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.
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.
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.
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.
Acne & Congestion
Pigmentation & Sun Damage
Ageing & Skin Laxity
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.
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.
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.
The Support
(always on)You're never figuring it out on your own, because I know it's lonely AF out there otherwise.
The Skin Vault Resources
(downloads)Everything you actually need in clinic, ready to print, fill in, or keep open on your phone between clients.
Skin Concerns Decoded
Acne, pigmentation, ageing and more, all fully decoded, with a full section further up this page.
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.
If you treat skin, girl, it's for you.
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.
The community
What it's actually like inside.
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.
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.