A natural approach to better skin
A licensed aesthetician, Mayes opened last month, offering customized corrective skincare facial treatments and sugaring hair removal.
“I’m happy to be here, get started, welcome clients,” she said.
Mays said the skincare treatments are tailored to the individual and his or her skincare needs, “what they’re looking to correct or address, such as hydration, pigmentation, rosacea.
“I use a clinical skincare line that is natural with botanicals, different delivery methods that take the ingredients deeper into the skin, addressing those skincare concerns and creating a skincare journey for the client,” she said.
Still, “I’m more of a natural aesthetician, so I like to take care of the natural side of skin,” Mays said. “That’s why I do the sugaring and with the corrective skincare, I work more with natural skincare lines, even though it’s clinical, because a lot of times we have inflammation that we’re addressing in the skin barrier: redness, irritation.”
She explained sugaring is a gentler form of hair removal than other traditional methods.
“It doesn’t cause irritation or ingrown hairs,” Mays said. “So for people who struggle with those types of irritation, sugaring is a much better option.”
Also, “it exfoliates, removing the dead skin cells,” she added. “And it only has three ingredients — sugar, lemon and water. You could eat it. It’s that natural.
“And, it’s an ancient Egyptian hair removal method, so it’s been around for a long time.”
Mays has been an aesthetician for more than 15 years, when she got her aesthetics license. Since then, she has been working toward building her business.
Before coming to Tennessee in September with her family, she was living in South Carolina and subsequently Florida.
Originally, she was in merchandise management, but when her husband died in 2009, she decided to pursue a career as an aesthetician.
“I would receive facials on occasion, and I enjoyed them and what they offered,” Mays said, adding she also wanted to help clients with their skin.
“But, it’s really trusting in somebody, creating a loyalty with somebody and helping them achieve the skincare goals they are looking for,” she said. “That’s how I came up with It’s Only Skin Deep” [as a name] for my business.”
It’s Only Skin Deep is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday and Friday; from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday; from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday; and closed Wednesday and Sunday.
For more information or to book an appointment, visit online at itsonlyskindeep.org or call 727-243-6681.
