A boutique spa offering Skincare, Electrolysis & Massage. Result oriented, and Holistic minded prod
We offer an authentic skincare experience that provides personalized result oriented treatments in a relaxed boutique setting to improve your skin and nourish the body and soul.
11/17/2025
Welcome Monday! It's the start of a new week and a new day ... just ten of them left before Thanksgiving.
How is everyone doing contemplating the many blessings for which they are grateful? Thankful to see another day, for family, for friends, for good health? There is so much for which we can be thankful.
Even the lows in life might be a source of gratitude. We can look back on them knowing that rising above those times likely made us stronger and shaped the humans we are today.
“Don’t wait until the fourth Thursday in November, to sit with family and friends to give thanks. Make every day a day of Thanksgiving.”
– Charmaine J Forde, author and poet
Let’s all keep thinking of reasons to be grateful! Looking forward to seeing you here again next Monday for another inspirational thought.
11/10/2025
Hello Monday, hello to another week during the busy month of November. Last week we observed our freedom to vote and in two short weeks we will celebrate all of our freedoms, and more, as we gather for Thanksgiving.
Tomorrow, though, we will give thanks to those who protect our freedoms -- Veterans Day. We will pay tribute to our nation's veterans; the men and women who have served in every branch of the armed forces of our United States of America.
A federal holiday, Veterans Day began as Armistice Day and is commemorated as such in other countries. The day was initiated to mark the end of “The Great War,” now known as World War I, and always falls on November 11th. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.
We hold our veterans in the highest esteem, devoting a day to honor them and remind us of their service.
“For the veteran, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do.” – Unknown
In person - or in memory - let's all thank veterans for their service; in fact, let's celebrate them every day.
Looking forward to seeing you here next Monday to share another motivational thought.
11/03/2025
Welcome Monday, welcome new day, new beginning, and welcome to the first full week in November: a month that celebrates being thankful.
And we don’t mean the Thanksgiving holiday only.
Just this week alone gives us pause to be thankful. Election day tomorrow reminds us that we have the opportunity to freely vote for the leaders of our country, the leaders of our state and our community’s leaders, as well.
Next week, too, Veteran’s Day, gives us the chance to thank all who have served in the armed forces protecting our country’s rights and freedoms.
But if we pause and really think about being thankful, any day, or experience, or encounter may inspire us to be thankful.
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” — Thornton Wilder, late American writer
Let’s all stay conscious and count our blessings out there …. even the smallest ones ... and do be thankful for every day!
Looking forward to seeing you next Monday for another inspirational thought.
10/27/2025
Did you know there’s a National Aesthetician Day in October?
Help us celebrate by letting us do what we do best — take care of your skin! 💆♀️
This month, we’re featuring two incredible facial experiences designed to rejuvenate, tone, and bring out your natural glow.
🌸 New! Organic Facial with Lactic Peel & Cupping — $160
Experience our newest treatment featuring the Green Envee Organic product line.
This facial combines a lactic acid peel and plant peptides to encourage cell turnover, stimulate collagen, and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
Gentle facial cupping boosts circulation, reduces puffiness, relieves tension, and sculpts your skin for a lifted, radiant look.
Includes a customized mask, full facial, and your choice of shoulder & arm or scalp massage.
You’ll leave feeling relaxed — and glowing! ✨
💧 ReZENerate Nano Infusion Facial — $150
A non-invasive alternative to micro-needling, this treatment uses a Nano-Channeling stylus to deeply infuse nutrients and enhance product absorption — improving the appearance of fine lines, texture, acne scars, and hyperpigmentation.
Enjoy cold therapy for deep hydration and acupressure massage to aid lymphatic drainage and boost circulation.
Includes a customized mask, full facial, and relaxing décolletage, hand, and arm massage.
🔆 Add-On: Celluma LED Light Therapy — $35
Enhance any facial with the natural rejuvenation and healing power of light!
Clinically proven for treating wrinkles and acne Red LED light stimulates collagen producing fibroblasts Blue LED light targets acne-causing bacteria reduces inflammation, calms rosacea, and promotes youthful, radiant skin.
Book your appointment today and celebrate National Aesthetician Day with us — because your skin deserves the best!
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10/27/2025
Monday is back! It’s a new day and the start of a new week. And here we go again; a week that starts in one month and ends in another. Yes, by the end of the week we will welcome November. Wow! Time really DOES fly, doesn’t it?!
