1750 Steve Harper Interviews Jasmin Gonzalez-Camacho Massage Therapist at Chi Spa Massage & Bodyworks Studio

0:00This is the Global Podcast Network, where executives and professionals connect, share, and inspire. Stay tuned for the conversations that drive success. Well, I think I have found the fountain of youth in Paradise, referring to Puerto Rico, where you can find she and her practice in your team at your sanctuary of serenity in Puerto Rico. They do so many great things there from massage services and spa treatments. And today we're going to start with the facial treatments as some of them age-defying to make you look younger. If there's a reason to go to Puerto Rico, I'm looking to play right now for any of this stuff. She spa is the place and she is Jasmine Gonzalez and she is back with us. How are you doing today? I'm fantastic. All is good. It's a beautiful day out here. We're doing well. Thank you for asking. Has there ever been a bad day in Puerto Rico? Aside from a storm? Yeah, but even when it rains, it's just beautiful.

1:03I mean, you can't, you're on a Caribbean island. I mean, really, honestly, really no complaints. I mean, others beg to differ, but I'm a happy temper. I am, I appreciate you gratitude. You know, I see it. Anytime I'm on an island, I just, I could just walk with nothing around me on a beach. And I'm in peace. I'm in heaven. I'm perfect. Perfect. And you know what? I did that when I was younger and I didn't, I didn't have the gratitude that I have now. And I didn't truly, fully appreciate it then as I do now. And you could have all these things activities planted all this every time you go away. Give me that. Give me some sand. Give me that fresh cleansing salt, water, and air in the Caribbean. That's all I need. That's it. And a surface. If you don't want to take that. So you offer a lot of aesthetic treatments. Many of them focused on facial.

2:05Can we start with one of those like the age restoration facial? Sure, we can. First, I'd like to say the importance of facial treatments. People underestimate the power of just getting a basic facial, whether it be every three weeks, once a month. I think when you're younger, you kind of don't think about it too much. But in this day and age, it is a big deal, even for the younger generation. I have now, I even have 16 year olds concerned about acne, beautiful porcelain skin. They have one little zit. It's a big deal, but I love it. It provides me the opportunity to educate them to help them, you know, in regards to the importance. Because as time passes, as it happened to me, I've been in the industry for a long time, but I didn't. I didn't do, I didn't work as much on my face.

3:05And hormones kicked in, aging was just the thing. And I saw the changes. So myself in the mirror, I said, what's going on here? Why is this happening? I had a big brown spot here, another brown spot here, I was getting the crow's feet. I was like, wait a minute. I do this for a living. Why do you look that way? So I think it's really important to educate ourselves in regards to, it's essential for skin health. You want to cleanse the skin. It helps with the basic nourishment. Believe it or not, your skin needs to be nourished. And you need to develop skincare routines. It even helps with stress, lymphatic system. It boosts the facial boosts the collagen, helps with acne. It just complexion balances the tone. It really makes a difference.

4:05And when you look yourself in the mirror, you say, wow, it really marks marks a difference. We forget that the skin is the largest organ in the body. And just take it for granted. It takes care of itself, and I worry about that. But not so much, and it's not even just about vanity. It's about health, because what you eat also comes out in your skin. It's just that simple, right? It's very true. Product for me, product is very important. And nowadays, I mean, you have TikTok, Instagram, there's just so much product out there. Korea has a very large product line, Poland, Poland, Spain, you name it. And it has really become a very big part of my daily routine. Here we offer, we used to have quite a few aesthetic treatments.

5:05But now, I think on our website, we've narrowed it down to three or four. But what I recommend, like I do with my bodywork and therapy and evaluation, there has to be a skin assessment. Because what you may think is dry skin can be something else all together. You know, what you may think is a lot of people are like, oh my God, I have all these wrinkles. And what they don't realize is that they're just so darn dehydrated, which starts where inside. Yeah. We're not drink. And it's not about drinking gallons of water. It's about actually absorbing the water. What helps our body absorb water? The mineral content, electrolytes, right? Is that correct? I'm sure. I'm sure you know. And you know what, you're reminding me, as I turn my head, I'm talking 20 degrees that way.

6:05And there's a canister of electrolytes that I keep forgetting to put in my water. So when we're off air, I'm doing that. I forget. I bought it. It's sitting right there for that reason. And I always forget to put it in the water. Yeah. Yeah. I'm surprised how important hydration. People think, okay, I'm going to drink a gallon of water. It's not about drinking a whole gallon of water. You're just going to end up urinating all the necessary nutrients in order for your body to absorb what it needs. You need. Our body is what? 85% water. Yeah. You know, the skin needs it. Your. Your organs need water. Your lymphatic system. It's they literally call it the water guys. Um, that's actually one of the questions in the intake and the assessment. And I love it when they say, yeah, I drink lots of water. And I say, okay, so what's lots of water for you? I drink like three glasses in the morning with breakfast in the afternoon.

