Sheree 0:00
Welcome back to another beautiful episode of The Wild and wild collective. This week's guest is none other than Tessa Jenkins, the owner of beauty assets clinic and skin by beauty acid skincare range. TISA is a wealth of knowledge in the beauty and skin health industry. I am so excited to have her come on the podcast today and have her share her wisdom after 17 years of experience in this space. So many women come to both Krista and I really needing support with their skin health. And whilst we know it's an inside job, it's also an outside job too. And making sure that you are getting the right products, you are getting the right treatments, the right things going on to your skin because the skin is a beautiful sponge. And just as much as what we put inside our bodies with in terms of food, and other things, it's really important that we care for what we put on our bodies as well. And so I'm really excited for everything Tessa has to share in today's episode, and I cannot wait for you to dive in. To this. I am so grateful that you are joining us today for our incredible podcast all about skin, health and beauty. And you're such a wealth of knowledge in this space. So firstly, thank you for being here. Thanks for having me. So I'd love to dive in and just get you to share a little bit about yourself about your personal journey. And really what got you into the business of beauty and skin health. Yeah, so
Speaker 1 1:28
from a really young age, I was never the girl at school that wore makeup or was actually interested in any of that stuff. I was always the girl that didn't wear makeup and but I would always put on my sunblock, you know, and my friends would never ever do that that'd be rubbing their baby oil on but I had like the opposite approach. And I honestly think from about maybe like 10 My mom still says she was like you were always just so protective of your skin. And she's like, I bet you one day, you'll be like a you know, a PT girl or whatever. And honestly, I ended up leaving, you know, years down the track. Obviously, I ended up leaving school earlier to pursue my beauty career. And I just love it. And I obviously now absolutely love it. I'm so passionate about the skin. Now, I've been in the industry for 17 years. So a long time. I mean, I love all things beauty, but just so passionate about the skin and knowledge and the way that things are I guess evolving, because man technology changes all the time. And it's really hard sometimes to keep up to date with how things are going. And there's always new trends or new fads that are happening. But I really try and stay in the know with everything that's like happening, which is I think, really important when you're in you know, when you're in the skincare industry or any beauty industry, I think it's really important to also bring that knowledge to your clients as well. So then they also have the right information delivered to them instead of things that they're saying online.
Christa 3:00
Yes, I think Sherry and I both are really passionate about personalized care. Skin too. So I find in our clinic, we've recently brought in aesthetics to our functional medicine clinic space here in Texas. And I find that people kind of pile into three different buckets, oily skin, overly dry skin, and then those interested in anti aging. So I'm curious to know, what are your most common kind of patient buckets of where they kind of go into and what do you what do you top of mind recommend for each of these categories?
Speaker 1 3:32
Yeah, so really interesting when when COVID and things like that happened, we saw a massive influx of like perioral, dermatitis, eczema and all of that. So there was a lot of that going on, but there was there was already a lot of that going on. I just I think now people became more aware of the condition that they actually had because they were wearing masks and it was inflaming, you know the area even more. So we see a lot of dermatitis, a lot of acne, a lot of acne. And usually that I hate to say it but usually that is due to us not only like internal factors and what's going on in the gut health, but they're not using the correct things at home and they're putting acid on top of acid and that's just flaring everything up and everything's just you know, not working well together because that's just creating more inflammation. So inflammation and yeah, acne and dryness. We don't see it's very rare really for us to see a true oily skin come into the clinic. Like you might need one every now and then but you you never really see a true oily skin. Yeah, so which is really interesting, but I guess without whether he had toe on you know, it is colder most of the time at the moment. It's been actually really an amazing summer. But yeah, we don't really see too many oily oily skins now have we? But nothing for paying, you know that that feel amongst your fingertips. No. Which is really interesting. So everyone's just got inflammation issues.
