Canvas Skin Co. didn't start with a business plan. It started with frustration - and a decision to do something about it.
The Clinic We Wished Existed
Our story.
Between us, we'd spent years working in skin - our own, and our clients'. And we kept seeing the same thing. People walking in defeated. People who'd tried everything. People who'd been sold treatments without plans, products without context, and facials that never seemed to lead anywhere. They left every clinic with new advice and the same problem.
We had been those clients. Or we had worked in spaces and watched this happen from the other side of the room. Either way, we knew the issue wasn't that people weren't trying hard enough. The issue was that these skin concerns were not being approached in the way they needed to be treated - properly assessed, appropriately planned for, or realistically adjusted as circumstances or presenting symptoms changed.
So we built a clinic that does all of those things. Grounded in corneotherapy, built around real consultations, and focused on the people that walk through our doors, and individual plans that improved skin, long term.
Canvas Skin Co. is the clinic we wished existed when we were clients and when we were working in other skin spaces.
Now it's the skin clinic our clients tell us they've been looking for.
We think most people don't have a skin problem. They have a plan problem.
Years of being treated by clinics that never paused to assess what was happening for the person in front of them.Years of being sold products that didn't suit them. Years of trying things without ever understanding why their skin was doing what it was doing.
By the time most people get to us, they're not under-treated - they're over-treated. Their barrier is exhausted, their confidence is gone, and they've stopped expecting anything to actually work.
Canvas Skin Co. exists to change that.
Every client gets a proper assessment, a real plan, and an expert skin therapist who treats their skin like it matters. Because it does. That's the only way skin gets better, and it's the only way we'll ever work.
How we work.
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We Thoroughly Assess Before We Treat
Every new client begins with a comprehensive skin consultation. This isn't a sales pitch or a sample treatment - it's an in-depth assessment of your skin, your history and your goals, before we suggest a single thing.
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We Build Plans, Not Single Appointments
A facial on its own won't change your skin. A plan will. We map out the treatments your skin needs, in what order, and over what timeframe, so you know exactly what you're working toward and why.
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We Treat the Cause, Not the Symptom
Breakouts, redness, sensitivity and pigmentation are signals, not problems on their own. We work out what's driving them - a compromised barrier, the wrong actives, internal triggers, or treatment that's been too aggressive - then build a protocol around fixing the root cause.
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We Adjust as Your Skin Changes
Skin isn't static. Hormones shift, seasons change, life happens. Your plan adjusts with you, because a protocol that worked last year isn't necessarily what your skin needs now.
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We Make Real Skin Care Accessible
Good skin shouldn't require a financial trade-off. We offer weekly and fortnightly payment plans, so the only thing standing between you and a clearer skin outcome is showing up.
Meet our team.
Chantelle M
CO-FounderWith experience across high-end skin clinics in Melbourne and a two-year tenure at Spa Wumurdaylin on Hamilton Island, Chantelle specialises in complex skin concerns - blending clinical results with genuine relaxation so you leave feeling as good as your skin looks.
CO-FOUNDERLaura M
Laura brings years of experience treating complex, reactive and hard-to-manage skin across Melbourne's northern suburbs, now complemented by her studies in Clinical Nutrition - giving every treatment plan a whole-body perspective that goes beyond the surface.
SKIN THERAPISTAlysha R
Alysha is known for her warm, caring approach and her expert eye for detail. Her brow design, signature lash lifts and custom facials are delivered with the kind of warmth and care that makes even the most skin-anxious clients feel completely at ease.
A little more about us
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Every client who walks into our Bundoora skin clinic arrives with a history - products they've tried, treatments that didn't work, advice that didn't stick.
We named the clinic Canvas because we see every person's skin as a starting point, not a problem to be fixed.
A canvas isn't blank - it has texture, layers and character. So does your skin. Our job is to work with it, not against it.
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Most skin clinics in Melbourne's northern suburbs offer facials. We offer plans.
Every Canvas client begins with a comprehensive skin consultation, not a quick glance or a product recommendation.
We use a corneotherapy-based approach - meaning we treat from the barrier -in, never using anything that strips, sensitises or disrupts your skin's natural microbiome.
Our experienced therapists hold post-graduate qualifications across corneotherapy, dermal science, nutrition and integrative skin health.
The difference shows up in your skin, not just in how you feel leaving the treatment room.
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Canvas Skin Co. was founded by two skin therapists who'd seen the same problem from both sides of the treatment room- clients who were over-treated, under-assessed and running out of hope.
We'd worked in other clinics. We'd been the clients sitting on those facial beds feeling unheard. We knew the issue wasn't effort - it was the approach.
So we built our skin clinic in Bundoora, that we wished had existed when we needed it most.
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Skin science conversations, gut health debates, a steady rotation of good coffee and chai - and a treatment room that's designed to feel less like a clinic and more like a warm hug.
We see clients from across Melbourne's northern suburbs including Mill Park, Greensborough, Plenty and beyond.
No matter what brings someone in, every appointment starts the same way: we listen to understand what you need before we do anything else.
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The truth about your skin, even when it isn't what you came in hoping to hear. If a treatment isn't right for where your skin is right now, we'll tell you (and we will explain why).
If a product you're already using is working against you, we'll tell you that too. Honesty is built into the way we work - because a plan that's built on real information is the only kind that gets you the results that you need. We believe that education is power and we strive to help every clint really understand their skin and the way that it functions.