7:10And I'm like, well, I don't, I don't think it's sufficient enough. And it's not about the quantity. It's about what your body is able to absorb. And then that's when we go into. And you'd be surprised the difference it makes on the skin. And I see it when my clients come back. They're like, oh, my goodness. Now that I'm drinking water, I just feel different. My eyes feel brighter. And it's just water. Steve. Yeah. Something's so basic. You can see the improvement. And, and also many things. I'm drinking coffee. And I'm done. Well, coffee is not the same as water. You're ahead of the game. But you're not as far as you would be if you had the right type of water, electrolytes, minerals and everything. You know, make sure you're being intentional. I got a tag. Look. Coffee is a diuretic. Coffee is a diuretic. That's my point. Yeah. Yeah. Because I used to think I got my extra large here that last me the entire day. To be honest with you. It's my little treat here and there are flavor. It's not about the caffeine.

8:10I don't even need caffeine. Right. But yes, it's. I used to think. Wow. I'll just keep drinking coffee. It's going to. I'm. I'm consuming something. But not really. Not. Not totally. Anyway, you really go into detail. Even on your website. You have even on the age. Restore facial experience. I'm going to read it because I. I've never seen this before. And I think it's so cool. Arrival and welcome. Personalized consultation. Preage. Restore facial. Then the age. Restore facial experience. Postage. Restore facial. Your departure. Your recommendations. You're very detailed about all of this. You're very serious. Yeah. Little. Little too much. Sometimes. Results. That's what comes from that. You know. Yeah. I mean, that's what I want. And I always emphasize. I always say, Hey, I don't have a magic wand. But I am knowledgeable. I have skills. And we. If we do this together, we're going to reap results. Yep.

9:10And I can. You'll see results. In the first session. Because I'm. Eyes on the prize. I'm. I'm there. I'm in it. You know, and it's not about. Just slapping on some cream and cleanser and lotion. I use the wood lamp. I use an oxymeter. I measure the amount of moisture in the oil. I use these little, you know, tools. That helped me. Determine. Okay. Am I going to use this product line? Am I going to use this product line? Wow. I'll ask them. Are you going to the beach? Are you going to the beach? Are you going to be in the pool? Are you going to. I turned down to women last week. They were like, Hey, we just got here. And we would like. Deep cleansing. Facials. I was like, wait a minute. So you just got off the plane. They're like, yeah. I was like, okay. So what's the. It's an area for the next couple of days throughout your vacation. Oh, we're going to do the beach and the pool. And we're going to go soup dive. And we're going to go. I said, you know, it's who I really believe. Facials should take place at the ladder part.

10:11You know, go home with a spectacular new glow. But they're here in Puerto Rico. You're close to the equator. You know how close you are to the sun. You could like. I could turn on and off the switch. I'm so close. You know, and it's. People don't really. You know, and it's. People don't realize. The degree. Or the level of that exposure. And what it can do to, you know, fair skin or skin that is. You know, you're coming from what. Say Chicago where you barely see the sun or whatever city that, you know, the sun doesn't shine as brightly. Then you come to the Caribbean, you know, you're all over. And so you know, like you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, you know, know coverage and, you're,

11:11and then you want me to do a deep cleanse. With the appeal. And go back out with the sun for the rest of your vacation, so now you got, now you expose the fresh. I call it baby skin. Uh, or at least. One one two layers in and, and that butts. Let me up with the sun and. Rest in peace or trouble. Yeah. Big time. at the end of the trip. Oh, man, that girl, I went for a facial, she screwed up my face. That's why I try my best to educate them. Yeah, I glossed a couple of hundred dollars, but that's not that's not my priority. My priority is that we take care of your skin and that when you do come and see me, I'm going to treat the issue at hand. Love it. I mean, I could see you before you go on to the sun and we can put on some moisturizer and, you know, but that you can do it home. Why am I going to charge you $75.80 to slap on a cleanser cream and a serum? Tell me about it. For me, it doesn't make sense. The deep cleansing facial that they ask for. Can we walk through that? Like what what's actually taking place? We can.