Sheree 5:10
And I think that's a really beautiful clarification. You just given the acne, I think a lot of people think acne, I have oily skin, ya know that first thing you go to? Can you talk to that a little bit? Because I think like, I see a lot of people with acne as well, it's a huge issue, it's a lot of reason people say on birth control and that sort of thing. So yeah,
Speaker 1 5:26
and that's a hard one, because you are also as much as obviously birth control as needed. And that's amazing. It's also masking the underlying issue with whatever is actually going on internally with them, you know, and then a lot of them will be like, I'm gonna stay on it, because I'm getting married. And I need, you know, my skin to be good for whatever they might have coming up. But just like, can you just can you do it even, you know, go off if you can six months to eight months before your wedding, and let's just see if we can just get everything back on track, like, naturally, you know, otherwise, when they come off there, who you're at now can of worms you don't really know what's going on. But a lot of the time, yeah, it's hormonal and the dryness with the acne is actually crazy. And they think that by putting on you know, like our hydrating oil at nighttime, or a special cream at nighttime that that's actually going to feed the acne, it's, it's not if it's the right product, it's not going to feed the acne, it's going to help because our body will our skin anyway, producers like next oils, we don't want that to be completely stripped, we still want to have our own, you know, skin producing its natural oils as well. But a lot of the time with acne, it can go one way or the other, obviously, oily or dry. But as I said, Here, we see more of a dry acne skin, but it's because acne, psoriasis, all of that at all. It's all they've usually got it all there usually tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, and you have no choice but to add in those extra, you know, high rich ingredients that are actually going to help you know, heal the acne or heal there. Yeah, heal the problem. Yeah, I
Christa 7:09
find it interesting to tell everybody and to share that that acne is inflammatory, and it's processed psoriasis, eczema, it's all just inflammatory. One thing that I know we are bringing in to our clinic, and I'm so excited about it is the exosomes and I would love for you to just explain what x is. And what are the benefits and what types of skin doesn't have been in your experience or
Speaker 1 7:41
a problem. This is so interesting and can be like also, I'm going to say controversy topic sometimes because we are opening a new clinic here in Christchurch and are going to have a full time nurse there with that's going to do like PRP where we're going to have do PRP as well. And also we currently like to bring in human stem cells to do the stem cell treatment. And then we were having a top we were having this conversation about the exosomes and all of that as well, because that sort of now beaten those guys. You know what I mean? With like, what's with you know, like all the studies and everything like that out there. So, exosomes, they basically deliver lipids and proteins and basically nucleic nucleic acid, yeah, into the skin cells. And they are meditators. They're like the Harmonizers, I would say when they're delivered into the skin are applied to the skin. And they basically communicate with the skin and play I would say it a significant role in the way that the immune immune responses with the skin. And yeah, I don't know, I feel like you can obviously you can needle them in you can apply them topically they can be put into active ingredients and be applied to the skin. Yeah, they're just I would I would use them on well, almost any skin type really because as I said they're like a they're they're a harmonizer they're, they're a protein, they're going to help heal. And yeah, deliver those amazing, they're just, it's just amazing. It's
Christa 9:17
there. It's fascinating. I mean, I like to think of them as just kind of messengers and we have exosomes all in our body are derived from human bone marrow right with without any protein so there's no risk of contamination from this human sorcery replicated in a lab. Just last week, I had some exosomes that needed to be used quickly because they are so I mean once you dilute it once you reconstitute it you really have to use them pretty quickly for them to be right so we had a little leftover and I applied it to an area on my chest that was really dry and really it had been really itchy for probably a month I put some red light therapy on it anyway just topically not even micro needling or anything. It was really irritated skin rubbed the exorcism solution on it soft, soft soft is here. In 48 hours, I mean, I just was shocked at how amazing just what scientists have discovered. And when you said PRP, you know, for those listeners who don't know what that is we draw your blood, we spin it down, we pull out the platelet rich plasma from your own blood. But what I find it and let me know your thoughts on this is that when you spin that out, you know, you don't know the health of that particular individuals, platelets, right. Sometimes people who are really wanting to benefit from this are older. So what's cool about the exosomes, and let me know your thoughts on this is that they're derived, you know, from like, healthy 20 year old individuals from their bone marrow, and replicate it from a very healthy source. So it's kind of more consistent, right?
