Meet Angela Eklow, skincare professional, educator, ingredient and modality expert, multi-award-winning Skin Games competitor, Judge, and Lead Judge for the Acne category.

With more than 40 years in the skincare industry, Angela has built her career around one thing that has never changed: a deep curiosity about how skin works and how to create meaningful, lasting results.

In this episode of TSG’s Director’s Cut, Angela shares how her own skin experience at 18 helped spark a lifelong interest in skin health, what she learned from working internationally, and how building her clinic in Åland shaped the practitioner she became.

We also dive into the part of Angela’s work she is especially known for ingredients, cosmetic chemistry, modalities, and treatment planning. She explains why understanding an ingredient list is very different from simply recognizing a “hero ingredient,” and how deeper knowledge helps estheticians make better decisions in the treatment room.

Angela also reflects on entering The Skin Games after decades in the industry, what competition revealed about her professionally, and how that experience ultimately led her from Player to Judge and Lead Judge for the Acne category.

Join Brenda Hogsett, Director of Player Experience, and Kelly Wolcott, Director of Judges, for a candid conversation about curiosity, expertise, competition, education, and what it really means to keep learning after more than four decades in esthetics.