Mariella working at her desk with the Skin School portal shown on a laptop, tablet and phone alongside the Skin Assessment Checklist

Your training taught you the treatments. Skin School teaches you the skin.

The monthly membership for aesthetic practitioners and skin specialists.Learn the science behind skin, skin concerns, ingredients, actives and treatments.

With all the support you need, every step of the way.

Membership reopens at £39 a month.

Real Skin Education
Waitlist Open
Skin Concerns Decoded Every Month
In-Depth Video Masterclasses
Real Skin Education
Waitlist Open
Skin Concerns Decoded Every Month
In-Depth Video Masterclasses

Right, so...

Nobody ever actually sat me down and explained what I was looking at, they just handed me a protocol, told me to get on with it, and sort of hoped I'd figure the rest out along the way, which, honestly, most of us are still doing years later if we're being truthful about it.

I teach you in-depth masterclasses on the actual SCIENCE behind skin, the ingredients, the actives, the whole "why am I actually recommending this" bit that training conveniently skips over, all explained in a way that genuinely makes sense, in 15 to 30 minutes you can watch between clients with, obviously... a CUPPA.

Mariella relaxing with a cuppa while watching Skin School content

Introducing

SkinSchool

The membership built by an aesthetic practitioner, for aesthetic practitioners, because I got properly tired of watching brilliant, capable practitioners undersell themselves simply because nobody had ever explained the skin bit properly.

A Skin School epidermis masterclass on an iMac
Skin School lifestyle content on a phone
Mariella in her clinic with a facial anatomy training model
The Skin School app on a phone
The Skin School portal shown across laptop, tablet and phone

Skin Concerns Decoded

Every concern. Actually decoded.

Acne, pigmentation, ageing, dehydration, redness, and the anatomy behind all of it. Not a quick overview. Not "here's a product to try." The actual science of what's happening under the skin, the actives that work and why, and a plan you can walk a client through with total confidence.

Whatever skin concern walks in with your next client, you'll feel confident knowing exactly how to recommend a treatment plan based on what's actually going on with their skin.

Close-up of skin showing acne & congestion
Clinical diagram illustrating the science behind acne & congestion

Acne & Congestion

Close-up of skin showing pigmentation & sun damage
Clinical diagram illustrating the science behind pigmentation & sun damage

Pigmentation & Sun Damage

Close-up of skin showing ageing & skin laxity
Clinical diagram illustrating the science behind ageing & skin laxity

Ageing & Skin Laxity

Acne & CongestionPigmentation & Sun DamageAgeing & Skin LaxityDehydration & DrynessRedness & SensitivityIngredients & ActivesMore concerns decoded every month.
Mariella laughing mid-conversation

Not another boring course, I promise you that.

Okay so you know that feeling when you buy a course, get about three modules deep, and realise it's basically just a textbook being read out loud at you, and you end up closing the laptop and never quite going back? YUP, I know that feeling ALL too well. HA! And that is genuinely the opposite of what this is. Skin School is the kind of thing you watch with a cuppa in between clients, or curled up on the sofa after a long day in clinic, because I've made it properly bite-sized and honestly a bit fun, which I don't think anyone's really done with skin education before.

Mariella relaxing on the sofa with a cup of tea, watching a Skin School lesson

And here's the bit I really want you to hear.

Because I know so many of you have felt this way before, and it's not because you're not clever enough or because you missed something everyone else somehow knows.

You don't need to be able to name every organ in the body, you don't need a science degree, and you definitely don't need to feel embarrassed that nobody's ever properly explained any of this to you, because that's genuinely not your fault.

You just need someone to break it down in a way that actually makes sense and actually sticks, and that's exactly what I'm here to do, along with a whole community of practitioners who get it, cheering you on while you learn.

And it genuinely costs less than the cleanser sitting on your treatment couch right now. Membership reopens at £39 a month, not another £500 course, not spending thousands "just in case one day it clicks." Just real skin knowledge, one cuppa at a time.

What you get

So what's actually inside?

The Skin Science

(8 lessons)

Finally understand what you're actually looking at, the biology, the concerns, the reasoning behind every treatment decision.

Skin FoundationsSkin AnatomySkin ScienceIngredients + Actives

The Business of Skin

(3 lessons)

Know how to recommend the right plan without it ever feeling like a sales pitch, and actually get paid properly for the skill you've got.

How to Sell Skin Without SellingSetting Your SpecialityBuild Your Signature Treatment Offer

The Support

(always on)

You're never figuring it out on your own, because I know it's lonely AF out there otherwise.

Private WhatsApp CommunityLive Webinars Every 6 WeeksAsk Mariella Q&AInside the Treatment Room (live demos)

The Skin Vault Resources

(downloads)

Everything you actually need in clinic, ready to print, fill in, or keep open on your phone between clients.

