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Featured Esthetics Graduates

Doug Janczyn
Doug Janczyn

Owner and Esthetician, Manscape Spa

Carla Sage
Carla Sage

International Spa Director, Portugal, Maldives, Tokyo

Project Skin MD
Project Skin MD

Christine Palylyk, Jennifer Bowles, and Gwen De La Costa, Medical Estheticians

Tracy Cherniak
Tracy Cherniak

Spa Lead, Blu Harbour Wellness + Spa

Roxana Sanchez
Roxana Sanchez

Director of the Maldives’ Shangri-La Spa

Leah Lavanway
Leah Lavanway

Owner of Award-winning Essence of L Medi Spa

Cecilia Valdes
Cecilia Valdes

Owner of Moor Spa + Nails in Mexico City

Alisa Usher
Alisa Usher

Regional Trainer for Elizabeth Arden

Kendra Dutchak
Kendra Dutchak

National Trainer for Skoah Spas

Jill Bryan
Jill Bryan

Regional Manager at Absolute Spa

Sally Sue
Sally Sue

Sally Sue of Soluzione Spa Products

Lindsay Koropchuk
Lindsay Koropchuk

Spa Manager at Rosewood Hotel Georgia

Laura Eastveld
Laura Eastveld

Trainer for skincare brand, Eminence Organics

Daniela Belmondo
Daniela Belmondo

Founder of organic skincare line, Belmondo

Amy Berry
Amy Berry

Manager of Shangri-La Vancouver Hotel Spa

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Prép Beauty Parlour Brings the ‘Special’ in Specialization

Inspired by a life-long love for TV & Film, modelling, and all things beauty, Mika enrolled Blanche Macdonald’s Makeup program to pursue a career as a an on-set Makeup Artist. However, she quickly realized that applying makeup and providing beauty services for clients fulfilled her passion for beauty more than special effects ever had. Sparked by her newfound direction Mika returned to Blanche Macdonald and enrolled in the Esthetics program, which led her to the rewarding career that she has today as the owner and beauty director of Prép Beauty Parlour—Vancouver’s premier beauty studio.

Prép Beauty Parlour Brings the ‘Special’ in Specialization
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Serenity in Switzerland: Jojo Esthetics takes up residence in Basel

Jojo Macuroy was on track to becoming a professional dancer when an injury changed the course of his life. After attending Blanche Macdonald he founded his own esthetics studio—Jojo Esthetics—in the Swiss enclave of Basel. Now his expertise, attention to detail, and ability to go above and beyond customer expectations has attracted clientele from all over Europe.

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Serenity in Switzerland: Jojo Esthetics takes up residence in Basel

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The Man Behind Western Canada’s Only Male-oriented Spa,
Doug Janczyn

Spa Owner Doug Janczyn is the owner of Victoria's Eco-Certified Manscape Spa, which exclusively offers men’s services in an environment that offers ‘a uniquely male perspective’.

The Man Behind Western Canada’s Only Male-oriented Spa, <br>Doug Janczyn
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Esthetics Graduate Carla Sage Spreads Wisdom at Six Senses Spas Around the World

Carla Sage understands that the journey is as important as the destination. As Corporate Director of Spa Training for Six Senses Luxury Hotels Resorts and Spas, she’s continually travelling the world, helping open new locations and ensuring that every service in every spa meets her own impeccable standards.

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Esthetics Graduate Carla Sage Spreads Wisdom at Six Senses Spas Around the World

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Blanche Macdonald grads Christine Palylyk, Jennifer Bowles, and Gwen De La Costa Stun at Project Skin

Snuggled on a black leather sofa inside the stunning South Granville skin clinic, Project Skin, MD sit Christine Palylyk, Jennifer Bowles, and Gwen De La Costa. The posh neon sign above them reads “It’s Glow Time” and even though it’s barely 9am, the three Blanche Macdonald Esthetic grads are positively radiant - one even bears a striking resemblance to Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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Blanche Macdonald grads Christine Palylyk, Jennifer Bowles, and Gwen De La Costa Stun at Project Skin

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Blanche Macdonald Esthetics Graduate and Blu Harbour Wellness’s Spa Lead Tracy Cherniak: North Vancouver’s Sugaring Expert

If life had turned out the way Tracy imagined, you’d be visiting her on the deck of a luxury cruise liner. But it was her piqued curiosity that got the better of her and forever set her life on a new path.

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Blanche Macdonald Esthetics Graduate and Blu Harbour Wellness’s Spa Lead Tracy Cherniak: North Vancouver’s Sugaring Expert

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Work is Paradise for Roxana Sanchez, Spa Director of the Maldives’ Five-Star Shangri-La!

To be able to see and hear the Indian Ocean every morning is a truly inspiring awakening; its crystalline waves lapping at the white sand of the beach at Shangri-La’s spectacular Villingili Resort and Spa, in the tropical paradise of the Maldives.

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Work is Paradise for Roxana Sanchez, Spa Director of the Maldives’ Five-Star Shangri-La!

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Skincare Comes Home for Esthetics Graduate Leah LaVanway

At first glance Dolphin Street in White Rock, BC looks like any other residential street in Greater Vancouver’s greener suburbs.

Skincare Comes Home for Esthetics Graduate Leah LaVanway
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Doing it ‘The Blanche Way’ in Mexico City – Esthetics Graduate Cecilia Valdes Brings the Moor Experience Home!

For Cecilia Valdes, born and raised in the bustle of Mexico City, an opportunity presented is never untaken, especially when it involves a business plan and a venue through which to share the healing powers of natural products.

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Doing it ‘The Blanche Way’ in Mexico City – Esthetics Graduate Cecilia Valdes Brings the Moor Experience Home!

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Esthetics Graduate Alisa Usher Makes Training Fun with Elizabeth Arden

As an Elizabeth Arden Regional Trainer she’s regularly travelling from Vancouver Island to Winnipeg and every major city in between conducting daylong schools with makeup and skincare experts from stores like Sears, The Bay, London Drugs and Shoppers Drug Mart.

Esthetics Graduate Alisa Usher Makes Training Fun with Elizabeth Arden
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