For your skin
Understand what your skin actually needs.
Read clear, grounded guidance on ingredients, routines, barrier health, acne, sensitivity, and skin longevity.
Evidence informed skincare • Education for better practice
Caitlin Mae Skin
Skin health, education, and evidence informed beauty, without the noise.
Thoughtful skincare education for curious consumers and working estheticians who want to understand the why behind better skin.
CA + NVDual licensed esthetician
1,000+Hours of foundational education
Barrier firstIntentional treatment planning
Science translatedFor real treatment rooms
Where science meets practice
Skincare should make more sense.
Caitlin Mae Skin bridges evidence, treatment room experience, and clear education. No fear based marketing. No impossible standards. Just useful context for healthier decisions and more confident care.
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For estheticians
Build the judgment behind better treatments.
Find frameworks, education, and mentorship designed to strengthen consultations, treatment planning, and client communication.
Virtual skin consultation
A thoughtful routine, built around your actual skin.
Meet with Caitlin virtually to make sense of your concerns, current products, lifestyle, and goals. You will leave with clear priorities and a personalized plan that feels realistic to follow.
Explore skin coaching
Meet Caitlin
Education rooted in experience, curiosity, and care.
Caitlin brings together treatment room experience, professional education, and evidence informed practice to make skincare feel clearer and more useful.
More about CaitlinFrom the journal
Thoughtful reads for better skin decisions.
The case for a barrier first approach
Why resilient skin is often the most important starting point, even when your goals are acne, pigment, or healthy aging.
Read article ↗Skincare ingredients need context
An ingredient list can tell us a great deal, but it cannot tell us everything. Here is what thoughtful product evaluation actually requires.
Read article ↗How your routine should evolve from your 20s to your 30s
A practical, evidence informed guide to building resilience now and supporting long term skin function later.
Read article ↗The professional library
Tools made for the treatment room.
CMS / 01The Sensitized ClientCaitlin Mae Skin
Professional guide
The Sensitized Client
A practical guide for recognizing reactivity, supporting the barrier, and making more responsible treatment decisions.
CMS / 02The CARE MethodCaitlin Mae Skin
Treatment planning
The CARE Method
A clinical framework to help estheticians collect, assess, respond responsibly, and evaluate with greater intention.
CMS / 03The Starter Skincare Ingredient DictionaryCaitlin Mae Skin
Ingredient reference
The Starter Skincare Ingredient Dictionary
Twenty eight essential ingredients translated into roles, best fit, watch outs, evidence strength, and treatment room context.
One to one mentorship
For estheticians ready to think beyond the protocol.
Personalized support for treatment planning, consultation systems, client communication, education, retail confidence, and the real decisions that shape a thoughtful esthetics practice.
Explore mentorshipThe philosophy
“Healthy skin is not perfect. It is hydrated. Resilient. Balanced. Luminous. Real results are often subtle, and they are still real.”
Caitlin Mae