Hi, I'm Anna
So, quick version - I'm an aesthetician in Munich, originally from Latvia, and I'm mildly obsessed with skin. Not in a "10 step routine" way, more in a "why does this actually work" way. This site is basically me thinking out loud about that.
Longer version - my path here wasn't a straight line at all. I studied Arts & Events Management in the UK, worked in the arts for a while, then packed up and moved to Germany in 2020. New language, new city, new career and yes, I learned German mostly by getting it wrong a lot before I got it right. I retrained in cosmetology at BAGA Hamburg, and honestly haven't really stopped learning since.
These days I freelance as an aesthetician with La Maison Valmont in Munich, which is basically a playground for the nerdy side of me - ingredient formulation, skin physiology, why a treatment actually does what it does rather than just feeling nice. I'm still learning something new almost every day, which I think is exactly how it should be.
Along the way I've also picked up training in Sculptural Face Lifting with Yakov Gershkovich, and back in Latvia - deep tissue facial massage, buccal massage and vacuum therapy. All of it pointed to the same thing - technique and touch matter just as much as whatever's in the bottle.
The other half of this
In June 2026 I finished my first Ironman. I didn't grow up athletic - this is a fairly recent obsession, built slowly and stubbornly over the last few years. But it's changed how I think about skin, too: what training, sun, sweat, chlorine and recovery actually do to it, and how differently that needs to be approached compared to the general skincare advice aimed at people who aren't putting their bodies through that. It's become one of the things I'm very curious about professionally - skin health for people who train hard.
Outside the treatment room, you'll usually find me somewhere between a swim, a run and an outfit I've been thinking about longer than I'd like to admit.
Why this site exists
I don't have a treatment space of my own yet. One day I want to - something personal, unhurried, the kind of place you look forward to coming back to. I don't have that yet, so this is what I'm building in the meantime: a place to write properly about skin, the things I'm learning and testing - grounded in facts rather than trends, and in what I actually know rather than what performs well online.
I write in English because it keeps my thinking and my reading wide - most of what I follow in this field isn't published in German or Latvian. (If you'd rather read in German, let me know :)
Consider this the record of that process: part journal, part research notebook, somewhere between the treatment room and whatever comes next.
Anna x
Experience & Training
Built through experience, curiosity and a lot of learning along the way
Education
My education started in the UK, where I studied Arts & Events Management. After moving to Germany in 2020, learning a new language came with a new direction too - I changed careers and trained in cosmetology at BAGA Hamburg.
Experience
My work has taken me from Hamburg to Munich, through different treatment rooms, skincare brands and ways of working. Along the way, I’ve learned as much about the kind of aesthetician I want to become as I have about skin itself.
Training
Cosmetology school was only the beginning. I’ve continued learning through professional training in skincare, advanced technologies and hands-on facial techniques- including Sculptural Face Lifting with Yakov Gershkovich, a technique that deepened my interest in the power of touch and facial massage.