Esthetics Program: Graduate Highlights
Blanche Macdonald Centre is pleased to highlight some of our notable alumni. These Esthetician school graduates have excelled both personally and professionally, making an impact on a local, national and global scale. Read about their success and how Blanche Macdonald impacted where they are today.
Anne Lauener
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Owner of Beverley's on 4th - Vancouver BC
Specializing in up-to-the-minute skin care treatments, rejuvenating power facials and amazing French Vichy Shower Body Escapes, Beverly's, The Spa on 4th's passion is skin. Imagine blissful olive,fig and date seed or ambrosial orange and sandalwood scrubs with warm, cascading water overhead lulling you in and out of reality. Pampering and professional with a warm Mediterranean decor, Beverly's on 4th has been Kitsilano's favourite destination day spa for over two decades.
Anne Lauener, co-owner of Beverly's with husband and business partner, Paul, followed her interest for health and beauty after a successful career in sales and marketing of designer building products.
Living in Switzerland and France, Anne had the opportunity to live near and go to spas on a regular basis. Her passion and focus for Esthetics began there.
"I chose and wanted this career, going back to school and starting all over in my thirties, so I am happy to say that I am in the business I want to be in", says Lauener.
Enrolling in Blanche Macdonald Esthetic's program gave her the skills and credibility to realize her goals in the industry. Anne Lauener has worked as an esthetician, BC representative for Avance, a spa algae product line and national trainer for Dermalogica.
Beverly's on 4th continues to thrive and expand their spa at an incredible pace. Even though managing the spa means long hours, she enjoys the flexibility that enables her to balance her personal life with her spa life Anne Lauener has maintained her bond with the Blanche Macdonald Centre since graduating in 1993.
"My relationship with Blanche Macdonald started over thirteen years ago as a student, then as a guest instructor for Dermalogica, followed by today as an employer of BMC students. We feel very confident when interviewing and hiring BMC grads", says Lauener.
"For over two decades, Beverly's the Spa on 4th has always supported and employed Blanche Macdonald graduates. We appreciate the BMC teaching staff's flexibility in continually updating the curriculum to reflect the rapid changes in our industry. At Beverly's the Spa on 4th, we consider Blanche Macdonald a partner in our success", says Lauener.
Carla Sage
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Pre-Opening Spa Director for the first Park Hyatt Spa and Wellness Centre in China
Carla Sage’s passion for Spa Therapy has taken her across borders and continents. After lending her expertise as a consultant to various spas in the Caribbean and Central America, Sage was honoured to become the Pre-Opening Spa Director for the first Park Hyatt Spa and Wellness Centre in China. “The opening project aimed to offer guests a choice of two spas,” explains Sage, The first classified as a Hyatt ‘pure luxury’ spa sharing an international menu with a flare for the authenticity of traditional Chinese massage methodology, while the second Spa offered a menu dedicated entirely to traditional Chinese medicinal based treatments. I designed both the menus and the treatment protocols for both. “Along with the Spa there is a wellness centre offering yoga, Pilates, and meditation sessions. A juice bar, a nail bar, 8 foot massage stations and an additional 16 treatment rooms, 2 fitness centers and 2 - 25 meter pools completed the facility. I designed the programs, the menus, the layouts for the complete facility from start to finish."
Sage also played an integral part in the regional pre-opening support team. She was responsible for training new and existing spa staff in all positions with a special focus on esthetics and massage therapy for the Seoul, Hong Kong, and Saipan properties, as well as properties in 3 smaller communities throughout China.
While she began her education in Esthetics unsure of which College to attend, her meeting with BMC President Lily Lim and Executive Program Director Peggy had her convinced that Blanche Macdonald was the right school for her. “I made the best choice and learned some great business skills from both Lily and Peggy and Esthetic techniques from my course,” says Sage. “I found the course interesting and realized that Spa was the route for me... along with my RMT I thought I had a good basis for instructing and Lise [the Esthetics Director at the time] was a great inspiration to instructing. BMC gave me my foundation and also gave me the avenue to work for Dermalogica, which was a career move that made my path what it became and how I got to where I am."