Speaker 1 10:44
And is absolutely, and we haven't We stock a skincare range as well, and clinic called osmosis, I don't know if you have heard of them, but they have a stem factor serum, which is unreal. And that is that has been painted. And it is derived from healthy human stem cells that have all been screened. They're all in their 20s they've all been, you know, like, it's just, it's incredible, and the clients that are on that serum, because we can prescribe it to them to be you know, obviously use at home, and their skin is just on believable, and you basically apply it topically and then you spray an activating mist over top of it. And that makes sure that serum is actually being delivered into the right part of the skin tanks. They do the job. And we've just seen absolutely incredible results. But yes, it's I think with the exosomes, I think we're gonna see a lot more, we're going to see quicker skin response, we're going to see what's the word? I don't know, a, a more of a, what is the word for that? I don't know, not a as isn't gonna work. Like with the PRP, you're like, oh, yeah, that was all right. But I think that's more consistent. That's the word. Yeah,
Christa 11:55
I think yeah, I think it can be really helpful for acne scarring for anti aging for any kind of inflammatory process as well, right? Because it really doesn't, and the recovery time, I mean, what what woman wants to have three days downtime from something. But if you do the micro needling with the exosomes on top of it. I mean, you're good to go really quickly, because the healing power of these exosomes? Yeah,
Speaker 1 12:16
absolutely. And that's like the technology. I'm like, wow, like, every week, I'm like, you know, I'll have you checked to the nurse. And I'm like, Oh, what, you know what else is coming out one of the, you know, medical skincare ranges that we've got here, they're like, we're bringing out this, and this has got this latest technology, and you have a read, and you're just like, This is unbelievable what these people are creating. But also, it's scary, but you know, right. But then it's also really hard when you have clients that come in that have, you know, a raging acne condition or something that they really, really want to fix, and you want to help them. But then they're going out and buying a you know, like a drugstore brand. And like don't get me wrong, they're not all bad. You know, not, they're not all bad. They don't have all bad ingredients. And number. A lot of them do. And a lot of them are just like they want to stay on these trends. Or they buy them because there's, you know, a new tech pop thing or whatever. Like what I was, yeah, saying I had a client this morning, actually, I'll see if I can bring it up on my phone. And like she's got such amazing skin. And I've been doing her skin for years. And I mean, I don't know what she was thinking she was probably at mica by the looks of things and thought I might try all these serums she's bought herself a hyaluronic of vitamin C and multi peptide and LD LD Where's anyways, I don't even know what that is. Anyway, some sort of neck firming serum. So she's obviously just applied at all. And she's opening up this morning. No word of a lie. I wonder if I can turn my phone around and show you guys she's actually woken up with blisters. Oh my goodness. Or when
Christa 13:58
you just take random advice and by random over the counter products. Yeah.
Speaker 1 14:02
And so she's like, I'm so sorry to contact you so early, but she's just like, oh my gosh, like what do I do? What do I use? What can we fit? You know, like, what can we do? And I just said to a lock I've got a 30 minute clip today put you in for just some LED therapy just to try and pull down don't put any on anything on your face until we see me so I can have a look but that's just like a prime example of somebody who's you know, she's willing to come in here pay the money have needling all the other treatments to like you know, get a skin looking good but she'll doll go out and be influenced and by these other things that are out there and now look at like oh my oh my god, it's up to us to try and to try and fix it. And it's just one case like we have them like almost on the weekly you know, and I'm like man, I just wish people would not really buy into those things or research and a bit more. And actually like i That's why I really try and build back Trust, you know, with everybody that comes in here, if you want to go to a mechanic buy yourself a lip gloss, you know, you know, be influenced by yourself a lip gloss or like a, some sort of just a mask, like a sheet masks, because they're usually like 90% water, you know,
Christa 15:17
an LED light, what, you know, along that line of exosomes, what are we also brought in a red light therapy, every red light sauna, and then also just a red light. So Luma light that that they go under after a facial but how do you use and how do you? How do you explain to your patients the power of that red light frequency for helping inflammation? Oh,
Speaker 1 15:36
it's unbelievable, we have, we've got to know different types of LED here. Yeah, we've got two different types of LED one that we use in conjunction, while actually we can use them both without needling, but we use the we've got like a stem as at the quarter stem light therapy machine, and absolutely incredible for inflammation and healing. But I will tell you something so interesting that I have actually had an O over the last, I'm gonna say six months, I didn't think it was a thing. But now it actually totally makes sense. And I don't even know why I didn't think of it sooner. So obviously, you can go out and you can buy LED lights and things like that at home, which is you know, fine, and they're usually pretty safe. However, recently, there has been lots of studies done that everybody and how they have all the different colors like the blue and the red, and some have the purple and all of that people have actually been complaining because they've been like, Oh, I've got acne, which they don't have acne, they've got one little spot and they're using it at home, and they putting the mask on their face. And then they're like, I'm, I've got a lot of pigmentation. And it's actually causing more pigmentation, that blue light. Recent thing and I was I actually researched it must have been last week. And I was listening to this lady. And I was like, that is so correct. Because even though they say us safe to use three times a week for five minutes or 10 minutes, of course, people are going to use it more than that, because they don't listen, you know, and it's actually caught because it's you know, it's a type of like light. And it's going to be causing, you know, it's still creating, yes, it's going to help people that have proper acne, but these people are using it, I've just got one spot and they've obviously got pigmentation, especially at this time of year. And it's actually creating that, making it pigmentation worse,
