Doctors & Nurses
Em
Meet Em, cosmetic injector, lover of “Dad Jokes”, and director of fika clinic.
Em became a Registered Nurse in 2011, working initially in the public hospital sector in Neonatal Intensive Care (with tiny little premature babies). After working in acute care for numerous years, Em discovered an avenue of nursing that combined her innate desire to make people “feel better” and her own battles with self-esteem and confidence: cosmetic nursing. In 2016, she completed her study in aesthetics in Western Australia and has worked full-time as a cosmetic nurse for the past 6 years.
@emilykatecosmeticnurse
Doctors & Nurses
Josie
Josie has been a Registered Nurse for 8 years, and before that was an Enrolled Nurse for 3 years. She’s spent the last 8 years working in Paediatrics at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which she absolutely loves!
Josie completed the Australasian Academy of Cosmetic Dermal Science (AACDS) Graduate Diploma of Cosmetic Nursing and Injectables in 2018 and has been obsessed with all things injectables, skincare and aesthetics ever since.
Nowadays, you’ll find Josie at fika being an amazing RN with us, creating beautifully natural facial aesthetics. When she’s not working, Josie loves to get brunch and go for walks with her friends.
@josie.cosmeticnurse
Doctors & Nurses
Laila
Meet Laila, pronounced “lie-lah”. Wine connoisseur and OG beauty therapist turned cosmetic nurse.
Laila has been a registered nurse for 4 years, working in intensive care and cardiac nursing. She loves the thrill and ongoing development that acute hospital nursing offers. Before her life as a nurse, she ran a successful beauty business for many years, and now she combines her passion for helping people and love of all things skin and beauty with her career path as a cosmetic nurse.
Laila is busy with her three beautiful children when she’s not saving lives or jabbing faces. She loves travel, red wine, fitness, outdoors, and coffee catch-ups.
Laila is all about subtle, natural results, and her priority is to promote confidence and happiness in her clients. She strives to make sure her clients feel comfortable, safe and cared for and ensures their goals are heard and achieved. Laila will make you feel right at home!
@lailacosmeticnurse
Doctors & Nurses
Emily V
Meet Emily - a.k.a Young Emily, a.k.a New(er) Emily.
She might be the most recent Emily to join the fika team, but she’s certainly not a newbie to the world of aesthetics. Emily has been an injector for the past 5 years and absolutely LOVES making people feel better about themselves. Emily loves creating natural results, and her favourite treatment at the moment is using anti-wrinkle injections in the masseters; such a simple treatment with outstanding results, making her clients feel more confident in their slimmed facial appearance, but also helping to relieve pain and headaches, making them feel more comfortable and relaxed.
A closet lover of binging reality TV and spending time in the garden when she's not injecting, you’ll find Emily chilling out in her home by the beach with her husband Liam, toddler Margot and fur-baby Minnie.
@emilyv.cosmeticnurse
Doctors & Nurses
Doctor Monique
Monique. Doctor Mon is an expert injector, clinical trainer, and artisan of balance and natural-looking rejuvenation. Plus, she’s a lover of food, red wine and doggos! (Dog pics are welcome during all consultations, obviously).
Fika’s very own in-house cosmetic physician, Monique, completed her medical studies in 2012, training in hospitals throughout Australia before attaining a Fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2018. She discovered a love of Cosmetic Medicine early in her career and has been working primarily in aesthetics for the last seven years, using a variety of dermal fillers, neuromodulators, threads, laser, fat-dissolving and collagen-stimulating techniques.
@drmonique_cosmeticphysician
Dermal Therapists
Adriana
With her extensive experience in the beauty industry, Adriana has been making the world (Adelaide, specifically) a prettier place for more than 13 years! They say if you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life, and this bubbly babe is the living embodiment of that saying. Her passion for all things beauty and skin is so intense that she’s convinced her brushes and serums have a secret dance party at night!
When it comes to skin, what really floats Adriana’s boat is those pesky inflammatory skin conditions. Think acne, rosacea, dermatitis and anything red, angry or just a downright pain in the a$$! No seriously, tricky skin? CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! When she sees someone struggling with their skin, Adriana transforms into a skincare superhero, swooping in to save them with her potions and lotions.
