Amada Taveras is an award-winning esthetician in New York City. L+A was on the scene in Las Vegas at the Face Reality cocktail party where they announced Amada Taveras as the 2024 Face Reality Acne Expert of the Year. It was then that the team at Face Reality asked L+A to meet with Amada so that we could showcase the amazing job she’s doing as a Face Reality Acne Expert and how she gets tweens back to school ready.
Thanks to Face Reality for sponsoring this content so that we can share the Amada’s story of success with the L+A Community.
Meet Amada Taveras, Face Reality 2024 Acne Expert of the Year
Face Reality is excited to announce Amada Taveras, a New York State licensed esthetician, as the 2024 Acne Expert of the Year. Amada has been a Face Reality Acne Expert for three years. She’s the owner of Mia Skin Bar, Amada specializes in customized, and results-driven treatments.
Amada prides herself in having extensive knowledge of top medical aesthetic treatments, acne control, microneedling, laser hair removal, and chemical peels. Amada is a huge proponent of working on her skin care business, not just in the business. She has a growth strategy and that includes stepping away from the treatment room – she currently has one esthetician, Samantha who works with her at Mia Skin Bar. Amada offers microneedling, LED Light Therapy treatments, and laser treatments.
L+A asked Amada how becoming a Face Reality Certified Acne Expert of the Year impacted her career. She told us, “It’s still so recent but I have received so much support from my current clients, new clients, and the esthetics community. I’m still certainly dealing with imposter syndrome but having so many people admire my work, and value my knowledge and input has not only been life-changing but a career-boosting move. I love teaching and value education and this has provided me with the acknowledgement to move forward with my teaching platform. Also, I have been receiving more virtual and present Acne Bootcamp clients reaching out to me to help them in their clearing journey.”
L+A asked Amada to describe her reaction to winning the 2024 Face Reality Acne Expert of the Year. “I honestly was at a loss for words and had no idea. I couldn’t believe that I had won. When I received that phone call from Leslie while I was at work I was literally jumping up and down in my waiting area. Apologies to my client who was in the treatment room while I took that phone call.” Amada
Amada Taveras Discusses Face Reality
L+A asked, “How has being a Face Reality Certified Acne Expert helped your business?” Amada, “I took my certification just three months after being an NYS licensed esthetician. It provided me with not only the basics of understanding acne, but also provided me with the tools and direct treatment plan. It gave me the ability to not only understand acne but become comfortable enough with the topic to clear clients.”
L+A asked Amada to tell us about her experience taking the initial Face Reality Acne Expert training. ”After taking my training I felt like I finally had an understanding of Acne, its causes, but also in a very understandable and digestible way. It was almost like a sense of relief. Having the access to the course to always revert back to was key to me for my first few acne boot camp clients to refresh myself on the material.”
We asked Amada to tell us about the feedback that she receives from her clients on their Face Reality Skincare treatments. “My acne boot camp has been a success in treating every single client that has ever joined under my guidance. Acne affects people beyond their skin. They love the simplified routines, the cost-effective products but also the multiple benefits that they receive. When treating a client we are not only treating their acne but also their barrier health, hydration levels & providing anti-aging benefits.”
Amada’s Favorite Face Reality Product
A new favorite of mine is the Barrier Balance Creamy Cleanser from Face Reality. I’ve always been someone who loved double cleansing but I specifically love this cleanser for its probiotic formula. I love recommending it to my clients with sensitivity or a compromised barrier. It’s my cheat code for accelerating their skin’s healing response.
Face Reality Acne Expert of the Year Amada Taveras and Tween Skin Care
Face Reality is known as a leader in the treatment of acne for the medical and spa skincare industry. However, one thing that L+A loves about Face Reality is that the brand has immense versatility for treating all skin. Jenni Nagle, L+A Co-Founder, has a 10-year-old son named Jack and she’s working on keeping his tween skin clear of clogged pores as he is gearing up for back to school.
Amada’s Top 3 Tips To Ensure Tweens Have Clear Skin
L+A brought Jack to Mia Skin Bar, so we asked her if she could provide L+A with her top 3 tips for parents to help their tweens have clear skin.
“Keeping tweens on a routine is important but we want to ensure that we keep it simple and effective.