Christa 17:40
to be clear is that where the blue light or the red light that your blue light,
Speaker 1 17:44
definitely. So I now like now as a rule of thumb on that if you're going to buy one of these machines to use at home, I now will well where we've just ordered and a whole lot to actually stock and clinic just with that with the red light. Because I do not want to be going going and giving out any, you know, multiple, like functions to you know, and yes, they can still go and buy them. But at least I know I've done the right thing because I was like this is just unreal. So yeah, yeah, that was all I don't know, I read it last week and was Yeah, listening to her chat about last week. And I think it makes so much sense because we've we've also seen it too and had people come in and, and complain about it. So the most powerful and obviously healing light. And the best one of all was the read by you know, no word of a lie. It's absolutely incredible. And obviously now you can also get your full body led, you know, Michelle, well, which is amazing thing for the whole body, like, Ah, so good for the collagen and elastin production, just everything. So I'm like red light all the way.
Sheree 18:50
100%. And I think you touched on something that is such a big issue. I think even just in the health and wellness industry as well, like we see these tick tock trends, we see these influences. We see these viral things going crazy, which is actually, you know, it's great that people are putting information out there. But people aren't really vetting it, people are going out like you say I'm buying the wrong type of muscle. They're overusing it and they're not really taking the guidance is the same when people go on I saw this supplement or I saw this thing and I think it's gonna be this wonder drug or this wonder, you know, miraculous skincare product that they're gonna go out and they're going to use and they're going to see all the results that they really, you know, maybe they don't want to go and pay for or they maybe they don't want to look at the the actual deeper thing. I think we're always looking for that quick fix that miracle magical pill, that wonder solution. And so, like one of the things you've already touched on, which I think is beautiful. And you and Chris were talking about like you really do like a lot of the research and the science. But look at the science behind this. It's obviously really important to you to make sure your clients are getting the best approach to their skincare and their skin health. What are some other Other things you do in terms of education, or that you bring into your practice to make sure people are really looked after with their skincare. Yeah.
Speaker 1 20:08
And I guess that's where the internal stuff comes in, you know? Because it's like, okay, well, you know, I'm like, Okay, so first of all, how's your diet? Well, everyone says, It's okay, you know, couldn't be better, you know, whatever, I sort of pushed that to the side, but it kind of comes down to hormones, like, what's going on? Are there any, like, underlying conditions there with your hormones? And yeah, their gut, because also, if you're, if your guts not working, and everything internally is not really looking good, then your skin's not gonna be, you know, you kind of you can't really like I haven't, well, they might be the odd case where somebody has got a really unhealthy in turn, and in their skins absolutely flawless on the side, that doesn't really happen. But I think all was, as I sort of briefly said, this morning about us bringing in the business may the IV therapy, which is everywhere around the world, but we don't really do much of that here in New Zealand. And in Christchurch, there's no other practice that does it. So we are working on at the moment to get some of the sports people like the rugby players, and that almost got that over the line, because they take all these internal supplements for you know, obviously, recovery and all of that for more not performance, but in a way. Yes. You know, and I mean, obviously yet called there are probably a dieticians program and everything like that with all their training, but we also don't know how healthy that they're got as to, are they going to be able to, you know, handle those, you know, are those pills going to be working? 100%? You know, effectively. Yeah, yeah. And absorb, like, you just don't know. And so, when people take some internal stuff from here, or I refer them, you know, if I refer them to you, or whatever, I just, I'm like to them, right, or strip them back from everything, because sometimes they're like on though, they're taking this and then you're taking that and then they're doing this and then that I might my theory behind everything is like simple, simple is best. So yeah. And because people were like, Ah, I'm gonna take you know, like essential fatty acids. Incredible, absolutely amazing. Love them. And I'm like, they're like, Okay, I'm taking an ESA and then I'm taking a magnesium. And then I'm taking a woman's hormone balance. And then I'm taking this and then I'm putting my psyllium husk and then this and then I'm like, Okay, let's just calm down, let's just maybe like narrow it, see if we can get it down to like two or three for a little bit, you know? Because once again, they might be taking all of this stuff in it. It's not actually working or doing anything because the guts not healthy. And it's not being you know, absorbed properly.
