From corporate to cosmetics

I've been sitting here wondering how to start my first ever blog, thinking back to how I got where I am & suddenly, the light bulb flicked on.

That pesky 8-5 corporate role is where we start.

It was a miserable Monday morning, the rain was raining and the wind was, well, windy. 'BEEP BEEP' the jarring sound of the annoying I-phone alarm vibrated in my ears. We all know exactly what noise I mean. I laid there for a minute contemplating what I was doing with my life, before I unwillingly rolled out of my cosy bed to head downstairs to what I called the office ..... My front room.

Ill mention here that I still had my Olaf PJ's on, with my hair scrapped in a bun and my eyebrows looking like they'd never met a spoolie before.

I'm guessing you've all figured out by my home-based office & my comfy Pj's that this occurred during lockdown.

I sat there, starring out the window as the rain feel down the glass, Eminem in the background - "My teas gone cold, I'm wondering why, I got out of bed at all, The morning rain clouds up my window & I cant see at all" - depressing right?!

As cliche as this sounds, this was the moment that I realised, that this life was not for me. So whilst I was meant to be processing client money and all that boring finance stuff, I was actually researching about building my own business and trying to figure my way out (I hope my old boss isn't reading this.)

Something has always been inside of me to do more, to be more, from a very young age, but this was the moment that it SCREAMED right in my face. From that moment on, I knew everything was going to be okay no matter what journey I was about to embark on.

Funnily enough, that evening, like a sign from the universe, an advert appeared on my normally filled with dogs and food Instagram, for a brow lamination course. My eyes lit up like Bruce's did when he saw that chocolate cake in Matilda.

Sign me up babyyyyy.

I was hooked. Obsessed some might even say. Who knew that I would be so fascinated by a fuzzy strip of hair that umbrellaed our eyes. Sounds weird when you put it like that eh? Truth is, from a young age, I was always interested in beauty, I was obsessed with my own eyebrows, trying to tame them after I inherited a wiry, crazy set from my dad (cheers) and after being nicknamed 'transformers' by a high school bully. I still to this day don't really understand what he meant but I knew he was referring to my brows - if your reading this, I can guarantee now that my brows shit all over yours.

From here I started to build my clientele (once lock down had lifted, for you lock down police) on the side of working this super stressful 8-5 role. But performing treatments on my clients was like an escape for me, a way to unwind. There was no more Eminem whispering depressing songs in my ears, or puddles of rain flooding down my window, which was a metaphor for my tears, my mind was quietened.

I promise were going to get to some happy stuff here.

So fast forward, 3 years and The Brow and Wax Spa was born. Here I am working FULL time doing what I love every day. No more annoying I-phone alarms, no more boring finance payments or shitty bosses to answer too and most importantly no more crying in my Olaf pyjamas.

I created the Brow & Wax Spa as a space for my clients to quiet their minds. To experience what I experience when I perform a treatment. To be present in the moment but to also give them a sense of hope to find their purpose. I wanted to shake up the standard beauty industry of shoving clients in and out of the chair quicker than Usain bolt can run a lap.

Its only facials and massages that can be relaxing right? WRONG. From a Hollywood wax to plucking a whole brow, I can guarantee that your experience will leave you feeling lighter (and not only because you've had your whole bush removed.)

Don't get me wrong, Its been a tough journey and I still have a long way to go and a hell of a lot to learn, but I'm telling you, that ditching that corporate roll you've hated for so long, will CHANGE YOUR LIFE.