Temple spa, skin and soul transformations from 20 years in the beauty industry humble us and at the same time, fill us with excitement as we look to the future.
This year is Temple Skincare & Spa’s 20th year in the industry. We celebrate exceptional customer service, innovation, love and kindness, education, cutting edge Medi-Spa services and indulgent Day Spa Rituals.
We look back with so much fondness for all the milestones that we’ve achieved over the years, as well as cherish the many lessons learned. We’ve overcome recessions and pandemic lockdowns; survived location changes and renovations; won awards; and, have grown from a few to now eight treatment rooms and three shower facilities including a couple’s suite. We fondly remember the many awesome therapists who’ve come our way, empowered in their various careers in beauty; and, welcomed new amazing team members who impress every day. Throughout all these years, we always emerge smiling, stronger and with a renewed passion for skin.
Rene best sums it up by saying, “I am so deeply honoured and proud that, The Temple Skincare & Spa is celebrating 20 years of doing what we love, and loving what we do! 20 years of aiming for exceptional customer service, 20 years of innovating what we bring you, 20 years of opportunity to show you love and kindness in everything we do, 20 years of education to empower our team, 20 years of offering cutting edge Medi-Spa services and indulgent Day Spa Rituals. I can honestly say that I feel privileged that you have chosen Temple as ‘your’ place, and that you have trusted me, The Temple brand and the Temple team, with your skin, mind and body.”
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We have a purpose greater than us
Like most other businesses, we have a purpose greater than us. We create a space of TRUST… where our clients TRUST in the consistency of their experience… TRUST in our expertise as we value education… and TRUST in our honesty & integrity. We have created a culture of FAMILY that attracts a woman like you, into our tribe as we live and breathe our strong core values. Each and every team member is committed to exceeding the expectations of each & every client. YOU are loved and valued by us, and you deserve only the very best in experiences, and only the best results with your skin and body. Our Day Spa and Medi Spa is the vehicle that allows us to gift this to our client family… to you.
Rene says, “I hire off personality and train them at skill set. I do this because I can teach the team how to perform a kick-arse facial and master their craft, but I can’t teach them to be kind, caring, honest or considerate and that’s what it takes to give you the experience you deserve.”
At The Temple Skincare & Spa, we live and breathe our core values into everything we do so you leave feeling loved and cared for, feeling that you are valued and appreciated as you are.
Our Core Values:
- Family is everything
- Love and care
- Education is key
- Trust and integrity
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Staying true to our roots
“20 Years ago, I started out with the vision to create a spa with a difference — a spa that combines a perfect unique blend of Luxury Day Spa and cutting edge Medi-Spa services all under one roof; a spa you can trust for all your skin, mind, and body needs… where advanced skin treatments meet the holistic,” Rene says.
We believe Temple is one of a kind, a reflection of Rene’s personal philosophy. “I believe that there is something special & healing we can offer through kinetic touch and we can truly bring about change to a client’s soul in the time we have them in our care. As therapists we are privileged to be in an industry that is actually allowed to touch another human being. There is nothing more magical than when your client rushes through the door for her 2pm facial to redeem a voucher she has received almost a year ago. She is in the mindset that she is simply ticking a box to use this voucher before it expires and stressed to the max thinking that she has one hour for this, then needs to rush to the school pick up, then take the kids to after school practices, whilst thinking what she will cook for dinner, then fit in kids homework, argue with the kids to shower then open her laptop to get some of her work done too.
“Then the magic happens… within the first 5 minutes as we lay our hands on her face and caringly cleanse her skin, the transformation happens. She feels home, like she is in the exact place she needed to be in this moment. I love the way our clients can feel the love, kindness and pure intention behind our touch. Despite the millions of other things that we’re hanging over her head like clouds, she surrenders to the experience and emerges transformed and floating… we are privileged to have made a difference in her world, even if it was only for that one hour. Her skin is glowing, her stress levels are reduced and her soul is rebalanced. That’s why I love what I do!”
Temple Spa Treatments — holistic Day Spa Rituals with cutting-edge Medi-spa Modalities
We blend the Day Spa Rituals with the cutting edge Medi-Spa Treatments, to guide you to achieve your best skin and body yet. We pride ourselves on education so that we are specialists in our field to have the knowledge to best advise you on how to achieve the real results you deserve. We constantly research latest global technology so there’s almost nothing we can’t help you with… Fat Freezing & body sculpting, HIFU, advanced peels, LED, Plasma, medical grade Laser, skin needling, micro’s & hydrabrasion, Medi Spa facials, Acne treatments, RadioFrequency, and more.
