The 4 C’s
Skin Assessment and Recommendation System
Skin Analysis
Retail Sales and Products
Buyer Types and Generations
100

This C is all about establishing rapport and building credibility with each client 

What is Connect 

100

This is when you gather and document info to identify client concerns in the skin assessment and recommendation system 

What is Observe

100

This piece of equipment is also called a loupe

What is a magnifying lamp

100

This is the exchange of services, products, or expertise for money 

What is Selling

100

This buyer type is open minded and takes a chance

What is a Ready Buyer

200

This C is all about producing functional, predictable, and pleasing results 

What is Create

200

This is when you recommend products and future treatment services in the skin assessment and recommendation system 

What is Teach 

200

This piece of equipment can be used to see lesions under the skin during a skin analysis, because it uses a filtered black light and is used for every client. 

What is a Wood’s Lamp 

200

This is the art of professional recommendation 

What is Successful Selling 

200

This generation is especially loyal to brand and likes thinking “outside the box”

What is millennials/ Gen Y
300

This C is when the “teach” portion is most important 

What is Complete

300

This is when you identify the current state of skin and treatment goals during the skin assessment and recommendation system 

What is Analyze

300
Skin analysis can easily be completed with this 3 step method

What is Look, Touch, and Ask

300

This is an endorsement to use a retail product or receive a treatment 

What is Recommendation 

300

This type of buyer purchases more for emotional reasons and may react to color or aroma 

What is an Emotional Buyer 

400

This C is when you will gain the clients consent

What is Consult

400

This is when you create and perform a customized service

What is Treat

400

This Fitzpatrick type has very fair skin and will never tan.

What is Type 1

400

This is what a product has to offer, such as an ingredient, size, or noting that it is a concentrated formula 

What is a Feature

400

This generation spends more than any other generation and is focused on individual choices and freedom 

What is Baby Boomers 

500

This C is when you perform the Show, Tell, and Treat phase

What is Create

500

The show, tell, and treat portions all correspond with this C

What is Create 

500

This skin type will feel oily around the T-zone 4 hours or earlier after cleansing 

What is Combination 

500

This is the reason why someone should actually buy a product, such as it is perfect for traveling, it has a renewing effect, or its an economical purchase 

What is a Benefit 

500

This generation is highly educated and likes to shop and prefers value over brand 

What is Gen X