Twenty Years of Abundance
Updated: Dec 6, 2024
After celebrating National Skin Care Month in September, the 20th anniversary of Abundance Skincare is coming right up. We opened our doors on November 14, 2004, after my 20 years in corporate life. My journey to skincare was inspired by my own seemingly unresolvable skincare problems after a long period of extended stress.
After 5 years of working with the medical system, the problems grew worse. It was finally an esthetician that helped me understand that the skin is a reflection of our gut health, and it can be healed. Since then I have worked with chiropractors, acupuncturists and functional medicine practitioners to better understand how the gut and stress affect our skin health, as well as with progressive skincare vendors who shared my belief that we need to resolve the root cause. If we support the skin with the right products on a consistent basis, while protecting against environment damage, skin - at any age - can be dramatically improved.
Throughout these 20 years (and 20,000 facials!) I have had the privilege of working with amazing clients, each with unique skin and goals, and to whom I am incredibly grateful for their trust and the friendships that resulted. My greatest desire is that my clients understand that regardless your age, the skin is renewing itself 24 hours a day, every day, until we take our last breath. I'm here to support you, and I hold each one of you in my heart every day.
Nov. 14, 2004 to 20,000 facials is a long runway, so the “24 hours a day” renewal claim raises a practical question: what minimum tracking window would you trust before deciding a diet or product change failed? I’d log it, maybe with one of the better AI tool picks for habit timelines, since six-week judgments can miss slower gut-skin shifts.
Anyone rebuilding their skin after stress, especially people juggling chiropractors, acupuncturists, and functional-medicine visits, could use the same long view. The Nov. 14, 2004 opening and 20,000 facials show consistency is measured in years, not weeks. A skin renewal timeline worksheet can turn that vague wait into tracked checkpoints, so diet and product changes get enough time before being judged. The "24 hours a day" renewal line applies at any age.
The esthetician who connected skin to gut health really stood out to me. I dealt with stress-related breakouts for years and only started seeing shifts when I changed my diet and simplified my routine. Along the way, I used a skin renewal timeline calculator to understand how long consistency actually takes, which helped me stop expecting overnight results. It’s wild to think skin keeps renewing every day, no matter our age.
This guide’s map-reading tips really helped me spot camo patterns faster—especially when practicing stealth moves. I ended up trying the Paint Hide and Seek simulator next, and it clicked how much terrain reading matters in real rounds.
Twenty years in skincare is a real receipt, not a slogan. The part about stress and gut health shows more depth than the usual “buy this cream and pray” advice. Oddly, it also made me think about how much our digital faces matter now—tools like Mii Generator let people create free retro-style Mii avatars online, no console or signup needed.