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NOTE: This is a transcription of the Skincare Fairy Godmother Podcast Episode 1. It may have been changed slightly for ease of reading vs. listening. In today's lesson, we're going to learn all about treating skin for changing seasons, as well as breaking down a common misconception around dry and dehydrated skin. So oftentimes, in our language, words get interchanged a lot - dry, dehydrated, they're flip flopped around like they're the same thing. But they're not. In the science of skin. Dry Skin lacks oil, dehydrated skin lacks water. You can have oily skin and still have dehydrated skin, but you cannot have oily skin and have dry skin. The quickest way to tell which one you have is the pinch test. Take your thumb and your pointer finger and pinch the back of your opposite hand, and if it bounces back quickly, you do not have dehydrated skin. If it takes a while to sort of fall back into place, then you may have dehydrated skin. If you still can't tell - dry skin, the skin that lacks oil tends to look flaky. Sort of like if you took a fingernail to it, you could kind of scrape off a layer, whereas dehydrated skin tends to just look more dull, like it needs a glass of water - which it does. Because our skin changes more in wildly swinging temperature climates and because of that, my clients tend to notice that they might have oily skin but it's dehydrated or they might have super dry skin in the winter and then get more oily in the summer. So we typically have to adjust a thing here or there to make sure that their products are suiting their skin for the time of year. This is just one more reason why I truly recommend seeing a skilled and educated esthetician wherever you are, they can help you throughout the year to adjust your routine to be what's going to fit your skins needs right now. So an example of a typical routine of my clients might be a cleanser, toner treatment, eye cream, and moisturizer or SPF in the morning. And in the winter, we might do moisturizer and SPF we might not be able to get away with just the sunscreen or at night we might need a thicker moisturizer or put a balm or a salve on top of it. Another adjustment we might make is to move from a gel cleanser in the summer to more of a creamy cleanser in the winter. There are so many different ways that you can adjust your routine a tiny little bit to make it really work for you. another thing that you can do if you're not ready to really overhaul your routine is you may need to look at doing something like an occlusive agent over your moisturizer at night, putting on your moisturizer and then putting a thin layer of Vaseline or something like ourTreat//Salve over top of it helps to really lock in the moisturizer and water in your skin or the oil and water if we're talking technical terms. If you don't have water and oil in your skin to begin with, though, occlusive agents just don't work. It is what it is. Vaseline, while I love it, is not a hydrator - it will not add moisture to your skin but it can lock in what you already have. Same thing with Aquafor, I've heard a lot of people use that on their skin as well. Same idea. If you have any follow up questions, follow me on Instagram @amberbudd, DM me, ask me some questions - I'll be sure to answer them in a future episode!

This video is a segment attached to the Skincare Fairy Godmother podcast episode 10 - a round up of questions from the first 9 episodes, where one of the listeners asked how to blade/shave their face at home. I note in both episodes that dermablading and at home blading/shaving are *not* the same, however, the at home treatment will certainly help hold you over between facials if they're 6 weeks apart (4-6 weeks is the recommended time between facials), if your facials are 4 weeks apart, you're less likely to need to do this at home in general. Love the show? Want to support this and more content like it? Click Here

I've been hearing that people don't know WHAT they want for Christmas this year...the consensus seems to be that no one has really been OUT to shop so they don't have ideas. No worries, we have you covered with our team's favorites! Our Glitter-Lover in Chief, Amber, chose: Tone//Soothe for adding a quick hit of hydration to the skin Eye//Lift for tightening, firming and brightening your eye area Treat//Salve for any skin irritations or small cuts MySkinBuddy the ultimate facial cleansing and infusing home care tool Patchology Illuminate Flashmasque and Eye Gels for brightening and hydrating after a night of cocktails and zoom games with friends Heidi, our Grinchy Green Goddess chose: Exfoliate//Polish for a quick skin brightening and smoothing Lip//Conditioner and Patchology Hydrating Lip Gels for a mistletoe ready pucker Patchology Breakout Box for those pesky Maskne breakouts JB Lashes Hydra Cooling Eye Gel for lash-safe de-puffing and hydration Coola Matte Tint Mineral Sunscreen for a blurring and hydrating effect Moisturize//Hydrate for a lightweight, breakout reducing, oil reducing hit of hydration Our Rhinestone Cowgirl Heather chose: Treat//Rejuvenate for flash tightening and firming the skin Treat//Structure for exfoliation and wrinkle reduction Masque//h2o for hydration while you sleep Coola Sun Silk Drops SPF for moisture, sun protection and blue light blocking Shop at our online store www.myesthi.com with code abaclient30 for in-house pricing on all products! (contact Amber for a MySkinBuddy at info@amberbudd.com) XOXO Merry Christmas!

