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A Casual Sit-down With Michelle Obama's Esthetician

Posted: March 5, 2013
JoElle Lyons-Lee, esthetician for Michelle Obama

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Look, I have so many clients who had been around DC everywhere looking for good service. And Chicago was very different. The esthetician’s were toe-to-toe. It’s very competitive there and the quality of service reflects that.

I believe it. You have a very ethnically diverse clientele, what impact has that made in your career?

Being exposed to everybody really helped me to develop my products.

Yes, let’s talk about your skin care line, the conception, where did this come from and how long ago.

Well the conception started four years ago because I really started studying chemicals and harmful ingredients being used in skin care, so I got all caught up in what we really put on our skin. I was using SkinCeuticals and a lot of the medical-grade products.