Beauty Therapist

A Beauty Therapist on a superyacht gives facials, manicures, pedicures, waxing, lash and brow treatments, tanning and body wraps to the owner, their family and charter guests. You work from a dedicated spa or beauty room, usually on yachts of 60m and above. On larger boats you sit in a spa team under a Spa Manager alongside massage therapists. On smaller ones you may be the only treatment specialist, running your own bookings, records and consultations.

Most yachts expect you to work as part of the interior when the treatment book is quiet. That means housekeeping, laundry, turndown and some guest service, often with a rotation of evening shifts. You also look after the spa itself: cleaning and sterilising tools, keeping hygiene logs, managing stock and ordering professional products from shore. Space is tight and deliveries are hard to arrange in remote anchorages, so careful stock planning matters before every trip.

Guests on a charter costing several hundred thousand euros a week expect the standard of a top hotel spa. Treatments often happen at short notice, in a cabin, on the sundeck or with the yacht rolling at anchor. Discretion is part of the job, as you spend long periods with principals in private. You also become the person guests turn to before dinners and events, so good conversation and a calm manner count as much as your technique.