MS. OLIVIA QUIDO'S FULL RELAXATION TREATMENT In a first of a series, it’s my pleasure to reintroduce talented skincare experts to our community. This week, I’ll start with my most recent experience under the hands of the young and immensely talented Ms. Olivia Quido, owner of O’ Skin Care.
The past couple of months have been really stressful for me because of different projects pulling me left and right. I’m not complaining but the truth is, my routine can be very straining physically – flying to Vegas and back to LA every week because of my salon expansion, among others.
So it was such a wonderful treat being pampered for a facial by Olivia and getting the full relaxation treatment.
Based on experience, Olivia is really a pro at what she does. The licensed esthetician seems very prepared to take her practice anywhere her clients are.
The setting was the quaint living room of my friend Ruffa Gutierrez’s condo in
Ruffa and her mom, Annabelle, were also in dire need of some pampering. So we girls were ready for Olivia and her capable team to work their magic on us.
O’ Skin Care came fully prepared to transform the ambience of Ruffa’s salas into a beauty spa. They came with relaxation music, massage beds--the works. When I closed my eyes, it truly felt like I was communing with nature.
The Miss Universe pageant was actually being broadcast live at that time but I had to put my foot down and insist that we forget about that for a moment to concentrate on our “night at the spa.”
It was a bit of a challenge to let ourselves relax, especially as I was with the vivacious Gut
ierrez women. Annabelle, who’s a known firecracker, and Ruffa, who is always so perky even amid all the challenges she’s facing right now.
But once we started to calm down through the “O’ Indulgence” treatments, it was quite heavenly.
Olivia first treated Ruffa with a scrub which, she thought was excellent. Simultaneously, I was having my body massage and then followed by hydrafacial. I’ve never had this treatment before and it really felt so good.
With Olivia’s able massage therapists Ms. Kristene Ong and Ms. Ellen Beltran, it was as if we had an out-of-body experience. We felt lighter afterwards.
The stress in our bodies were zapped off. And we carried this feeling until the next day!
I want to take this opportunity to thank O’ Skin Care, especially Olivia for that memorable spa experience. Ruffa and Annabelle were also very happy with the service.
I wish Olivia and O’ Skin Care all the success because they provide a valuable service.
I first met Olivia last year when she was nominated to be an awardee during the Reflections 18 Awards Salute to Beauty Innovators.
Her resume is very impressive. She has completed numerous post graduate courses from the American Institute of Esthetics, International Dermal Institute,
Barely five years in the industry, O’ Skin Care (located on
Before meeting her in person, people have been telling me how excellent Olivia is and that’s why she landed among the honorees in the Fil-Am community’s most excellent skin care experts. I fully agree she is one of the best out there.
In the next several weeks, I will be featuring other cutting-edge skin care experts in the Fil-Am community. They are our beauty heroes because they have trained and practiced the art of keeping their clients youthful-looking and beautiful. To name several, there’s also Gandi Villareal, Biologica, Pro Derm, Jocylane Dinsay, Estela Cottle, and of course, Obagi.
Ang kasabihang bawal na ang maging pangit sa mga panahong ito, to me, is really do-able because of these beauty experts that we have.
Have a beautiful weekend everyone! Stay beautiful!
*The author is a professional beauty consultant and owner of the popular salon chain Monet & Reflections Salons. Monet is also the executive producer of the longest running Fil-Am awards gala, Reflections Awards (now on its 19th year). He is a known “queenmaker” or discoverer of young beauties who have gone on to achieve their dream of becoming beauty pageant titlists. For more on Monet, please visit www.monetsalon.com or send an email to monet@monetsalon.com.