Christa 22:53
See people? Yeah, I mean, gut health and internal health is so much like the skin health people just kind of hear something. And you know what, it's hard. A lot of times people don't understand you need to have a personalized, not everybody needs the same thing. And not like we need supplementation at different times of our life. But we may not need it forever, right? Yeah. And so I love that you're bringing in IVs? Do you do any IV therapy, and then I want to ask you a little bit about your natural ingredients as well, for the skin. But first, do you bring in IV therapy, particularly for skin issues? Or is this sort of just a wellness offering? Overall, this
Speaker 1 23:30
will be well, I'm gonna say a wellness offering overall, but I can't remember she does, because she makes the nurse will make obviously the bags of IV and stuff like that fresh right in front of you. And she'll draw it all up. And she'll basically have your consultations, see what you're needing. Some of them even beforehand, like she's done in the past, they've actually come in with quite a lot of like, heavy issues, and they've had like a doctor's note of what they might be lacking in or they've even gone or had blood tests prior. So they bring that into her so she can actually see, okay, well actually know what they're lacking. And they're okay. And then she'll actually just basically put in what they're needing. And there is, I can't even remember what the ingredient is, but there is something that she puts in there to help with the skin as well. And I think it's more vitamin C than the ATO, which is a
Christa 24:19
lot of vitamin C, like we can get so much more directly in the bloodstream than we ever can go into the liver when you take something orally. So along the lines of You know, I know your product line that you have created there in New Zealand is natural, right natural ingredients. And I I think I would love for you to explain kind of how you have found that natural ingredients can also be very effective because I think there's this balance between yes, we want to provide our, you know, especially women, we're exposed to so many products, especially we care about our skin and that often requires multiple products to achieve the results that we want to have. How have you found and what's your take on Natural ingredients in their potency and actually getting the result that we want. Yeah.
Speaker 1 25:03
So really, interestingly, this is my third, I've gone through three laboratories that make the product for me. So this was the one that I'm staying with now, it's been a bit of a journey, you really do have to find the right one. But also like the right biochemist, the right technician, that's actually going to listen to you and what you actually want. And that's what I kind of found hard with the previous two, it's been an expensive exercise, but we're finally there. And I just said to her, Look, I've worked, you know, and, you know, clinics, but a long time, and I've never come across a natural range that works well, with your cosmeceutical products. And I said, I feel like as you just said before, there needs to be a balance because that glycolic cleanser that that client might be using, that's great for their skin, you know, maybe twice a week, but they don't need to be using that every single day. And that's where I was like, well, I need to invent something that's actually just going to be there's going to do the job, it's going to take the makeup off, you know, clean that's going to clean their skin without it like, you know, that squeaky feeling on their skin. And that's still going to be like hydrating, yeah, without like, basically stripping it. So I tried to I wanted to try and do like, oh, you could say, you know, stuff from ingredients from New Zealand, but that was way too hard. So I couldn't do that, unfortunately. So she basically was like, here's some ingredients, what jumps out at you. And I was like, right, I need something that's obviously yes, gonna take the makeup off. That's gonna be antibacterial, as well, even if people obviously aren't, you know, wearing makeup with me, like, look at us, we're touching our faces, you know, every single day, without even without even knowing. So for me, I went through the list, did some research and I was like, Okay, these are the ones that I want, I want it to be also, I wanted it to apply to the majority of people, which as I said before, most people here has some sort of inflammatory issue going on. So I wanted to help basically people that are on the most sensitive skins. So I erred on the side of caution with that to make sure that every natural ingredient that I put in here was going to help and not you know, what's the word destroy their skin even more, obviously. So yeah, it's got high, like acklins has got like high levels of Willow back extract in there. And now that's been used for centuries and centuries to soothe skin conditions and acne conditions and stuff like that. And it's anti inflammatory antibacterial. So that's one of the main ingredients in there. And I also wanted the cleanser to be