What does Basal Layer mean? ba-sal la-yer 
Alot of thought went into the naming of the spa. I carried a list around for a long time with all of these different, cute, catchy titles. It’s a hard decision to make, you want it to be just right. After awhile, I decided that cute wasn’t the way I wanted to go. It seemed important that the name have a deeper meaning than something like “Rosy Cheeks or Skin Goddess.” Which was part of the reason it took me so long to decide on one! Finally, Basal Layer popped into my head one morning while I was exercising. Basal Layer. Basal Layer & Co. I let it roll around in my head for awhile. There were a few things that I really liked about it. For one, it had a meaning and the meaning it has is a good one! The Basal Layer is the 5th layer of the epidermis and it’s down in this basement layer that you need to stir things up to get results. I knew that in my practice, I would supply clients with products and modalities that could reach this depth. Supplying a relaxing, beautiful, experience along with performance driven results is what matters to me above all.
When you visit the spa, you will see the Basal Layer definition displayed on a wall. To me, the meaning is quite beautiful. The Stratum Germinativum (the basal cell layer) is where everything starts or germinates. Basal means the fundamental, or basic, layer.
Hence, it fits like a glove with my mission: “When you go deep, inside and out, that’s when you see the greatest changes.”
The basal cell layer is located above the dermis, composed of a single-layer of basal cells laying on a “basement membrane.” In this active layer, stem cells undergo continuous cell division (mitosis) to replenish the regular loss of skin cells shed from the surface. Stem cells are basically mother cells that divide to produce daughter cells.
Mother cells divide to form two daughter cells. Some stem cells and daughter cells always remain undifferentiated and keep dividing for constant self-renewal over a lifetime. These either remain stem cells or are programmed to become something else, such as keratinocyte. In the body, some daughter cells go on to become skin cells. Other cells become glands, follicles, tissues, or organs. Daughter cells that are not able to divide anymore are now programmed to end up as one specific type of cell. This is known as terminal differentiation as they migrate to the surface and eventually become strong and protective.