Emma with a client in the treatment room at Pearl Skin Studio

The person behind Pearl Skin Studio, Seaford Meet Emma

I've worked in beauty and skin since 2013. Pearl is where I get to do it the way I think it should be done. Knowledge, results, honesty, and feeling looked after.

In beauty and skin since 2013. Pearl is where I do it the way I think it should be done.

Emma, founder of Pearl Skin Studio, in her treatment room

My story

I trained the old way.

Two years of full-time training, then into the industry in 2013. Not a quick access course. The traditional route, which means I learned the skin before I learned the treatments.

Over the years I became more and more fascinated by skin. How it works. Why it changes. Why one approach works brilliantly for one person and does very little for another. By 2018 I knew skin was all I wanted to do.

I've built on my VTCT qualifications with advanced anatomy and physiology, professional brand training and a lot of additional treatment education since. I'm still learning. I don't think there should be a point in this industry where you decide you know enough.

Two years of full-time training, then into the industry in 2013. Not a quick access course. I learned the skin before I learned the treatments.

By 2018 I knew skin was all I wanted to do. I'm still learning.

How Pearl began

Something of my own.

I started Pearl Skin Studio in 2023, after the birth of my first daughter. It was time to do something for myself and my family's future, after ten years working for other people.

I wanted to specialise in skin, and I wanted control over everything. The treatments, the brands, and what it feels like to walk through the door.

So I didn't rush it. I researched every brand and device before I let it in. If I'm going to put my name behind something and ask you to spend money on it, I need to believe in it. That still decides everything at Pearl.

I started Pearl in 2023, after the birth of my first daughter and ten years working for other people.

I researched every brand and device before I let it in. If I put my name behind something, I need to believe in it.

The treatment room at Pearl Skin Studio with the shell logo above the fireplace

My approach

I don't follow trends. I follow skin.

There's always a new ingredient or device everyone's talking about. That doesn't mean it belongs at Pearl. If something interests me, I research it. If it adds something real, I'll bring it in. If it's just popular on social media, I won't.

And if you want to know why I'm doing something, ask. I like explaining it. If you'd rather switch off completely, that's fine too.

If something adds something real, I'll bring it in. If it's just popular on social media, I won't.

Ask me why I'm doing something. I like explaining it.

Training and experience

  • Two years' full-time industry training
  • Working in beauty and skin since 2013
  • Specialising in skin since 2018
  • VTCT qualified
  • Advanced anatomy and physiology
  • Advanced treatment training, including dermaplaning
  • Brand-trained with SkinPen, Lira Clinical, DermaQuest and DÉESSE PRO
  • Ongoing professional education

The Pearl experience

Real results, without the clinic feel.

I take the treatment side seriously. Your skin is being treated by someone who knows what she's doing and wants the best from it. But I don't want you to feel you've walked into a medical clinic, and Pearl isn't just an hour of pampering either.

It's both. You switch off, and the treatment does something real for your skin. The glow afterwards is the bonus.

Not a medical clinic, and not just an hour of pampering either. You switch off, and the treatment does something real for your skin.

The glow afterwards is the bonus.

Your skin comes before the sale.

I won't recommend a treatment because it's the most expensive one on the menu. I won't tell you to replace products that are already working. And I won't promise you perfect skin.

I will listen, look closely at your skin, and give you an honest opinion about the best way forward. Sometimes that's an advanced treatment. Sometimes it's something gentler. Sometimes it's just consistency.

I won't push the most expensive treatment, replace products that work, or promise perfect skin.

I will listen, look at your skin, and give you an honest opinion about the best way forward.

Start with the Skin Journey Starter (£97, 75 minutes)

Come and put your skin in my hands.

Book online, or start with the Skin Journey Starter if you're not sure.

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Skin only · No injectables · Skin specialist since 2018