OUR TEAM
LEANNE
Leanne has over 30 years’ experience in the beauty industry; having owned and operated five beauty salons during this time. Leanne’s strengths lie in her ability to educate and train staff in both traditional and advanced beauty techniques and motivate them to achieve amazing results for their clients. Along with Di she manages Essence Day Spa on a day-to-day basis but still loves to keep a “hands on” approach; regularly performing nail and facial treatments.
DI
Di’s experience in business extends across the employment, hospitality and retail sectors. She has worked in business development, HR, hospitality management and retail. As essence Day Spa Concierge, she is your first point of contact both on the phone and in person. Di ensures our appointments run to schedule and our retail area is stocked with all your favourite products.
RHIANNON
Having graduated from the Australian Academy of Beauty Therapy in 2020, Rhiannon established a successful beauty salon in Menai; focussing on nails, facials and body treatments. After much coaxing, Rhiannon came to work at essence Day Spa and brings with her an artistic flair particularly in the area of nail art. Rhiannon has a special interest in “skin”; in particular, acne. She has worked hard to educate herself and is very skilled at using modalities that can enhance her clients “skin” outcomes.
CHIARA
Chiara holds a Diploma in Beauty Therapy from TAFE and has over 4 years’ experience in the beauty industry including owning her own successful makeup Artistry business. From her first day with essence Day Spa Chiara has demonstrated her love of all things “dermal”. Chiara is highly skilled at assessing her clients skin needs and performing advanced beauty techniques; she has a special interest in facial treatments and, in particular, skin needling.
MARLYSE
Marlyse comes to essence Day Spa with 15 years’ experience in the Beauty industry. From humble beginnings “on counter” at David Jones, Marlyse has worked for large corporate organisations such as The Estee Lauder Companies Inc and Coty Australia in both sales and education leadership roles. At the same time, Marlyse successfully ran her own beauty business: focussing on Dermal Therapies – an area in which she is highly qualified as she holds an Associate Degree in Clinical Applied Science. Marlyse brings her expertise in skin needling, chemical peels and microdermabrasion.
DELTA
Delta graduted from TAFE in 2023 with a diploma in Beauty Therapy and a Cert 3 in nails. She loves anything Facials and has a great interest in Spa and body treatments, she has since completed training in BIAB nails. She has a dedicated love for the industry.
