ABOUT THE ESTHETICIAN

Hi, I’m Jess from Pampered Aesthetics.

I am the face behind the brand here. 

For those of you who have been here awhile you have seen many faces to us, you’ve seen our ups and downs and our tragedies and heartbreaks. 

One day you will see our come back from it all. We transitioned our business into our authentic selves and against the grain of the preconceived notion of traditional spa. We are dark, moody and edgy .. this is who we are and who we have always been. The fear of rejection held us back, but then we realized how do we tell our goblins to be themselves when here we were running a business being hypercritical. So, we ripped off the metaphorical band aid, we took down everything slapped some paint up and completely rebranded. This was a scary step but so important.

We loved our downtown Cobourg location, it was one of the last things I did with my mum was choosing that location, and I held onto it just a bit too long. We had once again outgrown what was once for us. With our goblins getting older, the space seemed to be getting smaller and smaller. 

Covid hitting also showed us how very small our world was with only a small yard for them to play in.  We relocated to the outskirts of Warkworth amongst the rolling Northumberland Hills. We had big dreams of what the spa would become there. Unfortunately, we awoke 4 weeks later to our house and dreams on fire. While it’s been hard, this won’t define us. We will come back stronger than before. While being stagnant it’s given us a fresh set of eyes and time to refocus.

Reaching out like we have not yet with our marketing, developing our own private label while trying to learn the world of online sales.  We met our new community in the most unconventional way possible, and they showed up for us in a big way showing us so much kindness. In a time when the world was a little harsh, we saw the absolute best in people. We are forever grateful and will never forget that.

Who am I? I am a mother first and foremost to two magical goblins. They are the driving force behind everything I do, creating a better world for them. Even if it is only in our own little universe. They are why we eat the way we do, use the products we do, why we relocated, why we learn the skills to be able to in turn teach them. They say you don’t have to change the entire world, just yours. Those goblins are why we do this, for those of you that know me, know how much I dislike change. They are why I change why I step outside of my comfort zone, why I eat veggies.

My love for Aesthetics started at an early age with my Mum, trying to get me to stop biting my nails. Older me realizes it grossed her out, but little me got a new nail polish each week so that I didn’t bite them. Oh, how my collection grew, and little did I know precious memories too.

Watching her nightly facial ritual, listening to her nag me to start when I was young or ill regret it when I was older. Preventative care… I really wish I had of listened to her. But here we are, me nagging Paige for the same reasons, doing her nails… really wishing my Mum was still alive to take part in it all.

So here we are specializing in facials, with our very own Private Label line that is Clean, and cruelty free. Amazing products with results. Running a spa that we hand select the products in which we carry. If I won’t use it on my own family, I won’t be using it on you.

I love shopping local and supporting others just like us. Knowing the face behind the brands and that our building this business is teaching our own children not just the business skills but a different way of life. That it is possible to self sustain and be self sufficient with a little hard work and a lot of learning.

I am not good at technology, like it’s embarrassing so just know every techy type thing done was Tanner or took me more days than I’m willing to admit to you to complete.

I want to build something self-sustaining for the spa that Paige doesn’t have to go through the growing pains when she takes it over. That girl has big dreams and will slay every one of them.  Landon’s interest lies in the homesteading aspect that we are wanting to set up. He loves his time in the kitchen with me cooking, and soon to be learning how to preserve foods.

We are a family run operation; this means all hands-on deck. There are some late nights, and early mornings. Its common in our house to be out of bed by 5 and rushing around getting the day started only to come home to rushing around till 11:30 to repeat.  Everyone is invested in the success as we build this together.

From deciding to go against the grain with our black bottles and eating a lot of crow sandwiches for doing it. Its cost us advertising in magazines however it won’t always be that way. And we are excited to see it take off and thrive. Knowing that we’ve done it ourselves, most of time at our kitchen table, holding true to ourselves, our values, and our vision.

One of these days maybe well find the rough sketches of the bottle labels and share them, I should add I’m also not an artist. That talent is reserved for tanner and the goblins lol, but we made it. One day we will all look back and realize there isn’t anything we can’t accomplish

together.

So welcome to our website, and a brief glimpse into our world.

*** Jess Buckley -xo-***