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How Stress & Mental Health Affect Your Skin

In today’s world, stress can often feel like a constant companion. But did you know that it can also take a toll on your skin? Join us as we explore the connection between stress, mental health, your skin's well-being and and discover how to support them all....

Unleash the power of Hyaluronic Acid – The essential ingredient for your skincare journey.

In the world of skincare, one ingredient has garnered significant attention for its remarkable benefits and ability to transform the skin: hyaluronic acid (HA). This powerful compound has become an essential ingredient worldwide, revolutionising the way we approach skincare. In this article, we will deep dive into the hype surrounding hyaluronic acid and explore why it has become a must-have for everyone seeking radiant, youthful skin. Unparalleled moisturisationOne of the primary reasons h...

Love or hate it - Humidity

Love or hate it, humidity and summer seem to go hand in hand – especially in Auckland. Whether seen as a blessing or a curse, we’ve had our fair share of it in recent weeks. For those with drier skin, high humidity can become our best friend. Here’s what to expect: HydrationHumid air is moisture-rich, meaning you won’t have to worry about your skin drying out. Expect your skin to look and feel hydrated and supple, especially when compared to colder, drier climates. Anti-ag...

We Know Skin.

With just under 100 years of knowledge between us, our team knows 𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗡. And we get to know 𝗬𝗢𝗨 before we start on any skin management journey. 𝗪𝗵𝘆? Because of genetics, lifestyle, diet and environmental factors, no two skin types will react the same to a single treatment. We need to know your SKIN before we can map out your journey. But how do we really do this? Usually, you need a crystal ball to help you look into the future, but here at Louise Gray, we are takin...

New Piecing Together The Puzzle

Dermal nutrition is often considered the last piece of the puzzle when it comes to ‘great skin’, but is it now time that we should be thinking of it as the first piece? The reality is, that your skin, as your largest organ, reflects your life and overall health. A barrier between your body and the outside world, it is affected by what you consume, where you go andyour overall health and finally what you apply to it. Your skin needs a feast of essential nutrients daily to thrive, but this can...

Six Ways to Look and Feel Younger?

1.      Lengthen Your Telomeres: As time passes by, the Telomeres at the ends of our Chromosomes get shorter. This shortening is what causes us to age.  But there is an enzyme within your genes that can undo the ageing process, all you have to do is activate it.  One Truth 818 was created from Nobel Prize-winning breakthroughs, $33 million in research and 11 years of investigation.  Only TAM-818, the active ingredient in One Truth 818 can switch on th...

Great Skin | Great Dermal Nutrition

It is the correlation between what is happening internally within the body, with what is happening externally that has always fascinated the team at Louise Gray Skin Care.  The same goes hand-in-hand with great skin and dermal nutrition.  Your skin needs to be supported internally to reap the rewards of total skin health. A wide range of nutrients is required for the skin to thrive, heal and resist premature ageing. Dull, lifeless, and inflamed or spotty skin may be indications that yo...

Intervention to Reactivate Youthful-Looking Skin

At Louise Gray Skin Care we are excited to announce a new partnership with SkinMTX.   Based on the Nobel Prize-awarded research on telomeres, Skin MTX supports our existing One Truth 818 products to really deliver you a pathway to reactivated youthful-looking and supported skin....

Could your Anti-Ageing treatments actually be Ageing you?

What would you think if that ‘quick fix’, could cause more long-term damage than what the initial treatment was originally sourced for? It is important to understand the underlying mechanisms of the treatment and the trade-off you are making for resurfaced skin.  We say move forward with caution….. In the never-ending pursuit of age management, we are often presented with a myriad of options, promising a fresh, brighter, lifted and more youthful complexion.  A number of the...

Are Laser Treatments a Great Anti-Ageing Treatment?

It is important to understand how it works, its underlying mechanisms and the trade-off you are making for a  temporarily tight, resurfaced skin.  Go with caution – or better still, don’t go at all. Lasers work by causing various amounts of damage to the skin, with Ablative Lasers being the most powerful.  This laser works by removing the epidermis (top layer of your skin) and part of your dermis (second layer of your skin) by superheating the water in the skin.  This cau...

When Beauty Meets Science

There are a lot of products on the market that contain great ingredients, that are said to aid in triggering collagen or elastin production, or have been designed to make you ‘look’ a little younger by plumping up the cells or something off the surface.But in reality, are you applying nothing that could actually tackle true age reversal? Most of you will know that skin is in a constant state of flux.  The cells are in sloughing off the process of the skin called desquamation and for dec...

An SPF is the Most Anti-Ageing Product You Can Own.

