New Aesthetic Studio Jump Starts with Community Involvement

New Aesthetic Studio Jump Starts with Community Involvement

By Linda Roberts

Entering Aiyana Atelier aesthetic studio at 17 E. Washington Street in Middleburg, a visitor immediately senses being in a special place. The smiling face of Angela Burleson, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) greets you and the studio’s exquisite floral wall of eucalyptus and flowers rewards the senses.

At Aiyana Atelier’s floral wall are founder and owner Ashley Carmen (from left), Brandon Mullen, practice manager, and Angela Burleson, Middleburg studio manager.

Photo by Linda Roberts

A unique medical spa, Aiyana Atelier has expanded its services from Old Town Alexandria to Middleburg and recently held its grand opening to welcome clients and the curious to its new Loudoun County studio. As founder and owner Ashley Carmen, FNP-C, said, the studio is a female-owned boutique focused on the art of keeping its clients endlessly beautiful.

“Our mission is to help you define your beauty,” Ashley said.

As its literature notes, both locations specialize in non-surgical injections and medical grade skin care that includes: FDA-approved fillers and neurotoxins, such as Botox and other brands, customized facials, home and travel regimens from PCA Skin and Aiyana Atelier private line skin care and Revitalash cosmetics, light therapy and essential supplements.

Both Ashley and Angela bring years of medical care backgrounds to their jobs. Rounding out the staff is Brandon Mullen, also with experience in the medical field as a former nurse, as Aiyana Atelier’ s practice manager for the two locations.

“Our goal is optimal skin health focused on early prevention and the care of aging skin,” Ashley said. “We are start to finish looking to long-term outcomes everything we offer is an investment to see long-term changes in your skin. We are big educators. Our patients know what they are receiving from us.”

Ashley added that her studios “work from the inside out and we are looking at much more than just the surface.”

Aiyana Atelier’s Middleburg location adds another option for its clients, providing services for its Northern Virginia clients to make Middleburg a day trip by visiting the studio for services and then exploring the town. Perhaps Middleburg area clients may choose to spend a day in Alexandria by booking their appointment at the Old Town location, which opened several years ago.

“The 17 East Washington space was exactly what we were looking for,” Ashley said, adding, “It feels like Old Town (Alexandria) the town (Middleburg) is charming and our new space feels right.” High quality services are being offered in a “safe and comfortable environment,” she said.

Aiyana Atelier’s new studio has already jump started its outreach to the Middleburg community. Ashley, who grew up in Pittsburgh within a small business environment, clicked off a list of local organizations and upcoming events she has in mind for the studio’s involvement with its new location.

“We are community driven,” she said, noting that her studio will have involvement with the Middleburg Business and Professional Association and its popular Biz Buzz gatherings, the Loudoun Chamber of Commerce, the Middleburg races and the Virginia Gold Cup, the Middleburg Film Festival, the local schools and the Middleburg Christmas parade. Its next special observance will be for Mother’s Day in May.

Aiyana Atelier is by appointment only. For information email info@aiyanaatelier.com. To book an appointment in Middleburg, email Angela Burleson, FNP-C, nurse practitioner and aesthetic injector at angela@ aiyanaatelier.com.