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Huntsville Spa Helps Clients Put Their Best Face Forward
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reviously seen as a luxury, taking the time to care for one’s well being through beauty and self care has been linked to stronger mental health, especially throughout the pandemic. For 17 years, aesthetician Moneé Burke has been helping her clients put their best faces forward, correcting and treating troubled skin that dermatologists were unable to, while helping her clients confront their insecurities and bring out their natural beauty. “We have a joke as aestheticians that we’re like a free therapist,” Burke said. “I have so many clients that confide in and talk to me about things, that they help me, it’s like my gift of treating them, but it’s honestly a treat to me that I get to do that, I appreciate them so much for coming and trusting me with what I do.”
Burke cites her spa as a safe space where her clients can confide in her their stresses they are feeling or fears that bear down on them, as she works to melt away the negative energy, remove the distractions of life and provide a haven to experience serenity for the short time they have. “I love making people feel good, but I honestly believe God put me on this earth to be a service to others, so that’s my calling,” she said. She started her career in California, working for an aesthetician, before moving to a MedSpa and later opening her own practice, which she had for three years. She then relocated her business to downtown Huntsville nearly a year-ago, to be closer to her father’s roots.
What is an aesthetician? An aesthetician is someone who specializes in skincare and skin conditions. This is a clinical profession that overlaps with the field of luxury self-care. INSPIRE HEALTH
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