28/05/2026
40 ✨
A couple of weeks ago I celebrated my 40th birthday surrounded by my family, friends, my beautiful Skin Nation team and so many incredible people in my life who have supported me over the years. I was honestly blown away by the love, the messages, the gifts and the most beautiful bouquet of flowers I think I have ever seen from a family who means so much to me. We absolutely love taking care of you all 🫶
This year also marks 20 official years in the beauty industry for me, (it was in my blood from a young age) and in August, 13 years since I opened the doors to Skin Nation.
Sometimes I sit back and think about how wild that really is!!
I opened the salon when I was two months away from giving birth to my second baby, with an 17 month old at home. I had no idea where the journey would take me, only that I had a vision and a whole lot of determination!
Since then, there have been incredible highs, exhausting lows, long days, tears, fear, growth and moments where I questioned everything. I survived a pandemic. I rebuilt and rebranded. I went to the Auction of a mound of dirt, with no finance confirmed bust a massive vision. I created Skin Nation from the ground up, literally from the rubble of an old burnt-down fish and chip shop.
And somehow, what started as a dream became something so much bigger than I ever imagined.
What I’m most proud of though isn’t just the business itself. It’s the people. The team standing beside me. The clients who have trusted us for years. The relationships, conversations, confidence and community that has been built inside these walls. We all feel like family and that exactly what i wanted!!
Skin Nation has never just been about skin. It’s about people feeling seen, supported and confident in themselves no matter what!
To every single person who has supported me over the years, thank you. I don’t take any of it for granted.
-Amanda xx
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