The word aesthetician began not in a salon or a studio, but in philosophy. It comes from the Greek aisthētikos, meaning “of sense perception”—a word used to describe how we experience beauty, feeling, and the world through our senses. Long before it had anything to do with skincare or cosmetics, it was about noticing. Feeling. Interpreting the world through what we see and how it moves us.
Over time, the word found a new home in the beauty industry, where it now lives in a few different forms—some use esthetician, others aesthetician. Both describe people who work with care and intention, often with skin or with beauty in their hands.
What I do falls somewhere adjacent to that lineage. I don’t treat skin directly, but I do work face-to-face with people every day, helping them prepare for a moment, mark a milestone, or simply see themselves more clearly.
I think of my work as part practical, part emotional. It’s about technique, yes. But also transformation. Not into someone else—but into someone seen.
At F.A.C.E. Makeup Artistry, I use makeup as a medium, not to cover but to reflect. I help people choose how they want to show up in the world. I listen to what they’re saying with their features, their preferences, their stories—and offer tools and colors and choices that feel aligned with who they already are.
So what am I?
An aesthetician, maybe in the oldest sense of the word. A makeup artist by trade. A guide by intention. Someone who believes beauty is not just applied, but experienced. It’s emotional. And it can be transformative, even in the quietest of ways.