{"id":356,"date":"2009-05-22T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/?p=356"},"modified":"2009-05-11T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T21:56:57","slug":"skin-care-at-its-finest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/skin-care-at-its-finest\/","title":{"rendered":"Skin Care at it&#8217;s Finest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Esthetician remedies personal anguish by treating others<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Celeste Raydon, a skin-care specialist, has made a career out of making others feel good about themselves through various procedures at her Rancho Palos Verdes business, Skin Sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>However, getting where she is today began under some tragic circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Raydon\u2019s mother, Alyda Raydon, endured a battle with ovarian cancer that ended with a stroke in December 2005. After being ousted from her \u201ccold\u201d corporate job selling architectural products \u2014 a direct result of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wrap2-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-357\" title=\"wrap2-6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wrap2-6-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Learn Body Treatments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>caring for her dying mother \u2014 Raydon took the advice of one of her three brothers and \u201creinvented\u201d herself, taking a chance at the profession she \u201calways wanted to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt kind of began initial growth on my part because I remember feeling really bitter,\u201d the former Peninsula resident said. \u201cI already knew I\u2019m never working for anybody else. That was my goal &#8230; I always wanted to affect a change in people, and I always wanted to be of service and to give to them. So many people have helped me along the way, and have been loving and kind and given me good advice or just listened to me. That\u2019s just how I want to live &#8230; I wanted to be my own person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once she received some of her mother\u2019s trust money, Raydon, 47, attended Paul Mitchell\u2019s Skin Academy, where she graduated in the top of her class. Since Sept. 13, 2006, she has independently contracted her business, eventually creating a permanent space inside the Western Avenue establishment Le Salon Specialiste.<\/p>\n<p>With the support of her husband, Dean Slater, and friends, who now are clients, Raydon had many helping hands in all aspects of the salon, from creating a logo, marketing and even painting her treatment room a distinct eggplant purple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wrap1-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-360\" title=\"wrap1-12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/wrap1-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Esthetician DVD for Body Treatments\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u201cI just wanted it to be this place where you can come and feel enveloped and loved and safe,\u201d she said. \u201cIt would be an experience &#8230; What goes in the room stays in the room \u2014 kind of like the Vegas thing, only true. Whatever you\u2019re having done or whatever you\u2019ve shared is in the room, it\u2019s private; it\u2019s between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relief provided from the therapeutic experience is something that keeps her client, Shauna Tate of San Pedro, coming back to Skin Sanctuary. Tate\u2019s first visit to Raydon\u2019s room was almost two months ago, when she was \u201cfeeling gloomy,\u201d facing her own mother\u2019s fight with bladder cancer \u2014 a common ground that brings the two women closer together. A pumpkin facial peel and massage later, Tate left the salon \u201cwalking taller.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI walked in feeling not really terrific, and her humor, her story made me appreciate what I was going through at the time, and saw that struggles do lend itself to triumph,\u201d she said. \u201cHer story really moved me \u2014 what she has gone through and where she is today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Celeste is] a huge giver, and her generous spirit makes me want to give back, as well,\u201d Tate continued. \u201cShe treated me with lots of tender loving care, and made me laugh up a storm \u2026 You can tell she gets so much joy out of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Said Raydon, \u201cIt\u2019s one of the very few places that you can go and be touched in a healthy, loving way &#8230; I\u2019m seeing the really beautiful parts of them. It feels just great.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the mandatory 600 hours of clinical practice to earn her esthetician license, Raydon also studied the science of skin and chemicals at the International Dermal Institute, and receives extra training from Dr. Howard Murad of the Murad skin product line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFascinated\u201d by skin conditions, Raydon uses various techniques and regimens to treat skin conditions such as rosacea, acne and psoriasis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good challenge to work with a dermatologist to get that person\u2019s skin to be clear,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s really<a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/148099_4096.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-361\" title=\"148099_4096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/148099_4096-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> debilitating, in terms of self-esteem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raydon also is skilled in microdermabrasion, LED light treatment, performing extractions to remove blemishes, the art of dyeing and custom shaping eyebrows, Brazilian waxing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/body.htm\" target=\"_blank\">body treatments<\/a>, medical peels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/makeup.htm\" target=\"_blank\">makeup<\/a> and facial massages, among other areas.<\/p>\n<p>She guarantees a \u201cred-free exit\u201d and a glow on the outside that is a reflection of a restored internal confidence.<\/p>\n<p>By Ashley Ratcliff, Peninsula News<br \/>\nWednesday, April 22, 2009 6:43 PM PDT<\/p>\n<p>Being reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>Aesthetic VideoSource has a wide variety of educational DVD for estheticians. These informative step by step videos can teach you everything from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/chemical_peels.html\" target=\"_blank\">chemical peels<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/facial_massage.html\" target=\"_blank\">facial massage<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/waxing_brazilian_wax_video.htm\" target=\"_blank\">brazilian waxing<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videoshelf.com\/microdermabrasion.htm\" target=\"_blank\">microdermabrasion<\/a>. 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