Temple Signatures
Signatures are the little tiny things we do and focus on, to make our clients FEEL our heart and give them the extraordinary experience they deserve! These are service-oriented things that EVERY client receives and are maintained to a consistently high standard. We are passionate about our customer service standards and pepper signatures through the entire visit so our client receives a truly amazing experience. We believe it is all about the little things that count. We have many signatures and aim to exceed expectations at all times. Our customer service is just a natural thing that happens because we all TRULY care about our clients and the experience they have with us. Our signatures are designed to reflect how the Temple purpose, the Temple values and the Temple culture is seen and felt by our clients.
Examples are: the way we greet and escort our clients around the spa; branded chocolates on every bed; Visia Skin analysis; infused water, herbal tea and snack for each guest; Healthy Lunch menu offered; pool access to relax and savour the moment; the candlelit rooms; service enhancers; and even the way we caringly hold the clients leg as we lower the bed on completion.
Part of the culture that our Templle Family of clients love are our signature touches, experienced hands, unparalleled experience, high quality products and the nurturing, healing environment we have created at Temple Skincare & Spa.
Welcome to your healing space
Clients are welcomed to a tranquil, environment with beautiful refreshments and shortly after completing a Visia consultation form the appointed therapist collects her client and accompanies them to their tranquil treatment room, with soft hues of blue light to relax the eyes and little welcome touches like gourmet chocolate hearts and sanitation prompts set out on a tray.
In the privacy of the treatment room, the treatment is explained, and the therapist assesses the client’s needs and goals to make recommendations for adjustments and enhancements to the session. Temple Skincare & Spa therapists are well versed in providing results and relaxation. This balance between imparting knowledge or advice and knowing when to give the client peace and quiet to enjoy the healing benefits of their treatment session allows us to achieve the clients’ skin and body goals, while providing mind blowing treatment experiences.
Strong through challenging times
WOW what a ride the last 20 years have been! We started as a one-man band in 2002 and have grown to currently employing 13 team members. Rene established The Temple Skincare with nothing more than a passion for what she does and a desire to touch the lives of each and every client she saw, to give them the confidence of having their best skin yet, and to give them a place they could come to feel loved, special and valued.
As many of you know, The Temple Skincare was born originally on the outside of Castle Towers shopping towers where we remained for 12 years before moving into our current home in the Hills Lodge. Rene, alongside her small team including Mumma Temple, Lyn, and Sarah that is back in our team again now, worked hard to build a spa that meant something.
Things went well and we experienced steady growth over the first 5 years, but this soon changed over the next few years when the Government party changed people became hesitant, and then the GFC hit all. We found a lot of our clients households hit hard where they were forced to survive on one wage and in some cases, both husband and wife lost their jobs…it was so sad to see our much loved clients so despaired.
Our business hit rock bottom like many others, a time Rene says she never wants to experience again. She says that the GFC was the hardest thing she had ever been through in life. At the time her husband was also made redundant like many other households, and she had three young babies at home… Waking at 3am with heart palpitations, drinking wine to be able to sleep, and finding it hard to keep her mindset of gratefulness and giving, when things seemed so dim. Her accountant told her to shut the doors and go and get a job but thankfully, Rene is stubborn and pushed through.
It took years of pivoting and micro-managing for The Temple to recover, and we are so grateful to have such amazing clients like we have, that their loyalty carried us through!
Over the past 20 years we have enjoyed the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. Rene believes that you must experience the hardship to truly appreciate the great and it’s the journey along the way and the lessons learnt that have forced her to evolve from being simply a passionate and educated Beauty Therapist, into becoming a market leader in our industry.
In 2014 we were told we had to move from our location outside the towers as their renovations were beginning (they still haven’t done this, crazy!). Even though our business was slowly recovering, we had no more savings as the GFC debt had taken it all so had no idea how we would afford a new fit out in a new location.
After hitting quite a few brick walls, we found the Spa at The Hills Lodge… now all we had to do was convince them to hand it to us, lol! With a lot of convincing and a little negotiating, we ended up moving into our new home, nestled down by the pool inside the Hills Lodge Hotel where we absolutely love now! We were so grateful to have experienced massive growth and doubled our size with our expansion and renovation into the spa you now know.
