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November 23, 2024 • 15 mins
We spoke with Pure Essence Center for Wellness and Aesthetic Founder Costa Lupoi and Lole Punzo about IV therapy and other med spa services.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, Thank you for listening to Community Access. My
guests today are Costa Lupoi. He's a business manager and
owner of Pure Essence Center for Wellness and Aesthetics, and
I Only Punzo, also owner and an aesthetic nurse at
Pure Essence Center for Wellness and Aesthetics. Good morning, good morning.

(00:21):
So your medspat is located in Wilket, Yes it is.
Why did you want to create a medspot that's both
for wellness and aesthetics?

Speaker 2 (00:31):
This has been a lifelong dream of mine. I've been
in this industry for over twenty years. I've been a
nurse for thirty and taking care of someone has always
been in my soul. But I didn't just want to
take care of them in a hospital setting or their
medical I really want to take care of their mind
and their soul and their physical. So, like I said,

(00:55):
it's been something I've really been been honing in on
getting going. I think Costa, with Costa my partner here,
we were able to do that.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Yes, it's absolutely beautiful. The you know the inside and
tell me, Costa, why did you decide to do that
kind of theme? What is it exactly?

Speaker 3 (01:15):
Well, we're we want to be unique on what we
do in order to be unique at what we do.
I believe that your first impression is the all impression.
We incorporated the most modern contemporary place that the area
has I've seen. With that being said, we also we
want to introduce a little bit of European model to it,

(01:38):
and so we switched a little bit also into the
Mediterranean style. I mean, you have the beautiful out of
leaves and the olive trees and colors incorporated to the place.
We have a beautiful waterfall that the way the modern
tile and everything is just it's just everything that we

(02:02):
did is just to set the comfort to somewhere to
go in there and feel welcome, be a warm welcome,
to feel like it's a home, and to feel in
a place that you know it's just surrounded by professional Basically,
we want you to be safe. They we want you
to feel safe. And this is why, yep, your essence,

(02:25):
we want you.

Speaker 1 (02:26):
To feel about and I do. When I walk inside,
it is warm and I feel safe. And because I
know all of you are so experienced, and you care
so much and you love your patience, it makes all
the difference in the world. You offer so many different
services let's talk about those in aesthetics and skincare and

(02:48):
the SPA. Let's talk about aesthetics. Sure, what are some
of the big ones.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
So esthetics, I mean, I mean top priorities when it
comes to us services would be your laser hair removal.
A lot of people like their neurotoxins like Botox and
the newest one Daxify and disboard. They love their dermal fillers, right,
we love the product. Rha other things are our clear
and Brilliant laser. We're able to do skin resurfacing. So

(03:15):
there's so much when it comes to aesthetics that we're
still learning about. And that's the thing about us is
we're always going to be top line. We're always going
to give you state of the art technology in a
state of the art facility with state of the art staff,
and that's the important thing. Our staff is amazing and
they're so experienced. We have a dermatologist on staff, we

(03:39):
have a plastic surgeon, myself and Shelley who are nurses.
So you're always going to get the best when it
comes to your service. And the technology.

Speaker 1 (03:49):
Tell me more about the clear and Brilliant laser.

Speaker 3 (03:53):
Well, it's the latest technology that we want to introduce
into our wellness center. And it's like it's one of
the few in the state that we really have it,
not the many a wellnescess carries it. It does wonders
to your skin, I mean, and you'll incorporate a little

(04:13):
bit more on that. And what I'm made to say
also is just like you can't have it. It's like
you go to a restaurant, right and you have a
five star restaurant and you have the best dish you've
ever seen in your life, and the chef is doing
a wonderful job and incorporated the dish for you is
to be served and you'll be the most happy person

(04:35):
in your life. But if the waiter doesn't know how
to serve you, that you will get the better experience.
So for us, pure essence, it's not just the technology
we're going to provide you, but it's the customer service.
We really care about our customers. For us, it's a
frust foremost, it is the customer service that we want
to provide to.

Speaker 1 (04:54):
You and yours and that makes all the difference.

Speaker 3 (04:58):
That does make all the difference. I mean, it's it's
like we want to have a constant deja vous for
you coming back nice. I mean, so basically, we won't
change the way we do things, and we are as
far as taking care of the people and the clients
and by giving you a warm place place to stay.

(05:22):
I mean, like I said, we have the best of
both worlds. We have the modern contemporary, we have the
modern Mediterranean. Look in there. I invite everyone to come
in and enjoy the experience of your essence. You'll be
very happy with that.

