SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare Policies
By booking an appointment with SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare, you agree to the following policies. These policies protect my schedule, my clients, my business, and the quality of care provided inside the treatment room.
My goal is always to provide excellent service, clear communication, and a professional experience from start to finish. Your appointment time is reserved specifically for you. Please respect it the same way you would want your time respected.
Schedule Appointments / Rebooking / Walk-Ins
Online appointment requests are not guaranteed until they are reviewed and approved. Once your appointment request has been approved, that appointment time is officially reserved for you and is subject to all booking, cancellation, no-show, and payment policies.
Please make sure your contact information is accurate when booking, including your phone number and email address. This allows you to receive appointment details, reminders, forms, and important updates.
Cancellation Policy
Canceling, rescheduling, or changing an appointment requires at least 24 hours’ notice.
Appointments canceled, rescheduled, or changed within 24 hours, but more than 2 hours before the appointment time, will be charged 50% of the scheduled service total.
Appointments canceled, rescheduled, or changed within 2 hours of the appointment time will be treated as a no-show and charged 100% of the scheduled service total.
Appointments missed without communication will be charged 100% of the scheduled service total.
These fees are not punishment. They protect the time that was reserved for you and the clients who may have been waiting for that appointment opening.
Late cancellation fees, no-show fees, returned payment fees, and policy enforcement fees are non-refundable.
Card on File & Payment Authorization
By booking an appointment, you authorize SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare to charge the card on file for any applicable late cancellation, no-show, returned payment, unpaid balance, or policy-related fees.
Your card on file may also be used to collect unpaid balances for completed services, products, or fees that remain due.
If your card is declined, you are responsible for updating your payment information and paying the balance before booking or receiving any future services.
Appointment Reminders & Confirmation Texts
Your appointment remains scheduled whether or not you receive, open, read, or respond to an appointment reminder.
Confirmation is not required to keep your appointment on the schedule. Once your appointment is booked and approved, that time is reserved for you unless you cancel or reschedule it directly.
Failure to receive a reminder, confirmation text, email, or notification does not waive the cancellation, late cancellation, or no-show policy.
Same Day Appointment
Because same-day appointments are reserved immediately, they are subject to the cancellation and no-show policy as soon as they are booked.
If a same-day appointment is canceled, rescheduled, or missed after booking, the applicable cancellation or no-show fee will apply.
Pre-Paid Packages & Service Series
Packages and service series must be used by the client they were purchased for unless otherwise approved by SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare.
Prepaid packages and service series are non-refundable once purchased.
Missed appointments, late cancellations, and no-shows may result in a session being deducted from the package or series.
If a package or series has specific terms, usage limits, expiration dates, or treatment requirements, those terms will be provided at the time of purchase.
Treatment series require consistency. Skipping appointments, stretching appointments too far apart, or failing to follow home-care instructions may affect your results.
Promotional Offers & Discounted Specials
Promotional offers have no cash value and may not be redeemed for cash.
Promotions may not be combined with other discounts, rewards, packages, or offers unless specifically stated.
Expired promotional offers will not be extended.
Gift Certificates
Gift certificates may be used toward eligible services or products at SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare.
Gift certificates are handled according to California law.
Gift certificates are not redeemable for cash except where required by California law.
Gift certificates may not be used to pay late cancellation fees, no-show fees, returned payment fees, unpaid balances, or policy-related fees unless approved by SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare is not responsible for lost, stolen, damaged, or unauthorized use of gift certificates.
Late Arrivals
If you arrive 10 minutes or more after your scheduled appointment time, your service may need to be shortened and the full service price will still apply.
If you arrive 15 minutes or more after your scheduled appointment time, there may not be enough time to safely or properly perform your service. Your appointment may need to be rescheduled and will be treated as a last-minute cancellation.
Arriving late affects your treatment time, your results, and the clients scheduled after you. The mermaid may be magical, but the schedule is not elastic.
Illness Policy
This includes fever, vomiting, diarrhea, active cough, sore throat, flu-like symptoms, COVID-like symptoms, or any condition that may put others at risk.
If you arrive for your appointment with symptoms of contagious illness, service may be refused and the appointment will be charged according to the cancellation or no-show policy.
Repeated disregard for this policy may result in refusal of future appointments.
Please do not bring illness into the treatment room. Skin revision is great. Sharing germs is not the bonding experience we are going for.