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The better it gets, the better it gets!
We are humbled and grateful for the level of success we have experienced over the years and it is only because of YOU, our amazing clients, who trust us with your skin and who are fiercely loyal. THANK YOU to each and every client for your support. We don’t care if you only come for your brow waxes, or if you come monthly for your skin or day spa packages, we love you all the same and we are deeply grateful for your support.
Rene says “It makes me a little teary to think of all the clients we still have to this day that have been coming since the beginning. We have experienced the highs and lows of life together. I have watched some of them grow from being a teen coming to us with pimply skin, to now being a 30 year old needing advice for wrinkles, lol. We have been through break ups together, babies together, marriages and heart aches together. These are some serious long term relationships, lol. I am so very grateful and deeply honoured that YOU, and yes you know who you are, continue to trust me and The Temple. Thank you to each and everyone of you from the bottom of my heart. The better it gets, the better it gets!”
Spa, skin and soul transformations that WOW!
It has always been a matter of pride that we make a deliberate effort to demonstrate excellence on a daily basis. It is actually not an effort, it is simply the result of the Temple Team being authentic in representing our core values. We are honored and grateful that our clients have chosen Temple as their spa, and we ensure they feel loved, welcome and positive that they have made the right choice. Our client experience oozes excellence.
Although Temple has received many awards, we never rest on our laurels. As a family business we are very mindful of how fragile any business can be and extremely grateful for the opportunity to touch the lives of our team, clients and those we are able to support who have less than us. No business becomes a success without the love and support of the industry and the community we serve, so we are immensely grateful.
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Over the years we have been blessed and extremely thankful by the recognition from industry greats like the Australian Beauty Industry Awards through Mocha Publishing, Professional Beauty Solutions, Germaine de Capuccini, Local Business Awards , Australian Champion Beauty Services Awards, and more. To know that we have been nominated alongside so many incredible colleagues and peers in the industry is always a sincerely humbling experience.
- WINNER 2021 PBS Salon of the Year
- Lucille Ferriera WINNER 2021 ABIA Therapist of the Year
- WINNER 2021 PBS Best Skin Transformation of the Year Award
- PLATINUM status achieved for 2021 Germaine De Capuccini
- PLATINUM status achieved for 2020 Germaine De Capuccini
- WINNER ABIA 2019 – AUSTRALIAN Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- WINNER ABIA 2019 – NSW Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- PLATINUM status achieved for 2019 Germaine De Capuccini
- Laura Browne WINNER 2018 – PBS Retailer of the Year
- PLATINUM status achieved for 2018 Germaine De Capuccini
- WINNER ABIA 2018 – Australian Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- WINNER ABIA 2018 – NSW Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- WINNER ABIA 2017 – Australian Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- WINNER ABIA 2017 – NSW Salon of the Year (4 rooms and under)
- WINNER Champion Business Awards 2017 – Best Beauty Services
- PLATINUM status achieved for 2017 Germaine De Capuccini
- WINNER ABIA 2016 – Beauty Salon of the Year!
- WINNER ABIA 2016 – Business Owner of the Year!
- WINNER 2016 – Platinum Germaine Stockist level, won a trip to Spain!
- WINNER 2015 – Local Small Business Awards!
- WINNER 2015 – Australian Champion Beauty Services Awards!
- WINNER 2015 -Australian Business Person of the Year!
- WINNER 2014 – local business awards Business person of the year
- WINNER 2014 – local business awards Temple
- WINNER 2013 – local business awards
- WINNER 2012 – local business awards
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Looking back at other milestones
There have been so many memorable moments in the last 20 years but here are some recent ones: In October 2019 was a real highlight for us, as we launched our first International Women’s Retreat — “Temple Retreat.” Hosted in Spain, we provided a 5-star wellness escape for our Temple clients that was a huge success.
The Retreat is a lavish wellbeing retreat for independent women who love to travel and experience truly breathtaking moments experiencing Spanish Culture, Cuisine, Entertainment, Exotic Spas and Nature, woven around Personal Development workshops and a guided, Personal Shopping Experience in 10 amazing days. It is an exciting new venture of the Temple brand and we had the second one all planned and ready to go, with a waitlist of clients to attend Temple Retreats 2020 before COVID. While we will have to wait for a little while, we are able to celebrate the success of our first Temple Retreat held in Spain in September 2019. By the following month, we were flooded with fanmail from our attendees and new clients expressing how they wished they had not missed out on the opportunity.
