A brand new Karin Herzog salon!

We’re very pleased to announce a new Karin Herzog salon, West One Beauty which has just opened in Camden, London.

Salon owner Sally Medcalf has been one of our favourite beauty therapists for many years. Her original salon West One Beauty, in Marylebone, London is well known by Karin Herzog fans across the capital. Sally’s new venture is set to be just as successful. The salon is beautifully decorated, making you feel pampered as soon as you walk in the door!

In 2004 Sally was nominated Beauty Therapist and Facialist of the Year for her expertise in facial skincare. A master of Karin Herzog therapies, we regularly send our celebrity clients to Sally. Sally also has some fantastic beauty therapists working with her who are trained in Karin Herzog therapies.

To make a booking, you can contact the Camden branch of West One Beauty on 020 7267 8787 or via the salon website.

As well as our wonderful salon treatments, West One Beauty also has Karin Herzog retail products available for sale in both salons.

Karin Herzog treatments available are:

The Smoothie

The Pore Draw

Glyco Rose Peel

Coc02 Chocolate facial

* Plus for a limited period (check with salon for details) there is 20% off all treatments. *

Treatment focus: Peel & Plump

Another in our series of blog posts focusing on our professional treatments, to help you choose the right treatment for you, and to ensure you know what results to expect.

Peel & Plump: A fabulous 30 minute facial with staggering results.

Using a safe and gentle glycolic acid, rose essential oil and Karin Herzog’s patented and proven oxygen therapy.

Peel & Plump is an amazing treatment that revives tired looking skin, helps soften fine lines, hydrates and plumps.

Skin is lifted and toned, elasticity is improved and the complexion looks brighter. The treatment stimulates cell renewal whilst simultaneously decongesting.

Essential for dry, mature skin, pigmentation problems, acne scaring or general lack-lustre skin.

Brilliant as an advanced beauty aid before a special occasion!

For more on the Pore Draw facial click here

For more on the Smoothie facial click here

For more on the Bodicial number 1 click here

If you need help choosing the best Karin Herzog treatment for you, or if you are trying to find a Karin Herzog salon near you, please get in touch.

Treatment focus: Bodicial number 1

Karin Herzog professional treatments have a reputation for achieving incredible results. This is one in a series of blog posts aimed at helping you find out which treatment would work best for you, and what results you can expect.

Bodicial Number 1: For acne, problematic & congested skin

True to our ethos of treating the face through the body, the Bodicial first treats, clears and stimulates the body’s natural lymphatic system.

This treatment incorporates a full body manual lymphatic drainage massage to help the body to naturally detoxify itself, which helps clear the bacteria from the face,  followed by our clinically proven oxygen therapy.

The fusion of the lymphatic massage and our world leading Pore Draw extraction facial, enables us to treat long-term problematic skin conditions and achieve unprecedented results. Breakouts are controlled and the skin begins a program of detoxification.

A series of treatments has the best effect, as results are cumulative: Clearing lymph of bacteria and skin of breakouts more and more with every visit on the path to clear and transformed skin.

For more on the Pore Draw facial click here

For more on the Smoothie facial click here

If you’d like to book a Pore Draw, or any of our other treatments, contact us for information on your local Karin Herzog salon.

Treatment focus: the Pore Draw

Want to know which Karin Herzog professional treatment is best suited to your skin and what results you can expect? Here’s the second in our series of posts on facial treatments:

The Pore Draw: manual extraction facial
For anyone suffering from spots (whether it’s just a few, or acne) the Pore Draw is the most effective and hygienic manual extraction facial. In laymans terms, this means the skin and spots are squeezed for you, in a hygenic and controlled manner.

Oxygen sterilises the therapist’s hands as well as the client’s skin. Blackheads, white heads and even Mila (those annoying tiny hard white lumps many people get around the eyes) can be extracted leaving the skin brighter, clearer fresher and visibly improved.

The Pore Draw is suitable for all types of skin,  even young and sensitive skin and really does provide a deep cleanse. Leaving the skin ultra clean, glowing and fresh.

Especially suitable for people with an urban lifestyle, to get the skin truly, deep down clean.

For clients with severe cases of acne, a series of treatments may be recommened, your therapist will recommend how many and advice you on at home skincare.

