Meet our teachers

  
    All of our courses are taught by senior re:lax therapists, who are still practicing in the industry, ensuring that you receive the most up to date training to inform your practice.

MEET KATIE

Katie is a master facialist, nutritionist and founder of re:lax.

After experiencing challenges with her own skin, Katie struggled to find solutions that weren’t harsh and invasive, and expensive. In 2019, she opened re:lax, the award-winning destination for facials in Hackney, east London and the re:lax flagship studio in Borough Yards, London Bridge opened in October 2023.

As the team at re:lax grew, Katie noticed that recently qualified therapists were receiving outdated training that wasn’t practical for the industry today. She launched the first skin school courses from her living room in 2019, which expanded to its own space in 2021.

Katie will be guiding you through the VTCT Level 2 and 3 and intraoral massage course.

MEET LÉONIE

Léonie is a senior therapist at re:lax Hackney and teaches the Gua Sha, Facial Cupping and Acupressure short course at re:lax skin school.

After a career as a teacher, Léonie trained as a facialist at re:lax skin school. With firsthand experience of being a re:lax skin school student and training to be a facialist as a second career, Léonie knows exactly what it’s like to be in the shoes of our students and creates a supportive environment, with lots of space to ask questions, no matter how big or small.