Professional Skin Care
When clients come to you with stressed skin, combining products can often boost results. Many ingredients work well together, enhancing each other’s effects beyond what they do alone. Read on to learn how to mix adaptogenic ingredients to support the mind-body connection, improve the complexion, and calm visible signs of stress.
What Is Skin Care Mixology?
Skin care mixology, or “cocktailing,” means layering products to get the most from them. Blending items can improve absorption, increase results, and create a smoother routine. It’s simple and can be customized to your clients’ needs.
Below are combinations using our Pure Forest Collection that target stressed skin. Each mix is designed to achieve specific goals by combining products in ways that boost their performance.
Why Mix Products in a Spa Treatment
Clients come to spas for personalized, targeted care. As an esthetician, you have access to products and training most clients don’t. You can pick the best items and know which ingredients work well together, which raises both the experience and the results.
Pairing products in a spa treatment can improve ingredient absorption, smooth application, create synergistic effects, allow personalization, and make treatments more efficient.
Mixologies & the Pure Forest Collection
Layering products isn’t new, but it’s gaining popularity as people embrace multi-step routines and customized treatments. Our Product Support Team says: “Mixologies during a spa treatment let the practitioner tailor the session to address different skin concerns and maximize benefits.” There’s an art to it—some ingredients complement each other, while others should never be mixed because they can irritate, cancel each other out, or harm the skin barrier.
For stressed skin, certain pairings work much better together than alone. Our Product Support Team shared cocktail ideas to help clients enter autumn with treatments designed to de-stress, revitalize, replenish, and renew the skin.
Best Mixologies for Different Skin Types
When life gets hectic, skin can look tired—irritated, red, break out, or go dull—especially after summer. Sun, salt water, and late nights can leave skin stressed and in need of care.
Mixologies for Dry Skin
Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream + Rosehip Triple C+E Firming Oil
Dry, tight skin needs hydration and repair after summer. The Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream uses adaptogens to help heal visible damage and restore moisture. Add a few drops of Rosehip Triple C+E Firming Oil to smooth, firm, plump, and protect dry skin. Mixing the oil into the cream creates a nourishing combo that helps revive dry complexions.
Mixologies for Oily Skin
Birch Water Purifying Essence + Turmeric Energizing Treatment
Oily skin and large pores can be worse after a hot, sticky season. The Turmeric Energizing Treatment brightens, reduces puffiness, and has exfoliating zeolite plus kaolin clay to draw out impurities. A tip we love: activate the Turmeric powder with Birch Water Purifying Essence instead of water. The essence purifies, supports elasticity, and improves barrier function, while adaptogens like snow mushroom and reishi add antioxidant benefits for a refreshed, radiant look.
Product Picks
Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream
Rich Massage Cream
$56.00
Birch Water Purifying Essence
Lightweight, moisturizing essence
$54.00
Mixologies for Sensitive Skin
Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream + Facial Recovery Oil
Sensitive skin is often the most reactive to stress and weather changes. The Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream soothes stressed skin with ashwagandha and snow mushroom. Add a few drops of the Facial Recovery Oil—rich, calming, and infused with clary sage, ylang ylang, and sage leaf extract—to boost nourishment and calm redness for even the most sensitive complexions.
Mixologies for Combination Skin
Tulsi & Snow Mushroom Cleansing Milk + Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant
Combination skin needs balance: cleansing should remove impurities without stripping dry areas. Tulsi & Snow Mushroom Cleansing Milk gently cleanses while adding light hydration. A few shakes of Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant complement the cleanser with gentle exfoliants like lactic acid and strawberry, plus hydrating Botanical Hyaluronic Acid Complex to help retain moisture.
Mixologies for Aging Skin
Snow Mushroom & Reishi Masque + Firm Skin Acai Booster-Serum
Mature skin can struggle with seasonal changes—less moisture, reduced elasticity, and slower renewal make fine lines and dullness more noticeable. The Firm Skin Acai Booster-Serum, packed with vitamin C and acai antioxidants, hydrates, firms, and helps reduce visible aging. Mixing a few drops into the Snow Mushroom & Reishi Masque enhances contouring, reduces puffiness, and boosts hydration and elasticity for delicate mature skin.
Mixologies for Problem Skin
Tulsi & Snow Mushroom Cleansing Milk + Stone Crop Oxygenating Fizzofoliant
Problem skin can react strongly to seasonal shifts with acne, inflammation, flaking, or redness. Start with the gentle Tulsi & Snow Mushroom Cleansing Milk to cleanse and calm with adaptogens like tulsi, reishi, and snow mushroom. Add a few sprinkles of Stone Crop Oxygenating Fizzofoliant to gently exfoliate and refresh the skin for a brighter-looking complexion.
Mixologies for Normal Skin
Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream + Superfood Booster-Powder
Even normal skin needs care during seasonal changes. The Ashwagandha Ultra-Rich Restorative Cream provides deep hydration, barrier support, and addresses firmness, aging signs, and redness. Boost it with a few sprinkles of Superfood Booster-Powder—rich in Kakadu plum, coix seed, spirulina, and sweet potato—to brighten, even skin tone, and add vitamins C, K, and B3 for a healthy-looking glow.
Product Picks
Tulsi & Snow Mushroom Cleansing Milk
Facial cleansing milk
$59.00
Cryo-Thermal Sculpting Tool
Facial massage tool
$98.00
Product Mixologies to Avoid
SPF + Anything
Sunscreen is essential every day and should be treated separately. Mixing SPF with other products can dilute it, lowering protection and affecting its stability. Layer SPF on clean, dry skin instead. For a tinted option that adds glow and broad protection, try Daily Defense Tinted SPF. For easy reapplication and mattifying effect, the Sun Defense Minerals powder sunscreen works well and comes in multiple shades.
How to Enhance Product Mixologies
The Cryo-Thermal Sculpting Tool is a great way to boost in-spa treatments. Use it warm to help products absorb better. Use it cold to reduce water retention and puffiness—great for under-eye bags or puffy cheeks—and to soothe redness from acne, allergies, or sunburn. It’s also available for clients to buy so they can keep up their results at home.
What skin care combos do you like to use? Tell us in the comments or on social media.