Our Spotlight series is designed to share insights from our SkinBase Therapists, to inspire and support you in growing your business and achieving incredible skin results.

If you’re considering partnering with SkinBase, or entering the Transformation of the Year competition, find out more from therapist Perry Walker.

Salon Spotlight: Perry’s Beauty

In our Salon Spotlight for March, we’re talking to SkinBase Therapist Perry Walker, who was recently crowned our Transformation 2025 winner.

Perry is an experienced SkinBase AYCE therapist who has been with us since 2013, and now offers MD, Hydro, Collagen Lift and IPL treatments in Caversham, Reading. Her expertise has helped numerous clients take control of their skin and their confidence, including her winning client Sadie!

SkinBase Transformation of the Year

Thank you for talking to us today Perry, it’s so great to talk to one of our Transformation of the Year winners, and someone with such a wealth of experience!

“Hopefully the content is going to be really useful for you and I’m really happy for anyone to reach out and message me on social media if you ever have any questions or concerns. I think it’s really important as women we all support one another and we support each other’s business. We can only help each other to grow by being supportive of one another, so hopefully these answers will be good for you!”

Q: How does it feel to be our Transformation of the Year winner?

“To be the Transformation of the Year winner just feels incredible. I mean, it’s unbelievable. You enter these competitions, and obviously I feel confident in the results that I achieve, but it’s hard to then believe that mine would be picked and win. It’s just incredible and it’s made my year. It’s really given me a confidence in myself and my abilities as a therapist. I think that is priceless.”

Q: When you entered the competition, did you ever imagine yourself winning and going to Barbados?

“When I enter the competition, my clients absolutely love the chance of winning, but to be fair we never actually think we will win. The competition is so fierce, and there are such amazing results from all the therapists that enter.”

Q: As a winner, what is your top tip for therapists wanting Transformation of the Year results?

Tip number one: your photographs.

“I have invested in some really good lighting, I’ve found some really good angles and I take hundreds of photos. Most people’s cameras are probably filled with their children, their pets, things they’ve done. My phone is just filled with hairy bikini lines and rosacea filled faces.”

Tip number two: a good comparison.

“Get the two photos together, and get them to the right level so you are looking at the same points. So think with photos, what subsequent clients who might come to you want to see and for the chance of winning. Essentially, photos that are the same angle, or as similar as is possible, with similar lighting.”

Q: What would you say to therapists who are unsure about entering?

“I would just say, what do you have to lose? It is a really great way of connecting with other therapists. It’s a really wonderful way of showing SkinBase what you are capable of. It’s a wonderful way of promoting your business and it’s not about the winning at all. It is about creating those results for your clients and showcasing them in a way that is honest. I would say, your clients will enjoy it as well, it is fun!”

Q: How does it feel to know you’ve helped someone regain their confidence?

“Knowing that I’ve helped Sadie regain her confidence for me is honestly the biggest win...”Knowing that I’ve helped Sadie regain her confidence for me is honestly the biggest win...

I’ve known Sadie for so many years and her rosacea and her skin concerns have been at the top of her insecurities and worries ever since I’ve known her. She was quite reluctant initially to go for it because, you know, it’s scary, it’s expensive, it was quite time consuming – you have to really invest time and money and belief in it. But each time I saw her, I could see that confidence coming back into her. ****I do think it’s why most of us go into this industry, to make people and especially women feel better about themselves and deliver that new confidence for them.”

Q: How do you build trust with your clients, and why is that so important to achieving results?

“Building trust with clients is a tricky one. Some people are just trusting from the get-go, and I can do my thorough consultation with them and we connect. Not every client is like that. I would say the most important thing is honesty and transparency. Set clear, realistic expectations. Skin is not easy and it doesn’t always respond as we think it will as therapists. Things can often get worse before they get better.”

I suppose another thing that is really important is to get yourself out there on social media

“Don’t be afraid to film yourself. Don’t be afraid to be vulnerable on the camera. I think if you can get your face and your voice and who you are out there on social media people can connect with you and they can feel through the camera your passion for what you do and I think that’s really important.”

Q: How do you support clients in feeling confident enough to enter the competition?

“I think the client should enter because I just think it’s really important that they took the time out of their life, they invested money in themselves. I think that’s really powerful and I think that should be celebrated. So, I say to them that they need to trust me. I can truly see the result. I show them, and pinpoint on the photos, what I can see as difference. It’s just not about the winning. It is the taking part.

It is really empowering as a woman to feel like you’ve actually found a therapist that you connect with and you trust.

You’ve invested in yourself and you feel better and empowered. I think it’s important at that point that as a therapist, we support these clients in entering, because it’s a really magical thing that together you’ve created something that is really special.”

Q: If next year’s winner is watching this right now, what would you say to them?

“I would just say enter every single before and after of clients you have and that they are willing to let you enter. You do not know what is going to be entered and you do not know what competition you’re going to be up against. You could, like me, be the next transformation of the year winner. Go for it. Take a leap of faith!”

Q: Finally, what’s next for you and your SkinBase journey?

“I would say for me, it’s more about deepening my knowledge in these advanced treatments and showcasing what I can do. I’ve got the AYCE package, where I have the Collagen Lift, the Microdermabrasion, Hydro and the IPL, which I use for hair removal and advanced skin rejuvenation. So for me at the moment, there’s no other machines I can take on. Instead, I look to promote the services I offer, and get the awareness out into my local community of what I am capable of achieving for people. Excitingly, over the next couple of months, I’m going to completely restructure my business thanks to SkinBase.

I am now so busy, I can’t actually fit any more work in!

I don’t want to be turning away clients for these SkinBase advanced skin treatments, so I’m actually going to be stopping a lot of the beauty I offer. It’s the direction I want to go with SkinBase. It’s also pushed me to develop my training further. So I’m currently about to finish my NVQ level five.”

A final message from Perry

“I hope my questions have helped and I hope it’s inspired you to work on your photography, work on your lighting, get excited about entering the Transformation of the Year competition. Go for it. Do it. I urge you, you know, don’t let your inhibitions hold you back. Just be bold, be brave and empower your clients and yourself to do this. You won’t regret it!”

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