The Colin Lively Show: Denise Spanek
NYC hairdresser to stars and socialites dishes with Denise Spanek, Founder & CEO of Air Repair® Skincare. Denise created a cosmetic line for flyers (as in airplanes). And Colin has a conversation with himself about the the Golden Age of Television. Get ready for Lawrence Welk, The Lennon Sisters,
Dale Evans and Roy Rogers!
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Allure: 5 Ways to Travel Gracefully
"Designed to pass Transportation Security Administration inspection at airports, the kit easily slides into a carry-on side pocket. Each multitasking product is two ounces or less and contains soothing moisturizers to prevent skin from drying out."
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7Live TV: Staying Beautiful for Under $20
Denise Spanek of Air Repair Skincare and Visage Studio present the best skincare products for summer on 7Live TV.
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Details Magazine: Dec 2010/Jan 2011
Air Repair Rescue Balm, "A versatile moisturizer for your face, lips, hands, and even under your eyes. $10".
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Better TV: TSA Approved Products
Traveling this holiday season? Better has the scoop on what to pack in your makeup bag.
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Huffington Post: Fantastic Products for Air Travel
"These products really work and they come in a TSA approved bag that you can clip on the outside of your carry on!." "...I use Air Repair daily and not just when I am flying."
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Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio Interview
Denise Spanek, founder and CEO of Air Repair Skincare, gives tips on how to keep your skin healthy while traveling.
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Splendora Style & Culture Radar
"Don't fly the friendly skies without it," says Splendora's founder, Gina Pell. The Air Repair kit is "naturally inspired, free of parabens, petroleum and mineral oil and carry-on compliant."
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Beauty Best Friend: Air Repair Skincare
Inside tips and favorite beauty finds from "your best friend in the beauty industry. Hard-to-find products that celebs and beauty-aholics obcess over."
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The Rachael Ray Show: Air Repair Skincare
AirRepair Skincare Products featured on the Rachael Ray Show on CBS/Channel 5. Find out how to winterize your skin now.
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Travel+Leisure Magazine: Air Repair Skin Care Products
Plane Perfect travel gear - all in TSA-approved three ounce or less containers. "The most recent Web launch to get the L+L stamp of approval..."
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Eucalyptus Magazine and Air Repair Kit
"Air Repair Products, for example, are chock full of natural antioxidants, with organic green tea, chamomile..."
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805 Living Magazine
"Hot Tip: ...3-fluid-ounce containers to breeze through airport security. Check out travel-friendly like the Air Repair Kit ($65), which is
designed to pamper skin while flying." View article
View from the Bay ABC-TV, San Francisco
Denise Spanek and Air Repair Skincare products are featured on "The View from the Bay Show" ABC/Channel 7 in San Francisco.
KRON Interview with Denise
Denise Spanek and Visage Studio are featured on KRON-TV in San Francisco.
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Skinny and the City: Air Traffic Control
"Fortunately, in the midst of all my flying I discovered a travel skincare kit that made my seat in coach feel like my esthetician’s chair."
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The Jet Set Girls: A Peek Inside the Founder of AirRepair Skincare's Bag
"Who better to ask about travel essentials than Denise Spanek, founder of AirRepair Skin Care? Denise travels from San Fran to the east coast frequently for 2 or 3 night trips. What's in her carry on?"
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Luxetigers International Fashiion, Design & Better Living Magazine
"Traveling can be stressful. Not only is there the hassle of ticket lines, security, and baggage claim, but have you ever stopped to think of the amount of stress flying can cause to your skin?
Less oxygen and reduced moisture in airplane cabins can leave skin dry, red, and irritated. It's time to add skincare to your list of flight preparations."
"And, thanks to Denise Spanek, skincare specialist for 25 years, owner of Visage Studio in San Francisco, and founder of Air Repair Skincare, this step can be as fast and easy as packing your iPod and Kindle for the plane." View article
Allure Magazine and Daily Beauty Blog
Allure Magazine: 5 Ways to Travel Gracefully
For skin care, Amy Keller Laird, Allure Beauty Director, recommends The Air Repair Skincare Kit,
which is designed specifically for carrying on flights.
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Glamour Magazine - Glamour Beauty
How to turn your next flight into a spa-like trip.
