Why Caela Esthetics Can’t Be Replicated
Inside our favorite LA facial studio where skin care is both art and healing ritual.
Step into Caela Esthetics, tucked away off Melrose Avenue, and you’ll understand why Caela’s clients use words like transformational, one-of-a-kind, and healing. Yes, you’ll leave with radiant skin but what brings clients back, often for years, is something harder to quantify: an energy that stays with them long after their services end.
“I always tell my clients, skin care is 70 percent what you do at home, 30 percent what we do here,” says founder Caela, who opened her sunlit studio in August 2024 after four years running her own business and over a decade in esthetics. “But that 30 percent? I make sure it counts.”
Walking into Caela’s studio is like walking into an oasis. Calm, clean, professional and serene, her studio offers customized facials incorporating dermaplaning, Hydrafacial, facial massage, microneedling, LED light therapy, lash lifts, brow shaping, and more. Caela Esthetics has quickly become one of LA’s most buzzed-about destinations for skin care. Her signature is an intuitive, touch-driven approach something clients often notice from the first moments on her table.
“I was told early in my career that there was something unique about the touch of my hands on skin,” she says. “I’ve always carried that with me. I bring love and positive energy into every facial my clients can feel that.” Caela attributes the “magic” of her hands to her rhythmic movement and technique, patterning each facial massage to the structure of her client’s face.
Caela’s connection to self-care is deeply personal. Over four years into sobriety, she credits the experience with reshaping how she approaches beauty and wellness. “In sobriety, I learned how important true self-care is,” she says. “That’s why I love being there for people when they choose to give that to themselves. When someone walks in for a facial, it’s not superficial it’s a moment of healing and reclaiming their time.”
Clients sense the difference. One, age 42, recently told Caela she’d had ten facials in her life but only after her session here did she understand how transformative it could be. “I love being able to change the facial game for someone,” Caela says. “From the moment they walk in to the moment they leave, the energy should be calm and peaceful. This is their time.”
Her aesthetic journey began in childhood, experimenting with her mom’s skincare and makeup and studying the glossy pages of beauty magazines. While in college, she discovered the world of esthetics and shifted her education path to become fully licensed. Thirteen years later, she remains passionate about connecting skin care with overall health and wellness.
“My passion is helping clients understand that it’s about what we put on our skin and what we put in our bodies,” she says. “I want to educate people so they’re truly investing in what works. I hear so many say they have shelves of products they don’t know how to use. Skincare shouldn’t be an impulse buy, it should be a thoughtful investment.”
Caela’s approach blends medical-grade products and high-end technology with an unwavering belief in the power of human connection. And she makes it clear that enhancing your natural beauty is part of the joy: “Taking care of your skin is more important than covering it up, but enhancing what we have is amazing too,” she says. “That’s why I love bringing in lash lifts, brow enhancement, and body treatments.”
It’s a philosophy that resonates, especially in an era when more clients seek holistic, meaningful beauty experiences. At Caela Esthetics, a facial is more than skin deep. It’s a ritual of self-care, rooted in the founder’s own story of resilience, passion, and love for the craft.
Book your appointment while you can and as Caela says, “Let’s get glowing.”
Visit caelaesthetics.com for more information.
