Face-It: The Ultimate Aesthetics Podcast

In this episode of the Face It Podcast, we welcome Natalie, the visionary behind Naturally Flawless Aesthetics!

Margarita's journey is nothing short of inspiring. Starting at 14 with a simple nail kit, she turned her passion into a thriving career. After honing her skills in London's high-paced beauty industry, she brought that expertise to Chigwell, Essex, creating The Naked Lounge. Her salon stands out for its luxury services, personalised client care, and a commitment to enhancing natural beauty. From microblading to laser tattoo removal, Margarita's attention to detail and client satisfaction has earned her a loyal following.  The Naked Lounge is more than a salon—it's a place where clients feel valued, comfortable, and confident.

In this episode of the "Face It" podcast, host Jess chats with Nikki from NAD+ at Home, diving into the groundbreaking benefits of NAD+ therapy.

In today's episode, host Jess sits down with Bahvesh from The Laser Clinic Group to delve into the world of aesthetic machines, marking a first for the podcast. Bahvesh shares his journey from purchasing his first machine to becoming a leading UK partner for Biotech Italia, one of Europe's premier aesthetic device manufacturers.Here's what you'll discover:

Today, we're thrilled to welcome Chanel from Fab HQ to the Face It podcast!

"‘Barbering saved my life,' Aldo shares in this heartfelt episode. From an uncertain path to a respected place in the industry, Aldo explains how the barbershop became his lifeline and how he now uses it as a space for connection and growth. Learn how his love for barbering has grown into a career and a calling, creating a safe and welcoming atmosphere for clients to unwind, open up, and feel at ease. It's a powerful reminder of how finding your passion can truly change everything." Watch on Youtube

✨ Get ready to be inspired! ✨ On this episode of Face It Podcast, we chat with the fabulous Louise from Louise Hair.

On today's episode, we chat with Jordan from Gloss Studios about everything makeup and beauty!

Welcome back to the Face It Podcast!

Join us for an in-depth conversation with the incredible Jen Adamson of Serpent's Brow!

Kate brings over 25 years of beauty industry experience and shares her journey from running a full-service salon to becoming a pioneering brow specialist. Learn how she transformed the industry with her innovative techniques and dedication to brow artistry.

"Starting my own business was a dream I held onto for so long. Financial backing wasn't easy to come by, and it still isn't perfect, but I learned a crucial lesson: you must invest in yourself.

Charlotte Benson has a lot of fire In her belly about client education, safety and mental health in an ever growing aesthetics industry. In her own words she is quite literally living the dream after making the move from sales to aesthetics but with one key belief about practicing.  Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8cdfkIUgpXs Follow Charlotte and her company Charlotte Benson Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/charlottebensonaesthetics/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Charlottebensonaesthetics/  Website - https://www.charlottebensonaesthetics.com/  Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Layla Hinchen is an absolute gem of a person and you can just feel her passion for educating throughout this conversation today. Layla has decades of beauty and PMU industry experience and launched the PMU Circle to support permanent makeup artists post training. Find out how Layla juggles motherhood and multiple successful businesses in todays episode. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/srgFFDSRcZw Follow Layla and her company PMU Circle: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thepmucircle/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thepmucircle/ JOIN HERE - https://www.pmucircle.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Aesthetics Is A 24/7 Job | Students Are Using Unlicenced Products! An interesting chat with the lovely Natasha Tingley from Tingles Aesthetics. Find out about the moment she decided to become a trainer after learning one of her own clients was taught to use unlicenced toxins! A passionate discussion about industry, workload and training. Watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/8kUTXks4Tmg Follow Natasha and her company Tingles Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/tingles_aesthetics/ Website - https://www.tinglesaesthetics.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