an oil, urgently I wanted it to sort of beat everything, I didn't just want an oil cleanser, I felt like let there's sort of I wanted to try and mix them if I could, that goes through like a stabilization process. So it has to be stable. So that's what that went through. And then she said nope, that's actually going to work and then obviously I destroy myself and a whole lot of people and yeah, and then the same for the Polish obviously I wanted a physical scrub. I know people that's another controversy thing. And I'm I'm on the fence with a lot of that but I myself I like to feel a scrub, I like to feel that and other people do as well as long as you're not overdoing it because most people are in that's mine once again, I wanted that to be you know, for those anti inflammatory conditions as well. So that's basically where my natural skincare range sets, it's for the most sensitive skin types. It's a great starting range for anybody that's wanting to start out or even as I see like teenagers that are like what do I do? What can I use that actually going to clean my skin and actually keep it healthy. And then if they get you know, any conditions, you know, any type of like acne or whatever we obviously use, we treat it within but we've got some of our other serums and stuff like that that are cosmeceutical they can treat those so they are basically on that nice natural bass range and then we can like add in and we've found that it works so so so well. A lot of the clients now they don't even use a night cream they use my vitamin A and E night oil and they find it's just it's so healing. I've even had people that have undergone surgery like on the face to you know, remove like little cancers and things like that. And obviously they're like what do I put on it and I'll just put a little bit of my oil on it and it's incredible that I've seen them after a couple of weeks I'm like wow, the healings been absolutely incredible. So they've taken out those night creams and stuff and just kept it really simple and just adding in those other really like you know medical grade and products and ingredients and some of that just when when they need It will enter the other serums if they're actually really trying to create a condition. So yeah, I mean, I'm, I'm super proud there'll be, we've got 500 people, we got five products at the moment, and then I might put an hour, I might change up and have like, limited editions, you know, sometimes or whatever. And I think it's, I think that's really cool to keep people excited. But I've decided as well with my range, I think it's so important to not be like this cleansers for oily skin, this printers for dry skin, this is for the skin, I wanted it to basically cover all skin types. And then if say, I went back, when I go into my next batch of moisturizer, or whatever, they will be like Artesia, we've actually hit this latest update of this ingredient, and you've got no, you know, vitamin D in here. And now this, this ingredients actually just been researched as, as you know, still on that you know, your natural level, but it's actually better. So would you like your next batch, we could replace it, because it's going to be better for your clients. So it's really awesome to be able to work with a company that also who researching, evolving and wanting to help your product evolve and be the best for your clients as well, without bringing out another moisturizer, that's, you know, got this other new ingredient in it, they're like, let's just evolve the ones that you've already created, and replace it with, even, you know, better ingredients as things go on. And I'm like, I love that, you know,
Christa 31:24
I love that I think it's so important to have options that are that work, and really decrease that toxic burden on our body. And, you know, it stands to reason that we have everything available to us on this planet that helps with longevity, and all of that it just takes a little bit more like you said, You've been to three different labs, it takes it takes the developer at like yourself, to really have that, that that that core value of wanting to find something natural to really make it happen. So I love the idea. I love that you've created something that's effective and safe for people. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1 31:57
absolutely. And that's when I wanted to I was like, safety is differently. Okay. Especially if you're going to be you know, like, say that you've got, you know, aren't in the late 50s or 60s, and they've got like a younger teenage daughter or son and they're like, I just need to get them cleaning their skin, you know, what can I buy them, I can say here, you know, use this, it's not going to harm their skin, it's actually going to help their skin you know, and if they have something that goes on with the scan anyway, they bring them in, you know, they they'll bring you know their daughter or son into their clinic. And we you know, can discuss things further. And that's when we can dive into what they're doing internally and what they're eating and how much sugar they have. Right there.
