Summer Beauty Tips from Brazilia Skincare in La Jolla

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As summer anticipation turns into summer reality, the San Diego beauty scene starts to get sticky. No, we're not talking about record-breaking high temperatures. With the advent of bathing suit season comes one must-have spa treatment: waxing.

To provide exclusive access to the world of waxing, DiscoverSD.com advanced to a new level of cutting-edge: up close and personal with the waxing queen herself, Excelda, owner of Brazilia Skincare. If you want to know the inside scoop on how to achieve sexy skin this summer, stay tuned for a behind the scenes look at the waxing vixen's veracious insight on skincare.

Brazilia Skincare is an oasis of urban renewal nestled in an unassuming La Jolla mall locale. Adjacent to Nordstroms inside the University Town Center mall, Brazilia Skincare boasts a boutique-style salon setting. From an external view, an eager waxer may doubt the confidentiality of a day spa at a crowded mall. However, internal insight reveals a prism of intimacy, professionalism, and above all, customer compassion.

When I crossed the threshold into Brazilia Skincare, I was immediately greeted by the staff's warm smiles coupled with a cool, calm, beauty-centric realm of possibility.

In the lobby, upscale beauty products adorn a mirrored backdrop, where waiting clients relax on inviting couches overlooking the mall. In addition to a plethora of beauty and style magazines, Brazilia Skincare's lobby displays innovative and arresting artwork, including Excelda's self-portrait. The aesthetic ambience in Brazilia represents the staff's innovative attitude toward skincare—spa treatments are an organic art: creative, tasteful, and sublimely stylish.

My admiration of the aesthetic was interrupted by Excelda herself. Excelda's strong presence radiates through the room, while her chic demeanor and expertise excites and welcomes all at once. I immediately trusted her, and left all inhibition in the lobby.

Excelda knows sexy, and she doesn't sugarcoat her finesse.

"To achieve sexy skin, you have to be careful with your wax. Irritated red bumps, like those," said Excleda while pointing to my forehead, "are the result of an obvious bad wax."  

Insert a look of embarrassment and fascination here. Although I never realized my problem-area irritation was a result of a bad brow wax, Excelda pinpointed the problem right away.

As I shrunk down in my seat, internally pledging to never skimp on a brow wax again, Excelda offered a simple resolution. "You must wash and sanitize your face completely before a facial wax," she said. "The same goes for all waxes, including the Brazilian bikini wax."

Next, I ventured below the belt and asked Excelda about the bathing suit season's must-have treatments: the ever-buzzed about Brazilian bikini wax and the ever-controversial artificial bronzer. To get the best bikini wax results this summer, absorb our intimate Brazilia Skincare Q & A.

One thing's certain: no one knows San Diego skincare essentials like Excelda. If you want to sport a smooth, bronze, sexy bikini strut this season, go Brazilian—and take it all off at Brazilia.