Lisa Jorgensen from Gold Coast Face and Body Place named as best beauty therapist
The woman who has just been named as the Gold Coast’s best beauty therapist is dedicating the award to her late mother who won the same title 20 years ago.
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The Gold Coast’s best beauty therapist, as voted by Bulletin readers, is dedicating the award to her late mother in a sweet case of serendipity.
Gold Coast Face and Body Place owner Lisa Jorgensen, 42, said her mother Carmel Jorgensen, who sadly passed away last year, had won the same award 20 years ago.
“My mum retired after Covid-19 and unfortunately passed away last year, so that’s why this award is really special to me,” she said.
“Mum was very strong and determined. She was a bit of a pioneer in the beauty industry on the Gold Coast.
“A great friend to many. I know she’d be proud.”
Ms Jorgensen said, while she was a self-taught beauty therapist, she learnt plenty of tricks of the trade from her mum.
After 22 years in the industry, Ms Jorgensen now specialises in waxing and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology.
Her “one-stop shop” salon also offers tanning, facials, eye lash and brow treatments, cosmetic enhancements and a nail tech.
She said “one of the worst trends” to hit the beauty industry was dermaplaning.
“It’s essentially just shaving your face and it might look and feel amazing now but in a few years or even months, the fluff on your face is going to get a whole lot thicker and in some cases unmanageable,” she said.
Ms Jorgensen won the Best of the Gold Coast competition by securing 29 per cent of the votes.
Kate Bentley from The Villa Dermal Therapies was runner-up with 10 per cent and Light-years Skin Studio was third with seven per cent.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Facebook nominations closed on Friday, October 25 @ 6pm.
Nominations, via the comment section on our Facebook post, will be calculated and finalists will be announced on Friday, October 25 @ 6pm.
Finalist voting will be a subscriber-only poll vote that runs on the Bulletin website.
The poll will close on Friday, November 1 @ 6pm.
The winner will be announced in the Gold Coast Bulletin paper and online.
**Note nominations from outside the City of Gold Coast will not be counted**
Originally published as Lisa Jorgensen from Gold Coast Face and Body Place named as best beauty therapist
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