Journey to Wedding Ready Skin
Just days before her dream wedding, we look back at our conversation with Elixir Skin Fitness bridal client, make-up artist and influencer, Lili Karamalikis, about how the leading clinic helped her achieve her glowing, wedding-ready skin!
At Elixir Skin Fitness, leading dermal therapist Rose Bonasera is revitalising the beauty industry through her holistic approach to skincare. She knows that everybody’s skin, lifestyle and beauty goals are unique, which is why she tailors her transformative work to focus on what’s happening on the inside of the body and the outside.
This ethos is why make-up artist and influencer, Lili Karamalikis, wanted to work closely with Rose and Elixir Skin Fitness in her journey to achieving wedding-ready skin. Here, she tells us all about her experience:
When you started your journey to wedding ready skin, why was working with a skincare clinic top of mind?
As a make-up artist, I know that your skin is the canvas for your make-up on your wedding day. It was really important for me to make sure [my skin] looks as good as it can on one of the most important days of my life!
What drew you to working with Elixir Skin Fitness and leading dermal therapist Rose Bonasera?
Rose really understands what your skin needs and knows it’s not just a one-size-fits-all approach to skincare regimes. She takes so much pride in her work and I’ve seen her work first-hand with my make-up clients. I always knew that Rose would be the one to get my skin wedding ready.
Tell us about the beauty calendar and skincare plan Rose developed for you.
We started prepping my skin one year in advance – Rose prefers to have a whole year with a client so she can make sure there’s time for the skin to look its absolute best on the day.
I really appreciate her honesty and approach – she doesn’t overload the skin too quickly with products and treatments that might not necessarily work for you. She tailors each treatment to each client, too.
My skin is pretty resilient now. Our aim was to get my skin as glowy and bouncy as possible!
One of Rose’s points of difference is that she focuses on how gut health impacts your skin, too. Tell us about that.
We discussed my gut health and diet very early on in the consultation stage before we started doing any treatments. As I am not particularly good at remembering to take supplements and vitamins, so we focused more on my diet and how it may affect my skin. I tend to get quite a lot of inflammation, so we looked at foods that didn’t trigger that reaction and this was a really sustainable way of making a positive change in my lifestyle.
Elixir Skin Fitness also has a gorgeous bridal suite! How did that elevate your experience?
Honestly, [the bridal suite] feels like a little slice of heaven. It’s so important to have ‘me time’ and that’s exactly how I feel when I visit Elixir. Everything feels so luxurious and the attention to detail is amazing. I am just in awe of what a wonderful clinic Rose has created. It feels very cosy and warm.
How do you think your journey with Elixir Skin Fitness will make you feel on your wedding day?
I know that going through this process means I am going to feel confident not only on my wedding day but every day. I love that [Elixir Skin Fitness] uses an inside-out approach rather than focusing on the outside. I take this approach in my own business with wedding make-up, so it is nice to work with somebody who aligns with the same values as I do.
Elixir Skin Fitness
267 The Parade, Beulah Park
0407 703 870
elixirskinfitness.com.au
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