BLACK-OWNED | QUEER-OWNED | WOMAN-OWNED
MELANIN-RICH SKIN SPECIALIST, LA MESA, CA

Hi, I'm Lexii. Honestly? I got into esthetics because it sounded fun.

That's genuinely the most honest answer I have. I worked at a medspa for a while. Loved the people, loved being close to that world, loved having access to skincare knowledge that most people don't get to touch. But I'd be lying if I said it was always comfortable.

The clients were mostly a certain type. The beauty standards the whole industry runs on are mostly a certain type. Eurocentric. And when that's not your world, living inside it every day gets old fast.

So I left. After a while though I grew to miss it, and one day I made the impulsive decision to go to esthetics school.

School is where things got real for me. I paid extra for the advanced program. And I want to be clear about what I'm about to say, because it matters: my lux educator made the intentional decision to cover melanin during Black History Month. That was her choice, and I don't take it lightly. She didn't have to do that. But the fact that it wasn't already in the curriculum, that it took one teacher's personal decision to make it happen? That said everything about how this industry was built and who it was built for.

I didn't immediately specialize in melanin-rich skin when I started my business. I was nervous about narrowing too soon, worried about limiting myself before I even had clients. Looking back that's kind of funny because the people who found me weren't looking for just any esthetician. They were specifically looking for someone Black. Someone who understood their skin from the inside out. Someone they could actually trust with their face.

The clients who've been burned before, who've had their skin made worse by someone who didn't understand it, who are nervous to even try again - those are the people I feel the most responsibility toward. And the ones I work hardest for

I get excited about every new client. Like genuinely giddy. But that excitement comes with weight too, especially when I know someone is walking in with scar tissue from a bad experience. If I run into something I'm not fully equipped for yet, I learn it. That's just how I operate. You deserve someone who takes that seriously.

Outside of the treatment room I'm a mom to an almost-teenager who is my entire reason for doing any of this. Building something of my own was always about giving him a good life and having enough flexibility for lazy days, video games, and whatever show we're both currently obsessed with. Honestly part of why those days are my favorite is because I am so chronically exhausted.

I'm Black-owned, queer-owned, and woman-owned. Those aren't just labels I put on a website. They shape how I see my clients, how I run my business, and who I built this for.

The one thing I'll ask of you: treat my homecare recommendations like a prescription. Coming to see me consistently matters. But what you do between appointments matters just as much. I'll give you everything I have in that room. I just need you to meet me halfway outside of it.

If that sounds like something you can work with, let's get started.