The Self-Care Experts to Know: 10 Names Shaping Wellness in 2026

Angelo David Pisacreta

Owner & Creative Director | Angelo David Salon

Angelo David Pisacreta is the owner and Creative Director of Angelo David Salon in Midtown Manhattan, where his approach to beauty goes far beyond styling. A world-renowned stylist and colorist, Angelo has built his career around helping clients feel confident in their hair, particularly those experiencing fine or thinning hair and hair loss.

Drawing on skills first learned from his father, a pioneer in men’s hairpieces, Angelo went on to create his signature Couture Hair Extensions & Additions™, individually customized to blend seamlessly with each client’s natural hair. His expertise in hair health, growth, extensions, and personalized hair solutions has made him a trusted name for clients seeking both transformation and confidence.

Throughout his career, Angelo has worked with celebrities including Christie Brinkley, Luann de Lesseps, Coco Rocha, and Kelly Rutherford, while his work and salon have been featured across national publications and television.

Through artistry, innovation, discretion, and deeply personalized care, Angelo has created more than a salon experience. His work reflects the way beauty and self-care can help people feel more confident, restored, and like themselves again.

Connect With Angelo:
Website: www.angelodavidsalon.com
Instagram: @angelodavidhair

Photo Credit: Angelo David Salon

Izzy Ridabock

Founder & Lead Whitening Specialist | Frosted Teeth Whitening

With more than a decade of experience as a certified dental assistant, Izzy has built her career around dentistry, confidence, and helping people feel their best. Today, she balances several roles she is incredibly proud of: mom, dental sales representative, and founder of Frosted Teeth Whitening.

Izzy launched Frosted in 2023 with a vision of making professional teeth whitening feel more accessible, comfortable, and enjoyable. What began as a side business while she balanced two other jobs quickly grew into a brand centered around both results and experience.

Understanding that traditional dental settings can sometimes feel intimidating, Izzy intentionally designed Frosted to feel more like a self-care appointment. Each session is personalized and relaxing, with an emphasis on beautiful whitening results while prioritizing client comfort and minimizing sensitivity.

Her background in dentistry gives her a unique perspective on the services she provides, while her approachable style helps clients feel at ease from the moment they arrive.

For Izzy, Frosted is about more than a brighter smile. It is about creating a space where clients can relax, feel pampered, and walk away feeling even more confident than when they came in.

Connect With Izzy:
Website: Frosted Teeth Whitening
Instagram: @frostedteethwhitening

Photo Credit: Melanie Villandry @melsmedia

Simone Bernstein

Founder | Wellth Society

Simone Bernstein is a three-time business owner, community builder, and founder of Wellth Society, a national membership community created for ambitious women who want to grow without sacrificing their well-being in the process.

At the center of Simone’s work is a belief that nervous system regulation is not something to think about after burnout happens—it is a meaningful part of how women lead, build, and sustain successful lives and businesses.

A former dancer turned experiential marketing professional, Simone has spent years creating spaces that bring people together with intention. She is also a top-performing barre3 franchisee and has owned and operated barre3 Brookline for more than nine years, giving her firsthand experience navigating entrepreneurship, leadership, community, and the realities of building a business over time.

That experience ultimately helped shape Wellth Society, where wellness and ambition are not treated as competing priorities.

A connector at heart, Simone is known for creating rooms where people can show up fully as themselves, build meaningful relationships, and move forward with greater clarity.

Through Wellth Society and her broader work, Simone is helping redefine what sustainable success can look like for women putting the body first, authenticity close behind, and strategy in service of both.

Connect With Simone:
Linkedin: Simone Bernstein
Instagram for Barre3brookline: barre3brookline
Instagram for Wellth Society: wellth.society

Photo Credit: Brit Perkins

Wendy Vaughan, NP-C

Founder & Lead Aesthetic Provider | Stay Beautiful Medspa

Wendy Vaughan, NP-C, is the founder and lead aesthetic provider behind Stay Beautiful Medspa in Woburn, Massachusetts, where she has built a reputation for thoughtful, natural-looking results and a highly personalized approach to aesthetic medicine.

With extensive experience in nursing and medical aesthetics, Wendy is known for her conservative, anatomy-based philosophy: patients should look refreshed, never treated. Rather than following trends or taking a one-size-fits-all approach, she creates individualized treatment plans centered around safety, education, realistic expectations, and long-term results.

