Local massage therapist nails over 40 years in the beauty industry
Christabell Cilliers received training as a massage therapist, and some of those same treatments she still uses today.
A local resident has been providing beauty therapy to the Lowveld for more than 50 years. Christabell Cilliers (84) started practicing massage therapy in 1970.
She recently held a lunch at Magnolia to celebrate this along with five of her longest standing clients. Four of the five have been her clients for over 32 years. The other, for over 40 years.
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Cilliers first came to the Lowveld in 1969 when she and her husband lived on a farm in the Burgersfort area. It was in the following year that she received training as a massage therapist, and some of those same treatments she still uses today.
Since then, she has received further training and has continued to practice beauty therapy.
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“I have never done advertising,” she explained humbly.
“All of my clients I have always received through word of mouth and kept them through loyalty.”
In 1984, she received training in aromatherapy.
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“It was a lady by the name of Eve Taylor who introduced aromatherapy to South Africa,” she said.
Cilliers specialises in aromatherapy, but is learned in other treatments such as massage therapy and facials.
She is still fighting fit for her age, regularly goes for walks and still has clients she provides services to.