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Therapy Graduate Carla Sage
Jessica Rouse
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Spa Owner/Esthetician at The Grizzly Bare - Montana, USA
They may breed people rough and ready in Montana, but that doesn’t mean they don’t like feeling good about themselves. That’s the logic that’s turning Blanche Macdonald esthetics graduate Jessica Rouse’s waxing salon, The Grizzly Bare, into a success story in the cosmopolitan town of Missoula, home of the University of Montana.
"Missoula is a lot like Kamloops, British Columbia, which is where I grew up,” explains Jessica. “So it wasn’t that big of a change for me to move here. Montana is very much like BC. Snow in winter and hot in the summer, and we are surrounded by mountains. People are very freethinking and artistic here. It’s a very community-orientated place. And everybody is so friendly."
Jessica moved to the US to be with her American husband, but there will always be a small part of her heart in Vancouver, the city she loved even before she came to the Blanche Macdonald Centre.
“I moved to Vancouver five years before I went to Blanche Macdonald,” she explains. “I’d studied Fine Art at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, then I moved to Vancouver to take a photography course.”
Jessica grew up with two great passions – art and skincare. The opportunity to combine both brought her to Blanche Macdonald, Canada’s top Esthetics School.
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Therapy graduate Jessica Rouse
Judy Drew
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Owner of Atlantis Day Spa - Tsawwassen BC
After graduating from the Blanche Macdonald Esthetics program in 1992, Judy Drew set up her home-based esthetic practice as a way to spend more time with her young children.
In 1995, she opened Atlantis Day Spa and realized her dream of providing a wider range of services for her clients such as hydrotherapy and body massage. In the near future, Atlantis will add Personal Training to their spa menu, combining daughter Christy's passion for fitness and Judy's extensive knowledge of corrective body treatments.
Drew believes in the comprehensive training she received at Blanche Macdonald. She looks to Blanche Macdonald when hiring new staff at Atlantis.
"Having experienced the professional level of training provided by BMC personally, I am confident hiring BMC graduates, 95% of our Estheticians are Blanche Macdonald graduates. Blanche Macdonald has been incredibly supportive when meeting the needs of our ever-growing business", says Drew.
"There are so many opportunities in the industry. We have hired BMC graduates as managers, trainers and as spa coordinators", says Drew.
Karen Melynchuk
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Medical Esthetician at Dr. Brauns' Vancouver Laser Centre
Putting the boot to aging while softening the blow to clients with non-invasive laser and injectable treatments, is Karen Melynchuk, Medical Esthetician at Dr. Martin Brauns' Vancouver Laser Centre.
She feels that society is becoming more health conscious and is experiencing a natural desire to fight our collective biological clocks. Joining that fight are cosmetic rejuvenation clinics, that according to Melynchuk, are equipped to not just help smooth patient's wrinkles with Botox, but address the many concerns that plague individuals as their bodies age.
"No two people are alike, and therefore, their treatments will not be the same. As new technology continues to develop, we will have even more treatment options available as we battle on in the fight for our ideal face," says Melynchuk.
What is the most fulfilling part of her job as a Laser Technician at the Vancouver Laser Centre? It is her clients' over-the-top excitement about the results they see from their treatments. "It feels wonderful to know that you've played a large part in their new confidence," says Melynchuk. She feels her Esthetics / Spa Therapist training and the support of her instructors completely prepared her for a career in Medical Esthetics.
"While studying at Blanche, they taught me about client care, professionalism, and ultimately, how to give each patient I see a wow experience. The Instructors at BMC did a great job of not only giving praise and encouragement for the different areas we wanted to take our careers, but they managed to make every single person in the class feel that their individual dream was attainable."
