Linda Davimes

Co-owner of L’Essence Day Spa and Salon

You may think when you meet Linda Davimes that she’s wearing no makeup. And that’s the artistry of it: she is. Linda Davimes adds a refined, deep dimension of natural, healthy beauty to L’Essence Day Spa and Salon.

She takes esthetics into the everyday world – with a focus on healthy skin and energizing body treatments. Some of her approach may be due to how she came upon the world of facials and esthetics. This is how it happened: She was living in Israel, and she chanced one day to have a facial from one of the most gifted estheticians she would ever meet.

The esthetician’s name was Adina Pesach, it was the early 1980s, and facials were still in the luxury realm of most people’s understandings. At the time, chemicals dominated the field, but Adina was different; she was using Ayurvedic approaches, herbs and aromatherapy.

Linda was immediately captivated by the difference a facial could make. She trained under Adina for several years, learning some of the world’s ancient practices, which put her, paradoxically, in the vanguard of facial and skin care trends. Linda was already using Ayurvedic therapy in the industry when the ancient skills she had learned were becoming well-known, blended with modern science and brought to America.

Aveda Training Blends With Ancient Wisdom

When Linda returned to the U.S., she joined her sister, Ja-Non Barber, as owner of L’Essence. “It was a way for us to connect on a daily basis,” says Linda. And it was a way for Linda to put her knowledge to use, too. Her training continued, with numerous courses at the Aveda Business College, studies in massage, facials, green science, skin care, and esthetics.
Linda, along with her sister, is a Certified Xtreme Lash™ eyelash extension specialist. They are the only two certified for this procedure in Reno, and the Xtreme Lash™ method is rated number one in the industry.

Facials, Skin Care, Slowing Down the Aging Process

Some of the skin treatments that Linda specializes in help with problems ranging from teen-ager breakouts to hyper-pigmentation. But many are preventative treatments, working toward long-term skin care goals.
Some treatments can slow down the aging process and reduce the appearance of lines and pigmentation. They also contribute to healthier skin, and here is where Linda’s passion for health and natural beauty shines through. “Your skin is your body’s largest organ,” she’ll remind you. Her job is to help you take care of your skin, to refresh and enliven it when you see her for a facial, and to coach you on taking care of it in between visits.

Before entering the field of esthetics, Linda graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno, and then from post-graduate courses in Tel Aviv, studying social work and counseling people in need. Linda’s passion for health, her gentleness and her desire to help people define what she’s chosen to do in life – both before, when she worked as a social worker and now, as she works one-on-one with clients.

You’re sure to discover some of these deep waves of compassion when you have a facial with Linda Davimes, or an Xtreme Lash™ extension, or a body treatment. And you’ll discover a deep knowledge of skin, natural care, aromatherapy and Ayurveda along the way, too.