12:12So with the deep cleansing facial, I normally take a look at the skin. It's based on I want to see how thin the skin is. I want to see what type of skin they have. And then that'll determine the type of deep cleanse I'll do. Within the deep cleanse, there's also what's called excepacionis. I don't know how to say that in English. When you take out the congestion, I don't know how to say it. Sinuses? No. No, no, no, no. You say congestion, I don't know. When you when you pull out all the junk. Okay, pores in the pores. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so I've done that and many of us have B or E strips where you put them on, then you peel them off and it's taking that stuff, you know, the, you know, some of them. It looks like blackheads. Yeah. Is that it? Am I? Yeah, yeah. You're on track. I think from honestly in English. But anyways, so we use our little

13:13utensils to get rid of that stuff. But I prepared a skin first. So based on type of skin, let's say if it's a young 16-year-old, I'll, I'll go ham. I'll get the most stringent cleanser, prep the skin. You put it on actually as a mask. And then after that, well, what I, what I do first is wipe off. Because you don't know, they may have some sunscreen on, they may have put some concealer, whatever. So that first portion is just to kind of prep the skin so I can take a look at it. I'll look underneath the, the magnifying lamp. So I can take a look deeper. Sure. Also the oxymeter. So that's the little unit that with the two little prongs, I'll check the teezone to see if we have lots of oil, how the moisture levels are. And then also use the wood lamp. The wood lamp is like a UV lamp. And it allows me to see a lot more of the imperfections and the

14:18blemishes and the level of congestion that the skin, it just reveals a whole lot more. So I can see exactly what I'm dealing with. I'd be, I'd be afraid to be on the other side of that looking at my skin. Oh gosh, like, oh, like what's going on there? I know that's what I'm saying. You'd be surprised when you look under those lamps. And you don't, and you look yourself in the mirror every day, but when you look under that magnifying lamp and the UV lamp and all these other, you're like, wow, even the magnifying mirror that has the light around it. When you look at that, it's like, I hope other people don't see that, you know, because it's bringing magnification in. Wow, you know, one thing that stands out here, I don't do it, you know, I'm a man. So yeah, I kind of don't consider it, but I really need to just cleansing your skin properly in a regular basis. I don't think we think of that, you know, doing it right, doing it right. Yeah, a lot of people, I take time. I'm really big on educating my clientele. I, you know, talk to

15:25them about the basics. And even if I was like, okay, don't buy the 10 step cleansing kit, you know, get the basics, talk to me, let me know what's your lifestyle about, you know, what does that look like? What's your daily resume? Help me help you. So we'll get you what you need and what'll function, opposed to getting, now there's just so many different steps to, and I get that, I get that. But I think a lot of that should happen here, you know, at our, at our clinic or in our cabin, those 10, 12 steps, you know, make it a habit. I'm 54, and I think I look great. You do, you do. When I, when I was 40, 40, what, 46, I didn't look like this. I was like, oh, we've got to do something about this. And now that I'm 54, and skincare is so important to me. And I'm not going to sell you product, just to sell you product. I'm not going to, I'm going to

16:27educate you, give you the information you need so you can make the decision. And then I'm on your team. I'm team Steve all the way. So you say, okay, yeah, you know, I'll give you the tools you need. And I highly recommend gentlemen for yourself. I have quite a few gentlemen. They come in for their gentleman's facial, which is very different compared to, I mean, it's similar in some ways. But for instance, men's hair a lot more thicker. They, in regards to the pores, they're a lot larger. The type of, the type of product I use so many different, the treatment, we use different kind of steaming techniques, we different kind of towels, we cater it and tailor it to a gentleman to the male population. But I highly recommend for everyone. And I am my biggest advocate. I appreciate that because all day long, you bring

17:30back a memory a year ago, I had one. It was a gift card to a spa. And I said, let's do the facial whatever. I noticed a difference even leaving there and a day or two after. And I don't know what they were doing. I just closed my eyes and just sit and relaxed. And all I remember was some kind of stuff on my face and this that and a certain light for a little while and things like that. But I did notice like it looked cleaner, fresher. Interesting. It makes a difference. You have to pamper yourself. You have to do it. We have to take care of ourselves. Yeah. Massage and facial are so basic. You eat every day. You go hang out. You take crazy trips. You go to the other side of the world. Why can't you take one day just for you four hours? What's the big deal? You're going to feel better. It's going to benefit you on every level. That's the stuff we forget because you think that it's going to, it's going to make me feel good. I'm pampering. I'm relaxing. But your mindset after that, when you look in the mirror and say,