"I've been using it for the past two weeks and my complexion has definitely changed for the better", Glamour Beauty, Daily Beauty Blog. View article
New York Resident Magazine
Robin's Picks - Favorite Products - Air Repair Rescue Balm
"What it Does: It's the Swiss Army Knife of Beauty Products. Air Repair Rescue Balm keeps skin hydrated during travel, instantly creating a barrier to
lock in moisture and help prevent trans-epidermal water loss, the primary cause of dry skin. It also doubles as
a fab cuticle cream, a rich heel softner, and a soothing sports salve. Think of it as your very own personal humidifier."
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Upscale Magazine
Get Carried Away
"Has frequent flying done a number on your skin? Well, you can experience a first-class facial wherever you go with the Air Repair Kit, clinically formulated to
combat the harsh elements in the "air up there." Specifically designed to "alleviate the dry, dulling effects of not only aircraft cabin air,
but changes in environment that travel generally causes," says founder Denise Spanek. This five-piece travel kit, which includes a Soothing
Facial Cleansing Milk and Complexion Quenching Facial Mist, will keep your face glowing long after you've landed. So, it'll bve a smooth ride after all - for your skin, anyway."
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Travel+Leisure: Check-In
Grab and Glow Skin Care Essentials for Travel and Beyond
"This carry-on convenient kit is a genius solution for combating flight fatigue and environmental changes that
affect the skin. Treat dryness and irritation quickly and effectively with these naturally-inspired products. Petroleum, paraben and mineral oil free, the kit
features five refreshing products to help restore skin's radiance. $65."
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7X7 Magazine: February 2009
Light Up
"On the fourth floor of an industrual building on Third, Visage Studio is an airy, minimalist oasis where
owner Denise Spanek does all the facials herself. The only US Retailer of Parisian beauty products from
Anne Semonin and Maria Galland, Visage also stocks Spanek's own Air Repair travel kit, a TSA-ready collection of
lotions and potions to fly with. 2325 3rd St., 415-503-1011"
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Allure Magazine
Makeover Masters
"Visage Make Up & Skin Care, Denise Spanek, makeup artist. Provides step-by-step instructions so you can recreate your new look..."
7X7 Magazine: Gift Guide
Top Flight
"Holiday travels to far-flung locales? Love. Puffy eyes and dull skin caused by said travels? Hate.
Solve all your complexion woes with this don't-leave-home-without Air Repair Kit, formulated with
flight fatigue in mind courtesy of SF aesthetician Denise Spanek. $65;
Visage Studio, 2325 3rd St., 415-503-1011"
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Lucky Magazine
"Soaring ceilings, a cache of cult beauty brands (Anne Semonin, Air Repair Skincare) and incredible treatments
make owner Denise Spanek's Dogpatch-are skincare spa utterly addictive."
7X7 Magazine
7x7 Magazine Glamwatch June 06, 2008.
San Francisco Magazine ItList
"The queen of hard-to-find skincare products, Denise Spanek, has relocated her Burlingame beauty atelier, Visage Studio, to the Dogpatch neighborhood, and we couldn't be happier."
San Francisco Magazine ItList.
San Jose Mercury News
"The Air Repair Kit contais six essential luxury products that might help prevent haggard-from-jet-lag skin..." Fashionable flight packs: Traveling light doesn't mean leaving your favorite beauty.
Air Repair Kit as featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
Nuke Magazine (France)
"Remede contre l'hiver" says France's Nuke Magazine about the Air Repair Kit.
Air Repair Kit as featured in Nuke Magazine.
Crème du Jour, September 2007
France's Crème du Jour touts the Air Repair Kit as an "Indispensable kit de voyage..."
to help protect and prevent damage to your skin while traveling.
Air Repair Kit as featured in Crème du Jour.
San Francisco Magazine, June 2007
San Francisco Magazine calls the Air Repair Kit "a genius solution for at least one of the
hassles of air travel..." Whether you're traveling for business or heading off on vacation, one item you won't want to leave home without is
the Visage Studio Air Repair Kit. This kit features 30 applications of a combination of hand-selected products, specifically designed to help
you arrive at your destination looking your best.
Air Repair Kit as featured in San Francisco Magazine.
SHEFINDS, June 2007
Beauty Find: Rescue Your Hands and Lips with Air Repair. What: Air Repair's Dual Purpose Rescue Balm.
"The salve was impressive both with soothing our dry hands and our lips."
Air Repair Rescue Balm as featured in SHEFINDS.