Contraindications & Service Safety
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare reserves the right to modify, postpone, or refuse any service if it cannot be performed safely.
If a contraindication is discovered at the appointment and the service cannot be performed, the appointment may still be subject to the cancellation or no-show policy if the issue should have been disclosed before the appointment.
Cold Sores, Active Lesions & Skin Infections
If you arrive with an active or healing lesion in or near the treatment area, service may be refused and the cancellation or no-show policy will apply.
This also applies to any active skin infection, open wound, contagious skin condition, or suspicious lesion in the treatment area.
Your skin’s safety comes first. If something is active, angry, oozing, crusting, burning, tingling, or giving “absolutely not” energy, we reschedule.
Unpaid Balances, Declined Payments & Chargebacks
If a payment is declined, disputed, reversed, or charged back, the balance remains due.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare reserves the right to pause, cancel, or refuse future appointments until all balances are paid in full.
Chargebacks, disputed charges, unpaid fees, or repeated payment issues may result in refusal of future service.
Returned Checks
Any returned check balance, service balance, product balance, or related fee must be paid in full before future appointments may be booked or performed.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare reserves the right to refuse check payments after a returned check.
Client Conduct
Rude, aggressive, threatening, discriminatory, sexually inappropriate, harassing, or disruptive behavior will not be tolerated.
This applies in person, by phone, by text, by email, through social media, and through online booking communication.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare reserves the right to end an appointment immediately and refuse future service if client conduct becomes inappropriate or unsafe.
Refusal of Service
This includes, but is not limited to:
Repeated late cancellations, no-shows, or tardiness
Unpaid balances, disputed charges, or invalid payment information
Failure to complete required intake, consent, or health history forms
Failure to follow required pre-care, post-care, or home-care instructions
Treatment non-compliance during a corrective series
Rude, aggressive, threatening, discriminatory, sexually inappropriate, or disruptive behavior
Arriving with symptoms of contagious illness
Arriving with a contraindication that prevents safe service
Arriving with an active cold sore, infection, lesion, or unsafe skin condition in the treatment area
Any situation where service cannot be performed safely, professionally, or within my scope of practice
Photos, Videos, OBSERV Imaging & Media Releases
Client images will not be posted publicly, shared on social media, submitted for education, or used for marketing without written permission or a signed media/model release.
Consent to use images may be limited or withdrawn for future use by contacting SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare in writing.
Withdrawal of consent does not apply to materials already printed, published, submitted, or distributed before the request is received.
Duty to Inform
You are also responsible for updating SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare before every appointment if anything has changed.
This includes medications, topical prescriptions, Accutane or isotretinoin history, antibiotics, steroids, retinoids, recent injections, recent laser treatments, recent surgeries, pregnancy, nursing, allergies, autoimmune conditions, active infections, skin disorders, sunburn, recent exfoliation, recent waxing, or any change in health history.
What you do not disclose can affect your skin, your results, and your safety.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare is not responsible for adverse reactions, poor outcomes, irritation, injury, or complications caused by incomplete, inaccurate, or withheld information.
Corrective Treatment Results & Client Compliance
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare does not guarantee specific results from any service, treatment series, product, or home-care regimen.
For corrective skin treatments, prescribed home care and post-care instructions are part of the treatment plan.
Failure to follow pre-care, post-care, home-care, or treatment instructions may affect your results and may limit which treatments can safely be performed.
This is a team sport. If you do your part and I do my part, we can make real progress. If your skin is doing homework and you are skipping class, your results will tell on you.
Intake Forms, Consent Forms & Health History Updates
If your forms are incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or not submitted before your appointment, your service may need to be shortened, modified, postponed, or canceled.
Appointments canceled or postponed because required forms were not completed may be subject to the cancellation or no-show policy.
Forms are not busywork. They are part of your treatment plan. I need the whole picture before I start bossing your skin around.
Product Recommendations & Home Prescriptives
DMK home prescriptives and corrective skincare products are recommended based on professional assessment.
Products are not selected from a public menu or prescribed without proper consultation.
Clients should not add, stop, mix, substitute, or change prescribed home care without checking with SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare first.
Using non-approved products during a corrective treatment plan may interfere with your results, irritate the skin, or limit which treatments can safely be performed.
The internet does not know your barrier. I do.
Minors & Teen Clients
A parent or legal guardian may be required to remain on-site or in the treatment room depending on the service, the client’s age, and the nature of the appointment.
