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role models not just a job by Lisa Doyle Q. Have you had any mentors help you in your career? A. Avancé’s Dee Deluca-Mattos. She is deﬁnitely my role model and a huge mentor to me. She is extremely knowledgeable, talented and successful. She is my goto person when I have any questions. Q. What is the biggest challenge you face in your job? A. Always making sure I am oﬀering the best to my clients. I am always researching what is new in skin care so I can keep my clients informed and provide them with information to help meet their needs. Q. How does Avancé help you in your job? A. Not only is it a wonderful line but it is versatile. All of my clients can use it—it is for all ages, for both males and females, and tackles everything from acne to aging. I love when you have just a few products that can be used for so many diﬀerent things. Q.What is an average day like for you? A. Busy! I ﬁrst get started at my house, getting my husband oﬀ to work and my 2-year-old daughter ready for her day. I then head oﬀ to our spa, where we are extremely busy. For example, on a Friday I arrive at 7:30 a.m. and I am going nonstop from 8 a.m. all the way to 6 p.m. It is a 10-hour day of waxing, facials and body treatments, and I am constantly on my toes. Q.What’s the best part about your job? A. It feels so great to say I love my job. I meet tons of people who hate what they do or where they work, and I cannot imagine having to do that every day. I can honestly say that I love what I do and where I work! n Top esthetician Maria Lomuscio shares why she loves her career in skin care. Q. How did you get your start in the skin care industry? A. Always loving anything to do with beauty and fashion, I took a huge interest in skin and how many people are faced with acne and other conditions. Not having the greatest skin as a teen, I saw how facials and products helped me, so I wanted to learn more. Maria Lomuscio Depasquale the Spa Morris Plains, New Jersey vocation: Esthetician age: 31 years in the industry: 10 specialty: Facials and waxing favorite products: Age-Defyer Daily moisturizer by Avancé. It is my morning moisturizer, my night moisturizer and my undereye cream. It is my everything in a bottle! favorite spa service: Nothing beats a great facial. advice for new Have a career, not a job. Go in full estheticians: force and learn everything you can. favorite way to You would think that being in this unwind: business, pampering people and making them unwind, I should be a pro at it myself, but honestly being a mom, wife and a careerdriven professional, “unwind” is a bit unfamiliar to me. But, I do feel at my best when my husband and I, my daughter and of course, our dog, are all in the bed on a Sunday morning! “Not having the greatest skin as a teen, I saw how facials and products helped me, so I wanted to learn more.” —Maria Lomuscio 22 renewprofessional.com may/june 2008 http://renewprofessional.com

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