If you can control nothing else in your life, the one thing we all still know about 2020 is that a cozy meal in your belly will make you feel at least fractionally better. Maybe it’s the calories, maybe it’s the nutrients, maybe it’s the security of being full in a world of chaos- whatever the reason, we all could use more comfort recipes, right? We’ll save our food stories until the end and jump straight into our recipes, then if you’d like to read on and hear our tales of tidbits past, please do! Salt N Peppas Roomie Chili Ingredients: 1lb ground turkey 28 oz diced canned tomatoes (I've used both regular tomatoes and rotel...both work great) 28 oz pinto beans, drained 1 green pepper, diced 1 onion, diced 1-2 cloves of garlic, minced 1 tsp each: dried oregano, cumin, cayenne Pepper Salt and pepper to taste Shredded Cheddar if you'd like. Excellent with Saltine crackers or tortilla chips. Directions: Brown the turkey in a pot, breaking up meat into small pieces as It cooks. Add garlic, onion, green pepper - stir and let cook 2-3 minutes. Add spices and beans - stir one minute to distribute spices. Add tomatoes. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer 20-30 minutes. Michael Symon’s Smokey Mac and Cheese: Ingredients: Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 pound dry rigatoni 4 cups heavy cream 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper 3 shakes of your favorite hot sauce, optional 8 ounces cream cheese 8 ounces Gouda, shredded 1 pound ham, diced 1 cup panko breadcrumbs 1/2 cup grated pecorino 1/2 cup sliced scallions, optional Directions: “Heat a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the pasta according to package directions for al dente, then drain and set aside, Set up your grill for indirect heat. If using a charcoal grill, build the hot coals on one side only. If using a gas grill, heat one side only to medium-high heat. Heat a deep 12-inch cast-iron skillet over direct heat. Combine the cream, paprika, cayenne and hot sauce if using in the skillet. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and simmer until the cream mixture is reduced by half and thickened, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the cream cheese and Gouda until fully melted. Stir in the ham and cooked pasta and continue to mix until fully combined. Stir together the panko, pecorino and scallions if using in a medium bowl. Sprinkle the panko mixture evenly over the mac and cheese. Move the skillet to indirect heat, cover the grill and cook until golden brown and bubbly, about 5 minutes.” https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/recipes/michael-symon/smokey-mac-and-cheese-8732853 Roasted Brussels Sprouts, as dictated by Tyler to Heidi, based on an Ina Garten recipe: Ingredients: 1 bag/stalk of Brussels Sprouts Salt (to taste, lots! Yum) Pepper (to taste) Extra Virgin Olive Oil Directions: Preheat oven to 400. Cut off ends of sprouts, cut in half. Add oil, salt, and pepper. Toss around on a baking sheet to ensure even coverage of each sprout. Cook for 35-40 minutes, toss them around from time to time to ensure even cooking. Looks for crispy outsides- this is the best part. https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-brussels-sprouts-recipe2-1941953 Now onto our stories, because you decided to keep reading after all, didn’t you? The founder, the creator, our Delectable Dish Diva Queen- Amber! Ambers Salt N Peppas Roomie Chili is the dish of her youthful independence dreams. When you have the best roommate on earth, you tend to do everything together- including coming up with bomb recipes and listening to sick beats while you do so (note Salt N Peppa)! Whether you have the best roomie too or you’re savoring this for yourself and prepping some in the freezer- we think you’ll find this recipe to be the healthy and cozy bowl you need to beat back the 2020 blues! Heather's cozy recipe is for a Mac and Cheese with a kick! This lady had some serious taste bud style, we’ll keep her. Heather's coziest food memory is of making hand-spun ice cream from scratch with her grandparents. Every holiday they would be together and take the time to make this precious treat. Heather says that hands down it’s the best vanilla ice cream she’s ever tasted and that the act of sharing in this process made her feel loved. We hope you’ll love Heather's choice for a creamy spicy hug in a skillet, Mac N Cheese! Heidi is the maniac that recommends a Brussels Sprout recipe (we don’t know which planet she came from either, we keep asking). When she started dating her bf he was making dinner one night with Brussels Sprouts as a side. Watching him cut those tiny cabbages and add them to a sheet pan, she knew right then that he had to be a serial killer...or an imposter trying to show off how healthy he was to a new girlfriend - we’re not sure which is worse. So when it came time to eat her meal, Heidi had her finger hovering the call 9-1-1 button that was confidently typed into her phone. 100% she was going to need that button, we mean, no one in their right mind makes Brussel Sprouts for enjoyment, right? And then...then the memory of those little soggy bitter cabbages she ate as a child were replaced by crispy, caramelly, salty Brussels Sprouts. In the moment after her first bite, she knew she was now a bonafide and unapologetic, roasted or raw, Brussel Sprout pusher - however, the serial killers can still keep the soggy ones! Have a favorite cozy recipe to share? Send it to Amber at info@amberbudd.com and we will post it for others to enjoy this holiday season and beyond. XOXO

