About this episode

Shelby Hopkins shares her diverse journey in esthetics and offers insights for beauty professionals and students.

If you’re a beauty professional or student looking for real, results-driven insights, this episode is for you. On this episode of Beauty Babble, Suzanne sits down with Shelby Hopkins, a CIDESCO-certified medical esthetician from Calgary. Shelby shares her personal journey in esthetics, her experience across clinical practice, distribution leadership, and professional advocacy with CIDESCO Section Canada. They discuss: Shelby’s path to CIDESCO and the empathy it cultivated Differences between medical spa and traditional esthetics Building product knowledge and confidence through distribution Professional social media strategies for estheticians Preventing burnout and balancing multiple roles Advice for students exploring diverse career paths Follow Shelby on socials for pro tips and results-driven esthetics content: Instagram: @ shelbynoellebeauty ✨ Connect with Suzanne: educator@beautycult.ca Resources / Cross-Promotion Links Follow Us: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautycultcanada/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BeautyCultCanada LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beauty-cult-canada Courses / Masterclasses…

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