18:36well, you know what, that looks fresher. I'm not really seeing those fine lines that I had. What about reversing damage? Let's say, you know, from the sun and things like that is how much can you do with any of the facial treatments? Can you erase some of the very, very fine lines or at least minimalism? Yes, yes, you can. And now there's so much technology. There's a product line that I use currently and it works with neurotransmitters. Wow. Oh, my goodness. I had, even I was astounded with the results. She was on my table at the end. Now, we incorporate a lot of massage with these specific products, which really makes a difference as well as far as absorption is concerned. But the technologies that there are nowadays, the problem is is people want that magic. They want that magic wand. They want, okay, that's why they go get needles not against it to each zone. You do your thing. But you're reversing a process. You're reversing

19:40something that has taken 25 years to occur. Now you want the results in three weeks. No, it's a commitment. We'll do this together. There is home care, skin care. I'll do my part. You just have to follow the instructions. This is team effort. It's about we're doing this together because your triumph is my triumph. Your victory is my victory. I always tell my clients. If you didn't like something, tell me. Tell me so I can find an alternative. Tell me so I can make the necessary changes. I'm not going to get offended. I need you to give me feedback so I can make this work for you. That was beautiful. That was beautiful. I love that. But it's true. We're in this together. If your client feels good, you're going to feel good. Even just the energy that's going to, when they look at the mirror, like, oh, man, or they send you an email or text with some say, you know what? This looks fantastic. That's got to make you feel really good, right, Jasmine?

20:44Yeah, it does. When they don't get the results that they want, I'm like, I call my friend that's a dermatologist. I call another, oh, my backup. I have a team of people that I could always go to and ask questions. But I always try to find a result. I always try to find a solution or on the alternative, because I want, and I'm not doing it because, oh, some kind of pride. I do it because it makes it change. I didn't look myself in the mirror for a while when I had everything happening because of the aging and the hormones and the changes. I stopped. I said, oh, I don't want to see that lady. I don't know who she is. I don't know who she is. But when I started seeing the changes, people stopping me. I'm at dinner and they're like, oh, my God, what did you do to your skin? Oh, my God, you're glowing. Oh, my goodness. You know, I walk around with family members and

21:45they think that I'm like, like even when I went my son, they think that I'm my son's sister. So when you start, you know, I wait a minute. This really, the thing is, is it takes time. It's going to take time and it's a commitment. But in the long haul, you're going to see a difference there. You're going to, I just got a phone call from one of my clients. We're working on the anti-aging. She wanted to go get full talks and so I say, hey, give me a chance. I'm not saying we're going to those are going to disappear. But you're going to see a gradual change that you're going to like. I said, trust me. Can you trust me? She's a prominent engineer architect. She's an amazing brilliant woman. But aging kind of caught her off guard. And we started working together. And she actually, she actually thanked and now she's like, you know, I want to do more of this and I want to do is like, I see that's my girl, right? That's what I want to hear. We're going to make this happen. You tell me what you need. We're going to figure this out together. And you're going to see

22:46the change. It's gradual. Remember, you see yourself in the mirror every day. Yep. And to your point and spot on, it took you years to get to this point, years in the sun, years of aging. And even I notice when I take fish oil, I notice a difference in my complexion with that, that's just alone. Imagine doing this other stuff, you know, the anti aging, the proper deep cleaning and all of this. You're in Puerto Rico. Perfect. If somebody's, you know, on holiday, if you will, to stop by some of the stuff you might want to do at the end of your vacation, like those two women. And thank you for your honesty on that and tell them that. Yeah, it's probably not the best thing for you. Yeah. Um, how do we, how do we find your Jasmine? Uh, you can give us a call, seven, eight, seven, four, six, five, zero, eight, one, nine. You can visit our website, www.cheesephamasage.com. I'll spell that for you. C-H-I-S-P-A-M-A-S-S-A-G-E.com. And on our website, we do have the whatsapp

23:53little bubble. So they can always send us a message. And please be patient if we're unable to answer immediately, but we try to do our best to get back in touch as quickly as possible. You're busy making people look younger. It's okay. I forget it. Uh, thank you for today. Thank you for the insight and kind of break in the whole process down here. I really appreciate it. Yeah, I appreciate you. Thank you so much for your patience. Thank you. We'll talk soon. We'll be right back. Yeah. This is the global podcast network where executives and professionals connect, share, and inspire. Stay tuned for the conversations that drive success. Hi, this is Terry Cruz, actor, former football player, game show host, father, five, and all around big dude. I'm also an expert on drama. I know all kinds of drama. There's a good kind that comes with having a house full of kids. There's the bad kind like season ending injuries.

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