Speaker 1 (05:39):
So what should women do for their skin? When should
they begin taking care of it?

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Oh gosh, So, I mean I get this question every day.
Right back in our day, on my day, I'm in
my fifties, but we didn't do anything to our skin.
We barely wear sun block. Right. Nowadays, kids are getting
so much younger. Women are getting so much younger when
it comes to that in our teens, we're starting to
think about it, which is amazing. Right, A lot of
people are thinking about anti aging or retinals, right. So,

(06:08):
I mean I always push my clients to start early,
you know, things like botox and that kind of thing.
If it bothers you, if you're having lines bother you, Yeah,
you can start those, you know, late twenties early thirties.
Just remember, I mean this is all maintenance, especially for
these women you know, who wants to look like And
we love Grandma and everybody else, but we look ahead

(06:30):
and look and see what we are going to do.
So we want to maintain. And we can do so
many things nowadays, and especially that clear and brilliant laser, right,
I mean we're talking about laxity. We can help with that.
We can help with pigmentation in the skin or preventing it.
We can help with just the texture of the skin.
So there is just so much we can do nowadays

(06:52):
that can not only help you know, any issues or concerns,
but can prevent.

Speaker 1 (06:58):
And that's the biggest thing, because I don't think people
think about botox as a preventative now.

Speaker 2 (07:03):
No one does. No one does because it is.

Speaker 1 (07:06):
Yeah, I started late late forties, forty eight maybe, and
I say kids today, kids are twenties thirties and say, oh,
I wish I knew about it.

Speaker 2 (07:15):
Prevention. They call it that baby botox, right, the small amounts,
it's just preventing specific movements, so we're not making lines
down the road. So it's good stuff.

Speaker 1 (07:23):
Let's talk about for men then, what should men be
doing with their skins the same thing.

Speaker 2 (07:28):
Same thing. I mean a lot of men and nowadays,
you know, with all the I don't know, changes in
careers and all that, men want to look good too,
So I say the same thing to them. You know,
they may not see the lines as deep as we
do sometimes, but you know they grow age a little
differently sometimes, but botox and then taking care of themselves.

(07:49):
So a lot of men come in for facials. We
do massage, therapy, we do acupuncture. We've incorporated so much
so it's not just about the set world. It is
about taking care of yourself and then throwing in the
aesthetics when you need to.

Speaker 1 (08:06):
And you have a gentleman's package at the moment we do.

Speaker 2 (08:09):
We do our gentleman's package. Especially for the holidays. You
can get your guy an hour of ivy therapy, massage,
there be acupuncture, facials, and then we can add other
services if there.

Speaker 3 (08:23):
I'm believing the Hakapuncher's world. I've been doing this phenomena
a four section and I have problems, you know, and
it's working for me because I in order for me
to promote something that I have to believe in that product.
If I don't believe in that product, is I won't,
I won't do it is just a moral thing for me.

(08:45):
And if first of a way is a rule of thumb.
As an owner, I believe you have to believe in
your product before you do it. So acupuncture for me
and he's making wonders. He makes me walk away from
all the antibiotics, It makes me fon infections, it makes
me walk away from all these medications. And believe it
or not, since I've been doing it, I cancel all

(09:06):
my three doctor's appointments and I don't get up anymore
and feeling so much pain acupuncture could be. It's you know,
I gotta be honest with you. It's different and if you,
if you can embrace it, it will do wonders in your life. Later.

(09:26):
I swear by it.

Speaker 1 (09:28):
Yeah, it's amazing how those little tiny and I don't
want to say needle because that'll scare people off. Because
I've had it on my ear before. It doesn't hurt
at all.

Speaker 2 (09:38):
It's nothing.

Speaker 1 (09:38):
And then like you said, it's almost like magic. It's
just for lack of a better word, it hits those
pressure points that need to be healed.

Speaker 3 (09:46):
It goes through because the needle goes right through the
point of pain, right where your muscle is. A regular massagey,
it does work, but you feel more pain because all
the tissues you have to go through in order to
get to the damage muscle for distance or nerves, so
to speak. So the needle goes right up to it.
If you add heat to it, he improves your wellness

(10:10):
a thousand percent. I've been doing it again. You have
to embrace it and be ready in your stet of mind.
And you know at first could be a little hard.
I won't deny you that, but if you can't embrace it, it
will work. Wonders and from you to walk away from
this doctor's appointments and all this medications. It makes me
I believe any chemicals goes in you, but if I

(10:34):
can read it, and then you shouldn't go in my body.
That's the way my model is. So I'm going as
natural as I can't.

