the woman behind Being
There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over a treatment room when everything is right. The lighting, the warmth, the presence of someone who is truly paying attention. I have spent over two decades creating that quiet for other people.
“All you can do is create a space for transformation to happen, for grace and love to enter."
Changing skin. Holding space.
I began my career in beauty therapy in 2000 — drawn to the industry not just by a love of skin, but by something deeper. An understanding, formed early, that being truly cared for changes something in a person. That when someone feels seen and tended to, they leave the room differently than they arrived.
Over more than two decades of practice in Hamilton, I have personally built a reputation for treatments that go beyond the surface — not just because of intention to, but because that is simply how how I work. Attentively. Intuitively. With my whole self present.
My qualifications speak to that depth. Holding internationally recognised credentials from CIBTAC and CIDESCO, and proud membership of the New Zealand Association of Registered Beauty Professionals (NZARBT), I bring both the rigour of formal training and the wisdom that only comes from years of genuine practice.
My Ethos
Being Studio was born from a simple question: what would it look like to hold space for the whole person?
Not just the skin — though skin health matters deeply here. But the energy underneath it. The self that shows up tired, overwhelmed, in need of more than a treatment. The version of someone that simply needs to be held for a little while.
Being Studio is my answer to that question. A space where beauty therapy, Reiki and intuitive healing, and colour and makeup artistry come together — not as separate services, but as different ways of caring for the same whole person.
Every visit is designed to move through three layers: how you present, how you feel, and who you are becoming.
A new chapter. The same intention.
Skin health and holistic wellbeing are not separate things — they never have been. The skin is the body's largest organ, and it tells the story of everything happening underneath it. Stress, disrupted sleep, emotional weight, hormonal shifts — all of it shows up on the surface eventually. Which is why treating the skin in isolation has never made complete sense to me.
My approach has always been to look at the whole person. To ask not just what is your skin doing but what is your body carrying? To consider not just the treatment on the table, but the state of the person receiving it.
At Being Studio, this philosophy takes shape across three pillars — Beauty & Skin, Reiki & Intuitive Healing, and Colour Analysis & Makeup Artistry. Three different entry points into the same conversation: how can I help you feel more like yourself?
Treatments here range from divine meditation facials and LED light therapy through to paramedical skin needling — all using clean, cosmedical formulations with no nasties. Because what goes on your skin matters just as much as how it's applied. Every product is chosen for its integrity as much as its results.
The tools and brands I work with reflect that same standard — from the clinical precision of Dermapen 4, to the advanced formulations of O Cosmedics and Ginger & Me Neurocosmedics, to the transformative lash work of YUMI Lashes & Brows. Each one chosen with care, because your skin deserves nothing less.
Whether I am working on your skin with carefully chosen actives and advanced techniques, restoring your energy field through Reiki, or helping you discover the colours that are unmistakably yours — the intention is always the same. To leave you feeling more held, more seen, and more at home in yourself than when you arrived.
This is not just skincare. This is self-care at its most considered.
Products we believe in.
Every product and tool at Being Studio has been chosen with the same intention that guides every treatment — integrity, results and care. We work only with brands we truly believe in, so you can trust everything that touches your skin.
Eckhart Tolle
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