Treating skin for over 15 years
One of the nation’s most in demand super-facialists, Katharine Mackenzie Paterson has been treating skin for 15 years, and has an unparalleled insight into what people really want from their skincare, treatments and how brands can offer the best experience to their customers.
A truly modern skin destination, located in a beautiful 18th century Georgian Townhouse on Hanover Square in London’s Mayfair; KMP Skin forgoes the fads and fuss in favour of results-driven, holistic skin treatments and is frequently lauded by the press, in print and online.
Founded by renowned skin expert Katharine Mackenzie Paterson, it’s the antithesis of a stuffy clinic. Your skincare safe space, it acts as a retreat from the stresses of everyday life where you can experience beauty rituals that will not only tend to your skin, but will also lift your spirit.
From bespoke signature facials, to more results-driven skin treatments such as peels and microneedling, Katharine’s menu of comprehensive skin treatments is intentionally vague.
Each session is tailored wholly to what your unique skin needs at that precise moment, combining research-backed technologies from the cutting edge of skin innovation with tried-and-tested skincare formulations and restorative, intuitive massage techniques.
Whilst you can certainly expect brighter skin after the first visit, long-lasting results undoubtedly require a long-term relationship. That’s why it’s KMP Skin’s mission to get to know you and your unique skin, coaching it to its strongest, healthiest, glowiest state yet.
Having initially worked on the beauty counters of the UK’s most popular brands before studying at the London School of Beauty and Make Up for a CIBTAC & CIDESCO diploma in aesthetics, and climbing the ranks at one of London’s most prestigious day spas, Katharine has an unparalleled insight into what people really want from their skincare, and what brands can do to offer that to their customers.
Her secret sauce, as it were, is her results-driven approach that centres on the precise point where tech meets touch. During a treatment, she prescribes each client a unique combination of innovative skin devices alongside her signature intuitive facial massage technique, forgoing the empty conveyor belt of insta-famous fads in favour of efficacious, research-backed formulas and technologies.
Katharine is a firm believer in the bespoke, tailoring each skin ritual to the face she sees before her. Her treatments are thorough, comprehensive and wholly holistic; she considers lifestyle factors like stress levels and sleep quality just as important as skincare regimes.
A well renowned expert, Katharine has built up an impressive client base, including notable VIP faces, and her expertise is regularly called on by the nation’s leading editorial titles. Her unique technique has seen her featured in the ‘best facial’ lists by the likes of Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar and as one of the worlds leading beauty destinations by the Financial Times How To Spend It magazine. Katharine has also served as the U.K facial ambassador for Decléor – a full circle moment since she first trained in the brands rituals right at the start of her career.
Katharine has been self employed for nearly 10 years, and founded KMP Skin in 2017. Now located in a beautiful 18th century Georgian Townhouse in London’s Mayfair, KMP Skin is frequently lauded by the press in print and online for it’s results driven, yet holistic approach to skin treatments.
During her career Katharine has amassed a wealth of knowledge in different sectors of the beauty industry. Using her experience in product, treatment rituals and customer experience, Katharine has consulted on various projects for luxury skincare and beauty brands and also within the hospitality sector, working on hotel spa projects and has experience in the following:
Katharine is fully insured by the British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology and Balens.