Sheree 32:43
I think it's beautiful that you've woven in, like you say, you can use this alongside cosmeceuticals. You can use this alongside some of the more, you know, chemically nice products. And there's such like you said, it's not a controversy, especially in health and wellness and skin health and skin care. And it's great to see this integrative approach and I think that's really where we need to start meeting everyone, or whatever we're doing because as soon as we start labeling things as bad and as good and that sort of thing, it's really like like Christmas a reducing the toxic burden, I know it's there is a lot that we can end up putting on our bodies or in our bodies that doesn't help us or support us longevity or actually helping, you know, reducing that inflammation. Yeah, by integrating this, it's like the use and approach where it's like it's okay to have a little bit of the other stuff. But if your foundation is all natural, if you're not, I'm not talking about the fact that you put on from your foundation for your skincare and that sort of thing is coming from a natural place and then you can kind of weave these in, it's a really healthy approach. And it also I think, makes people feel a little bit less like I know for a long time it was I felt very judged by myself I was like oh my gosh, my products aren't all clean and I'm not doing all clean beauty and I should be leading by example I was like well I also want to have really clear glowing skin and so I've had to weave in a little bit here and there that's not 100% natural or 100% organic. That's
Speaker 1 34:03
awesome. Yeah, I know and I think I think we you know, you know Christina You probably say a lot to like in your clinic you might get a new client come in and like the other week I had one and she's like I just want all that trouble and I'm like okay, but she's like but I really don't like these lines and I don't like this and I don't like that and I'm like there is only so much we can do you know and we have helped her scanner that looks amazing which is great but I'm like there's only so much we can do if you really don't that don't like those for you know forehead wrinkles. I don't see any problem with like having, you know Botox and stuff and it's been really interesting. Now this is probably seen me like five times she's like, I think I might just get a little bit in there just to soften it and I'm like, that is okay. You use amazing natural products at home that are that are working that work well with your skin utet had all the right internal stuff. Everything else is going good if you don't like those, you know, wrinkles there. And I was like, as I said, there's only so much we can do. And I said, Well, you can keep needling and stuff like that. I said, But you know, that's gonna soften over time, but it's not going to be that quick fix, like what people want, you know, they want to be, you know, look fresh, and they want they want know, those wrinkles gone today.
Christa 35:25
Yeah, I think there's a balance. I mean, it's all about the dose, right? I mean, I definitely promote non toxic everything. And sometimes a little bit about talks, right, like, sometimes helps us reach our goal. But in the in my patients who decide that they they are wanting to do a little bit of this, because they really do. They're really aggravated by signs of aging. I think it's just that more important to say, okay, great. Well, where else? Can we clean up other areas of your life? Because our, you know, yeah, it's just a balance. And it's always I think, in medicine, always a balance between the pros and cons, the risks and the benefits of whatever we're trying to achieve. Right. So yeah,
Speaker 1 36:01
absolutely. And at the end of the day, we just want the best for our clients, and we want them to be happy, we want them to continue to come back and trust us. So yeah, I think a balance of of everything, and as you said, clean up in some other areas where, you know, they might not be using as good of, you know, or as natural products, then, yeah, like, swap some things out, change some things around. And a lot of the time, they're not using that same, they might be obviously on the same basic skincare regime, but they might have, you know, different serums, depending on what time of the year and whatever their skin is going through. So they might, you know, swap that one out that natural one out that time with the One of the cosmeceutical ones to help that condition, or vice versa. And I think I've that's what I've seen in clinic, probably like, amazing, like amazing results with my clients integrating both of them together and meeting in the middle. I think it's just been a great, a great little way match. Really?
Sheree 37:01
Yeah. So if you want to give people like, maybe a few tips, just as they were like, Okay, I want to take all this information away, I want to apply it like where do people really start a site? You know, not everyone can come and see you unfortunately, like, I need a book my trip to Christ it. But I'm wondering if paper Yeah, people are going okay, thank you for all this information. But weird. Yeah, where do I Where do I hit the ground running? What would be like three types of treatments as are getting the skincare range? Like, what would you suggest? I
Speaker 1 37:33
would suggest, first of all, wherever you live, researching a reputable clinic around you, and going and visiting them, telling them what you want to achieve, or what your concerns are, see what they say and get everything on the FAA obviously, though, if they're a good place, they will talk about internal factors as well. So getting that all sorted is probably like one of the first things I would totally recommend. The seeking professional advice is like my hear my number one thing, because if you don't, if you're not hearing it from a professional, and if you're hearing everything online, then your head is always going to be scrambled and you're never going to actually know what's right for you. Because as we see it, it's a very personalized thing. And yes, drinking water is always a good thing as well. Are we hydrated enough? So but my Yeah, my number one thing, please just seek professional advice, because they're the people that know, know, everything and know the best. So find one in your area, and just go and seek them for your advice. But advice on your skin. I
Christa 38:43
love that I one of the philosophies I have on our clinic is that skin is a symptom, right. And I think that when people have symptom with anything else in their body, it's best to go see somebody who kind of can help you with that symptom. Yeah.
