Hello and today we have a bit of a beauty special as I chat with

one of the UK's leading celebrity facialists, one of our most respected face

therapists and beauty gurus to the stars.

An industry expert with over a decade of experience,

her signature facials and unique massage techniques

are highly sought after by industry insiders, A-Listers and London's elite.

So it's a big welcome to Abigail James.

Oh, I'm so pleased to be here, Liz.

Oh, well, welcome to our well-being studios and I'm really thrilled because this is the first time that we've

podcasted.

I know.

And you are a regular now in our magazine.

Yes.

With a really popular column.

Thank you.

I'm really enjoying writing that actually. It's great. You are very good. Not only

a very good facieist, you are a very good writer. So I'm really thrilled to have you. Now, when I was doing a bit of

research on you, because obviously I know you and we'll talk about how we know each other a bit later, but I do know you and I do come to see you as a client, I looked around and I saw various quotes and features that have obviously written about you in years gone by.

But this one really struck me and I think it was from Forbes magazine if I'm not wrong.

And it says, Abigail, a single mother of three for a significant period of her

children's young lives they lived on benefits moved homes around eight times and

struggled with the day today through years of work, dedication and a surfeit of charm, James

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