Amber Budd

Amber Budd is the Advanced Practice Esthetician at the SPA by Amber Budd Atelier and the founder and owner of Amber Budd Atelier, LLC, which she has owned since January 2015. She began as a practitioner and has since moved into owning a business, developing products, training others and injecting. She also developed Amber Budd Skincare.

Her specialty is injectables, with a particular focus on Jeuveau. She became a Certified Aesthetic Injector in November 2023, and in December 2023 she completed Facial Anatomy with Dr Cotofana, along with Injection Patterns with Dr Kane.

She trained in esthiology at the Aveda Institute Minneapolis, graduating in 2012, and is a Licensed Esthetician by the Minnesota State Board. Her additional certifications cover lash extensions, lash lifts, lash and brow tinting, EyebrowMBA, microdermabrasion, chemical peels and waxing. Later training includes advanced facial massage and manual lymphatic drainage (2016), a brow shaping class with Kelley Baker (2017), and the FITE Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program certificate from Santa Monica College (2017).

Before focusing on skincare, she worked as a makeup artist. She was represented by Warpaint International Beauty Agency from 2014 to 2016 and by Primped MN Agency from 2015 onward. Her credits include makeup for the PGA Ryder Cup in 2016 and editorial and cover work for bridal and fashion magazines between 2015 and 2016. Her work centers on skin cell health and how skin functions, and on the ingredients and services that support it.