Helen McGuinness
- Over 35 years experience as a professional Aesthetician.
- First qualified in 1984.
- Run / owned my own private clinics since qualifying in 1984.
- Over 30 years teaching experience in the UK and internationally.
- Established Author of numerous published titles for Hodder Education since 1996.
- Presenter and narrator of over 25 professional training videos.
- Written as part of the standards setting team for industry qualifications.
- One of the very first individuals to achieve the Qualifi Levels 5 and 7 in Aesthetic Practice.
“I originally qualified in the mid 80’s and I remain as passionate about the industry today as I did then.
I have always enjoyed teaching and helping people to gain new skills and hope to help more students learn over the coming years.”
Hi, I’m Helen McGuinness and I originally qualified in Beauty Therapy in the mid 80s.
After qualifying and gaining several years salon experience, I went on to gain a teaching qualification due to a long held ambition to help educate others. After gaining my teaching and assessor qualifications, I gained a lot of experience by teaching at a number of large Further Education colleges across the South of England.
I later became one of the original 6 Regional Verifiers in Southern England & the South West for VTCT, one of the main awarding bodies for beauty and holistic qualifications in the UK today.
In 1992, I opened my own training school, which celebrated its 32nd birthday in 2024. Since opening my School in 1992, I have seen over 10,000 students pass through the doors, many of whom have gone on to have successful careers and open their own salons !
As well as being an established Trainer, I am an established Author of several books including Anatomy & Physiology, Holistic Therapies, Aromatherapy, Indian Head Massage, Facial Massage & Skin care and Baby Massage.
My first book ‘Anatomy & physiology’ which was originally commissioned in 1995 is now in its 5th edition having been in print for over 25 years
Alongside my series of best selling books, I developed a range of over 25 professional training DVDs, that I personally demonstrate and narrate in ‘real time’. Both my books and DVDs continue to be in demand globally and are used in many colleges under license as part of their learning programmes.
In an executive capacity, I continue to be asked to teach for many Professional organisations including Spas, Salons, Primary Care Trusts. i have has lectured overseas, presented at Spa Conferences in both Florida and Las Vegas and worked with a Skin Care company based in New York.
As well as continuing to offer my own training courses, I run a busy treatment clinic and am contracted as an EQA for Aesthetics programmes for Qualifi accredited centres. Today, I remain very much a hands on educator and continue to teach students from Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas as well as from all over the UK, Ireland and Scotland. I am always passionate about what I practice and teach and hope to train many more people who will go on to be successful in their own careers.
Witnessing students succeed in their learning and be able to follow a professional career in the industry is what gives me most pleasure, and will always be my drive and passion. I am a very down to earth person and hopefully will come to know you through one of my training classes.