Skin consultation
30 minA conversation and a look under the lamp. You talk through what you use and what sets your skin off, and Shantel writes down what she sees. Nothing is done to your skin.
Consultation first
Book: Skin consultationBreakout-prone skin · Chapel Hill
Facials for breakout-prone skin, planned in steps
Shantel Arrington is a licensed esthetician with a private suite on West Franklin Street. She checks your skin, tells you what she sees and plans the visits ahead, so you know what each one is for. Now booking new clients.
What we do, and how long it takes
Every first visit starts with a consultation.
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First visit: consultation and facial
90 minThe consultation, then an extraction facial planned from it, and a written note to take home.
New clientsDeposit to bookBook: First visit: consultation and facial
Facials
Extraction facial
60 minCleansing, steam, extractions where your skin allows, a mask and a note of what Shantel saw. She stops when your skin has had enough.
Book: Extraction facialLong extraction facial
90 minThe same visit with more time to work slowly, for skin that needs it or a first visit after a long gap.
Book: Long extraction facial
Add-ons
LED light
15 minA panel of light held above your face at the end of a facial while you rest.
Add-onBook: LED lightSoothing mask
10 minA second mask, left on while Shantel works on your hands and shoulders.
Add-onBook: Soothing mask
Prices are set by the service and its length, and shown on the booking page when you choose a visit.
The series
Four visits, three weeks apart
Each visit has one job. This is what Shantel checks at each, and where the series ends.
- 01Week 0
Step 1: Consultation and first facial
A 90-minute visit: the consultation, then an extraction facial planned from it.
Checked: what you use at home, in order
Checked: what sets your skin off
You leave with a written note
- 02Week 3
Step 2: Extraction facial
Shantel starts from your note and asks what has changed.
Checked: how your skin has settled
Checked: anything new at home
One change at a time
- 03Week 6
Step 3: Home-routine review
A facial, and a 30-minute review of what you use at home.
Checked: every product, in order
Checked: what overlaps
The order is written down for you
- 04Week 9
Step 4: A look back
A shorter facial and the four notes side by side.
Checked: the four notes together
Decided together: keep going, space visits out, or stop
A dermatologist is suggested if it makes sense
Home-routine review
Bring everything you use at home
Many breakouts are helped along by a routine that fights itself. Shantel goes through yours in order, in 30 minutes.
In order
Morning, night, shower: every step, in the order you do it, written down on one page.
What overlaps
Two products that do the same job, or that work against each other, are easy to spot on paper.
What to change first
One change at a time, so that if your skin reacts you know why.
The suite
One room, one client at a time
Sample photos.
Your esthetician
Shantel Arrington does every visit
Shantel works alone in a one-room suite. She looks closely, says what she sees in plain words and plans the visits ahead, so each one has a job. Every visit ends with a note you take home.
Short answers before you book
What happens at a first visit?
You start with 30 minutes of talking and looking under the lamp, then a facial planned from what you said. You leave with a written note of what Shantel saw, what she did and what to do at home until your next visit.
Do I need a consultation?
Yes, before a first facial and before any series. Nothing is done to your skin during it. It is the first part of the 90-minute first visit, or you can book it on its own.
Can I come with a breakout?
Yes. Tell us when you book. If your skin is too sore for extractions that day, you'll have a calm facial instead, or we'll move the visit.
When do you suggest a dermatologist?
When what Shantel sees is a doctor's job: deep, painful lumps, a rash, swelling, or a mark that has changed. She'll tell you plainly and suggest a dermatologist or your own doctor.
How does pricing work?
The studio's prices show on the booking page when you choose a visit. They follow the service, how long it takes and what you add. Nothing is added on the day without asking you.
Start with a consultation
Thirty minutes to talk through your skin and what you use. Nothing is done to your skin, and you leave with a written note.