SEO EXPERT: You're Doing These Things Wrong In Your Aesthetics Business! | Easy SEO Tricks & Ai with Gabriela Brewer AKA TeckGeek. As soon as I met Gabriela I just knew we needed to have her on the podcast. I met her when filming our special episode with Dr Razvan and quickly realised she had some serious brains when it comes to marketing, SEO and growing aesthetics and beauty industry businesses. Meet the woman behind PR successes, immense website growth and learn how you can do a ton of stuff on your own with very little investment. Find Gabriela and her company TeckGeek below: Website - https://www.teckgeek.co.uk/  Find Clinic Near Me: https://clinicnearme.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Skin Expert: My 3 MUST HAVE Skin Products | Vitamin C, Hyaluronic Acid & Retinols. Today we brought the lovely Stacey, The Smart Skin Expert onto the show to talk all things skincare and skin treatments. Stacey has built her business on creating beautiful foundations in her clients skin, creating solid foundations for other treatments such as injectables. Learn how you can use at-home skin products to create a better, smoother canvas for your injector, creating optimal results.  Watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/lgxPhAdZJYs Follow Stacey and her company Smart Skin Expert: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/smartskinexpert Website - https://www.smartskinexpert.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Aesthetics Industry Awards Are FAKE! | Industry Awards Judge On Bum Filler, Education & Regulations. It was my pleasure to meet today with Nickalea from Transformed Academy & Salon, a seasoned aesthetics awards judge with a desire to change the way the awards industry runs their programmes.   Watch on YouTube 

I loved every moment of this conversation with Emma from Niche Skin, she has so much knowledge of the skin and I found it so interesting to strip the world of aesthetics back to the very basics. This is not one to miss! Watch the episode on YouTube: Follow Emma and her company Niche Skin: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/niche_skin/ Website - https://nicheskin.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Jules was simply a pleasure to speak to and she juggles so much in her life and business! Feel inspired by Jules today as she gives you her tips on keeping all the plates up in the air, whilst starting over, running a business, parenting and even going back to college! Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/55WN23vTzko Follow Jules and her company GH Beauty / The Beauty Hut: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thebeautyhutley Website - https://www.ghspmu.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Ditch The 5-Year Plan! Business Mindset & Mastery | PMU & Aesthetics with Dominika Taylor. A wonderful lesson in mindset with the founder of Club PMU & Success Lab, listen to Dominika as she talks about HOW you show up in your business affects your success.Watch on Youtube : https://youtu.be/oB-LDrhgC08Follow Dominika Taylor and her company Club PMU & Success Lab:Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/club_pmu/Website - https://www.clubpmu.com/Join Faces Consent for FREE:https://www.facesconsent.com Follow your host:https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

AVOID The Scary Complications Of Facial Aesthetics & Ensure You Have This ONE Thing In Clinic. It was great speaking with Paige Ranger today on her passion of complications management in her facial aesthetics practice and her tips for avoiding that anxiety around  complications or medical emergencies. We know there is only so much you can avoid and eventually every practitioner will come up against a medical situation that needs skill, patience and calm. Watch on YouTube

What a pleasure Aimee is. A bundle of energy, fiercely focused on her goals and in her own words: "Once I have an idea, I am hellbent on doing it." This one is a force to be reckoned with and her clients love her for it. Watch the episode on YouTube: Follow Aimee and her company Aesthetics With Aimee: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/aesthetics_with_aimee/ Website - https://www.aestheticswithaimee.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

I got to have this incredibly insightful conversation with Sam, the COO of Payl8r about how she came to be at the helm of the industry's most disruptive finance solution for millennials. We talk about the disadvantage of not offering Aesthetics Finance, indulging imposter syndrome and how it is for female-led business on the whole. Inspirational and not one to miss! Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WKrVwNATEws SIGN UP FOR FACES FINANCE TODAY: https://facesconsent.com/home Find Out More on Payl8r: https://www.payl8r.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

I had a great time speaking with Sophie of Il Viso Aesthetics about her beginnings in aesthetics. How can you utilise government initiatives to get your business off the ground? How can you use the turn in a poor economy to your advantage? Sophie helps tell us how. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/1GJa06A_328 Follow Sophie and her company Il Viso Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ilviso_aesthetics/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

It was a pleasure to speak with Karolina from KL Advanced Permanent Makeup & Training today, loads of really helpful insights on the PMU and aesthetics industries plus her tips for getting ahead in the awards game.  Watch the episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sIM7df--GQA Follow Karolina and her company KL Advanced Permanent Makeup: Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/advancedpermanentmakeup/ Website –  www.kladvancedpermanentmakeup.com Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

