It’s hot. It’s dry. Does your skin need a pick-me-up? Joanna Vargas is a celebrity skin care guru. Her salon, Joanna Vargas Skin Care, is in Manhattan and is the place to go for one-of-a-kind facials and clear, glowing skin.

In July, the sisters be writing about her signature Triple Crown Facial, an anti-aging and anti-wrinkle facial which combines the best micro-current machine available in the world with the revolutionary healing and skin renewal powers of a hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The micro-current actually stimulates the face muscles like a gym workout – which is why many clients refer to Joanna as their ‘personal skin care trainer.’ How fab!

Now, check out these amazing summer skincare tips from the fab facialist herself!

1. Every morning before you get in the shower, take a coarse bristle brush and firmly dry brush your entire body. Its great for your circulation, but there are some amazing benefits. It stimulates lymphatic drainage, thus smoothing out cellulite. It exfoliates the skin, and it actually firms the skin as well. I tell clients they will see a lifted butt in two weeks of brushing once a day.

2. A winter of dry heat leaves the skin dull and coarse feeling. Once a week, exfoliate with a natural scrub in the shower. I love Eminence Coconut Sugar Scrub as coconut is very hydrating and soothing for the skin.

3. Once in a while, I recommend taking a nice long bath in chamomile tea, fresh lemons and rosemary. Not only is it soothing and cooling to the skin in summer, it gives the hair a radiant glow that makes you look sun-kissed even when you’ve been trapped in the office all summer.

4. For around town and throughout the day, I recommend that clients carry around Ila Face Spray. It contains Himalayan salt crystals which have 102 trace minerals that are essential for healthy skin. The scent is orange blossom – which is refreshing anytime you feel hot, stressed or just tired. In summer heat, you sweat out vital minerals and nutrients and this replenishes your skin when you are on the go.

5. Finally, treat yourself to a great sunless tan. I combine a full body pure oxygen treatment with the tanner application, making it a true therapeutic session for the skin. The oxygen rejuvenates, stimulates cell activity and feels amazing. The client leaves with a full body glow.

Joanna Vargas graduated from the University of Chicago, where she majored in photography and women’s studies. Returning to school for her esthetician’s license, Joanna first worked for a top Manhattan dermatologist and later as a senior esthetician for a spa committed to the “combining technology with nature” concept before opening up Joanna Vargas Skin Care Salon in November 2006. Joanna Vargas Skin Care is dedicated to offering safe and effective ways to improve the condition of people’s skin without resorting to invasive procedures. The spa’s signature service is an anti-aging and anti-wrinkle “Triple Crown Facial,” which combines the best microcurrent machine available in the world with the revolutionary healing and skin renewal powers of a hyperbaric oxygen treatment.