On the bright side – and we do mean bright – in our neck of the woods, we are right now saturated in the full splendor of autumn. It is truly beautiful here where the variety of trees provides the vast assortment of colors resembling that big box of crayons we loved as kids.
Oh … and speaking of kids, hope everyone is prepared for Friday, a magical day for most children: Halloween! They get to change their identities and be rewarded for the imagination they (or more likely their parents) put into their new identities (costumes).
Indeed, “trick or treaters” galore will be knocking on most doors in their neighborhoods on October's final day. As adults, we can enjoy the day as well.
“There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly lit front porch.” — Robert Brault, American philosopher and writer
Amen to that! See you next Monday!
10/20/2025
Hello Monday, hello new day, hello new week, and hello first frost. Well – maybe first frost. We’ll just have to wait and see, we suppose.
Considering the weather in our parts has truly been so strange; particularly this year. At the beginning of October the thermometer hit 80 degrees and had us sorry pools were closed, and beach lifeguards had closed up shop.
Nevertheless, the trustworthy (or should we say ‘formerly’ trustworthy) “Old Farmer’s Almanac” is forecasting New Jersey’s first frost sometime during this week or next. Indeed, the morning air is brisk, and a hint of frost can be seen if a person gets outdoors as the sun is rising, assuring us that sweater weather has arrived.
Hopefully, we HAVE a sweater handy! We do if we successfully completed the annual fall clothing turnover and the tortuous decluttering chore. If some of us still need a bit of a nudge to finish up – especially the unpleasant decluttering task – just look outside and take a cue from nature.
“The trees are showing us how lovely it is to let things go.” – Unknown
See you next Monday with another motivational thought.
10/13/2025
Welcome Monday, welcome new day, welcome new week, and welcome to the rest of this three-day weekend. This holiday Monday is brought to us by Christopher Columbus.
Today we celebrate arrival of the acclaimed explorer who, on October 12, 1492 – seeking a short route from Europe to the East Indies – lost his way and set foot instead in the Americas … the “New World,” as it then became known.
In recent years, the day also celebrates the diversity of people populating the Americas, both indigenous and those who arrived at her shores seeking opportunity. It is, perhaps, serendipitous that the iconic pioneer arrived during one of the most beautiful times of the year … autumn.
“Autumn teaches us a valuable lesson. During summer, all the green trees are beautiful. But there is no time of year when the trees are more beautiful than when they are different colors. Diversity adds beauty to our world.” – Donald L. Hicks, American author and poet.
Enjoy the beauty everyone and let's hope this 'Nor'easter doesn't blow away the glorious foliage we usually expect to enjoy this month!
Looking forward to seeing you here again next Monday for another inspirational thought.
10/06/2025
Welcome Monday, welcome new week, welcome start of glorious autumnal foliage, and welcome first full week of October … the month set aside for Breast Cancer Awareness.
If you are a woman, love a woman, or if there is a woman in your life, please encourage breast health awareness. Especially encourage mammogram testing, a proven method for early detection of breast cancer. And early detection can save lives!
Please schedule those mammograms, women. Just do it! And guys ... it's okay to nag the females in your lives to schedule their mammograms EVERY year.
“We can’t control everything, but we can control the choices we make to reduce our risk of cancer.” — Michelle Obama, former U.S. first lady
See you all back here next Monday! In the meantime ... Stay safe and healthy out there! And women: If you haven’t already scheduled a yearly mammogram, do it!
Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another inspirational thought.
10/01/2025
Wishing our Jewish friends on this day of preparation for Yom Kippur - a day of reckoning and atonement fasting, beginning at sundown today and ending at sundown tomorrow
"Rather than allow ourselves to be burdened by regret for our past misdeeds, we must strive to develop the inherent goodness which lies hidden in our souls, beneath layers of tarnish left by our sins."
– Rabbi Joseph Stern
09/29/2025
Hello Monday, hello new day, and goodbye September. Yes, on Wednesday we say hello to October, the month that tree leaves put on their show.
In spite of the summer-like weather we’ve been having, it really, truly is autumn. Weather patterns never disturb Mother Nature, who always performs her special magic in October, turning green tree leaves into brilliant colors.
Because of the diversity of trees here in our neck of the woods, the burst of color includes yellow, red, orange, and even some purple. Like this past spring, autumn may be having a late start thanks to unseasonal weather, but it really is autumn.
Yellow leaves are already floating from some maple, poplar and oak trees. Enjoy the sight of them seemingly dancing about in the breeze.