The Aesthetics Market Is GONE But You CAN Outsmart Your Competitor | Laser Clinics Australia with co-founder Babak Moini. What a conversation this was. Listen to the hugely inspiring aesthetics industry success story from one of the founders of LCA, who sold his company in 2017 for a staggering $650 million Aus Dollars. There isn't an inch of this conversation that isn't worth listening to, I was on the edge of my seat and soaking up all the knowledge on offer. I hope you have something really valuable to take away from todays guest. Babak's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/babak__moini/?hl=en Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/laserclinics/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LaserClinics Website - https://www.laserclinics.com.au/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

I had the best conversation today with Steve, who has been working in the industry for decades, mastering the art of PMU and makeup, across its many disciplines and finding his passion of teaching others. Listen to his frank, honest outlook on the beauty industry, PMU and how things have changed over the past 20 years. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEDJqm7T9YBVBtsd6OhCyA  Follow Steve and her company Stevie Cosmetic Makeup & Training: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stevie_cosmetic_makeup/ Website - https://www.steviecosmeticmakeup.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Injecting Lip Filler From My RAT INFESTED Uni Dorm To Aesthetics Industry Success. What a story from our guest today. Megan Jones is a go-getting girl who takes life by the horns and goes for her dreams. Her honesty in todays interview is refreshing, from applying for The Apprentice and hopping from city to city trying to find her place, to a client who changed the entire game for her business. It's not a conversation to miss! Listen on Spotify

 Started Teaching At Just 19 Years Old! | Aesthetics, Beauty & Training With  Gemma Dhaliwal. It was a pleasure catching up with Gemma today about her career from dental nursing, to beauty and aesthetics, to starting teaching beauty therapy courses from just 19 years old. She has had a passion for the industry since a young age after watching her relative running her own clinic and being around treatments. Follow Gemma Dhaliwal and her companies Este Training Academy & Perfection Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/perfection_aesthetics/ Website - https://www.perfectionaesthetics.co.uk/ Training - https://www.instagram.com/estetrainingacademy/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

The Aesthetics Industry Has EXPLODED! Being A Prescriber With Faces Consent. It was so wonderful speaking with Maurizio Farina today about his time with Faces over the past year. If you are looking for a prescriber or want to join as a prescriber, then this conversation is for you.  Find Maurizio on Faces: Prescriber linkhttps://facesconsent.com/prescribers/maurizioiAffiliation link (Sign up to Faces)https://facesconsent.com/shop?affiliation_code=lLVw53239 Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

3 Things You NEED For Success In Aesthetics | Don't Sell Your Clients A Dream, Be This Instead. Speaking with Seyi about her business Oloye Aesthetics and how she places integrity, her values and mindfulness over making money. She sheds insight into the 3 attributes you need to become a successful practitioner in the ever changing world of aesthetics. Follow Seyi and her company Oloye Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/oloyeaesthetics/ Training Academy - https://www.instagram.com/oloyeaestheticsacademy/ Website - https://www.oloyeaesthetics.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

The Powder Brows Trend: Powder Brows Are Taking Over Microblading! It was a pleasure to speak with Michelle today Master Brow Artist and Powder Brow Specialist from Ireland. Michelle has been working solely with brows since 2015, choosing to become the best of the best at just one skill. Follow Michelle and her company Michelle Cullen Brow Academy: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/michellecullenmastertrainer/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/michellecullenbrowmaster Website - https://michelle-cullen.com/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Aesthetics Doctor: Aesthetics Doctor: How To QUIT Craving Nicotine IMMEDIATELY With This Mind-blowing Treatment. Dr Hany Abi Ghosn is a world expert in medical aesthetics, winning the coveted accolade of Best Medical Practice in Europe, it has been a pleasure to delve into his new passion and treatment, a holistic smoking cessation and nicotine removal therapy which in his words provided "mindblowing results" in just "one prick on the ear" with an instant release in cravings.  You can find this therapy at a Dr Hany clinic in Leicester or London and by reaching out to the clinic directly for booking: https://www.drhanyabighosn.co.uk/services/anti-smoking-therapy/  Find Dr Hany Abi Ghosn Online: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dr.hany_abighosn/ Website - https://www.drhanyabighosn.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