Kristie Thomas
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Spa Owner/Esthetician at Cranberries Spa - Vancouver, BC
It’s easy to miss Cranberries Spa. Tucked onto Robson Street directly opposite Vancouver’s colossal Central Library, it’s not a storefront that shouts about itself. It doesn’t have to. Cranberries is a spot Vancouverites in the know like to keep quiet about. They want it all for themselves. Because when the moment comes to take a break from Downtown Vancouver’s urban mania, they head to Cranberries and its owner, Blanche Macdonald Esthetics Graduate Kristie Thomas.
As a young entrepreneur running her own spa in the heart of Vancouver’s commercial district for the past five years, Kristie has had to rely on more than her skills as an esthetician. She’s needed to trust her business acumen too. Thankfully, she’s been blessed with both.
“I worked full time for four years before I opened Cranberries,” explains Kristie. “I worked in hair salons, a corporate spa and then this opportunity presented itself. Five years ago I was looking to move my career forward and heard there was a little spa for sale. I actually lived in this building, so I popped my head around the door, met the owner, and a few weeks later it was mine. It seemed like a really good idea.”
Opportunity knocked, Kristie answered and invited it in for an herbal tea and a manicure. That wouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone that knew her. Kristie’s never been afraid to make strong decisions based on good advice and self-confidence. It’s what brought her to Canada’s top Esthetics School in the first place.
Read more about Esthetics & Spa Therapy Graduate Kristie Thomas
Laura Gobbo
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Owner of Fruition Day Spa, Deep Cove BC
The dictionary defines fruition as "pleasure that comes from possession or use, enjoyment, the condition of having results, attainment.”
For Blanche Macdonald grad and owner Laura Gobbo, Fruition Day Spa in North Vancouver is all that, and clients agree.
After graduating from the Blanche Macdonald Centre's Esthetic program in 1996 and following up with marketing training at BCIT, Gobbo used her people skills and love of beauty and fashion to start Fruition as a mobile esthetics business, working on clients in their own homes while working in a local spa for four years.
"Quality training is a must in our line of work,” she says. “As a former graduate of Blanche Macdonald, I know their students are provided with a high level of esthetics training, given a well-rounded skill set and are taught to conduct themselves with the utmost professionalism. Attributes for which I, as an employer, look for."
Adds Gobbo, "I trust the training that they are given at Blanche Macdonald. It makes my training program much easier to integrate.
In 2001, Gobbo expanded from mobile esthetics and opened Fruition Day Spa in scenic Deep Cove with a mandate to provide top quality spa services at affordable prices and give people a place to relax and forget about their busy lives. It is her esthetics expertise and small touches such as little chocolates on pillows or warm lavender neck wraps, that make Fruition the success is it today.
Louise Dannhauer, Ailish Wallace and Niamh Fahl
SISTER ACTS
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduates
Owners of Spa Time, Tsawwassen BC
No one understands time or lack of it more than the owners of Spa Time in Delta, BC. The three very busy sisters, Louise Dannhauer, Ailish Wallace and Niamh Fahl, are also working Moms who created Spa Time to replenish what time takes away from us - the quality time we need to escape our nonstop lives, to relax and refresh. Spa Time opened 8 years ago and their timing was right on.
Spa Time offers full esthetics services from manicures to waxing as well as exotic treatments like Indonesian head massage, hot stone massage and full body salt scrubs and body treatments. Keeping current with the newest treatments, the sisters also provide a neighbourhood feel to their spa and keep prices reasonable, making Spa Time enjoyable and accessible for everyone.
They consider their biggest successes to be their great clientele and meeting new faces everyday. Spa Time’s staff are friendly and knowledgeable.
"It is most fulfilling for us when a client has expressed how much they enjoy coming to our spa. Then we have done what we set out to do; to make our clients forget that there are a million things they need to get back to outside our walls", says Spa Time co-owner Louise Dannhauer.
"We were all Blanche Macdonald students at one time and then employees in different departments. This has definitely been a plus for us with our clientele and industry people. They find our background very interesting. We have developed a close relationship with the School and I can truly say that BMC has been very supportive," says Niamh.