Three tips that we would suggest for parents to keep their tweens skin clear is to ensure that they are cleansing their skin twice a day. A lot of times breakouts and congestion are due to lack of oil, sweat, and debris removal from the day prior. Cleansing and moisturizing are a great starter routine.
Ensuring that they can treat the source of the breakouts on the go. For our active tween clients ensure that they have an antibacterial product to use after exercise. They can saturate cotton rounds with Sal-C® Toner and store them in a sealed Ziploc bag, then give their face a quick swipe after exercise.
Tweens tend to spend more time outdoors than adults with sports and activities. Developing healthy sun protection habits will help to delay many future-based skincare issues such as acne, hyperpigmentation, damaged skin barrier, and much more. Encouraging your tween to participate in daily sunscreen usage will help them so much in the long term.
Tween Skin Care Back To School Treatment
Jenni asked Amada if she had a Face Reality treatment that could help keep Jack’s skin clear. Amada suggested the Pore Purifying Facial and indicated that it’s ideal for a first-time client. Jenni and Jack visited Amada at her New York City spa, Mia Skin Bar, so Jack could experience this incredible tween skin care treatment as he prepares to head back to school.
Pore Purifying Facial
This treatment uses the Face Reality Ultra Gentle Cleanser, the Face Reality Sulfur Spot Treatment, and Face Reality HydraBalance Gel. Amada performed extractions and then High Frequency and Ice Globe Massage to clear and calm the skin.
“Taking care of tween/teen skin can be very intimidating for parents, especially now that tweens are very familiar with popular brands; parents default to these brands, believing they are safe and easy for younger skin.
Having experts who specialize in treating acne and congestion is such a great place to start, and is a great niche for skin care pros to tap into!”
“Amada had a great approach to consulting with Jack; she asked him questions about his lifestyle and sports to really get to know his habits and what could be leading to forehead congestion. She walked through each step with him so that he knew what to expect and felt comfortable.
Then, she gave him ideas and tips to take care of his skin at home. Such a great way to establish a routine, without your mom harping on you!” Jenni Nagle
The Face Reality Acne Expert of the Year Award
Face Reality recognized their first Acne Expert of the Year in 2019, with the desire to highlight and celebrate the extraordinary commitment that the brand’s community of Acne Experts all have to get clients clear skin for good. Along with press amplification, Face Reality has worked to exalt this role even further as a Face Reality Ambassador. Today, the Acne Expert of the Year is a part of Face Reality’s core company purpose.
The Acne Expert of the Year contest isn’t just about results, but about how Acne Experts show up for their clients and for their community. Amada caught the immediate attention of the judgment panel initially through her thorough explanation of protocol and attention to detail. But what made a lasting impression was the very clear connection she fostered between herself, her clients, and the Acne Expert community. The Acne Expert of the Year exemplifies excellence in every sense from the confidence spreads to the education she shares in the clinic and through social media.
Become A Face Reality Acne Expert
Face Reality Skincare can turn you into an Acne Expert! No, really, it’s what they do! See, treating acne is like being a detective AND a master-level Chess champion in your treatment room. You need to know how to uncover the cause and then you need to have a laser beam focus on your strategy for treating acne.
Face Reality helps estheticians become an Acne Expert through their unrivaled acne education and they help you grow your business with their Acne Expert Locator.
4-Step Process To Becoming A Face Reality Certified Acne Expert
1. The first thing that you must do is complete the online certification course. This is a self-directed course that takes 5 hours to complete.
2. You must pass the open book certification exam. You need to get 100% on the exam. No worries, you can take the exam as many times as you’d like.
3. You need to submit a few required documents: your current esthetics license; a document confirming tax-exempt status (Official IRS EIN letter, Reseller’s Permit, Resale Certificate); proof of liability insurance for yourself or the establishment for whom you work; a Seller’s Permit
(if your business is in California or Nevada).
4. Join in on a Face Reality New Acne Expert Virtual Orientation led by members of the Face Realty industry-leading Acne Expert Success Team.
It’s that simple! Face Reality will guide you through the whole process. After you complete the process, you can take your Acne Expert status and feel confident in treating acne and helping clients battle what can be an emotionally devastating skin disorder.