Meredith Myrick: An Esthetician With Intention

The largest, fastest growing organ in the human body is one you see most easily: the skin. Skin defends you from a plethora of harmful things each day yet typically commands our least attention. Beautiful skin starts with healthy skin and a skin care specialist can help attain outer beauty.

Meredith Myrick is an Oregon certified esthetician specializing in skin care, products and expert spray tanning, but her journey was not easy.  Diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 47 Meredith opted for a bilateral mastectomy.  Within two years Meredith sensed her goals changing, prompting a new direction in her life, but what? 

As Meredith struggled through her cancer battle, Oregon was responding to public concern over tanning beds causing skin cancer and passed a law banning tanning beds to anyone under the age of 18 without Doctor’s permission and oversight of a licensed esthetician.

After learning of this new law, Meredith felt pulled down the path of becoming a licensed esthetician, specializing in spray tanning. 

Upon completion of her studies at the Hollywood Airbrush Tanning Academy in Southern California, she returned to Grants Pass, landing her first job at Le Belle Vie Salon where she perfecting her skills on family, friends and relatives. 

When you first meet Meredith she will identify your skin tone, texture, nationality and purpose for the tan, allowing her to select your perfect tint.  Looking for a soft and natural Mediterranean glow?  Perhaps you are Native American, African America or in the 2% of our population that have Vitiligo.  Meredith will create the perfect tint for you and uses only clean, non-fragrant products.     

After perfecting spray tanning techniques and moving into a new location at HeadQuarters Day Spa, Meredith began adding skin care treatments and techniques to her list of services, creating customized “cocktail facial peels”. 

Have wrinkles, stretch marks, or acne scarring?  Try out her new non-ablative and effective treatment called Collagen Induction Therapy: Micro needling (CIT).  Not a laser or deep chemical peel, CIT requires minimal down time of usually four to seven days.  CIT produces significant, measurable and sustainable results, by stimulating the body’s own production of collagen, reducing wrinkles and improving skin texture. Results last as long as 5–10 years or more. 

Another technique, Celluma RX Biophotonic therapy, is an FDA approved light emitting diode (“LED”), technology based on NASA research.  The low-level-light energy delivers proven therapeutic wavelengths of blue, red and infrared light energy proven to be beneficial for relief of arthritis, muscle spasms, muscle and joint pain, muscle tissue tension, joint and muscle stiffness, diminished local circulation, anti aging and inflammatory acne vulgaris. Meredith is now setting her goals for Deep Skin Chemical Peels as well as Facial Massages. 

With a personal goal of “making the client natural looking and enhancing the beauty that they already possess”,  Meredith can help you attain your outer beauty.  Contact Meredith at info@meredithscustomspraytans.com or phone at 541-761-2968.  Check out her website at http://www.meredithscustomspraytans.com/

Opening Night At Barnstormers

 

Tonight was opening night of Sam Shepard’s True West, directed by Emily Gisler.  The venue was Barnstormers:  Oregon’s oldest continuing community theatre located on Evelyn Avenue in Grants Pass.   As I entered the main door to the theatre I was immediately struck by the intimacy of the venue.  With a seating capacity, which I counted as just under 100 and a very narrow walkway dividing the audience from the stage, one is able to become totally immersed in the story.

Seats were padded with arms and quite comfortable.  A unique feature was the food and beverage service provided before the opening curtain and during intermission.  A selection of red and white wines was complimentary as well as coffee and water.  Also offered on a complimentary basis was a variety of foods which included a mozzarella, cherry tomato and basil salad, various chips, fruit plates that included grapes and sliced apples, and desserts.

The play itself was unique in the fact that the two main male characters, which were brothers in the play, were double-cast.  Every other performance they switch roles.  There is no way not to ask yourself how long it took the actors to memorize both parts. 

The story line was a character study that examined the relationship between two brothers over the span of three days.  One brother a successful family man and the other a nomadic drifter, each brother represented a different product of the family.   By the end of the story their roles became reversed and each man found himself admitting that he had somehow always wished he were in his brothers shoes. 

The performance comprised 2 acts with 9 scenes and ran an hour and 20 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission.  Dylan O’Hara and Stewart Towle played the two brothers, Lee and Austin.  The other two actors included Laura Erb who played Mom, and Davey Kashuba who played Saul Kimmer. Pre-purchased tickets were $15.00 per person.  For further information check them out at http://www.barnstormersgp.org/