About
| I always knew I wanted to work within the beauty industry. From a young age I remember watching my mother’s skincare routine each evening and can still smell her night cream, a smell I always found so comforting. |
The word beauty means so many different things throughout the cultures of the world, beauty will often mean something completely different to the next.
From everything I’ve learned on my journey through my life, the world and my career, I have concluded that I need to change the dialogue within the beauty industry. I am not about anti-ageing, dark spots or anti who you are at this moment. I aim guide each client back to themselves, to feel held, seen and loved for purely exisiting. True beauty always comes with a self acceptance and love for ones self. Not from a bottle.
Skincare is not only about ‘products’, it’s a lifestyle. It’s the emotions that run through our bodies, it’s the connection to “self”. Our skin tells our stories. It’s a mindset of how well we are willing to care for ourselves as a whole. This is something I am deeply passionate about. I aim to guide and nurture each client towards achieving their understanding around this.
Originally from the South Island of New Zealand, I have gained 18 years experience within the beauty industry across New Zealand, Australia and the UK. I have developed my knowledge and skills through my extensive experience with skin and the link it has with our entire well-being. Mentally, emotionally and spiritually. I always promote, educate and practice the importance of both internal and external care for the skin. A skin can’t thrive in an enviroment that isn’t healthy. No matter the extent of a skincare routine.
Since living in the UK, I have worked and trained with Facegym, a London “Facial workout” and skincare company. Through this, I have gained tremendous knowledge and skill into these massage practices. Truly mastering the art of sculptural facial massage and just how important of a role it plays when it comes to ageing.
These techniques applied to my facials have become such a huge shift in the way I view skin. The muscles in the face, our lymphatic system and fascia. Treating the skin on these deeper layers makes shifts on how the the skin functions for weeks after your facial.
Through doing such extensive work in this area for the past 8 years, I found myself getting deeper into my own knowing – my deeper connection I was having with clients. Working with their energy. Feeling into where it may be at on the day and bringing a deep healing experience to the treatment room. This is an ever evolving journey for me. As I find this deepens the deeper I go with myself and my own spiritual journey.
–Mary Gorton, Hands Of Mine Founder.