By Jennifer Munro, Professor Des Fernandes, Dr Ernst Eiselen and Candace Noonan. Is any one form of Vitamin A ‘better’ than another for skin? Can you compare skincare products by percentage of active ingredients? What does an International's Unit mean? How much is too much?

By Carol Trow and Rob Trow – CHEMICAL PEELS are designed and formulated to help remove dead skin cells and stimulate the skin’s natural regeneration process. Peels can assist in improving damaged skin caused by the sun, aging, acne, excessive oil and other extrinsic and intrinsic factors. But, one must be carefully trained and educated on the types and applications of each of the major peeling agents and their proper use. It has been estimated that more than one million skin peel procedures were carried out at a cost of $1 billion in the United States this past year. These procedures are growing because of the efficacy of skin peeling when used properly and its comparatively low cost to clients.

by Professor Des Fernandes and Dr Ernst Eiselen and Jennifer Munro. Every esthetician can go from being ‘An esthetician’ to being ‘My esthetician’ by taking extra care and time in that very first meeting. How do you make that meeting matter? How do you turn a casual enquiry into a customer for life?

By Professor Des Fernandes and Dr Ernst Eiselen. Most people only think of blocking the sun out to protect their skins, but what if there was another way to increase your defences against sun damage to skin without putting your body at risk of Vitamin D deficiency? Very topically at the moment, vitamin D boosts the immune system in its fight against viruses and is even more important than usual.

Candace Noonan, Director of Education for Dermaconcepts, the exclusive distributor of Environ skincare products in the USA, first became worried about pigmentation in the third trimester of her pregnancy. In this video she tells the story of how she tackled it head on and won in the end through sheer hard work and persistence, using Environ skincare products.

Professor Des Fernandes answers the question asked by a person mixing her own beauty products. He offers advice on how to keep the product working optimally and the reasons why his own products are made under strictly controlled factory conditions.