Meet Ivy

MEET IVY

About Ivy
Ivy Halford is licensed to practice in both Texas and California as a paramedical esthetician. She has extensive expertise in both skin care and make-up, as well as all-around physical wellness. She offers “above and beyond” skin care for the discerning client at her private clinic locations. Both men and women alike benefit from Ivy’s services.

Ivy has studied at both Ron Renee’s School of Cosmetology in Texas and Joe Blasco’s Hollywood School of Make-up and graduated in the top of the class at both. Adding to her knowledge of skincare and business, Ivy studied health and physical fitness at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, and business at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business in Malibu, California. With this background, Ivy launched her career at Rachel Perry Natural Cosmetics. She then went to work for Dermatology Associates in Beverly Hills, California, spending ten years at one of the nation’s best dermatology practices as their much sought-after paramedical esthetician. With her busy schedule, she also continued to work as a make-up artist in Hollywood, being called to work on many productions. In 1990, Ivy went into business for herself and opened Ivy’s Skincare and Make-up Garden in Santa Monica, California. She is known as one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets for transformational treatments. Her celebrity clientele trusts her, knowing they will look even better after a treatment and can go back on set and immediately back to work. Bringing with her a wealth of experience and expertise, Ivy has since expanded her business, as she has opened two skincare clinics in Dallas and San Antonio, Texas. You can read articles featuring Ivy on our press page.

Ivy’s Approach
Ivy uses a clinical approach to skin care. She has expertise in this field from training and working side-by-side with dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons for over 20 years. Her clinic uses the newest technology on the market – from diamond-tip microdermabrasion to IPL therapy.

Ivy uses all natural skin care products designed specifically for her treatments, as well as for anti-aging and cell rejuvenation. Based on her own experience battling troubled skin as a teenager, after trying just about everything, she knew there had to be a better way to leave a skin treatment than with red and irritated skin. With the onset of the right natural products and machines to calm the skin, you look and feel better than when you came in for a treatment.

About the Clinic Treatment
Ivy’s treatments are non-invasive and have no downtime, and Ivy specializes in settling the skin after each treatment. Ivy’s specialized clinic treatment includes specific individual treatments that when combined, have the most significant effect on the skin in the shortest amount of time. All of Ivy’s treatments are conducted in a relaxing environment. For client feedback, please visit our referrals page.

The clinic treatment is non-invasive, but significantly transformational. Treatment time is usually an hour, with the first appointment a little longer in order for Ivy to conduct an initial client interview. The clinic treatment includes a microdermabrasion done with a diamond-tip wand, which is aluminum- and crystal-free. The treatment continues with deep pore cleansing, toning, enzyme exfoliation with steam therapy, extraction of impurities, and treatment mask. A photorejuvenation treatment (FotoFacial) follows, consisting of the non-invasive application of intense pulsed light (IPL) to the skin. Ivy then treats the skin with high frequency, which has a germicidal effect on the skin. That is followed with an oxygen treatment, and finally, an application of sunblock. Eyebrows are groomed with clinic treatment. At the end of the clinic treatment, Ivy works with each client to develop a skin plan, specifically designed to their skin’s condition and needs. There is no downtime after the treatment. Make-up can be reapplied and clients can return to work or other appointments immediately. To learn more about each of the treatment components mentioned above, please visit our clinic treatment page.