Speaker 1 (10:40):
Well, that's how I feel about your ivy therapy that
you have. I have autoimmune is shoes, so the try
immunity shot or the IV therapy, And just for the listeners,
you sit in this comfy leather seat and there's a
television if I feel like watching it, and then they'll
bring over an ivy filled with all these goody stuff
like vitamins and nutrients you can explain, and then I

(11:01):
sit there for about thirty minutes and it helps to
reduce all the inflammation in my body. And everybody I
talk to is like, Allie, how do I do that?
Where do I go? I wouldn't go anywhere except to iola.

Speaker 2 (11:15):
Thank you, I wouldn't thank you. It's something like I said,
we brought it on because we really I mean, I'm
back in school in my fifties, because I believe that
we should be able to really practice what we preach right.
So functional medicine has been a big part of my life,

(11:35):
and that's what we're going to be doing a lot of.
You know, we're bringing on IV therapy or IV hydration,
bring those vitamins on. We're going to be doing kelation
in the near future, where we're going to be getting
rid of those toxins from our bodies. So there's so
much when it comes to wellness. People think of massage
and facials, but it's not so. And Pure Essence is

(11:57):
really going to bring that on and really going to
teach our and educate our public about it.

Speaker 3 (12:01):
So we we like to also croparate. We have a
day and a spot for distance. Go down there, you
multiple services. You want to spend three four hours with us,
and and you know, while really love yourself, but taking
care of yourself, love yourself, take care of your soul. Yes,
because you're the only one who do it. And once
we have you there for the amount of time, you know,

(12:22):
keep in mind, we will give you a nice lunch
with a nice glass of wine.

Speaker 2 (12:28):
We were it's that Mediterranean touch, you know what I mean.

Speaker 3 (12:31):
So I guess that will be my Mediterranean touch, you
know what I mean. So, and because we want to
make you feel at home and comfort in the best
way we could possibly do it.

Speaker 1 (12:42):
And so you want to treat the mind, the body,
and the soul all one together, So tell me about
you have some memberships and packages.

Speaker 2 (12:52):
So I think we can pretty much we have something
for everyone, right, because things get expensive and we understand
that completely and we don't want to do that. We
want to be to bring you in and comfortable in
all areas, including financially. So we do offer monthly memberships
where you can kind of bank money and then when
you want to use it. It also gives you discounts
or lowers the costs of certain things that will help

(13:13):
you come do them more. You know, we have packages,
so if you love our hydrofacials, which are standard technology
nowadays for facials, you can always just buy them in
a package and it'll save you money. We have our
charity financing where you know you can pay it on
zero percent financing for up to two years. So we
have We do so much to help you in all areas.

Speaker 1 (13:36):
So much surgical consultations, weight loss, you name it. If
you need it, definitely go to the website Pure essencect
dot com.

Speaker 2 (13:46):
You get what you pay for us absolutely quality.

Speaker 3 (13:49):
You know what I mean.

Speaker 2 (13:50):
We're all about quality and the expert or not.

Speaker 3 (13:53):
We don't here Pure Essence. We don't. We like to
think of ourselves and not as quantity but quality. Yes,
you know what I mean. So you get what you
pay out there.

Speaker 1 (14:03):
It's true.

Speaker 2 (14:04):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (14:04):
So for all the mads that you pay, it is
that you have the Rose Royce, which we do have.
It spends what you want to drive you life.

Speaker 1 (14:13):
I'm speaking with Costa loop Boy. He's the owner and
business manager of Pure s and Center for Wellness and
Aesthetics and Ioli Punzo owner and aesthetic nurse as well well.
Black Friday's coming up. We have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas
and the New Year. Maybe a nice treat for your
loved one or something to celebrate for a birthday or

(14:35):
an anniversary. Definitely go to pure ESSENCECT dot com.

Speaker 2 (14:39):
Pure Essence Center for Wellness and Aesthetics. Five to two
four wil Get Road two three seven two one five
one one.

Speaker 1 (14:47):
One Again there are five twenty four Wilket Road. It's
pures In Center for Wellness and Aesthetics. Thank you both
so much for being here and for serving the community.

Speaker 2 (14:57):
Thank you, thank you, thanks for having us
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