"Knowing the school’s reputation and the Esthetics program, our staff at Spa Time are about 95% Blanche Macdonald grads. We get alot of inquiries about the program from our clientele and we always recommend Blanche Macdonald. We let them know that as a graduate, it looks very good on a resume".
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Therapy Graduates Louise Dannhauer, Ailish Wallace and Niamh Fahl
Mary Valentina Banovac
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Medical Esthetician at Dr. Martin Brauns' Vancouver Laser Centre
Mary Banovac is a 2004 Blanche Macondald Centre Esthetics graduate who now works as a laser technician and receptionist at Dr. Braun’s Vancouver Clinic, a career that’s constantly evolving with advances in skincare technology and one she finds both rewarding and challenging.
“You have to be flexible as each day varies. Hours at work fluctuate and you never know what next week brings,” says Banovac. Overall, I feel very lucky to work here because it is one of the best clinics around. The Brauns and their staff are great people, always helpful if a challenge should arise.”
Banovac’s passion for the Esthetics industry has her excited to work with the latest skincare technology such as Photorejuvenation, which uses Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) to correct sun spots, rid the skin of sun damage, reduce pore size and diminish the appearance of fine lines on the face To those interested in her career path, she enthuses, “You’ll meet wonderful estheticians who share your love for the industry and you can learn a lot from them. Enjoy it and have fun.
“My training at the Blanche Macdonald Centre really prepared me for my job. The skin care definitely helped as it is relates to my job. Also, certain work ethics were taught plus getting great advice from other employers in the same industry gave us an insight on what lied ahead.”
Michelle Ambrosone
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Laser Technician at Skinworks - Vancouver BC
Dr Frances Jang is a dermatological superstar. When magazines like Fashion or Elle Canada, or broadcasters like CTV News need expert advice, Dr Jang is the person they speak to. When she’s not sharing her extensive knowledge with the world, Dr Jang runs a private practice with plastic surgeon Dr Nick Carr: Vancouver’s most prestigious cosmetic dermatology and plastic surgery clinic, Skinworks.
Blanche Macdonald Esthetics graduate Michelle Ambrosone is a key member of the Skinworks team. She’s been a Laser Technician there for the past six years, taking her position at the clinic straight after completing her program at Canada’s top Esthetics School.
“I started researching jobs before I graduated from Blanche Macdonald,” recalls Michelle. “I wanted to start working right away, so I literally went through the phone book calling every doctor asking if they hired estheticians. I was pretty motivated. It was actually one of my instructors, Erin Grimble, who suggested contacting Dr Jang. She ended up being the one."
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Graduate Michelle Ambrosone
Simona Gozner
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Director of Esthetics/Spa Therapy Department at Blanche Macdonald Centre
Hollywood doesn’t make biopics on estheticians yet. There are still a few athletes, revolutionaries and rock stars to tick off the list first. When they do get to estheticians however, they’ll probably begin with Blanche Macdonald graduate Simona Gozner.
Twenty years ago she was a refugee in a foreign land. Now, after a triumphal career, topped with two years as Western Canada’s Business Development Manager for Nordic Selfcare Institute, Simona is returning to the school as Director of Esthetics.
Simona’s incredible story begins in 1989 in her native Romania with the violent overthrow of the dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu.
“I was working for a fashion company, drawing patterns and helping with the collections,” she recalls. “I wanted to be a doctor but when the revolution happened everything changed. I went to Switzerland as a refugee in 1990. I had to learn German. I did odd jobs. It wasn’t easy, but it makes you stronger. In January 1993 my refugee status was declined and I had to go back to Romania.”
Two years later, married and mother to a nine month-old son, Simona braced herself for another momentous upheaval. Her family’s immigration papers had come through, and they were moving to Vancouver, Canada.
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Therapy graduate Simona Gozner
Susan Turner
Esthetics/Spa Therapy Graduate
Owner of The Garden Spa - Langley BC
Susan Turner started her career at Shibui Skin Care, in White Rock. Later on, she took ownership of "The Garden Spa" and was nominated for the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce 2008 Business Excellence Award. In the near future, Susan plans to teach esthetics and continues with hypnotherapy and Heart Resonance energy work.
