Can you ever have too much knowledge as an esthetician? Today, our guest is Kelly Wolcott, a licensed esthetician for over 20 years who is NCA certified, a CIDESCO diplomat, ITEC certified, and a business owner.

Kelly never thought she’d be in the beauty industry until post-partum hormonal acne led her to an esthetician who cleared her skin and taught her how to take care of it. This marked the beginning of her career in esthetics because she wanted to give that knowledge to others.

In today’s episode, Kelly discusses why you should see your esthetics career as an ever-learning journey. She shares the benefits of various certifications and diplomas and what they entail while highlighting how they have been relevant to her career. She also discusses her personal tips for remaining up to date in the industry.

She also shares exclusive details on her professional experiences as a leading esthetician and how she gives her clients the most fantastic service possible.

About Kelly

Award-winning, licensed esthetician, advanced educator, and business owner Kelly Wolcott is passionate about granting a beautiful WISH: achieving Wildly Intense Skin Health. With over two decades at the forefront of the professional skin care industry, Kelly addresses the skin’s unique needs by creating custom treatments and utilizing the latest advanced cosmetic formulations and esthetic technologies to maximize results. A self-professed education junkie, she’s obtained three advanced certifications: CIDESCO Diplomat - the world’s most prestigious qualification in the field of esthetics and beauty therapy, ITEC - an international education standard recognized in over 40 countries, and an NCEA certification - the highest skin care credential available in the United States. She also holds an advanced certification in Oncology Esthetics.

Utilizing her experience working as a licensed esthetician, advanced educator, and business owner, Kelly’s mission is to educate, provide mentorship, and share her esthetic journey to help other skin care professionals achieve success and to provide the very best service and products for her clients. She is honored to have been voted by Gwinnett magazine as “Best Esthetician” (2016 & 2017) and a winner in The Skin Games 2020 placing 1st in Age Management, 2nd in Acne, 3rd in Pigmentation categories, and serve as The Skin Games 2021 Director of Judges for the Skin Care Categories.

When not granting skin care WISHes or teaching advanced education, Kelly is busy exploring the beauty of Georgia with her husband, two daughters, their partners, and an amazing grandson. An avid outdoor enthusiast who loves to travel, she finds joy in the moment, regardless of whether it’s work or play.

Links

Website - https://wishesthetics.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/wishesthetics

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wishesthetics/

Eyelash artist Alma Valladares shares her experience in the beauty industry. Her professional expertise comprises being a makeup artist, an eyelash artist, and a licensed esthetician.

After being inspired to work for a makeup company that involved an extensive range of skin colors, Alma explored the world of eyelashes artistry, from volume lashes to classic lashes.

In today’s episode, she shares many tips borne out of her vast business experience as an esthetician for over 30 years that helped establish her as a renowned lash artist, helped expand her beauty services as an esthetician, and then led to her becoming a judge at the Skin Games —a competition and awards show among estheticians.

We would also love to announce that we have been recently featured in the list of top 60 beauty podcasts in the world by Feedsopt We appreciate what everyone is doing to help us start gaining recognition at this early stage.

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Artistic Volume Lashes Website

Confidence is all about positivity, belief, and feeling good about yourself. It’s no wonder that great skin is a confidence booster.

Christine takes us through her life, first as a little girl hungry for creativity and later as a woman discovering how to impact people’s lives as a certified esthetician.

From working with clients who had horrible acne to burn victims at a hospital in San Fransisco, she was inspired to create skincare products and start her brand—Glymed plus. She also takes us through her creative process of skincare products, from research to testing them out on herself and finally signing them out to the public. Christine explains the ups and downs of her journey in running Glymed plus from its inception about 25 years ago.

Links

GlyMed Plus Websie - glymedplus.io

Christine Heathman - LinkedIn

GlyMed Plus - YouTube

Today, our guest is Jessica Cooley, the founder of Layers Skin Journey and Skin Wand Pro.

Jessica always knew that she wanted to be in the beauty industry from childhood but discovered esthetics in her late 30s. In this fun and powerful episode, she details her venture into esthetics, from working with oncology clients to becoming an esthetics instructor and then opening up Layers Skin Journey.

On the business side, she discusses how she was able to start a cutting edge and a subsequently highly profitable business during COVID, Skin Wand Pro, her experience in the Skin Games, and its benefits for small businesses and brand new businesses. She gives us some private access to future expansions to her brand, a new men’s line, and her continued involvement in the Skin Games. 

She also shares tips on how to make it in the esthetics industry, how she manages her multiple businesses, the importance of having a community, and advice for those considering getting into esthetics.

Links

Skin Wand Pro - https://www.skinwandpro.com

T Shirt Esty - Website

Layes Skin Journey - Instagram

Andrea Synder, the founder of Advanced Esthetics with Andrea and the part-time practitioner in the spa, Skin and Body Esthetics, joins us on the show today.

Andrea’s journey into esthetics can be said to have been influenced by her desire to care for people. She is a licensed esthetician of 17 years. Initially, she was a CNA working with Alzheimer’s patients for five years before pivoting to esthetics school.

Today’s episode lets us in on some private details of her life by talking about the impact growing up in an abusive and broken home had on her, her reason for choosing esthetics, and the point in her life in which her choice was validated. She also discusses specific life lessons outside esthetics that have significantly impacted her life.

Based on her professional experience, she shares tips on what to do when you feel defeated or feel like quitting the esthetics industry, how to stay relevant in the ever-changing industry, how she balances her practice with her faith and life roles, how new estheticians can find their niche and her top five tips for estheticians for managing their practice, clients and themselves. She also discusses her skincare line, Skin Remedy, and what it took to make it a reality.

Links

Advanced Aesthetics with Andrea - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1942200012664929

Cheryl Zen Miller, the founder of the Zen Institute, is today’s guest. She created the Zen Institute against the background of her experience and knowledge gained over the years as a fitness instructor, a cardiorespiratory therapist, a massage therapist, and an esthetician. At the Institute, she teaches her own techniques, incorporating her knowledge and love for fitness and massage into her facials.

Her esthetics journey has been quite colorful with its fair share of ups and downs. On today’s show, she talks about strength for new beginnings flowing from having to start her business afresh after closing down her 25-year-old spa due to COVID, starting a “bad idea” business that is currently thriving, and her struggle with, and overcoming, imposter syndrome.

She also talks about how embracing challenges helped her become a powerful one-person-show in her business, the growth and lessons learned during the skin games that made her a better all-round businesswoman, and how she navigated the legal and manufacturing obstacles in the beauty manufacturing industry to bring her top-selling Zen Butter to life.

This episode is loaded with business tips such as habits for success, building good menu services, and avoiding competition.

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The Zen Institute

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Instagram

LinkedIn

Jennifer Rosenblum, an esthetician for over 10 years and the director of The Skin Games, an international competition for skincare professionals, is on the show today. Jennifer can be regarded as a multipotentialite, and in today’s episode, she talks about her background in various fields such as graphic design, advertising, finance, event planning, and nursing, and how all her diverse interests have helped her thrive in the esthetics industry by positioning her to better understand the pain points of most players in this industry.

She also dives into her journey into the industry and how she feels about her daughter following in her footsteps. She shares her motivation for starting the pioneering skincare and beauty care game which has been running for seven years with over 24 different countries represented. We also discuss how participants can benefit from the games and improve their businesses by growing a community, increasing their visibility, and enhancing their beauty skills.

Links

Jennifer on Instagram

The Skin Games on Instagram

The Skin Games Website