As skincare professionals, we’re on the front line of your skin safety.   We need to protect our skin from UVA and UVB radiation, infrared radiation (IR) and visible light (HEV), every day, in winter and summer, rain or shine.  Why?  Premature ageing, hyperpigmentation, fine lines, wrinkles, skin sagging, do we need to go on? We have heard it all before; It makes me break out, I look shiny, I always look white like a ghost or it just feels awful on my skin.  So, at Louise G...

The Hottest Facial in Town

So your skin has been poppy red for the past two hours but now, you are definitely ready for anything. Who would have thought that putting hot paprika on inflamed skin would completely change it and so quickly!  Aunt Ilcsi, made sure that one of her favourite products was included in this now ‘cult’ treatment, which has a very insinuating Hungarian name: ‘Before Event’. Even until this day, this continues to be an interesting topic among those who are eager to find out where th...

Why We Age

There are several reasons we age, but it can be summed up with inflammation, oxidation, glycation, toxins and chronic infections, on top of poor diet, poor sleep, lack of exercise, and most importantly, telomere shortening.  Although, there are lots of ‘things’ that are ageing us over our lifetimes—even if we never are exposed to toxins, or infections, and sleep like babies for the rest of our lives-our cells are designed to age and die for the purposes of evolution. That system, ...

The Face Behind The Face

When a rose bush is exposed to a frost or a drought, it suffers and has to be nursed back to health with proper care and nutrients. Our skin, explains Louise Gray of Louise Gray Skin Care in Mission Bay, is no different.  As a dedicated skincare specialist, Louise and her highly experienced and dedicated team are all about assisting the health of the skin through a combination of treatments and diet advice. Unlike many of the beauty salons around, they don’t do ready-made facials or injec...

The Gray - Volume Two

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Sunburn Is Skin Suicide

Join Louise as she breaks things down for us:  First of all – the sun’s rays In a nutshell, the sun sends out ultraviolet rays A, B, and C. UVA are known as the ageing rays, UVB the burning, and UVC rays don’t get through the ozone layer. The allure – the biochemical effects of the sun The sun has an eternal allure for humans, and it’s not difficult to appreciate why. The warmth on our skin is like a luxurious balm, but it goes deeper than that. Biochemically it changes our b...

The Gray - Volume One

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Obsessing over the Truth One Truth 818 Serum

If you’re a regular reader you’ll know I’m a former registered nurse and my focus is on the health of your skin as well as what’s happening on the inside of your body to impact your visible skin layers. The therapists who work with me, Hannah Brockbank, Beverley Danyali and Oonagh Wolfkamp also look beyond the surface of your skin to what may be going on within the body. You see, your skin’s health, how it looks, and how it ages, is very much tied up with the general health of your bod...

The Story Behind: One Truth 818

One Truth 818 Scientific Skincare range holds the key to ever-lasting youth. Based on Nobel prize-winning research, it exclusively contains the world’s most powerful age-reversing compound. The One Truth 818 skincare revolution is the collaboration of a renowned Kiwi entrepreneur and beauty industry expert and groundbreaking scientific research, creating what many are calling ‘the best thing to happen to skincare this century’. So how did it all begin? At 10 years old, a young bo...

Have You Met My Team?

When you hear about Beauty Therapy Clinics, it is usually about the products they stock, their treatments and the fantastic results that they are achieving, but there is actually a whole facet that is often overlooked. It is the therapists. They also perform the services, have the knowledge, advanced education and achieve the results.  Who are they and why do they choose to work where they do? Let’s take a look at my team....

Bringing You A New Solution to Problem Skin

Our Skin Is Mother Nature’s Barometer I started my professional career as a registered general nurse, working extensively in intensive care. With that type of nursing you quickly get a grasp of how the body works as a whole and learn that you can’t compartmentalise things. I often saw how my patient’s facial skin reacted to various medications and how stress from illness, disease or trauma is portrayed on the skin. Nowadays, working as a skin care therapist, I still believe in working with...

15 Years, 5 Days A Week, 7 – 12 Hours Per Day

"So, we have been here for the past 15 years and we are not going anywhere!  Now is the perfect time to start your skincare journey with the Louise Gray Skincare team. We look forward to seeing you very soon!”  – Louise GrayThis June will see Louise Gray Skin Care Celebrate 15 years in Mission Bay. Fifteen years as your neighbour, 15 years as your skin care specialist, 15 years dedicated to skin health. “I have always believed that we are more than a skin care cent...

Are you ready for Session 3? Facercise!

Join the amazing Beverley Danyali once again as she takes us through another session of 'Facercise', this time concentrating on the lip area.Enjoy!...

We all Appreciate what Mother's do for us, but this Year they Deserve Something Extra Special!

I am are excited to announce that we have teamed up with the amazing Vida Flores in Newmarket for some truely amazing packages that will be sure to surprise and delight.  Let's take a look! Louise x ...