About
Some people find their calling. Others stumble into it - realising they're brilliant at it, and never look back.
That's De-Ani’s story and how Soma Health and Beauty was born…
A life built on showing up.
De-Ani has been working since she was old enough to hold a job (and a little before that, too). From packing stone fruit to pulling coffees, working her way through every station in a busy kitchen, managing front of house, cooking for weddings and events solo. Whatever the role, she showed up, worked hard, and quietly became the person everyone relied on.
That hospitality background - the long hours, the care for the person in front of you, the pride in doing a job properly - never left her.
You'll feel it the moment you walk into Soma.
How she found beauty…
Or how it found her.
A friend was studying beauty therapy and needed a model. She went along. Met the teacher. Got encouraged to apply — even when she wasn't sure she was smart enough. She applied anyway, passed, and a few weeks later she was in.
She didn't have to force it. She just had a natural gift — soft hands, genuine warmth, and the ability to make people feel completely at ease. Word got around before she'd even finished studying. Someone heard she was training and offered her work. Then a retreat. Then everyone at the retreat told her how good she was and offered her more.
It just kept opening up.
The moment that changed everything.
Early in her career, there was a moment stuck. A client of the spa she worked as was older & travelling alone. She had waited too long and left in worse shape than she arrived. Nobody had been unkind. Nobody had meant any harm. But nobody had slowed down either.
She couldn't shake it. And she made herself a promise: not here. Not ever.
Every person who comes to Soma gets the time they deserve, handled with care — whether it's their first visit or their fiftieth.
It’s been over a Decade of doing what she loves…
De-Ani has been practising from her home salon since 2012. Over the years she's worked across some of the best day spas and beauty clinics around - always learning, always growing, always coming back to the same belief: that good work takes time, and that you do it for love, not just a living.
In 2025 she decided to go deeper.
Soma now specialises in clinical skin — advanced treatments like microneedling, pigmentation reduction, nano infusion, and cosmetic tattooing — all delivered with the mindful, heartfelt approach that's always defined her work.
You'll still find a little massage, a little stillness. And exceptional pedicures, informed by years of study in podiatry and a genuine love of caring for people from the ground up.
Clinical skin. Nurturing environment. Real care.
That's what Soma is now. A place where the treatments are advanced and the atmosphere is anything but clinical. Where you come to actually invest in your skin — and leave feeling looked after in every sense of the word.
Because that's what she's always been about. Showing up. Doing it properly. And genuinely caring about every single person in her chair.