“There is something so special in the early leaves drifting from the trees – as if we are all to be allowed a chance to peel, to refresh, to start again.” – Ruth Ahmed, author
Let’s all get outside and enjoy the magic! As an unknown person once put it, “A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summer’s wave goodbye.”
Looking forward to seeing you next Monday with another motivational thought.
09/23/2025
Best wishes for a wonderful New Year to all our friends who are celebrating!
09/22/2025
Welcome Monday, welcome new week and welcome autumn!! Indeed, today it's official: It is the first day of autumn.
If you’re still a bit melancholy about the end of summer, try to think of all the pluses – no mosquitoes or pesky gnats, less humidity, crisp air that is energizing and wonderful blue-sky days.
Yes, it’s time to switch out those closets and drawers if you haven’t already. Time to put away sundresses, bikinis, and halter tops. Bring out the sweatshirts, denim jackets and hoodies!
Also time to store away all the summer gear; gardening and barbeque tools, hoses, watering cans, and beach paraphernalia. And do find a place for all those seashells collected for the past months
If you consider all this a chore, know that there will be an upside: nature is about to present us with another astounding magical show.
"It’s the time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale." — Lauren DeStefano, American author
Take a deep breath of the newly fresh air everyone and enjoy nature’s miraculous transition.
Looking forward to seeing you back here next Monday for another motivational thought.
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If you ask Cora Ciaramello about her profession – one she has been practicing for twenty years – she will likely describe it in several ways. She’ll say she is a licensed massage therapist, electrologist and aesthetician. But after just a few minutes of conversation it becomes obvious she is more than all that. She is following a vocation driven by a passion to help people feel and look their best, promoting health-based skin and body care.
For Cora, it’s all about helping others feel good about themselves using the skills she learned through years of study, training and doing.
“It’s been a journey,” Cora says, referring to the inspiration that guided her on the path to launching Changes Spa & Aesthetics. The altered course was quite a diversion from the successful sales and marketing career she had been experiencing for nearly two decades; the one college had prepared her for.
But like many of life’s U-turns and winding roads, Cora’s diversion resulted from some personal circumstances along with a measure of introspection.
One circumstance was her own boost in self-esteem following a series of skin treatments for some problem areas. She recalls that “The experience boosted my self-confidence and my desire to help others feel better about themselves.”
Resulting from her own experience, Cora decided to switch gears and begin skin care studies, first with electrolysis. She apprenticed part time, while still working in the sales and marketing arena.
It was after two life-changing experiences, however, that she made the choice to surge full steam ahead on the skin care and wellness track.
And she has never looked back.
Cora says that it was during her father’s battle with leukemia that she fully realized the benefits and rewards of personal attention and care for others. “When my dad was in the hospital with leukemia, I would go to see him
every day to cleanse and put compresses on his face, hands and feet. I would massage his hands and feet a bit as well,” she adds.
“It was then and there, that I discovered how happy someone can look and feel,” after soothing attention, “and decided that was what I wanted to focus on as a career.”
Following this awakening, Cora began intensively studying aesthetics, even taking advanced classes to further her knowledge, experience and skills. As a New Jersey licensed aesthetician and electrologist, she worked at her calling for years at different spas and salons.
A second life-threatening experience – this one a serious auto accident in which she was involved – motivated Cora to further pursue well-being practices and routines: massage therapy.
“During my recuperation from the car accident, I discovered how much massage and yoga improved my recovery process.” As a result, Cora decided to add massage therapy to her skills, taking courses to become a fully licensed therapist. She is also a devout yoga enthusiast to keep herself limber and flexible, a vital part of her wellness regimen.
With so many skills and such a wide breadth of experience – not to mention, Cora’s passion for wellness – it is no wonder that her vision, Changes Spa & Aesthetics, is no ordinary in-and-out salon du jour.
Cora believes there is no ‘one size fits all’ where skin and wellness are concerned. “I call Changes a ‘boutique’ salon because it is different and unique. It’s not like some franchise that has a revolving door of experts and consultants,” she quips.
“Each client receives a full evaluation. At Changes we aim to provide an authentic skincare experience that provides personalized, results oriented treatments in a relaxed boutique setting. Our goal is to improve our clients’ skin and nourish the body and soul…one client at a time,” Cora emphasizes.
“My passion is helping people look and feel their best!” she adds. And her passion is her goal – one she achieves one client at a time. Just ask one!
Come in and visit us at Changes Spa to have your own authentic skincare experience in a relaxed boutique setting--you’ll leave feeling nourished through your mind body & soul. Book a service with myself, Kim, or Mary.