If you’d like to book a Pore Draw, or any of our other treatments, contact us for information on your local Karin Herzog salon.

Don’t just want to take our word for it? India Knight described the Pore Draw as ‘the best facial in the world’ in the Sunday Times and Blogger Dolly Mix Fits recently reviewed the Pore Draw and called it ‘the best facial I’ve ever had’, read more here.

For information on The Smoothie, click here.

Sorting skin problems for darker complexions

We all aim for a smooth, clear and even toned complexion, but different skin tones have different sets of problems, here we look at how our oxygen skincare products can help darker skin tones.

Three of our products; Vita-A-Kombi 2, Vita-A-Kombi 3, and Karin Herzog Mild Scrub are particularly effective in addressing overactive sebum production, something which often concerns women with dark skin. It’s often the root cause that leads to a set of very stubborn skin problems including clogged and/or infected pores, skin discoloration and ingrown hairs.

Let’s start with overactive sebum production. Because darker skin tones are prone to increased sebaceous activity, Vita-A-Kombi 2, with 2% oxygen concentration, delivers nutrients directly to cells, optimizing skin function and restoring sebum production to a normal, healthy level.

When emergencies such as breakouts strike, Vita-A-Kombi 3, a 3% oxygen concentration, acts as a fast and effective acne zapper. Regular use of Karin Herzog Mild Scrub gently removes dry blockages from pores, allowing them to breathe normally and at the same time, create a route for the penetration of Vita-A-Kombi 2.

Discoloration happens when melanocytes (the same melanin producing cells that keep dark skin younger looking) occasionally spin out of control and produce dark spots and uneven skin tones. Couple this with a delay in the natural turnover of cells and skin can begin to appear dull and feel course and rough. Vita-A-Kombi 3 effectively spot treats hyper-pigmentation aided by Mild Scrub that lifts dead cells, thus restoring radiance to the skin.

Ingrown hairs are very annoying. Instead of growing straight out of the follicle, often a hair will curl back under the skin’s surface. When a hair becomes trapped this way, it leads to inflammation and causes a protruding lump. Mild Scrub exfoliates the skin’s surface and lifts away dead cells that can trap hairs, while enhancing the faster-acting penetration of Vita-A-Kombi products.

Karin Herzog holds the global patent for encapsulating oxygen into emulsions. That’s the key to their gentle treatments, and the methodology that makes then highly effective for aiding darker skin by stimulating cell growth, maximizing skin function and soothing the epidermis.

If you need any more help choosing the right Karin Herzog products for your skin, please get in touch

The home facial routine

No time to get to the salon? Don’t panic, we’re going to teach you a weekly routine which will speed up and enhance the effect of your daily oxygen routine, giving you firmer, brighter more luminous clear skin, with fine lines diminished and blemishes greatly reduced or eradicated – who could want for more?

1. Pressure wash the face (see our blog post of pressure washing the skin). This ensures ultra-clean skin and facilitates an effective oxygen program

2. Spritz the skin with the Karin Herzog Tonic Lotion and gently press into the skin

3. Apply the Karin Herzog Mild Scrub and remove with either our Face Silk, or a muslin cloth soaked in hot water (not too hot if you have broken capillaries)

4. Apply a layer of Karin Herzog Essential Mask

5. Cover the face with cling film, but leaving holes to allow you to breathe comfortably!

6. Relax for 10-15 minutes

7. Remove any product remaining on the skin by using the Face Silk with hot water . Press the silk all over the face and neck. Re-soak the silk in water and apply to the face with circular movements. Finally, spritz the face with cold water and pat dry

8. Apply a fine light layer of Additional Day Cream or Day Protection Cream

9. Blot the skin with tissue with firm pressing movements

It’s as simple as that for skin that’s salon fresh and glowing!

If you’ve any questions, please get in touch.

Treatment focus: The Smoothie

Here at Karin Herzog we’re incredibly proud of our range of professional treatments. To help you learn more about which treatment is best suited to your skin, and what results you can expect, over the coming weeks we’re going to publish blog posts on each one.

The Smoothie: A luxurious hydrating and balancing facial
This is a hands on treatment incorporating oxygen, water, vitamins and gentle-but-effective super fruit enzymes from orange, mandarin, grapefruit and grapes.

