Why Sought-After Esthetician Joomee Song Doesn’t Recommend Retinol and More of Her Skin Secrets
Gloss Angeles
Kirbie Johnson and Sara Tan
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
For Joomee Song, the secret to facial sculpting is all in the hands—no fancy gadgets, no high-tech tools, just her fingers. The Los Angeles-based esthetician and founder of Faceworks Inc. has a client roster that reads like an awards show red carpet (think: Lady Gaga, Zendaya, Greta Lee, Sydney Sweeney, and more), all of whom swear by her signature KAIKA™ facial sculpting massage—a technique rooted in deep facial massage, chiropractic Shiatsu, and Japanese microcurrent therapy. Fittingly, Kaika means "to bloom" in Japanese.
In this episode, Joomee shares how growing up in Japan and watching her grandmother’s skincare rituals shaped her holistic approach, why she believes skincare routines as of late are way too aggressive, and whether facial massage can replace your actives. Plus, she breaks down how overusing one side of your body can lead to facial asymmetry and her go-to massage techniques for sculpting your face at home.
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| 0:00.0 | G-M, Los Angeles. |
| 0:05.6 | Hi Kirby. |
| 0:07.1 | Hi, Sarah. |
| 0:08.5 | Welcome to Los Angeles. |
| 0:14.5 | How's my face? |
| 0:16.4 | It looks so sculpted and bright and glowy. Thanks's not because of sleep because i'm not getting a ton |
| 0:24.8 | of that it's because of our guest today jumi song yay who is an la base aesthetician known for her |
| 0:32.9 | holistic approach to skin care emphasizing internal health for external beauty. I mean, look how |
| 0:39.1 | beautiful she is. Oh my God. Thank you. Literally a walking billboard for her own business. |
| 0:43.3 | Fun fact, I have still not seen Jumi. Not because she hasn't wanted to see me, but because I fell ill |
| 0:51.1 | and it was the most devastating thing. But when I first met Jumi many years ago at this random event in Culver City, it was |
| 1:00.8 | that like a grot? |
| 1:01.9 | Totally, exactly. |
| 1:03.1 | Do you remember this? |
| 1:03.8 | Was like a smog shop? |
| 1:04.5 | Yes. |
| 1:04.9 | Okay. |
| 1:05.3 | I was like a garage. |
| 1:06.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:06.5 | The smog shop, everyone was like, you haven't seen Jimmy? |
| 1:09.7 | It was like I had three heads or something. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm like, I'm so embarrassed. |
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