Two months later, we completed a renovation/extension, doubling our capacity and now offering a total of eight treatment rooms, three shower facilities and a stunning relaxation area.
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March COVID closures brought success in another light. Rene states, “If there is one thing that I have learned in business it is that during a time of crisis one needs to accept change and pivot quickly if you are going to survive. The very next day after the announcement, my team and I got to work developing hugely successful DIY homecare kits for our clients. These kits were accompanied by instructional YouTube videos. We developed a range of kits from Skin Needling Infusions, Power Peel for skin resurfacing, At home facials, Lash Repair Kits, Heavenly Soles Pedicures, Spa Body Rituals and Rose Quartz Lymphatic drainage for all those stressed inflamed skins.”
The Team reached out to their clients to check on their wellbeing and started a private ‘Temple Skincare Family’ Facebook group for all women to connect and support each other through these uncertain times. We shared recipes, reassured each other, and they simply found comfort being able to connect as well as share their positive reviews on our kits. Our therapists moved out of their comfort zones, exchanging their pretty made-up faces with live demonstrations of skincare routines. While some became social media experts, the rest of the team worked hard to exceed our clients’ expectations with home deliveries and regular follow up calls and texts.
An Emphasis on Green
Over the years, we have recognised and pushed for a more environmentally conscious spa. We try our best to limit our carbon footprint and partnering up with skincare brands care about our planet. We carefully source our products from companies who have a strong sustainability ethic like ours. We are aware and conscious about using sustainable ingredients that also empower local communities where these are sourced. For instance, the story of Pure Fiji is an inspiration to us. Also, Image Skincare’s Ormedic range has been reformulated into ‘clean’ beauty made of organic ingredients making the products even more gentle and soothing, perfect for those with sensitive skin. All their product boxes are Forest Stewardship Council®-certified and sourced from responsibly managed forests. Advanced Nutrition Programme, invests heavily in sustainable practices with their packaging being fully recyclable and the dyes and inks 100% environmentally friendly.
We have access to the Hills Lodge recycling systems, which meets international hotel standards. We only purchase eco-friendly bin bags and reuse empty containers where bulk decanting is involved. We have gone paperless for many years now, opting for iPads for in-spa marketing and so that check in and record keeping at the spa is completely paper free. We only provide disposable spa wear for wet-treatment rituals and opt for reusable sterile spa slippers.
Overall, our spa operates on green principles which means that we are mindful to switch off electrical equipment, lights, and appliances overnight. We use energy regulating LED globes throughout the spa to reduce electrical consumption. We make use of rechargeable candles instead of battery-operated candles and have sourced non-acid causing laundry detergent and cleaning materials to prevent soil contamination through water sources.
We regularly give back to initiatives through our charity arm, Temple Hearts, because people and animals are as much a part of the environment as the beautiful scenery and resources, we all enjoy.
Gratitude and giving back
Temple Skincare & Spa has a culture of generosity, which is known and loved by our clients and team. Our Emerald and Diamond Reward Programs are examples of this, where clients received product and treatment discounts, freebies, gifts and special promotions as part of their loyalty rewards. We also love giving back to the general community and often provide high quality hampers and vouchers for fundraisers in aid of worthy causes. Giving back to those in need is very much a part of our DNA at Temple and we have a charity arm called Temple Hearts where we assist handpicked projects each year.
Excited for many more years in beauty
The future is bright, and oh-so-exciting for Temple Skincare & Spa! Throughout our birthday month in March, we have slashed prices off our Top-selling Services and are giving away free cleansers in our shop. And, as we embrace the coming months and years ahead, Rene is in the midst of hiring more Temple Therapists and engaging the Team in more training for new treatments and services. Brides will be happy to note that Temple will make sure your skin is glowing and picture-perfect for your big day. With more and bigger groups opting for a day at Temple, expect more fun and pampered relaxation for families and besties.
Stay tuned too for the launching of our mobile app in the App Store (already available to download in Google Play Store) so booking will be a cinch!
Most of all, we continue to look forward to seeing your beautiful faces in spa, excited to pamper and spoil you, and with hearts full as we watch you emerge after a treatment floating, fully relaxed and with healthy, glowing skin you deserve.
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