This Holiday the Atelier is bringing you some cozy hygge inspired cheer! Be sure to follow our Instagram stories over the next six weeks as there will be new fun each week (and some giveaways)! @amberbudd @h.r.lashes @beauty_by_heatherlyn We decided that the first thing we need to start with is a little Christmas groove - if you’ve ever been to the Atelier you know we love music! Have you seen Ambers wall of musical instruments? Have you heard Heidi’s increasingly atypical playlists? Heather may be new to you, but you’ll feel like long time friends when she breaks out James Taylor on the record player (...*record scratch* We don’t have a record player? Amber, how come we don’t have a record player)? For those who haven’t had the opportunity to meet us yet, we are very melodic - did you know Amber is a classically trained singer? Just ask her to hit a high C sometime (do this for our entertainment at the very least)! Heidi has an instrument pictured on Ambers wall, she’ll let you figure out which one. And dear Heather has recently told us that she has respectfully decided to decline future requests to sing for the safety of all crystal and glassware in her immediate vicinity. The chandeliers and Opera Ghosts thank you, Heather. All that preamble to establish that music is exceptionally important to us; from setting a mood, to lifting one's spirits, we recommend good tunes as the answer. Today we are sharing an amalgamation of our eclectic favorite holiday songs; for real, shuffle has got nothing on us. We hope you’ll give them a listen and even send us some of your favorites too! You’ll find we are always your ride-or-die disco divas for music suggestions - giving and receiving - after all, a mixtape is the simplest way to say I love you as a holiday gift! Click HERE to access our Atelier Hygge Holiday Playlist

Every once in awhile, I find a new write up about the app....by accident! Here is one such case. I am absolutely honored to be covered in Skin Inc magazine's blog, click here for the full article

Writer Sarah McCauley interviewed me for a story found in Medium - "A Spa Business During Covid 19" As she was asking me questions, the thing that kept popping into my head was - this definitely isn't over - we will be back, and we will be back with a firey passion for our industry, our clients and our work. To read the article click here

To read the full article please click here. Excerpt Is Below With visits to physical stores and in-person esthetician appointments put on hold for the majority of the country, alternative methods are needed for individuals looking for skincare advice. Fortunately, Amber Budd Peterson, a licensed advanced practice esthetician, was ahead of the curve and launched an app called myEsthi in late 2019, which allows users to book affordable one-on-one video consultations with licensed esthetic professionals. “It’s a way to work with an esthetician without having to leave your home or be able to learn about your skin on your lunch break,” says Peterson. “We have built a proprietary platform, giving the estheticians an opportunity for a side hustle, and the clients an opportunity to learn about their skin, not what works for someone else. Some brands offer chat functions, but again, they’re salespeople, not licensed, knowledgeable professionals.” Thank you Carol for the beautiful write up!