Under Wendy’s leadership, Stay Beautiful Medspa has grown into a trusted destination for advanced injectable treatments, facial rejuvenation, and personalized skincare. The practice has also been voted Woburn’s Best Med Spa seven years in a row, reflecting the trust Wendy and her team have built within their community.

For Wendy, aesthetics is about more than changing how someone looks. It is about helping patients feel confident while still looking like themselves.

Through her clinical expertise, attention to detail, and commitment to patient experience, Wendy continues to raise the standard for approachable, results-driven aesthetic care.

Connect with Wendy:
Stay Beautiful Website: staybeautifulmedspa.com
Instagram: @staybeautiful.boston

Photo Credit: Bella Luce Photography

Cinthya Perona

Esthetician & Massage Therapist | Stoneham, Massachusetts

For Cinthya Perona, self-care is about more than how you look. It is about helping the body feel supported, restored, and cared for.

Based in Stoneham and serving clients throughout Greater Boston, Perona is an esthetician and massage therapist specializing in personalized skincare, body treatments, and holistic wellness services. Her approach brings together beauty and wellness, creating treatments designed around each client’s individual needs and goals.

Perona is trained in Brazilian lymphatic drainage techniques, with a focus on sculpting, detoxifying, and supporting the body’s natural healing process. Her services also include post-operative care, lymphatic treatments, and customized therapies that aim to help clients feel more comfortable, confident, and connected to their bodies.

What distinguishes Perona’s work is her ability to combine a results-driven approach with an experience that still feels relaxing and restorative. Rather than treating self-care as a luxury or a one-size-fits-all routine, she focuses on creating thoughtful, individualized experiences for every client who walks through her door.

Through her work, Perona continues to show that beauty and wellness do not have to exist separately. They can work together to support both body and mind.

Connect with Cinthya:
Website: https://www.vagaro.com/cinthyaperonaesthetician
Instagram: @cinthyaperona.esthetician

Photo Credit: Illumebymc

Jenine Wright, MA, NTP

Founder | Fit Life

Jenine Wright, MA, NTP, is a fitness and wellness expert, nutrition therapy practitioner, educator, author, and founder of Fit Life, a health and wellness community she created nearly two decades ago to help people live better.

With a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology and extensive training in holistic nutrition and wellness, Jenine brings a whole-person perspective to health. Her work explores how movement, nutrition, sleep, stress, environment, and everyday habits work together to influence how we feel and function.

A longtime educator, Jenine is especially passionate about helping people better understand the changing food system, navigate nutrition information, and separate credible guidance from wellness trends and misinformation. Through workshops, speaking, client work, and her role as co-host of the It’s Already In You podcast, she makes complex health topics practical and approachable.

She is also the author of the Live Better Journal, designed to help people build greater awareness and sustainable habits without perfection or overwhelm.

As a mom of two daughters, Jenine also brings a deeply personal perspective to women’s wellness and the changing seasons of life. Today, she is increasingly focused on helping women care for themselves with greater intention, strength, curiosity, and self-care rooted in evidence rather than quick fixes.

At the heart of her work is a simple philosophy: knowledge should not create fear. It should give people the confidence, tools, and perspective to make informed choices, care for themselves well, and ultimately live better and thrive.

Connect with Jenine:
Website: https://www.fitlifema.com/
Instagram: @jenine_marino_wright

Photo Credit: Jenine Wright

Geena Novinsky

Founder | Hometown Mental Health & Wellness

Geena Novinsky is the founder of Hometown Mental Health & Wellness, a Massachusetts-based psychiatric practice she launched in 2022 with a vision of creating meaningful, patient-centered work while building more flexibility for life with her three children.

A dual board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Geena began by seeing patients independently. Since then, Hometown Mental Health & Wellness has grown into a family-run group practice of psychiatric nurse practitioners serving patients throughout Massachusetts. Her husband, Paul, eventually left his 12-year career as a firefighter and paramedic to help build and operate the practice alongside her.

As the business grew, Geena also felt called to expand the mental health conversation beyond the walls of a traditional appointment. In 2025, she launched @psychnpfromhome, where she shares candid perspectives on psychiatric medication, motherhood, marriage, sobriety, entrepreneurship, and the realities of caring for your own mental health while helping others care for theirs.

