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With its ability to increase the skin's blood flow, hydrate, and penetrate product, paraffin is ideal for use in facials. Award-winning CIDESCO diplomat, Rita Page, demonstrates how to use facial paraffin (with brush and gauze) and paraffin strips on the face and décolleté, as part of a complete facial. Indications and contraindications are included. The facial includes: client consulation, cleansing/toning, exfoliation with gommage, ampoule and cream application, shoulder...

Paraffin is the hottest product out on the market today! With the help of award-winning CIDESCO diplomat, Rita Page, you will learn how to use paraffin on the hands and feet by dipping, or applying while a client is lying down by using plastic bags. That's not all, Rita will also demonstrate how to use paraffin on the back and arms by brushing on layers of paraffin over gauze and applying paraffin strips.

In this comprehensive guide showing you the in's and out's of a full body chair massage. Meade Steadman, expert massage therapist, will give you detailed sicusstions of musculature, Meade demonstrated a general full body massage from head to toe, as well as techniques for addressing specific client complaints: headaches, kinked necks, aching shoulders and backs, and carpal tunnel. Massage is demonstrated on male and female models. Meade also touches on different chairs, tools...

Expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman provides hands-on instruction, demonstrating the strokes and techniques on both the right and left hands and on different models, young and old, male and female. For the reflexology section, Meade discusses the body's physiology, contraindications (particularly geriatric concerns), history and how the anatomy of the hand maps to each part of the body. The comprehensive massage demonstration shows techniques to work the hand and forearm for...

Get a foothold on reflexology and massage of the foot with expert massage therapist, Meade Steadman. Meade provides detailed instruction, demonstrating the strokes and techniques on both the right and left foot and on different models: young and old, male and female. For the relexology section, Meade discusses the body's physiology, contraindications (particularly geriatric concerns), history and how the anatomy of the foot maps to each part of the body. The comprehensive massage...

Licensed massage therapist, Meade Steadman, illustrates how to incorporate the use of hot and cold stones in full-body massage. Meade, who is also an instrutor, demonstrates how to perform the strokes (petrissage, effleurage and edging) on the different muscle groups from head to toe, while explaining the physiological effects of thermal and cryo therapy, which includes stimulation circulation, relaxing musculature, and reducing inflammation, The use of stones for healing dates back thousands...

In this award-winning video, licensed massage therapist, Meade Steadman, goes deeper into the muscles to relieve tension, improve posture, and restore natural beauty from the inside out. Seeking that "softening effect", Meade demonstrates massage techniques - basic and advanced - on the head and shoulders, following the body's musculature, skeletal structure and the vascular system. This is a must-have, comprehensive video for massage therapists and aestheticians. Throughout the...

Meade Steadman teaches and demonstrates everything from body mechanics, preparing your workspace, and the essentials of a full-body Swedish massage from the head and face all the way down to the ankles and feet. You will learn the five strokes of massage -- Effleurage, Petrissage, Friction, Tapotement and Vibration -- and how to perform these strokes on both men and women. Learning the steps to Swedish massage from this video will allow you to perform a professional and beautiful massage on...

Jennifer Bryant, LMT, and Eva Mileski, renowned award-winning European aesthetician and LMT, guide you through this instructional demonstration of lymphatic drainage massage for the face and neck. This all-in-one video teaches you the basics about the lymphatic system and physiological effects of massage and shows etep-by-step how to stimulate lymphatic drainage using both manual and vacuum lymphatic massage techniques. Eva and Jennifer also discuss equipment care and set-up, client...

Let Eva Mileski, renowned award-winning European aesthetician and licensed massage therapist, and Jennifer Bryant, LMT, guide you through this instructional demonstration of lymphatic drainage massage for the chest, abdomen, back, arms and legs. This all-in-one video teaches you the basics about the lymphatic system and the physiological effects of massage, and shows step-by-step how to stimulate lymphatic drainage using both manual and vacuum lymphatic massage techniques. Eva also overviews...

CIDESCO diplomat, Rita Page, demonstrates a detailed facial cleansing massage. Meade Steadman, LMT, demonstrates three facial massages: one incorporating hot and cold stones to help stimulate circulation and relax musculature, one showing how to restore natural beauty from the inside-out by following the musculature and vascular system, and a facial massage in the chair. Eva Mileski, aesthetican and LMT, walks you through an extensive facial massage that is part of her facials. Jennifer...

Part of an award-winning comprehensive three-part series, Vol. 1 includes discussion of facial bed set-up, equipment (stool, steamer, and other tools of the trade), and professionalism. Rita then begins the facial, starting with a client consultation, skin analysis, and an extensive cleansing massage on the face, neck, and de'collete'. Massage, an important component of a European facial, is used for application of product as well as a luxurios treatment that completes the spa...

Part of a comprehensive three-part series, Vol. 2 continues the facial begun in Vol. 1. Rita delves into exfolliation (with an enzyme); desincrustation; an extensive essential oil massage on the neck, shoulder, de'collete', and upper arms; extractions (with cotton and extractor); treatment ampoule and cream application; and a product-penetrating facial massage. Massage, an important component of a European facial, is used for application of product as well as a luxurious treatment that...

Part of a comprehensive three-part series, Vol. 3 continues the facial being demonstrated in Vol. 1 and 2. Rita finishes the facial with a mask customized for different parts of the face (T-zone, eyes, cheeks, and de'collete'), hot and cold compresses, and protective facial creams. While products are penetrating, Rita demonstrates how to perform a scalp massage, hand and arm treatment, and foot and lower leg treatment. Rita completes the facial with a post-treatment client consulation....