Our MyEsthi App was recently Featured on the WebPuppies blog in Singapore. To read the full article click on the link here...or to read the section about us, keep reading below! Thank you Kristine for the beautiful write up! https://webpuppies.com.sg/blogposts/o2o-the-shift-from-offline-to-online/ Skin Consultation Mobile App Amber Budd Peterson, is the CEO/founder of Amber Budd Skincare, a US-based spa which typically does in-person services. Back in November, her team had launched MyEsthi, a mobile app that has proven to be especially helpful right now. “MyEsthi lets you meet with a licensed beauty professional to help navigate your way to a routine that will create great change in your skin rather than going to a big box store and getting a salesperson to help you.” “Online presents the challenge of not being able to see people's skin to really make great recommendations to help them achieve their goals. I developed our app specifically for that - we have a beautiful user interface and the video call feature allows us to see the client, and spend time getting to know them, which in turn allows us to make the right recommendations for them.” Amber says that her business is going very well and that what she has been learning and experiencing has been a time of great growth stretching mentally. “We have really wonderful and knowledgeable estheticians doing consultations on the app, and we will be launching the Apple (iOS) version in about 2-3 weeks. (we started with Google Play, and really ramped up production of iOS when we had to shut down the spa just over a month ago)” “Our clients still need great skincare, and many have more time to commit to their routines now, so we are hearing that people are seeing the best their skin has ever been. It's great to be able to keep people working right now, in an industry that is heavily affected by the shutdowns, we were able to pivot pretty seamlessly due to the fact that we already had the Google Play version available.”

This week I guest blogged for www.shopwildemoon.com about how to figure out what skin type you have. Check out the post here and while you're there, check out some gorgeous accessories and clothing while supporting some pretty great causes!

Today I have an extra special post for you - A For Effort Mama (aka Kristen) is a really fun blogger/mom/beauty lover who took video of her lash lift treatment with me and posted to her blog! Click here to learn more and see how it is done and if it might be right for you! Click here to book your own lash lift with our team

Happy New Year - 2020 is HERE! With a new year brings so many exciting things we are excited to share with you – but we will try to keep it brief. A couple of housekeeping things, then we will get into the good stuff: - Amber is officially back to work as planned – January 13th, however she is on limited hours until mid-March as she recovers from having her baby, and gets him ready for daycare! - Ambers prices for some services (not all!) will be going up anywhere from $2-$5 - Heidi’s prices will remain the same for the time being- Please remember, if you are sick, have a fever, or are throwing up within 24 hours of your appointment, please reschedule. When you come in sick, we run the risk of making every client after you sick, and if we get sick, we effectively become unemployed for the time we cannot work. Please be respectful of other guests and just let us know so we can reschedule you to another time. - Referral reminder: We are really lucky to do what we love, and to really genuinely like our clients (that’s YOU!). If you have a friend or family member that you think could be a good fit for our services, we would love to meet them and take great care of them.  Do you want to win $100 gift card to the Atelier for services of your choosing? Here’s how to enter: if you didn’t know already, we launched an app and a website called myEsthi in November 2019. We need your help getting product reviews onto the website!  If you have used any product we sell, we would love your feedback! - Go to www.myesthi.com - go to any product you have used, and leave a review - you can review as many products as  you want, and each review is worth one entry – however, you must have ACTUALLY used the product, we are not looking for fake reviews! - this giveaway will last through January 31, and the winner will be choosen at random and notified on or around Feb 3, 2020 Due to popular request we are launching a membership option for Facials! This will replace our special 6 week facial pricing with a better discount and no long term contracts.  We will have everything available by Monday January 13th for you to view in the Facial section of this website, as well as in person at the Atelier. 📷Heidi has a Volume lash special for the months of January and February - $50 off a full set, with $20 off your first two fills.  We also include your lash care kit so you can protect your investment! THANK YOU – huge huge thank you, to everyone who voted for us to win the Sun This Week Best Spa and Best Aesthetic Center awards for 2020!  We are honored and humbled you choose us, and we look forward to continuing to serve you in our nerdy skin and lash loving ways! 2020 is a big year for us – and we can’t wait to share all the exciting things with you! Cheers to all that your heart desires in 2020 and beyond! Amber and Heidi