Episode 51: How Joanna Vargas Preps Celebrities’ Skin for the Red Carpet, Lymphatic Drainage Secrets, and Getting the Glowiest Skin of Your Life
Joanna Vargas is Hollywood's favorite facialist, with a clientele that reads like the Oscars guest list. She is the founder of the Joanna Vargas Skincare line, and has spas in NYC and LA. On today's episode, Joanna is spilling all her tips and skincare secrets, including the exact process she uses to get celebrities red carpet ready. But Joanna is also a big practitioner in beauty from the inside out, so she's also sharing her wellness rituals for glowing skin, including the smoothie recipe she drinks every day, why we should all be drinking chlorophyll water, and how food intolerances relate to acne. This episode covers a wide range of topics, price points, and ideologies, from the latest treatments celebrities are getting (and her thoughts on laser, Morpheus 8, etc.) to DIY tricks that cost next to nothing but make a major difference (i.e. cotton pads soaked in chamomile tea). Joanna is dispelling the myth that celebrities just woke up like this, and teaches you why you shouldn't follow the TikTok trends.
SHOW NOTES:
Get ready to glow, because this week on The Everygirl Podcast Josie sits down with celebrity facialist and esthetician Joanna Vargas to talk all things skincare and beauty. Joanna’s clients include Sophia Coppola, Keri Russell, and many more, so she’s an expert in prepping skin to be camera-ready for huge events. This episode kicks off with Josie asking Joanna to run through her career history, from her makeup artist aspirations in her childhood to now as a founder and beauty professional. Joanna discusses the influence her grandmother, who was a beauty maven in her own right, had on her perspective when she was growing up. She also explains how she believes that pursuing something she was passionate about in her earlier years as an esthetician was what allowed her to devote so much time and energy to her brand and clients. The conversation takes a slight pivot to some of the things that Joanna believes have lent her success as a businesswoman, from really taking the time to understand her clients’ skin to being a mentor for other, less experiences estheticians that she works with. Then, Josie asks Joanna to walk through the prep she does for each of her clients before a red carpet event. If you’ve never heard of the Morpheus 8 treatment, this is your chance to get up to speed, because Joanna dives deep into explaining how this up-and-coming minimally invasive technique works. Joanna continues to cover how to best calm and cover hormonal acne breakouts in a pinch. For those of us who struggle with puffiness and lymphatic drainage, Josie asks Joanna to provide her advice for performing a great lymphatic drainage massage. The episode then turns to advice for those who might have a big event, like a wedding, coming up, and Joanna shares the ideal time frame for prepping to glow as brightly as possible on that special day. Then, Josie asks Joanna to share some key ingredients for at-home treatments (spoiler alert: your breakfast just might double as a face mask). Josie and Joanna also discuss gut health, and the importance of caring for your digestion in order to keep your skin healthy. Finally, Josie asks Joanna to discuss the most overrated viral products and treatments, and how to be a thoughtful consumer when it comes to skincare.
Must-Listen Moments:
[3:31] Joanna’s inspiration for becoming an esthetician, from childhood to award-winning skincare brand
[11:06] Strategies that have made Joanna both a better facialist and a better businesswoman
[17:25] How does Joanna prep her celebrity clients for red carpets, and what is Morpheus 8?
[29:35] At-home skincare treatments that will make your skin absolutely radiant, according to Joanna
[37:31] How does our diet impact our skin, and what can we do to sync our gut health with our skin health?
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