"Mary sees beauty as the reflection of the overall health and well being of the individual. She is unique in her field as she uses a holistic approach to nurture both the inner and outer beauty of her clients."
Mary
Thé is a most unusual expert in the beauty
world. Her passion in life is to inspire, inform,
and to help people achieve their
true potential for inner
and outer beauty. Mary is totally dedicated to
her mission—achieving Beauty with Integrity™,
using beauty as a bridge to health and spirituality,
to focus her clients' attention on their
overall health and well-being while paying attention
to what they need to do to maintain their beauty.
Her personal beauty and elegance are eloquent testimony
to the value of her philosophy, as well as to her
remarkable skills and experience. Mary's
effervescent, compelling personality and ability
to communicate with a light, humorous touch, are
key ingredients to her success.
Based in San Francisco
for more than 30 years, Mary has an exclusive and
demanding clientele at her skin care center located on historic South Park in San Francisco. The true foundation
of her reputation,
beyond her knowledge and skills, is her compassionate
and caring attitude toward her clients. She has
been a pioneer in introducing cutting-edge treatments
and products for beauty and anti-aging in America.
Among the treatments Mary has introduced, starting
in 1982, are:
Micro-current
RST (Renaissance
de Souplesse Traitement)
Micro-dermabrasion
Vitamin delivery treatments
using sound waves
MoleMax and SkinMax
To maintain her knowledge of the latest advances
in skin care technology,
Mary travels extensively every year to attend national
and international
conferences in Europe and Asia on Aesthetics and
beauty products. Reflecting her commitment to provide
the best possible care for the total well-being
of her clients, she also attends conferences on
issues such as hormonal imbalance and nutrition.
Mary's
global outlook began early in life. Born of Chinese
descent in
Indonesia, raised in Germany and Holland, she
began her aesthetic training in Amsterdam in
1971.
In
1984, Mary received the Swiss CIDESCO (Comité International
d'
Esthétiques et de Cosmetologie) diploma,
internationally recognized as the highest professional
degree in aesthetics. Ever since then, she has
dedicated herself to continuing her education
so that she
will gain more useful and practical wisdom to
share with her clients.
Mary's work has been nationally
published in prominent magazines including
Town and Country, Elle, Harper's
Bazaar, Allure,
and Get
Up & Go! A featured
contributor to the Chinese version of Cosmopolitan,
Mary also writes a monthly health-and-beauty
Q&A
column for XUAN SE,
a Chinese magazine targeted at "20-somethings." The
first Japanese-style fashion, beauty and lifestyle
magazine in China,
XUAN SE was
launched by HFM—the world's
largest consumer magazine publisher (ELLE,
Marie Claire, and Woman's Day, among
others). Since 2003, Mary has been a regular
columnist for BeijingTalk and
ShahghaiTalk.
The local print media has featured Mary during
the last decade in publications including San
Francisco Magazine, as well
as The San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle.
On television, CBS affiliates KPIX Channel
5 in San Francisco and KOVR Channel 13 in Sacramento,
along with NBC affiliate KNBC Channel 11 in
San Jose, have broadcast segments on breakthroughs
in the beauty field with Mary as the noted expert.
Mary has been featured in several books
including: The Living Beauty
Detox Program by Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph,D., C.N.S., Whose Body Is It Anyway by Joan
Kenley, PhD.,
and Rosacea Your
Self Help Guide, by Arlen
Brownstein, M.S., N.D. and Donna Shoemaker,
C.N.
Previously, Mary co-authored two non-fiction
books with Danielle Steele
and appeared on national television as
a guest of Phil Donahue.
Our Commitment
Our objective is to build and maintain the closest,
most positive, long-term client relationships possible,
by providing the best quality of skin care service,
by anticipating clients' individual needs,
fulfilling those needs to the best of our ability,
and exceeding clients' expectations.
We inspire
clients to take charge of their lives, by communicating
in a clear, simple way what clients
need to know to maintain their beauty and health.
This empowerment focuses on achieving positive
results through practical wisdom, including guidance
for
lifestyle changes.
For ourselves and for our clients,
we are dedicated to continuous learning and research
into the most
safe and effective products and treatments, as
well as "best practices" among health care practitioners
and other experts.