Snug Skin and Beauty Studio is a home-based beauty studio at 14 Saville Row in Johnsonville, Wellington, where owner and beauty therapist Catherine Halford offers professional treatments with a personal touch. With twenty years of experience and CICESCO and CIBTAC qualifications, Catherine provides skin treatments, massage therapy, electrolysis and waxing, all tailored to individual needs rather than a fixed routine.
The facial menu is built on Nimue Skin Technology, combining advanced derma-cosmeceuticals with a relaxing experience — from the customised Nimue Therapeutic Facial to the brightening Active Rejuvenation Facial and micro needling for texture, scars and pigmentation. Massage therapy ranges from a 60-minute full body treatment to focused back, neck and shoulder sessions blending Swedish and deep tissue techniques.
Everyday maintenance is covered too: eyebrow shaping, brow and lash tinting, lash lifts, hygienic waxing using strip or hot wax, and electrolysis. Appointments can be booked online or by phone, with a late Thursday finish for after-work visits and Saturday morning availability.
Some studios try to be everything to everyone. Snug Skin and Beauty Studio takes the opposite approach: one experienced therapist, one quiet home-based studio in Johnsonville, and treatments shaped entirely around whoever is booked in that day. It is a deliberately personal style of beauty therapy, and after twenty years in the industry, owner Catherine Halford has refined it into something Wellington locals return to again and again. The studio's stated philosophy says it plainly: a passion for client-focused, customised treatments which offer relaxation and results.
Catherine is CICESCO and CIBTAC qualified, with twenty years of experience across professional skin treatments, massage therapy, electrolysis and waxing. That breadth matters: the same pair of hands can guide you through a corrective skin programme, work the tension out of tight shoulders, or keep on top of regular maintenance waxing. Catherine describes her home studio as the thing that has allowed her to keep her passion for beauty therapy client-focused, tailoring every treatment to individual needs so clients leave looking and feeling their best.
The facial menu centres on Nimue Skin Technology, an advanced skincare range that combines derma-cosmeceuticals with a relaxing experience. The Nimue Therapeutic Facial is the pampering choice — cleansing, exfoliation, facial massage, mask, treatment serum and moisturiser, customised to your skin's specific needs on the day. The Nimue Active Rejuvenation Facial goes further, using a bio-active complex to stimulate dermal rejuvenation and brighten the skin. For concerns like scarring, wrinkles and pigmentation, micro needling encourages an overall improvement in skin texture and tone; because the integrity of the skin is respected at Snug, a prior consultation is required to ensure the best results. LED light therapy sessions and oxygen infusions can be added to any facial.
Snug's massage service is pitched as the perfect way to unwind and restore, and Catherine tailors each appointment to what your body is asking for. The 60-minute full body massage delivers an hour of blissful relaxation that alleviates tension and leaves you refreshed and rejuvenated. If time is short, 30- and 45-minute back, neck and shoulder massages combine Swedish and deep tissue techniques to ease tight muscles, reduce stress and soften built-up tightness. Whichever you choose, expect a calm, quiet experience and a therapist who listens first, then works to your requirements rather than a fixed routine.
Between facials and massages, Snug covers the essentials that keep you feeling put-together. Brow shaping, eyebrow and eyelash tinting and lash lifts bring out the best in your eyes and frame your face, with an Eye Trio combining the popular options. Waxing is available for face, legs, underarms, back, chest, arms, bikini and Brazilian areas, applied hygienically with strip or hot wax chosen to best suit your skin. Catherine also specialises in electrolysis, offering sessions from 10 to 30 minutes for targeted hair removal. All treatments are designed to help you look and feel your best.
Snug Skin and Beauty Studio is at 14 Saville Row, Johnsonville, Wellington. Opening hours are Monday and Tuesday 9am-5:30pm, Wednesday 9am-3pm, Thursday 9am-7:30pm, Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 10:30am-3pm; the studio is closed on Sundays. The late Thursday finish makes after-work appointments easy, while Saturday mornings suit anyone who cannot get in during the week. Appointments can be booked online through Snug's booking system or by phone on (04) 333 2715. Not sure which treatment suits you? Just ask — customising treatments to your individual needs is the whole point of Snug.