LINDA BERTAUT

Chakralicious founder, Linda Bertaut is an author, national speaker, award-winning Esthetician, Reiki master teacher, and beauty expert who specializes in bringing inner beauty to the surface through her healing makeovers.

Linda’s lifetime passion for performing make-up and image makeovers began over 30 years ago, but as she worked with her clients on their outer beauty, she recognized that many had a profound need for a makeover that was more than skin deep.

This led her practice to evolve into wellness and energy makeovers for body, mind and spirit. Known as the beauty industry’s Reiki master teacher, Linda helps clients to heal from limiting self-doubt, stress, depression, and anxiety so they can radiate their true beauty and share their gifts with the world.

The biggest changes that her clients see are the stressors that used to throw them off track don’t have the same impact. They don’t feel reactive, irritated or stuck in a fear response. They feel they have a purpose in life and a clear way forward that they could not see before.

Linda gives people the tools to heal and unlock their own healing potential. As her clients experience their own inner and outer healing, they move into a place of empowerment and many become inspired to help others to learn to heal themselves.

Her signature treatments and innovative techniques are being used in salons and spas throughout the country. Linda was the chosen expert to write about Wellness Therapies for Estheticians in the Milady Advanced Esthetics Textbook. She remains one of the pioneers in the merging of the wellness and beauty industries and is passionate about mentoring others to continue the advancement of these healing arts.

  • My Story

    I grew up as an only child in a military family. My dad joined the Air Force and I got to see the world. Living in different parts of the country and overseas was the best education I could have received to learn about life and people. As a result, I can strike up a conversation with anyone and being an only child I find interesting ways to occupy my time.

  • My earliest make-overs were performed on my pets. Here I am at age 4 while living in Hawaii. I made over my cat Blackie in a dress…poor little guy. No wonder he ran away from home at an early age.

  • I loved playing dress up with my childhood dog Lady. She was my best friend and like a sister to me. Although I only have one picture of her with a newspaper hat, I remember using Lady as my model on many occasions. She was with me from the age of 6 to 22. I still miss her to this day.

  • When I wasn’t dressing up my pets, I dressed up myself. I am the one with the parasol and handbag. No baby stroller for me. I guess I knew this at a young age. Playing dress-up in Hawaii.

  • When everyone else was playing with Barbie, I was playing with Trolls. Barbie came with everything; Ken, Skipper, her dream house and a corvette. She didn’t need me. Trolls had colorful long hair that I envied. They mostly came naked and when they did have clothes, they weren’t anything you would want to be caught alive in. Trolls needed my help.
    So one day, I grabbed my mother’s sewing kit and made clothes for my trolls from scraps of fabric and bric-a-brac. You can see why I did not become a clothing designer.

  • My mother was my first beauty mentor. She was beautiful and very stylish. She loved dressing up and taught me the art of beauty. At age two, when I finally had enough hair, she styled my hair with “pin curls” and give me a curly faux-hawk.

  • This was my favorite hair-do. Because of my natural curly hair my mother kept my hair short and cut in a Pixie. I hated it. I wanted long straight hair which was so popular at the time. But no amount of straighteners or ironing my hair made the difference. The battle with my hair continued until one day I realized that my mother was right…I still look best in short hair

  • This is the last picture of me with my mother when we lived in Denver, CO. I was 12 years old. My mother suffered from severe depression and ended up taking her own life right after I turned 13. I was devastated. I suffered from my own bouts of depression for many years after her death. The difference was that I chose to live. I did everything I could to heal myself and by the age of 36 was free from the depression that plagued me after her suicide.

  • My mother is always in my heart. Her death taught me about life and what makes life worth living. I now help women to discover themselves to have a sense of identity and purpose. As one of my spiritual teachers, Barbara said, The more shit you have had to deal with in your life the more fertilizer you have to grow a beautiful garden. I have survived a lot and discovered that when you take the time to dive into the pain and heal…there is a beautiful garden of life waiting for you on the other side.

    Join me in my webinars to gain the confidence to know and BE yourself and to share your healing gifts and talents with others

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My Compassionate Video for The Skin Games 2017