder and Clinical Director of Aesthetic Next, and a leading voice in medical aesthetics business strategy, breaks down the hidden costs of a fragmented tech stack and why the ...