2026 Award Winners
NZ Clinic of the Year
Winner : Tuesday Skin, Kerikeri
1st runner up : Face|Body & Beauty, Balclutha
2nd runner up – Beau Skin Clinic, Otorohanga
NZ Therapist of the Year
Winner : Isabella Duncan, Louise Gray Skincare, Auckland
1st runner up : Annalysse Mitchell, Face|Body & Beauty, Balclutha
2nd runner up : Arlena Phillips, Beau Skin Clinic, Otorohanga
NZ Spa of the Year
Winner : FACE|Body & Beauty, Balcutha
1st runner up : Seva Day Spa, Rotorua
2nd runner up : Sa Ni Spa, Auckland
NZ Student/Apprentice of the Year
Winner : Amy Payton, NASA
1st runner up : Lucy Greer, Face|Body & Beauty, Balclutha
2nd runner up : Shona Caswill, UCOL
NZ Cosmetic Tattooist of the Year
Winner : Nicole Brown, Pro Artistry, Masterton
1st runner up : Keren Christmas, The Brow Studio, Taupo
2nd runner up : Samantha McGoverne, Belle Amour Studio, Christchurch
NZ Most Promising Therapist of the Year
Winner : Abbeygael Rex, Blush Beauty & Skin, Rolleston
1st runner up : Cody Herlihy, Doubtless Beauty Retreat, Doubtless Bay
2nd runner up : Briana Wallis, Beau Skin Clinic, Otorohanga
NZ Tutor of the Year
Winner : Melissa van Duin, UCOL, Palmerston North
1st runner up : Jessica Atonio, Elite School of Beauty, Auckland
2nd runner up : Cheyenne Grace, Elite School of Beauty, Auckland
NZ Trainer of the Year
Winner : Keren Christmas, The Brow Studio, Taupo
1st runner up : Roxanne Rothman, Juvenate, Lower Hutt
2nd runner up : Amber Forrest, Beauty Antix, Wairoa
Social Media Award
Winner : Isabella Duncan, Auckland
Contribution to the Association
Rebecca Field
Contribution to the Industry
Kay Nelson
2024 Award Winners
NZ Clinic of the Year
Winner : Doubtless Beauty Retreat, Doubtless Bay
1st runner up : Juve, Gisborne
2nd runner up - Skintopia Old Bank, Wellington
NZ Therapist of the Year
Winner : Arlena Phillips - Beau Beauty Therapy, Otorohanga
1st runner up : Rachel Ryan, Skintopia, Wellington
2nd runner up : Annalysse Mitchell, FACE|Body & Beauty, Balclutha
NZ Spa of the Year
Winner : FACE|Body & Beauty, Balcutha
1st runner up : Silver Sixpence, Wanaka
2nd runner up : Mihi's Place, New Plymouth
NZ Student/Apprentice of the Year
Winner : Angel Marshall, ARA Christchurch
1st runner up : Sophie Abernethy, ARA Christchurch
2nd runner up : Amber Hewitt, Silver Sixpence, Wanaka
NZ Cosmetic Tattooist of the Year
Winner : Cherie Ayrton, Feather Touch Cosmetic Tattoo, Lower Hutt
1st runner up : Kimberley Atkinson, Kimberley Atkinson Permanent Makeup, Hastings
2nd runner up : Emma James, Prodigal Brows & Beauty, Cambridge
NZ Nail Technician of the Year
Winner : Melody Hatch, Orly Boutique, Lower Hutt
1st runner up : Amy Groot, Pretty Digits, Putaruru
2nd runner up : Elle Swales, Orly Boutique, Carterton
Social Media Award
Winner : Chelsea Karl, Skin by Chelsea, Auckland
Contribution to the Association
Oonagh Kirkpatrick
Contribution to the Industry
Florence Barrett-Hill
Beauty Antix - Wairoa
Renaissance, The Art of Beauty - Christchurch
Tegan Frost, Divine Skin And Beauty, Taranaki
Kate Hudson, Studio Eleven Clinic, Rotorua
Tayla McCance
Jamie Flynn, ARA Institute of Canterbury
Gina Turner, de Spa Cosmetics
Amanda Viviers, Viviers Beauty, Tokoroa
Nicole Brown, Isme Permanent Cosmetics, Masterton
Tegan Frost, Divine Skin and Beauty, Tarakini
Janine Tait
Donna Smith
Margaret Walsh
Rosemary Currie
Don Kendall
Noel Turner
Beauty Within Boutique - Masterton
Renaissance, The Art of Beauty - Christchurch
Hayley James, Mint Beauty - Te Awamutu
Megan Woollard, CACI – Havelock North
Nicola Paterson, Surmanti - Auckland
Cherie Ayrton, Feather Touch Cosmetic Tattoo - Wellington
Diamond Laser Medispa - Taupo
Lesley Scher, TIB Insurance
Dianne Turgis - BeautyNZ Magazine
November 16, 2026