Speaker 1 38:59
Yeah, you've got a sore back, you know, or if you think you've, you know, hurt yourself, well, not really getting a massage, you might have to go to a chiropractor, or you might have to, you know, go to somebody like that. And it's like, if you've got a skin issue, the best thing to do is not to research it and go acne, what products are the best for me, you know, because it just bring up whoever pays for the top Google search. Go and go and seek that professional advice because they know best and they can actually physically, I can see your skin because although you might say that you've got whatever condition it may be, they might say actually, that's not your main condition that we need to treat first year. I know.
Christa 39:43
Yeah. I love that you're taking and I really think that aesthetics are going this direction, which is why I have brought it into our functional medicine clinic because aesthetics is really like moving in that direction of holistic and a holistic approach to the results that We are wanting right. So I love that you are also doing that all the way in New Zealand like from New Zealand, you guys, there's opportunity here to get real, like root cause from the inside out solutions. And I think that the more we kind of speak about this way that we can get, you know, we can mix natural with maybe some chemical products that really moves the needle. Yeah, just the way that we can fix it. And really focusing on gut health and vitamins and minerals that really help to support skin health is just such an amazing, I could talk about it forever.
Speaker 1 40:32
I know. Yeah, there's new, like little elixirs that are coming out that you can like, you know, mixing with your water to like, help things and help filter things out. And from the earth was like, this is just, this is amazing, you know, Oh, my Oh, what's what is he going to be next? I don't know. But it's, it's, there's always something, we are here for it. Or I know, I'm like that there's just this constant reading all the time. But it's, it's interesting. And obviously, that's why we do what we do. Because we love it. And we want we want the best for our clients. We want them all to have nice, healthy, glowing skin from the inside out.
Sheree 41:05
You recall what you said, Thank you so much for your time. And I hope everyone listening got a lot out of that. I know I certainly we can everyone find you where's the best place for people to go and check out what you do look at your products, that sort of thing.
Speaker 1 41:19
Yeah. So Instagram is basically like our main platform. So you can just beauty underscore assets underscore clinic. So that's where people can find me. And also EDS, it's connect on Facebook as well. And there's all the links to scan my beauty assets as well on there. So you can have a way look at the products and have a way research for yourself.
Christa 41:41
Yeah, so no, it's and then I guess, for our US listeners, do you have any plans to bring your products to the US,
Speaker 1 41:47
I would love to still got that. Still got to figure that little pathway out. But I'm working with somebody at the moment, as I said, to try and figure out how to put it in front of people and clinics and actually give them what they the information that they need. Because this is a whole new thing for me. You know, it's one thing creating your range and then to actually present it and say to people please like trust trust, have trust in this. This will work alongside what you've got. As another thing. So yeah, I'm just working on you could say like a little presentation at the moment to be able to present to clinics and stuff like that, so they can really see what you're about and why you created it. So hopefully, definitely I can I can bring it on. I'd love it to be like you know, and clinic worldwide thing. That's definitely an end goal. Yeah,
Christa 42:35
but I love it. And in the meantime, those in the US listening can definitely follow Tessa and be the first to know when it comes to the waiting time plenty of information posts on social media. And
Speaker 1 42:45
we're always I'm really going to focus this year on like, yeah, education, just free education for people just giving little tips and tricks, because I just think, yes, we've touched on everything else out there. It's just a little bit overwhelming. And if you actually listen and hear it from a professional, you know that that advice is going to be true. Yeah,
Christa 43:02
I love it. Thank you so much for being here. I think you've really offered a really great valuable, you know, information but also just educating people that we can do a lot of this without harsh chemicals. And I think one of my biggest takeaways that I want people to for it to resonate is that so much of this is like inflammatory driven so touching on that too. It's been so great job today. Oh, thank you so much, guys. Take care guys. Bye
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