Kino by Kimie

🌿Meet Stonecrop🌿
One of Ilcsi special plants

Of the 100+ organic plants ilike uses, stonecrop is the only protected plant—so it’s carefully grown on their own organic plantation rather than harvested from the wild.

🏡Da History🏡

Stonecrop has been part of Aunt ilsci’s work from the very beginning.

Traditionally, it was planted on the roofs of old homes and was believed to help protect against lightning.
Pretty cool for a little plant if ya ask me!

What does it actually do for your skin?🤔

Brightening + soothing = a dream combo.

Stonecrop can help fade the appearance of pigmentation and hyperpigmentation while calming redness and irritation—especially after sun exposure.

Hacome we love em:

Stonecrop is a key ingredient in the stonecrop toner and whipped moisturizer we carry to helping soothe irritated skin while helping lighten dark spots from the sun.

And because it’s organically grown, carefully harvested, and processed by hand, every little bottle has quite the story behind it.

🌿 A moment for our favorite oil, Neroli Nirvana🌿

This dry oil formula absorbs quickly without leaving your skin feeling greasy & is safe for acne prone skin.
It’s packed with botanical oils like prickly pear, pomegranate seed, & argan oil to nourish the skin while providing antioxidant & anti-inflammatory support.

Made for normal, combination, congested + dull skin-especially when your skin needs a little extra nourishment without the heavy feeling.

Use it to calm angry skin, acne flares, pre makeup removal, Gua sha, lock in moisture, or under makeup for a dreamt glow- this oil really is multipurpose!

Link in bio to learn more

A moment for our favorite oil, Neroli Nirvana.

This dry oil formula absorbs quickly without leaving your skin feeling greasy & is safe for acne prone skin.

It’s packed with botanical oils like prickly pear, pomegranate seed , & argan oil to nourish the skin while providing antioxidant & anti-inflammatory support.

Made for normal, combination, congested + dull skin—especially when your skin needs a little extra nourishment without the heavy feeling.

Use it to calm angry skin, acne flares, pre makeup removal, Gua sha, lock in moisture, or under makeup for a dreamt glow- this oil really is multipurpose!

Link in bio to learn more

While I’m here for all the progress pics.
Sometimes you gotta show the fails too..

This client came to see me about a year ago. We talked about her dark spots, fine lines, and what she needed to be doing at home to support her skin goals.
But the consistency wasn’t there, especially sunscreen.
After being told she needed to start using spf daily, she still refused.

A year later, she came back wondering why her dark spots hadn’t lightened and why she was seeing more fine lines.
And I had to give her the answer she didn’t want to hear:
Because you weren’t using your sunscreen every day.
She even told me she didn’t feel like sunscreen worked.
And my response was basically... it doesn’t work if you don’t use it.
She wasn’t thrilled with that answer, but sometimes the truth isn’t the fun answer.

And honestly? I consider this a fail.
Not just on her part, but mine too. Cuz if I haven’t educated or motivated you enough to make the changes you need to make at home, I have to own a piece of that.
You see the pretty transformations all over social media.
What you don’t always see are the ones that don’t go according to plan.

I can give you the products.
I can give you the treatments.
I can give you the education.
But I can’t put the sunscreen on your face every morning.

Reaching your skincare goals is a team effort. And sometimes the most important part of your treatment happens after you leave my studio.

While I’m here for all the progress pics. Sometimes you gotta show the fails too..

This client came to see me about a year ago. We talked about her dark spots, fine lines, and what she needed to be doing at home to support her skin goals.
But the consistency wasn’t there, especially sunscreen. After being told she needed to start using spf daily, she still refused.

A year later, she came back wondering why her dark spots hadn’t lightened and why she was seeing more fine lines.
And I had to give her the answer she didn’t want to hear:
Because you weren’t using your sunscreen every day.
She even told me she didn’t feel like sunscreen worked.

And my response was basically… it doesn’t work if you don’t use it. 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

She wasn’t thrilled with that answer, but sometimes the truth isn’t the fun answer.
And honestly? I consider this a fail.
Not just on her part, but mine too. Because if I haven’t educated or motivated you enough to make the changes you need to make at home, I have to own a piece of that.

You see the pretty transformations all over social media. What you don’t always see are the ones that don’t go according to plan.

I can give you the products.
I can give you the treatments.
I can give you the education.

But I can’t put the sunscreen on your face every morning.

Skincare is a team effort. And sometimes the most important part of your treatment happens after you leave my studio.

Let’s be real, there will always be something we hyper-focus on when we look in the mirror.

The spots, the texture, the breakout that showed up at the absolute worst possible time.
The little things we’ve somehow been taught to see as flaws, even though they’re completely normal parts of being human…

Of course, I’m always going to encourage you to take good care of your skin. Wear your SPF, support your skin barrier, keep your hands off those pimples (yea you 👀), nourish your skin from the inside out.

But your “best” is going to look different from day to day.
Some days you’re on top of your skincare, drinking your water, eating well and feeling like ✨that girl✨.
Other days? You’re tired, stressed, breaking out, picking at your face and wondering why your skin didn’t get the memo.

Give yourself some grace.
You get to choose how you care for your skin — and just as importantly, you get to choose how you talk to yourself about it.

Because REAL skin isn’t poreless or permanently glowing like glass. Real skin has texture,spots, scars, wrinkles, and changes.
Sometimes those little imperfections are just proof that you’ve been living a life.

So take care of your skin. Learn it. Nourish it. Protect it.

But don’t spend your whole life trying to hate it into being something it was never meant to be

— Kino by Kimie

Just your local esthy checking in ladat

We all need reminders, even me.