Kiana Beauty is proud to introduce our amazing team of beauty experts. These talented individuals are the faces behind Kiana Beauty, and their knowledge and skills are what set us apart from the rest.
If you have a beauty question, or would like more information about any of our products, please don’t hesitate to Ask an Expert for personalised advice.
Questions asked through our website will be responded to as soon as possible (usually by the end of the next working day). Alternatively, if you happen to be in the area, please pop in to one of our pharmacies to meet our experts in person and enjoy a face-to-face consultation.
Jaki is the incredible and inspiring leader of our beauty team. She has been working in the beauty industry for over 20 years and has a passion for fragrance. In her spare time, Jaki runs several half marathons a year. Her favourite accessories are her husband, then earrings. Her greatest pleasure is solitude
What we love about Jaki: She has an innate ability to do ten things at once and make it look effortless. She is a calming presence.
Liz has worked in the beauty industry for 30 years, and still remains very passionate about her job. She specialises in wedding and special occasion makeup. Liz has recently joined the Chanel team and loves the way Chanel skincare and makeup looks and feels on the skin. Her biggest beauty secrets are sleep, the Sublimage range by Chanel and chocolate. She loves her dog Jock, handbags (she has over 30) and her regular workouts at the gym.
What we love about Liz: She has a cheeky sense of humour.
Glenda has been working with Estee Lauder for over 20 years and was recently the first Australian to be inducted into the Estee Lauder Hall of Fame. She loves how prestigious and innovative Estee Lauder is - always one step ahead of their competitors. She credits the Re-Nutriv range for her fabulous skin, along with eliminating sugar from her diet. Outside of work, Glenda loves to spend time with her five gorgeous grandchildren and experiments with sugar-free baking.
What we love about Glenda: She has a caring approach and is passionate about finding the right skincare products for her customers’ needs.
Lesley brings a wealth of varied experience and creativity to the Kiana Beauty team. She has worked as a secondary school art teacher, layout artist for a newspaper, cafe manager, and office secretary before working in pharmacy.
This fascinating career path has given Lesley great attention to detail and problem solving skills so that she can come up with the best solution to any of your skin concerns.
When she's not working, Lesley loves drawing, craft, card making and cooking. She also loves spending time with her hubby and two grandchildren.
What we love about Lesley: She is a great listener and gives you her undivided attention. Lesley has has an amazing ability to focus on the issue presented to her in order to come up with the best solution for all of her customers.
Catherine has has had extensive experience in the beauty and fragrance industry and adores working with Clinique products. She is also a fragrance afficionado and loves helping customers find a fragrance that will inspire, enthrall or transport them back to a wonderful holiday destination.
Catherine's favourite holiday destination is without a doubt Thailand. She loves it so much that she travels there twice a year, every year.
What we love about Cathy: She loves to make people laugh and is lots of fun to work with. Cathy is very thoughtful and generous and is attentive to her customer's needs.
Loreece has worked with Jurlique for over six years and thrives on helping customers find the best skincare solutions to address their skin concerns.
She absolutely loves Jurlique's organic skincare for its benefits not only to the skin, but also the effects that the aromatherapy has on our overall wellbeing.
In her spare time, Loreece loves exploring new places with her two children, and occasionally indulging in her favourite dessert, lemon meringue pie.
What we love about Loreece: Her thoughtfulness and attention to detail.
Lauren has loved makeup for many years, and recently completed formal training as a makeup artist. She strives to help every customer achieve a flawless makeup finish and a simple smokey eye.
Outside of work, Lauren loves to hang out with her friends at the beach or catch up for a chicken parmigiana dinner.
What we love about Lauren- she has a huge heart and always wears a beautiful smile.
Peter has been tinkering with websites since 2011 and is easily outnumbered at Kiana Beauty. He is an avid-reader and is a big fan of the works by Chuck Klosterman, David Foster Wallace and Tim Pratt.
Peter is happily married and met his gorgeous wife on a train by strategically placing his business card next to her seat.
What we love about Peter: He can just as easily chat about technical issues as he can chat about beauty related products.
