SKINCARE
Alpha hydroxy acids
Ampoules & serums
Anatomy of the skin
Botox
Chemical peels
Cleansing basics
Cosmetic Surgery
Masks
Moisturisers
Non-surgical facelift
Skin analysis
Skin disorders
Treatment creams
Wrinkle fillers

BODYCARE
Aromatherapy
Massage
Reflexology

OPTIMAL HEALTH
Amino acids
Anti-oxidants
Homeocysteine
High protein diets
Know your fats
Nutrition
Tissue salts
Vitamins & minerals
RDA vs ODI

GENERAL
About me
Articles of interest
Effects of the sun
Fact or fallacy
FAQ's
Newsletter
Products & Prices
To take or not to take
In my humble opinion

Hi everybody, I’m your friendly therapist that cares so much about you and my name is Micki.

I studied at the Stellenbosch Academy of Health & Skin Care Therapy (Isa Carstens) which has a reputation for being one of the best beauty institutes in the world. I received my C.I.D.E.S.C.O; British Confederation; Advanced Aesthetics Diploma (AAD) and Stellenbosch Masters diplomas amongst others.

I also received diplomas in numerous cosmetics houses such as Clarins, René Guinot, Jeanne Gatinau, R.V.B and Sans Soucis to mention a few.

My experience comes from working at the Stellenbosch Hydro, managing the Isa Carstens Salon in Strand, working in Cape Town and finally opening Caress Health Studio.

Caress Health Studio was opened in 1993. The name was coined by my mother and represents the female of CARE (as in prince & princess). So that means I’m your Caress, with the emphasis on the word care! And it definitely has nothing to do with caressing a dodgy man's private body parts . . Just to clear that up!!!

At Caress, I try my best to make your treatment as de-stressing and relaxing as possible. Caress is so much more than a beauty salon - it is the next best thing to taking a holiday. Whether you need a place to de-stress, download or simply relax and snooze, Caress Health Studio is the place to be.
Positive energy, empowering information, superior skincare, good laughs and peace & tranquility. It's called simple abundance, my simple abundance.

My newest mantra in life is "I'm too blessed to be stressed". With the insane pace of life, I do find myself repeating that mantra almost every 5 minutes, but it helps. It helps remind me that I'm blessed, it helps remind me to slow down but most of all it stops the stress in it's track (well most of the time anyway). If I'm saying it in the middle of a treatment, I know I'm starting to stress about something. And stress leads to adrenaline and adrenaline leads to inflammation and inflammation leads to ageing .......... ok I'll stop there because I'm getting my knickers in a twist. "I'm too blessed to be stressed"

Did I mention my passion in the salon is anti-ageing? That's why the inflammation story freaks me out . . . inflammation = ageing!!!

With the need to be young or should I say the need to look younger, woman are eager to try just about anything to get that young, rejuvenated, 'been on holiday my whole life' look. Some of the things people try really scares me and some of the things the medical profession are up to scare me even more.

Because I deal with damaged or stressed skin every day of my life, it's been a priority to me to gain knowledge, not only about the skin but about anything to do with anti-ageing, and more importantly to find more information on anti-ageing without turning to drastic measures like injecting ourselves with poisons, microwaving the skin or overdosing it with Vitamin A.

So, that's the background now go browse and enjoy!!!