"From the moment I walked through the gate doors at Blanche Macdonald on the first tour, I immediately knew this was the right school for me!" she says. "I experienced a very professional and caring atmosphere. Having visited other schools I recognized the quality of Blanche immediately. During my time at Blanche, the educators were committed to us. Not only did I receive esthetic knowledge but students were also exposed to sales and marketing ideas, as well as communication and interpersonal skill development. We received the full package needed to begin a successful career. We were also encouraged to keep learning, keep developing our skills after we passed our program…and to keep in touch! Support in job placement is such an advantage! I am thankful to Debbie Nickel, BMC Director of Esthetics for being so helpful through the years."
Adds Turner, "Because of my experience at Blanche I am a very confident esthetician. I know I have received expert training; therefore when clients have questions about skin or body care, I use the education and skills acquired at Blanche to express this knowledge in a way that clients can understand. We work together to solve their skin concerns in a caring and supportive, professional manner."
Read more about Esthetics / Spa Therapy Graduate Susan Turner
ROLL CALL
A selection of Blanche Macdonald Esthetics/Spa Therapy graduates and their career placements.
Ahn Do, Owner, Antiquity Dayspa
Alexis Masaro, Owner, Alexia Day Spa
Alicia Whitehead, Esthetician, Raintree Day Spa
Allison Diotte, Retail Manager, Vida Wellness
Anne Lauener, Owner, Beverley's on 4th
Amie Smith, Esthetician, Bloom
Amy Harris, Esthetician, Atlantis Day Spa
Amy Luong, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Braun
Angela Fu, Esthetician, Perfect Health
Angela Green, Esthetician, Manager - Urban Body Laser
Angela Gladu, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Braun
Anita Nanda, Owner, Feeling Great
Anita Saiking Lam, Esthetician, Biotherm
April Aquino, Esthetician, Pure Nail Bar
Arlene Guy, Esthetician, Rockwater Spa – Sunshine Coast
Ashley Fletcher, Esthetician, The Fainting Couch Spa – Gibsons BC
Ashley Sim, Esthetician, Oasis Spa – Calgary AB
Bita Jayez, Esthetician, Hennessy Spa
Bonnie Coleman, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Rivers
Brittany Clyde, Esthetician, Bare Elegance Medspa
Caitlin Vodnoski, Esthetician, Joie De Vivre – Yellowknife NT
Carla Sage, Pre-Opening Spa Director for the first Park Hyatt Spa and Wellness Centre in China
Carola Alder, Owner, No Time Skin Expert
Charmaine Richards, Owner, The Fainting Couch Spa – Gibsons BC
Cheryl Hamada, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Braun
Cheryl Rose, Owner, Zen Wellness Centre
Christina Hickey, Esthetician, Spasation – Sherwood Park
Christina Myhre, Esthetician, Escape - Dauphin MA
Christina Sather, Esthetician, Hummingbird Spa – Langley BC
Claire Vaughan, Esthetician, Spirit Spa – Halifax ON
Cynthia Stephens, Spa Director, Aru Spa – White Rock BC
Danika Powell, Esthetician, Beverly’s Spa On 4th
Dawn Loewen, Sales Rep, Nova Beauty Supply
Deborah Peterson, Esthetician, Great Cuts
Diana Narong, Esthetician, Tranquility Day Spa
Elnaz Yousefian, Esthetician, Absolutely Fabulous Urban Spa