Across both platforms, Geena is working to make mental health feel more approachable, relatable, and woven into everyday life.

Her philosophy is refreshingly simple: some of the most important conversations do not need to feel clinical or perfectly polished—they can feel a lot more like sitting on the front porch with someone who gets it.

Connect with Geena:
Website: hometownmhs.com
Instagram: @psychnpfromhome

Photo Credit: Mariah Gale Creative

Erin Brashear, MSN, FNP-BC, ATC

EMB Aesthetics

Erin Brashear, MSN, FNP-BC, ATC, brings over 20 years of multidisciplinary healthcare experience to the evolving world of medical and regenerative aesthetics. With a background spanning sports medicine, clinical exercise physiology, ICU nursing, and family practice, Erin brings a strong clinical foundation to her work in aesthetics and skin health.

Her work includes regenerative treatments for hair and skin rejuvenation, medical-grade skincare, and biostimulating injectables, with a strong focus on staying current with evolving techniques and technologies in medical aesthetics.

A strong believer in continued learning, Erin has completed multiple certifications through the Aesthetic Institute of Massachusetts and Audrey Rose Institute of Medical Aesthetics, where she also serves as part of the training faculty. Her dual role as practitioner and educator reflects her commitment to continually expanding her knowledge in this fast-changing field.

As an ANCC board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Erin brings depth, precision, and an advanced clinical perspective to her work while helping patients explore treatment options that align with their individual goals.

When she is not working, Erin can often be found at a sports field or exploring new destinations with her family.

Connect with Erin:
Website: https://booking.mangomint.com/embaesthetics
Instagram: @Erin_YourBeauty_RN

Photo Credit: Jeremy Anaya

Amy Finegold

Founder | EVOLUTION self + style

Amy Finegold is a Health + Style Coach and founder of EVOLUTION self + style, where she helps high-achieving women navigate midlife with greater health, energy, confidence, and clarity.

With an extensive background in fashion and personal style, along with certifications in Nutrition Coaching and Health + Life Coaching, Amy brings a unique inside-out approach to personal transformation. Her work recognizes that how women feel physically, mentally, and emotionally is deeply connected to how they show up in their everyday lives.

By integrating nutrition, movement, mindset, and personal style, Amy helps women cut through the overwhelm of conflicting wellness advice and create practical, sustainable changes that feel realistic for their lives.

Her approach goes beyond focusing on a single area of health or appearance. Instead, Amy encourages women to look at the full picture: how they eat, move, think, dress, and care for themselves as they move into a new season of life.

At the heart of EVOLUTION self + style is the belief that midlife can be an opportunity to redefine what feeling good looks like.

Through her coaching, Amy helps women reconnect with themselves, build confidence from the inside out, and intentionally step into the version of themselves they are ready to become.

Connect with Amy:
Website: www.evolutionselfandstyle.com
Instagram: @amy.finegold

Photo Credit: Miriam Meza Photography

Carla

Founder | Creative Contour by Carla

Carla is a makeup concierge, speaker, business owner, and founder of Creative Contour by Carla, where she uses beauty as a vehicle for confidence, self-expression, and intentional self-care.

With more than 12 years of experience as a makeup artist, Carla has seen firsthand how beauty standards can impact the way people see themselves. Her work challenges the idea that makeup should be about covering imperfections or conforming to someone else’s definition of beauty. Instead, she encourages clients to use makeup as a tool for celebrating what is already there.

For Carla, even the smallest beauty ritual can become an opportunity to practice self-love. Applying mascara can be a moment to appreciate your eyes. Blending blush can be a reminder to recognize your own beauty. The goal is not transformation, but intention.

Carla also believes true confidence extends far beyond what we see in the mirror. Through her speaking, beauty work, and personal journey, she openly shares the importance of doing the internal work required to build lasting self-esteem and self-acceptance.

At the heart of Creative Contour by Carla is a message that extends well beyond makeup: loving yourself is an ongoing practice, and self-care can begin with simply choosing to pour a little more love back into yourself.

Connect with Carla:
Podcast: https://creativecontourbycarlapodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Website: https://www.creativecontourbycarla.com/

Photo Credit: Whitney O'Brien Photography