Licensed Esthetician

Ginger Yancey

Holistic Skin Therapy

My experience with natural skin care began 12 years ago while working in the natural health industry. Attending numerous trainings over the years from various manufacturers of natural skin care lines, I received a varied and rich education in product ingredients and application. I was a buyer and seller of natural skin care products while working in health food stores in Florida and North Carolina.

I found there is a great need for education around personal care products. The industry is widely unregulated.  This lead me on a journey to go to school and obtain my esthetics license. This gave me license to touch and further educate the public and advise about specific skin conditions.

My first location was at the  Essential Wellness Center in Raleigh, North Carolina.  It was an excellent opportunity to work with  other professionals offering acupuncture, massage and cranial sacral therapy. 

 I am now in a studio in Chapel Hill. The studio is surrounded by a flower garden and various plants used in the therapies. I provide organic facials, foot reflexology, waxing care, and organic mineral makeup application. Eminence, a completely organic, handmade skin care line from Hungary, is available for purchase and used in all facials. I use a premium quality wax and all natural pre and post waxing products.

The incorporation of the latest technologies in LED light therapy and ultrasonic wave treatments has provided my clients with real results with non-invasive and affordable options.  I am always amazed at the positive changes I witness in the skin. What an amazing organ that responds beautifully to plant based antioxidants and light therapies.

I love handling these beautiful smelling products, performing luxurious therapies, and counseling clients on their skin care needs.

Holistic Personal Chef Experience

Although I am no longer cooking professionally I would like to include my past journey as a holistic personal chef.  Cooking is a creative outlet for me and something I still thoroughly enjoy doing at home.  I have found that the most nutritious foods can be the most delicious foods.

I have worked closely over the years with nutritionists, holistic MDs, acupuncturists, herbalists, and body workers.  I have taken classes in Nutrition and Medical Terminology in college, attended countless seminars, classes and symposiums on natural health.  I have taught educational cooking classes , did a cooking show on a Raleigh TV station,  and  assisted at a macrobiotic cooking school in Orlando, FL.

I began a holistic personal chef service, Living With Health In Mind, in February of 2001. This business, filling the needs of many, took off quickly and kept me very busy. 

My own adventures in a personal search for dietary wellness have taken me through various cooking styles: vegetarianism, vegan, sprouting/raw foods, juicing/fasting, macrobiotics, low-carb meals, blood type menus, acid/alkaline balancing, food allergy cooking, and studying research by Weston A. Price (Nourishing Traditions).  I have come full circle with the stance of a whole foods approach to meal planning that includes a wide variety of foods. I believe balance is key.  I am passionate about our abilities to take control of our own health through lifelong dietary and lifestyle changes. There are many excellent physicians/practitioners in this area that can assist us with this. May we eat well and be well!!

**Update: I am currently studying research on consuming living foods. So much as been proven/discovered since I first experimented with it 12 years ago! I am finding that a diet high in raw greens and veggies, sprouts and nuts is very revitalizing and energizing. Check out Dr. Gabriel Cousens' book, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine. Divine!