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Sarah Mason

Lower Hutt,WGN

Summary

I am a qualified Personal Care Formulator and Beauty Therapist. My passion for skincare and wanting to help clients improve their skin confidence has led me to want to create products myself.

While owning/operating Astra Beauty I created/formulated personalised products for my clients' skin concerns and quickly realised this was my true passion.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner/Operator

Astra Beauty
08.2017 - 01.2022
  • Managed day-to-day business operations.
  • Formulated personalised skincare products for clients.
  • Formulated a small range of skincare products for the salon.
  • Skin analysis
  • Skin treatments - Microdermabrasion, relaxation facials
  • IPL (For skin rejuvenation and hair removal)

Receptionist/Senior Therapist

Caci Clinic
01.2013 - 07.2017
  • Reception duties – Taking bookings, answering emails/phone calls, banking
  • VPL treatments – For hair removal, pigmentation, broken capillaries, diffused redness, collagen induction
  • Facials and skin peels
  • Managing stock (Products and equipment)
  • Management of beauty therapy team
  • Consultations
  • Caci Non-Surgical Face Lifts
  • Skin analysis and treatments
  • Microdermabrasion

Receptionist/Beauty Therapist

My Day Spa
01.2012 - 01.2013
  • Taking booking, answering phone calls and emails, updating client information using Kitumba software
  • Opening and closing of the day spa
  • Treatments

Receptionist

DTZ New Zealand Ltd
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Answering telephone
  • Greeting clients
  • Booking flights and travel
  • Maintaining data base
  • Assists with administration
  • Assists with client functions

Office Assistant

Tripe Matthews and Feist
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Reception
  • Filing
  • Banking
  • Data entry
  • Customer service
  • Receipting
  • Messenger

Wellington Institute of Technology
01.2004
  • Inputting data into student management system (Artena)
  • Taking ID photos/producing ID cards
  • Invoicing
  • Receipting
  • Filing
  • Topping up student internet and printing accounts
  • Entering student and staff parking permit details into Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Hot Gossip Café
01.2004
  • Food Preparation
  • Waitressing
  • Cleaning
  • Errands
  • Banking

Acrow Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2003
  • Answering telephone
  • Filing
  • Photocopying

Education

Diploma of Personal Care Formulation - Cosmetic Chemistry

Institute of Personal Care Science
08.2023

Tinting Waxing Manicures Pedicures Dermalogica training -

Diploma - Beauty Therapy - Elite, CIBTAC

Elite International School of Beauty and Spa Therapies
2012

Weltec Certificate in Tourism Customer Service Computers Marketing -

Wellington Institute of Technology
Petone, NZ
2003

NCEA -

St Orans College
2003

Skills

I can confidently formulate the following products:

  • Facial cleansers - cream, gel and oil based
  • O/W creams such as moisturisers, body butters, body lotions
  • W/O creams
  • Serums - gel, oil and lotion type bases
  • Hair products such as shampoo/condition, conditioning masks
  • Facial toners

Actives I have worked with:

Glycolic acid

Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate

Retinol

Amino acids

Niacinamide

Bakuchiol

Provitamin B5

Bisabolol

Coenzyme Q10

Timeline

Owner/Operator

Astra Beauty
08.2017 - 01.2022

Receptionist/Senior Therapist

Caci Clinic
01.2013 - 07.2017

Receptionist/Beauty Therapist

My Day Spa
01.2012 - 01.2013

Receptionist

DTZ New Zealand Ltd
01.2006 - 01.2008

Office Assistant

Tripe Matthews and Feist
01.2005 - 01.2006

Wellington Institute of Technology
01.2004

Hot Gossip Café
01.2004

Acrow Ltd
01.2002 - 01.2003

Diploma of Personal Care Formulation - Cosmetic Chemistry

Institute of Personal Care Science

Tinting Waxing Manicures Pedicures Dermalogica training -

Diploma - Beauty Therapy - Elite, CIBTAC

Elite International School of Beauty and Spa Therapies

Weltec Certificate in Tourism Customer Service Computers Marketing -

Wellington Institute of Technology

NCEA -

St Orans College

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