The name Catherine Hinds has been synonymous with skin care for over four decades. As Boston's original esthetician and a pioneer in the field of esthetics, she has been instrumental in educating and positioning the American esthetician as a primary force in skin care. She began her career by establishing a chain of skin care salons in Boston and New York in the late sixties and early seventies.

In 1979, after successfully lobbying to create separate licensing for estheticians in the state of Massachusetts, Ms. Hinds founded the first accredited esthetics school in the country, the Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics. From inception, the goal of the Institute has been to be foremost in the field of esthetic training. In January, 1983, the school was granted the first accreditation of any esthetic school in the United States. Today the Institute is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology and offers state-of-the-art training in all areas of esthetic education.

The Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics is presently the only school in the country to offer accredited programs in both Spa Therapy and Medical Esthetics. The Catherine Hinds Institute has been dedicated to presenting the leading theories and technological advancements in skin care in an unbiased forum. The school upholds the belief that a pioneering spirit is essential to learning. With product knowledge, cosmetic chemistry and technology continually improving, it is imperative that the esthetician keep abreast of the most current information as well as future trends. The Institute is committed to achieving these goals. Programs offered at the Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics are the direct result of years of research and development in the field of skin care, and were carefully designed to meet the demand for personalized care and theraputic treatment by highly skilled skin care therapists. In 1998, Catherine's institute reached yet another milestone in the field of esthetics, as the Institute became the first school in the country to offer a 1200 hour accredited licensing program in Medical Esthetics.

In the same year she established the Institute, Catherine also opened the doors to Catherine Hinds Manufacturing. This company responds to the esthetician's need for quality professional supplies. The Catherine Hinds companies have researched and developed an extensive line of proprietary and private label skin care products and equipment for the esthetician's professional use.

Catherine Hinds Manufacturing offers a complete line of products and specialty items for all skin types and conditions. Available as Catherine Hinds Classics, Tree of Life, and Private Label, these products are carefully formulated using only the finest natural ingredients and distilled water. Swift production in small consignments ensures quality control and minimizes the use of preservatives. This process allows Catherine Hinds Manufacturing to use low levels of preservatives so that all active ingredients are more effective when used topically.

In 1995, adding what she calls "the last piece of the puzzle" to her skin care empire, Catherine Hinds acquired the American Skin Care System™ (ASCS), (formerly Facial Firm). This revolutionary skin care technology is the one skin care method that integrates esthetic and medical therapeutic strategies. Proven to be a powerful pre- and post-treatment tool, it also is invaluable in applying lifetime maintenance programs in the battle toward improving skin conditions. Originally designed by a physician to treat acne, the ASCS has demonstrated positive results on a wide range of skin types and conditions. It has proven extremely effective when used in conjunction with glycolic applications, dermabrasion, laser and surgical procedures.

The ASCS console consists of four components: an Infra Ray Heat Mask, Galvanic, Vacuum and Aeration System. All are designed to work with therapeutic skin care products to boost the healing process while saving the esthetician time and effort.

In addition to the ASCS console, Catherine Hinds Manufacturing now offers the ASCS Galvanic. Two years in the making, this highly effective, American-made therapeutic tool is the one piece of equipment capable of strengthening the esthetician's hand. Packed with penetration power, it is designed for the esthetician who wants a compact, "no-frills," portable machine to perform ionization and disincrustation treatments. Convenient and affordable it is the esthetician's answer to proven, cost-effective results. Other optional attachments to the ASCS include the Electro Galvanic Body Pad and Infra Ray Heat Mitts and Boots.

Catherine Hinds Manufacturing also produces a professional Thermal Spa Duvet, ideal for detoxifying, herbal, seaweed, and slimming and firming body wrap treatments. Of course, each of these products are utilized in treatments available at the Catherine Hinds American Skin Care and Spa.

Perhaps best known for her ability to negotiate future trends in skin care, Catherine Hinds established the first accredited Spa Therapy program in the nation and is now dedicated to recreating the role of the American esthetician for the new millennium.

Nationally recognized for her work, Ms. Hinds has received numerous honors including the New England Women's Business Owners, Woman of the Year award, American Salon Owner's Esthetician of the Year award and the prestigious Dermascope Magazine Legend Award. However she takes the greatest pride, in the fact that she has put hundreds of women into business for themselves.