As a high performance anti-ageing, maintenance facial, the Smoothie  ensures the skin stays firm, hydrated and lifted. Not only is the Smoothie a face-lifting facial, but it’s both instant and long lasting.

Suitable for all skin types (including those with heightened sensitivity), excellent at restoring the natural balance and health of the skin and for treating many common disorders including rosacea, dermatitis, eczema and many more.

Anna, a Karin Herzog fan from Winchester, recently described the Smoothie as “the best facial I’ve ever had!”.

If you need more advice on whether the Smoothie is the best treatment for your skin? or if you’d like us to recommend a salon local to you, please get in touch.

Want to pressure wash your skin?

Ok, cleansing your skin is not the same as pressure washing your patio :),  but this simple routine will give you maximum lymph drainage and help to de-congest the skin.

The lymph drainage system is the body’s natural mechanism for toxin removal. Sometimes our system can be sluggish and toxin removal can be slow, this results in congested skin that can look grey, dull and lifeless, and even prone to break-outs. To stimulate the removal of these toxins, we need to increase the circulation and aid the flow of the waste product to the areas known as the lymph nodes.

We know that using the Karin Herzog oxygen products stimulates the circulation and the antiseptic effect of the oxygen kills bacteria formed in the layers of the skin, but you can promote even quicker results by practicing a simple procedure that will enhance the result of your oxygen cream and speed up lymph drainage.

Method:

(note, these movements should be done with your fingertips)

1. Apply a small amount of cleanser (either our Professional Cleanser, or Finest Chocolate) to the face and neck area.
2. Using light circular movements massage behind the ears and work in a downward motion down the neck. This will help relieve tension and and allow clear drainage. [repeat]
3. Move hands to the forehead, placing them at the centre, apply light but firm pressure as you part the hands out towards the sides of the head. You are draining toxins to the lymph node situated by the temples. [repeat]
4. Move the hands to the jaw line – move the fingers around the jaw bone applying pressure underneath in a pinching action, working out from behind the chin towards the ear and hold. [repeat]
5. Place fingers on the area between the nose and the upper lip, and apply pressure here, again drain the toxins out towards the base of the ear and hold. Do not forget the corners of the mouth.
6. Move the fingers to the eye, to the bone area below. Place the fingertips firmly around the orbital bone pushing the toxins towards the temples.
7. Place the hands horizontally either side of the nose – apply pressure removing toxins from the nose and cheeks to the temples.
8. Finally, reward the face with a sweeping continuous stroking action over the entire area.
9. Soak the Karin Herzog Face Silk in hot* water. Apply to the face, press and leave.
10. Soak the Silk again in hot* water and sweep over the face.
11. Splash cold water over the entire area.
12. Wring out the silk completely
13. Blot the face dry with the silk
14. Continue with the oxygen program.

* If you are prone to broken capillaries please use only tepid water, as heat may aggravate the condition.

Any questions? just ask us!

Chocotastic!

Decongest, lift, tone, hydrate and firm… all wrapped up in one exquisite treatment

We are pleased to announce a limited edition pampering facial treatment which combines Karin Herzog skincare with Cadbury chocolate. Combining utterly scrumptious KOKO praline (which is much richer and more nourishing than using chocolate alone), together with Karin Herzog’s patented and proven oxygen therapy.

This luxurious facial starts with a back, neck and shoulder massage to help you relax and unwind. Then surface dirt and make-up is removed with our Finest Chocolate Cleanser, using a warm flannel to open up the pores.

Next a gentle scrub to deal with any unwanted blackheads, plus an application of Karin Herzog’s Vitamin H Cream to overly dry areas of the skin, followed by an Essential Mask. Dubbed ‘facelift in a tube’ because of its tightening properties, Herzog masks delivery 2% Oxygen to the skin – ideal for dehydrated skin.

Your face is then covered with a layer of gauze, whilst warm monoi oil and melted down KOKO by Cadbury truffles are massaged into your skin.

The end result? A springy, luminous healthy glow along with your vert own box of KOKO by Cadbury truffles to take home!

The limited edition Cadbury KOKO facial is available at selected salons and spas. Please get in touch for details of a salon near you:  koko@karinherzog.co.uk / 0800 0562428