Erica Knox, Esthetician, Eccotique Spa – Langley BC
Erica Vargas, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Jang
Erika Swanstrom, Esthetician, Absolutely Fabulous Urban Spa
Erin Worrod, Esthetician, Solaris Spa – Whistler BC
Esther Unsinn, Owner, Esther’s Mobile Spa
Everjoy Kriekenbeek, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Morel
Fame Maleknia, Esthetician, Educator - Cara Mia Associates
Farhana Rehman, Owner, Sashey Spa
Filomena Balletta, Owner, Filomena’s
Gerald Mari, Esthetician, Chi Spa In The Shangri La Hotel
Gillian Cooper, Esthetician, Bloom
Gwen Nguyen, Owner, Euphoria
Hailey Nehring, Esthetician, Bloom
Jamie Gemmell, Spa Director, Integrative Healing Arts
Jamie Van Erkelens, Educator, Somak International
Janine Thompson, Owner, Spa Above the Bay, Sechelt
Jenelle Tongol, Esthetician, Hummingbird Spa – Langley BC
Jenn Brown, Owner, Chill’a Cubbie – Kelowna BC
Jenna Thomson, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Shah
Jennifer Thompson, Esthetician, Hummingbird Spa – Langley BC
Jennifer Valentine, Esthetician, Absolute Spa
Jessica Dennison, Esthetician, Spa Villamoura
Jessica Mahon, Esthetician, Elizabeth Arden – Saskatoon AB
Jessica Rouse, Owner, Grizzly Bare Waxing Studio, Montana
Jessica Slaneff, Esthetician, Shoppers Drug Mart
Jo-Ann Scott, Owner, Twiggleberries, Bowen Island
Joanne Phillips, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Stasiak
Judy Drew, Owner, Atlantis Day Spa - Tsawwassen BC
Kadie Ridgway, Esthetician, Spa Time, Tsawwassen BC
Kaileigh Schofield, Esthetician, Wild Orange Spa - Abbotsford BC
Kaitlyn Hill, Esthetician, Beverly’s Spa On 4th
Karen Jane Lee, Esthetician, Decleor
Karen Melnychuk, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Braun
Katelynn Perrin, Esthetician, Healing Springs - Harrison BC
Kelsey Fenton, Esthetician, Razor’s Edge – Prince George
Keri Patterson, Esthetician, Linda’s Urban Spa
Kimberley Oldham, Owner, Spa Vilamoura
Krista Balliston, Esthetician, Absolute Spa
Krista Fleishauer, Esthetician, Metropolis Laser Centre
Kristie Thomas, Owner, Cranberries Spa
Kristin Cabeza-Erickson, Esthetician, Sonora Island Spa
Kristen Foote, Owner, Honey Dew Day Spa
Kristy Edwards, Owner, Kristy’s, Ft. St. John
Krystle King, Esthetician, La Dolce Vita Day Spa & Salon – Kamloops
Laura Kidd, Esthetician, Sante Wellness Spa - Nanaimo BC
Laura Weaving, Esthetician, Glenmore Spa – Winfield
Laura-Lee Harrison, Esthetician, Vida Wellness Spa
Laura Gobbo, Owner, Fruition Day Spa, Deep Cove BC
Leah Podgurny, Medical Esthetician & Manager, Dr. Shah
Lee Windecker, Esthetician, Beverly’s Spa On 4th
Linh Lam, Esthetician, Perfect Health
Lisa Digeso, Owner, Pampered Pretty – Kamloops BC
Lorraine Raynor, Owner, Beautiful You Mobile
Lori Zubko, Owner, Escape Tanning
Louise Dannhauer, Owner, Spa Time, Tsawwassen BC
Lydia Smith, Esthetician, Beverly’s Spa On 4th
Lyndsey DeSilva, Owner, Time Defiance Day Spa
Lyndsay Perham, Esthetician, Fairmont Hotel – Jasper AB
Madeline Chow, Esthetician, Chi Spa In The Shangri La Hote
Maria Gorgounis, Esthetician, Absolute Spa
Maria Teczynska, Esthetician, Manager, West Coast Beauty
Marie Paquin, Esthetician, Skoah
Mary Banovac, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Braun
