/ˈsōmə/
Late 19th century: from Greek sōma ‘body’.
noun BIOLOGY
The body as distinct from the soul, mind, or psyche.
/es'tetika/
Estética translated from Spanish and Russian into English as Esthetics.
es·thet·ics
/esˈTHediks/
noun esthetics;
A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation as perceptible to the senses and beauty.
Origin
Late 18th century (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was coined in German in the mid 18th century and adopted into English in the early 19th century.
/ˈsōməˈtiSHən/
noun sōmatician;
The ultimate, highly-proficient skin and body care professional and educator. An individual of unmatched caliber, who doesn’t just enhance one’s beauty, but someone who takes the time to teach and enrich the life of each and every client walking through Sōma doors.
Our CEO and Founder, Michael. Our Partner and Sōmatician Kseniya aka Kessie; and Co-Founder and Sōmatician, Valeria.
Sōma Estética started out as a small dream that was able to come to fruition with the knowledge and ambition of three friends.
When building Sōma from the ground up in the early days of January 2020, we could have never envisioned the hurdles and the ups and downs we would face just six weeks post our grand opening. Watching so many prominent businesses close their doors under the unbelievable circumstances we, as a beloved nation faced, it is a testament to our commitment and abilities to and in our field, that we have managed to prevail against all odds--still standing a year later.
Incorporating all three sides of this beautiful partnership, we came to realize the importance of the role each individual held.
Michael, our CEO, is our business savvy mastermind with several other successful businesses all throughout NYC. Between crunching numbers in the middle of the night and editing social media content, he is truly the Jack of all Trades. Without him, we don’t know where we’d be.
Furthermore, with over fourteen years of combined experience in the esthetics world, Valeria and Kseniya, our leading Sōmaticians, are both masters in their respectful crafts. Both met a decade ago as simple esthetics students who, by destiny, kept running into each other with every job.
Valeria, with her unbeatable knowledge of hard wax technique and lash + brow services, has a steady hand any esthetician would kill for, and an eye for beauty even Leonardo DiVinci would envy. Furthermore, Val’s waxing artistry and eye are so enviable and unique, she served as a wax instructor for years, and will continue revolutionizing the waxing game for years to come!
Simultaneously, Kseniya is a leading medical Sōmatician with certifications in various laser skin technologies, body sculpting treatments like Sculpsure® and CoolSculpting®, and a broad understanding of all things skincare, face, and body. Working as a fellow New York State esthetics instructor previously and, for years, under a prominent NYC dermatologist, she doesn’t just know skin anatomy, she knows her ingredients and the science behind them. Always striving for progress, esthetic advances, and visible results, she makes sure to take time out of her busy schedule to sit each and every client individually, presenting a realistic course of treatment and home care regimen, leaving no stone unturned.
This is one UNBEATABLE trio! xoxo
/ˈsōmə/
Late 19th century: from Greek sōma ‘body’.
noun BIOLOGY
The body as distinct from the soul, mind, or psyche.
/es'tetika/
Estética translated from Spanish and Russian into English as Esthetics.
es·thet·ics
/esˈTHediks/
noun esthetics;
A set of principles concerned with the nature and appreciation as perceptible to the senses and beauty.
Origin
Late 18th century (in the sense ‘relating to perception by the senses’): from Greek aisthētikos, from aisthēta ‘perceptible things’, from aisthesthai ‘perceive’. The sense ‘concerned with beauty’ was coined in German in the mid 18th century and adopted into English in the early 19th century.
/ˈsōməˈtiSHən/
noun sōmatician;
The ultimate, highly-proficient skin and body care professional and educator. An individual of unmatched caliber, who doesn’t just enhance one’s beauty, but someone who takes the time to teach and enrich the life of each and every client walking through Sōma doors.
Our CEO and Founder, Michael. Our Partner and Sōmatician Kseniya aka Kessie; and Co-Founder and Sōmatician, Valeria.
Sōma Estética started out as a small dream that was able to come to fruition with the knowledge and ambition of three friends.
When building Sōma from the ground up in the early days of January 2020, we could have never envisioned the hurdles and the ups and downs we would face just six weeks post our grand opening. Watching so many prominent businesses close their doors under the unbelievable circumstances we, as a beloved nation faced, it is a testament to our commitment and abilities to and in our field, that we have managed to prevail against all odds--still standing a year later.
Incorporating all three sides of this beautiful partnership, we came to realize the importance of the role each individual held.
Michael, our CEO, is our business savvy mastermind with several other successful businesses all throughout NYC. Between crunching numbers in the middle of the night and editing social media content, he is truly the Jack of all Trades. Without him, we don’t know where we’d be.
Furthermore, with over fourteen years of combined experience in the esthetics world, Valeria and Kseniya, our leading Sōmaticians, are both masters in their respectful crafts. Both met a decade ago as simple esthetics students who, by destiny, kept running into each other with every job.
Valeria, with her unbeatable knowledge of hard wax technique and lash + brow services, has a steady hand any esthetician would kill for, and an eye for beauty even Leonardo DiVinci would envy. Furthermore, Val’s waxing artistry and eye are so enviable and unique, she served as a wax instructor for years, and will continue revolutionizing the waxing game for years to come!
Simultaneously, Kseniya is a leading medical Sōmatician with certifications in various laser skin technologies, body sculpting treatments like Sculpsure® and CoolSculpting®, and a broad understanding of all things skincare, face, and body. Working as a fellow New York State esthetics instructor previously and, for years, under a prominent NYC dermatologist, she doesn’t just know skin anatomy, she knows her ingredients and the science behind them. Always striving for progress, esthetic advances, and visible results, she makes sure to take time out of her busy schedule to sit each and every client individually, presenting a realistic course of treatment and home care regimen, leaving no stone unturned.
This is one UNBEATABLE trio! xoxo