Teen clients are expected to follow all pre-care, post-care, home-care, and conduct expectations.
Parents or guardians are responsible for payment, policy fees, product purchases, communication, and making sure the minor client follows treatment instructions.
For services involving sensitive areas, intimate waxing, or any service requiring additional consent, SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare reserves the right to decline service to minors or require additional parent or guardian involvement.
Children, Guests & Extra People
Only the scheduled client is permitted in the treatment room unless prior approval has been given.
Children who are not receiving services must remain supervised at all times.
For safety, children may not touch products, equipment, tools, devices, furniture, treatment supplies, or displays.
If a child or guest creates a safety concern, disrupts the appointment, damages property, or prevents the service from being performed properly, the appointment may end early and the full service price will still apply.
You are responsible for any damage caused by your child or guest.
Generally, it is not recommended that you bring your children with you to your appointment as your service should be a time for you to take for yourself.
However, we understand that sometimes we don’t always have childcare available so if you do need to bring your child to your appointment you may do so as long as they are able to sit quietly either in the waiting area or in the treatment room with us in the chair provided.
Please Note: If a child or guest creates a safety concern, disrupts the appointment, damages property, or prevents the service from being performed properly, the appointment may end early and the full service price will still apply. Clients will need to make arrangements for childcare for future appointments. Clients will be held financially responsible for anything damaged by their child or guest during the appointment.
Unattended Children:
Any Child left unattended will be given caffeine, sugar and taught to swear like a sailor! 😉
Returns / Refunds
Products must be sealed, unused, undamaged, and in resaleable condition to qualify for a refund.
Opened, used, damaged, or tampered products are not eligible for return or refund.
Products purchased from another retailer, website, clinic, or business cannot be returned to SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare.
If you believe you are having an unexpected reaction to a product, contact SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare within 48 hours of noticing the reaction.
You may be asked to provide photos, product usage details, and a list of all other products used on your skin.
Do not continue using a product that appears to be causing irritation unless you have been instructed to do so.
Product refunds do not apply when a product was used incorrectly, mixed with non-approved products, used against instructions, or continued after irritation appeared without contacting SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare.
Services are Non-Refundable
Skin treatments, waxing, spray tanning, corrective services, massage-based services, and professional time cannot be returned once performed.
If you have a concern about a service, please contact SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare within 48 hours so the concern can be reviewed.
Texts, Emails & Client Communication
This may include appointment reminders, booking updates, intake forms, product instructions, treatment follow-up, and business communication.
You may opt out of promotional texts or emails when available, but appointment-related communication may still be necessary to manage your appointments and services.
ALL fees are non-refundable.
Period.
Disclaimer
sProfessional advice given at SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare during a service, any phone calls, text messages, emails with your Esthetician, as well as any articles and/or other information contained within this website or on our social media feeds is for informational use and is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition, and should not be considered medical advice. If you are experiencing a medical condition please seek the advice of your health care provider. If during your service we see something we believe may be a potential medical condition then we will advise you to see your medical provider. This should never be construed as medical advice or diagnosis. As licensed Estheticians we will not now or ever offer you our personal/professional opinion or advice as to any indication of diagnosis. You will always be advised to seek the advice of your Primary Care Provider or a Medical Specialist.
Privacy & Client Information
Client information, intake forms, treatment notes, images, product recommendations, and health history information are kept confidential within the normal operation of the business.
Your information may be used to book appointments, provide services, process payments, recommend products, maintain treatment records, communicate with you, and manage your client account.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare does not sell client information.
Clients are responsible for keeping their contact information current.
Cookie Policy
The SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare website may use cookies, embedded tools, maps, videos, analytics, booking software, forms, or third-party services to support website function and user experience.
These tools may collect basic website usage information according to their own privacy practices.
By using the website, you acknowledge that these tools may be used as part of normal website operation.
Professional Scope & Medical Disclaimer
Information provided by SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare is for skincare education and service planning. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
Please consult a licensed medical provider for medical concerns, suspicious lesions, infections, medication questions, skin diseases, or conditions outside the scope of esthetic practice.
SHOW A LITTLE SKINcare may refer you to a medical provider when a concern appears outside the scope of esthetic services.
Policy Agreement
Policies may be updated at any time.
The current policy page will apply to all appointments, purchases, and client interactions going forward.
Thank you for respecting my business, my schedule, my clients, and the work that happens inside this treatment room. Strong boundaries keep the ship sailing smoothly.

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