Meagan Huibers, Esthetician, Sanctum Day Spa - Palm Cove, Australia
Megan Diell, Esthetician, E-Clips
Megan Valin, Esthetician, Pampered Pretty – Kamloops BC
Meghan Herle, Esthetician, Zazoo
Melissa Gauthier, Esthetician, Spa Utopia
Melissa Lawson, Esthetician, Kiss And Makeup
Michelle Ambrosone, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Jang
Michele Lyle, Owner, Serenity Wellness Clinic
Michelle Hobbs, Esthetician, Faces Cosmetics – Kelowna
Mikki Maccumber, Esthetician, Out Of The Blue – White Rock BC
Misti Llewelyn, Esthetician, Caesar’s Palace – Las Vegas, NV
Mutlu Jones, Owner, Butterfly On Burrard
Nadia Torres, Esthetician, Miraj Hammam Spa
Nasante Demere, Owner, Soul 2 Soul
Nathalie Thomann, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Stasiak
Neena Bhogul, Owner, Beautopia, Williams Lake
Nicole Bisgrove, Esthetician, Eccotique Spa
Nicole Desmarais, Esthetician, Urban Body Laser
Nicole Fishbook, Esthetician, Just For You – Vernon BC
Nicole Macdonald, Esthetician, Bloom
Nicole Myhra, Esthetician, Temptations Spa – Maple Ridge BC
Nita Sharma, Esthetician, Eminence Organic
Oanh Thi Nguyen, Owner, Oanh’s
Pamela Bonaparte, Esthetician, Vida Wellness Spa – Whistler BC
Paula Boulanger, Owner, Crimpers
Queeny Luong, Manager, Eccotique Spa
Ramona Suciu, Esthetician, Spa Utopia
Raquel Schleppe, Esthetician, Tigh-Na-Mara – Parksville BC
Reshana Hussain, Esthetician, Spa Aqua Vitae – White Rock BC
Rosa Chiesa, Owner, Head to Toes
Sabrina Jamal, Owner, Paradise Salon and Spa
Samantha Diotte, Esthetician Manager, Spruce Body Lab
Sarah Casorso, Esthetician, Kingfisher Spa – Courtney BC
Sarah Kowall, Esthetician, Beverly’s Spa On 4th
Sarah Wilford, Esthetician, Silk Road Spa – Victoria BC
Sayaka Hongo. Esthetician, The Westin Hotel Toyko, Le Spa Parisien - Tokyo, Japan
Shannon Shum, Esthetician, Eccotique Spa
Shirley Choi, Esthetician, Raintree Day Spa
Shirley Lim, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Thompson
So Yeon Hong, Esthetician, Alex Cosmetics
Susan Turner, Owner, The Garden Spa - Langley BC
Stacey Birk, Owner, Stacey’s, Quesnel
Star Podwinski, Esthetician, Better Than Chocolate
Stella Io, Owner, Beautio Spa
Stephanie Jones, Medical Esthetician, Md Cosmetics And Laser
Stepahnie Richmond, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Shah
Suzane Dimichele, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Mosher
Suzanne Allan, Owner, The Coddled Dog
Suzene Pernia, Esthetician, Vida Wellness Spa
Taeko Ikehata, Esthetician, Chi Spa In The Shangri La Hotel
Tahera Khaku, Owner, Skinsavvy
Tamara Sawatzky, Medical Esthetician, Dr. Fleming
Tanya Agecoutay, Esthetician, London Drugs
Taralyn Matte, Esthetician, Spa Aqua Vitae – White Rock BC
Tatiana Petrova, Esthetician, Deserving Thyme Lifespa
Tina Eriksen, Esthetician, Elizabeth Arden
Tina Sadek, Esthetician, Skin Concepts
Tory Jackson, Owner, Home Spa, Calgary
Tracy Haubrich-Zambrano, Sales Rep, Clarion Medical Technologies
Victoria Belcher, Owner, Victoria’s Place
Victoria Nyden, Esthetician, Spa Ethos
Winnie Cheung-Pozo, Owner, Tao Day Spa - Richmond BC
Yavanna Arnold, Owner, Lavish
Note: some of these Esthetics graduates may have changed positions in the interim.
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