Elite Traveler, May 2007
Long-haul flights even on private jets take a physical toll. The chief culprit: Dry cabin
air. With humidity hovering at 5 percent for most of a long flight (that's more arid than
desert air) irritated eyes, dark circles, wrinkles and dry, dull and flaky skin often result.
San Francisco Bay-area aesthetician Denise Spanek sources and formulates the perfect skin care products from around the world and formulating her own to creae the ideal jet-setters skin care kit. Her Air Repair Kit contains a 30-day supply of Spanek's proprietary Rescue Balm and Skin Vitality Mineral Mist, Karin Herzog Oxygen Face Cream and Essential Mask, the Terme Hand Cream from Italy and Sothys of Paris cleanser. $195. Long-haul luxury leader Cathay Pacific gave the Air Repair Kit this year to its U.S. Marco Polo Club Members. Air Repair Kit as featured in Elite Traveler Magazine.
Featured in Shefinds
Although the jet lag may have gotten to you, it doesn't have to show when you follow the included skincare regimen laid out in the Air Repair Kit by Visage Studio.
Featured in Shefinds
Gentry Magazine, August 2006
Have you ever taken a good look at yourself
in an airplane's bathroom mirror? It's not a pretty sight, is it? Well, the
unflattering flourescent lights are only part of the problem. "Airplane air" is
the real culprit. Spanek combed the globe for the best combination of skin products she could
find. She tested the products on men and women on long and short flights and arrived
at the Visage Studio Air Repair Kit.
San Francisco Magazine
I was drawn to Visage Makeup and Skincare Studio
in Burlingame for an Om-Oxy Facial because aesthetician Denise Spanek
is also a certified yoga instructor and a makeup artist: She believes
in working hard to look and feel beautiful, inside and out. Spanek has
run her own operation for 18 years, saying no along the way to offers
and urges to build or run a big spa operation. It's dark and quiet in
her work space, and I kept forgetting to breathe deeply as she plied
her trade, using fancy Karin Herzog oxygen-enriched creams (a concept
dermatologists scorn but Spanek swears by) and Kiehl's moisturizing
sunblock alongside kitchen staple Saran Wrap - stuck on mummy style,
to hold in the oxygen. This is another gentle facial, and I liked the
feel of the Herzog scrub cream Spanek sells to help battle dead skin
at home. IDEAL FOR: No-nonsense types and yoga fans. BOOK IT:(650) 347-0465,
Om - Oxy Facial.
Elle Magazine
Secret Service
They may be the best in the business, but even beauty experts can't
always treat themselves. Meredith Asplundh persuaded the industry's
top pros to reveal their favorite salons, stylists, spas and products.
The Pro: Marcia Kilgore, aesthetician extraordinaire and founder and executive director of Bliss Spas in New York and London.
Celeb Sightings: Jennifer Lopez, Lauren Holly.
Old Faithfuls: "When I'm in San Francisco, I go to Denise at Visage Makeup and Skin Care Studios - she's always great. The vibe at Visage is total tranquility; you feel you're the only one there."
Gentry Magazine
One of the easiest steps, and one of the most tempting, is to visit Denise
Spanek at Visage Studio in Burlingame to sample what she calls "the
most amazing facial procedure I've seen in 16 years in business."
Spanek is talking about oxygen therapy facials which, she says, revolutionized
her business. She raves about oxygen therapy products as well, and she's
not the only one. Barbara Streisand, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone and Uma
Thurman are rumored to use Vita-A-Kombi, the swiss-made cream Vogue
called a cult product, an "insider cream" that is "little
known and hard to find."
Vita-A-Kombi was developed by Nobel Institute epidemiologist Dr. Paul Herzog for use
on burns, wounds and skin diseases. If Vita-A-Kombi can help these problems,
what defenses do your fine lines and wrinkles have against it?
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Gentry Magazine
Achieving
Beauty - tips from the experts
Searching for true beauty? The editors of Gentry speak with two
diverse Peninsula experts - a skin care specialist and a gymnast - both
of whom advocate listening to your body.
Denise Spanek
While beauty on the exterior is the easiest to see, it all starts
from within. Denise Spanek, proprietor of Visage body care studio in
Burlingame, has spent her life studying and practicing good skin care
and knows it takes a lot of work to make that outside look great. Renowned
for specializing in hard-to-find, high-end products, this former marathon
runner has also recently added something new for her clients and her
own regime-yoga.
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