@adriana.dermaltherapist
Dermal Therapists
Maddy
Hi guys, meet Maddy! Your skin therapist, ready to transport you, express, to Rancho-Relaxo and melt away your stress.
So what’s Maddy’s “story”? Undoubtedly, her passion has always been to help people. Maddy started a degree in paramedic science, but after discovering the wonders of skin through her own personal journey, she realised that she wanted to help people in a totally different way: to feel comfortable in their own skin!
To Maddy, treating skin is more than just what we see on the outside; it’s the potential it gives you to feel empowered, confident and content in who you are. Maddy loves continuing to learn about the skin’s connection to your gut, brain and wellbeing and is very excited to share her knowledge with anyone who’ll listen!
@maddy.dermaltherapist
Administration
Bianca
Meet Bianca, more commonly known as ‘B’ - the go-to girl for all things creative and our honey, who keeps the clinic running like a well-oiled machine!
Bianca has followed her love of art and colour into a mix of industries, taking valuable skills and knowledge from each along the way. Her career started as a freelance makeup artist after completing her studies at Media Makeup Academy, simultaneously diving into the world of retail management. It was during this time she discovered the powerful link between marketing and its influence over brand success, sparking her interest in pursuing a career in the digital marketing world.
For the past six years, Bianca has been working as the Marketing and Communications Assistant at a well-established plastic surgery clinic in Adelaide. Here, she worked alongside various medical professionals, making her mark on the industry by helping the practice bypass obstacles and best communicate their ‘why’.
Administration
Joey
Introducing our beautifully bubbly, happily helpful, and smiliest face of reception, Joey!
This retail rockstar has 15 years of dazzling experience under her belt, starting her journey as a casual sales assistant in activewear and progressing up to country manager, living and working in various cities, including Adelaide, Hobart, London and even Los Angeles! Most recently, Joey has been sprinkling her magic in the bridal world, managing one of Adelaide’s top designer boutiques (pssst – brides-to-be, don’t hold back! Ask her anything!).
Joey has always loved retail because of her love for people, and now she’s absolutely head over heels for our fika family! Whether she’s perfecting your activewear attire, discovering your dream gown, or helping you look and feel your very best, Joey’s goal is to always make you feel as warm, welcome, and comfortable as possible in our little slice of heaven.
When she’s not spreading joy at fika, you’ll find her on the sidelines of a cricket oval, cheering on her hubby Tim (often by herself because she ACTUALLY enjoys watching every single ball!) or you might spot her chasing after her 4 adorable nephews and nieces who live just next door.
Administration
Lauren
Introducing Lauren… our resident client BESTIE!
She’s here to ensure your experience at fika is a dream come true from the moment you step in the door. Ready for BIG smiles and cute chats, and with a zillion years of Admin experience, Lauren will be your official hype queen for every single moment of your in-clinic experience - and on the digital comms, too!
When she’s not busy getting loved-up couples hitched (she’s a celebrant, too), she’s either coming to help out at Fika, living it up with her family and friends, sneaking away for a holiday, getting another tattoo, eating Lebanese food or hunting down a wildly colourful wardrobe addition. And believe us when we say she cannot WAIT to see you at fika, ASAP.
Consultants
Natalie
Meet Nat - owner of Natalie Nemer Lashes, the OG lash lift queen in Adelaide and creator of @tweak.cosmetica
After a horrendous personal experience with lash extensions, Nat’s passion for lash lifts sparked when she saw an insta post of Kylie Jenner’s makeup artist with a lash lift. Love blossomed. Nat flew to Melbourne on a whim, got trained up and filled the gap in the Adelaide market for EPIC lashes.
@natalienemer.lashes
Consultants
Tammie
Meet Tammie, owner of Meticulous Brow! Tammie has more than 18 years of beauty experience and has spent the last 6+ years perfecting her skills in cosmetic tattoos.
Tammie’s clients love that she is a perfectionist and takes her time with each client. She strives to achieve the best possible results for everyone she meets.
Tammie enjoys spending time at home with her husband and 2 puppies. She calls them all puppies because they are always puppies at heart! If you have a fur baby, Tammie wants to hear about them. She is puppy obsessed!
@meticulous_brow