How I Make GREAT Money In Permanent Makeup | I Quit My Job And Sold My House!  What a wonderfully enlightening conversation it was today with Rhian of Rhian Young Permanent Makeup. From quitting her job cold turkey in maternity, to selling her house to fund her business, now making up to £1000 a day in her PMU business and ditching the filler treatments completely. Its not a conversation to be missed! Follow Rhian and her company Rhian Young Permanent Makeup: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/rhianyoung_pmu/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/rlaestheticsandbeauty/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Cheek Fillers Are My Favourite Transformation! | How I Fell Into Aesthetics & Fillers Technique. Today I met the lovely Amy of Bespoke Bodies, talking about how she just fell into aesthetics during her time as a dental nurse, how being a medical professional doesn't automatically make you a great practitioner and how cheeks are her favourite of all treatments. Follow Amy and her company Bespoke Bodies: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bespokebodies_ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bespokebodiesbramley Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Your Skin Treatment Is A Journey | Clinical Grade Skincare & Aesthetic Treatments. A lovely discussion today with the fantastic Amanda of AT Aesthetics. Talking all things skin, machine treatments, how to give your clients product recommendations and how morals & ethics should inform the new industry changes.  https://youtu.be/sP2dJ8bOwxY Follow Amanda and her company AT Aesthetics: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amanda_taylor_aesthetics/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

If you are on the hunt for natural looking filler for enhancing beauty and want to know why our lovely guest Heather decided the time had come for her to dissolve hers then stay tuned for a conversation all about treatments, patient expectations and managing mental health.  Watch on YouTube

I Love Working For The NHS And I Don't Have A Plan | Nurse Prescriber & Aesthetics Practitioner. I had the pleasure of speaking with nurse prescriber Jenna of Fallon Aesthetics all about her love for nursing and the NHS, how she is impulsive and doesn't have a plan and how she juggles both her career in nursing and a successful aesthetics business. You can connect with Jenna as a prescriber through the Faces App.   Follow Jenna and her company Fallon Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fallonaesthetics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/people/Fallon-Aesthetics/100092480105564/ Website - https://www.fallonaesthetics.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Is Botox The BEST Treatment? Why I Love It For My Clients & How It Is A Great Beginner Treatment. Listen to my conversation with the wonderful Hannah of Iconic Aesthetics about how Botox is the most addictive treatment for her clients and how she plans to utilise the skin-first approach in her clinic.  Watch on YouTube

In todays episode we discuss filler, the good, the bad and the ugly! Megan comes from a multidisciplinary background in skin, nursing and aesthetics taking her time to educate and perfect her skills. It is Megans belief that fillers are wonderful (and her favourite!) but in other ways can be misused in trends, transversing the line between aesthetics and surgery. What do you think? Is Megan right? Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEDJqm7T9YBVBtsd6OhCyA  Follow Megan and her company MK Studios: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mk_studio_nottingham Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mkstudionottingham/ Website - https://bookings.gettimely.com/skinandaesthetics/book Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

I Almost Quit Aesthetics...What Kept Me Going & How Leaving Nursing Was The Best Thing I Did. Speaking with the lovely Chloe today of Cete Aesthetics about her big decision between quitting nursing or quitting aesthetics, the struggle to build her brand and how she overcame almost giving up on her aesthetics dream before outgrowing not one, not two but THREE clinics. Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ceteaesthetics Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CeTeAesthetics/ Website - https://www.ceteaesthetics.co.uk/ Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger

Laser Hair Removal TRANSFORMED Our Business & Taking Risks In Your Aesthetics Clinic with Zoe Mizon. Zoe started out in beauty many moons ago and when Covid hit the UK, she found herself like many other practitioners, with a floundering beauty business. Listen to my conversation today as we talk about machine based services and how they transformed her clinic, moving into aesthetics and the success of Zoe Mizon Aesthetics as it is today. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEDJqm7T9YBVBtsd6OhCyA  Follow Zoe and her company Zoe Mizon Aesthetics: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zoemizonsalon Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Zoemizonsalon Website - https://www.zoemizon.co.uk/our-treatments Join Faces Consent for FREE: https://www.facesconsent.com  Follow your host: https://www.instagram.com/faceitpod  https://www.instagram.com/jess_messenger