Treatment Plan TemplatesSkin Assessment ChecklistsThe Skin BibleIngredients + Actives Checklists

Skin Concerns Decoded

Acne, pigmentation, ageing and more, all fully decoded, with a full section further up this page.

Acne & CongestionPigmentation & Sun DamageAgeing & Skin Laxity
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This is for you

Already trained? That's exactly who this is for.

Look, I'm not here to teach you how to perform a treatment, you've done that bit already, probably paid a small fortune for it too. What nobody ever properly taught you is the science behind the skin, the ingredients, how to actually build a treatment plan that makes sense, which is honestly what makes every treatment you already offer start delivering results your client can actually see.

Aesthetic practitioner, beauty therapist, skin specialist, just qualified, or years in the chair, genuinely does not matter where you're starting from.

Aesthetic practitionerBeauty therapistSkin specialistJust qualifiedYears in the treatment room

If you treat skin, girl, it's for you.

Mariella, founder of Skin School

And who am I?

And who am I to tell you about skin? Genuinely, fair question.

There are SO many educators out there right now, everyone's got an opinion, everyone's got a course, so let me actually tell you why you should listen to me over anyone else banging on about skin on the internet. I've got six years of proper, hands-on skin knowledge behind me, thousands of real clients, more cases than I could possibly count, but here's the honest bit, earlier in my career I was properly embarrassed to even offer skin treatments, because my own skin was an absolute mess, hours spent picking it apart, trying every product under the sun, still not having a clue why any of it was happening... all while I was out here qualified, treating clients every single day.

WHO WAS I to be telling clients about their skin?!

But that, weirdly, is exactly what lit something up in me. Skin is complicated, it is not some neat, straightforward journey where you follow three steps and you're done, and once I actually accepted that and got obsessed with understanding it properly, everything shifted, my own skin, my consultations, the way I actually spoke to clients about what was going on with theirs.

Six years and thousands of clients later, that's exactly what I bring into Skin School now. Not textbook theory that sounds lovely on paper and leaves you stuck the second a real client sits down, but the actual stuff that changed how I do every single consultation and build treatment plans, and use ingredients, that genuinely, properly work.

Because that's what I actually teach you, the science, combined with a real treatment plan you actually understand, and when those two things come together properly?

That's when you get RESULTS.

Mariella's own skin, before and after

The community

What it's actually like inside.

Skin School member message: I just wanted to say how much I'm loving Skin School so far, so glad I joined
Skin School member message: I love the videos, it's been amazing already, I recommended a friend and she's signed up
Skin School member message: I'm already loving Skin School, exactly what's been missing, so excited for the journey
Skin School member message: Loving the skin school so far, looking forward to the acne module
Skin School member message: the acne deep dive has been absolutely amazing, thank you so much
Skin School member message: your videos are fabulous so far, very interesting
Skin School member message from Rachel: I'm about to go watch the treatment room, loving this so far Mariella
Skin School member message: what a lovely community and I'm thankful to be able to learn from you all
Skin School member message: I have only just started the training today but straight away I'm enjoying it

WHY THE DOORS CLOSE

An exclusive membership, on purpose.

I only open the doors to Skin School a few times a year. When you join, I want to make sure you are properly welcomed in and set up with everything you need from day one, not just handed a login and left to figure it out. And I want it to stay a really special, exclusive space where everyone inside is committed, supportive and genuinely there to grow together.

Doors are closed for now, but the waitlist is open.

Skin School is a closed membership, so everyone who joins is enrolled with everything they need to get started properly. Pop your details in below and you will be the first to know when doors reopen.

Membership reopens at £39 a month.

A client relaxing during a facial treatment

No risk

Join with complete confidence.

I know how properly annoying it is when you have to jump through a million hoops just to cancel something, so it is genuinely not like that in here. I'm easy, I'm personable, and I get it, we are all BUSY AF, so if it's not for you, you cancel in your account, done, no calls, no guilt trip, no chasing you down. But honestly? You're going to be in here forever.

The only thing you actually risk is finally understanding the skin you've been treating all along.

Questions.

The next opening date has not been announced yet. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear when doors reopen.

The moment your payment is confirmed everything unlocks instantly. You will receive a welcome email with your login details and the WhatsApp community link straight away.

Membership reopens at £39 a month. Join the waitlist to be the first to hear when doors reopen.

You can cancel in your online account at any time. Simple as that.

Send a message on Instagram at mariella.balazs and Mariella will answer personally and honestly. No pressure either way.

As much or as little as you have. Most members spend 30 to 60 minutes a week. The monthly episodes are perfect for a commute or time between clients.

Absolutely. Whether you have been treating skin for six months or six years there is something inside that will shift how you work.