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Everyone has a journey, and Helina is here to speak about hers. Like many we all start out working for someone else's business but sometimes you just want to venture out and try working for yourself. Helina shares her experience doing just this and Shay shares what it was like hiring a staff member.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Helina working for someone else
• How she got into the beauty industry 
• How Bareface Brows was brought to life
• Shay hiring her first staff member
• The girls top tips to starting out as a sole trader

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On this episode the girls chat about everything between promotional tips, how to self promote, a timely feature that has the girls books filling up for January & how the girls almost stopped the podcast!!!! Not to stress though because Helina & Shay have found a new podcast studio that is bringing the vibes, so be sure to tune into the YouTube video to see! 

Topics covered:

- new location space 

- the girls almost stopped podcasting 

- being no showed chat ups

- Shay’s favourite tip to find new clients

- sending promo texts 

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Join Helina and Shay in their weekly discussions as they explore the latest eyebrow trend – Brow Extensions. In this episode, they share their thoughts on this new beauty craze, debating whether it's a passing content trend or a service that clients will actively seek out.

Additionally, Shay delves into her personal journey with Sugar Waxing, shedding light on how this technique could potentially contribute to advancing the brow industry and bridging the gap in hair removal techniques.

Thank you to our sponsors:

Bella Beauty Professional

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Buff Browz

https://buffbrowz.co.uk/

Lash Rescue

https://www.lashrescue.net/

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It’s happened to many of us, we know how being ghosted by a boy hurts… but nothing stings more than being ghosted by a client. The girls express their frustration around this topic & share their experiences with clients no showing & being ghosted. The Christmas chaos is also upon us & the girls chat about their policies & how they have found them benefiting business. 

TOPICS COVERED:

• Blocking clients 
• Helina & Shay express their frustrations about no shows 
• Ghosted by clients… wtf 
• How the girls deal with this within their business 
• Christmas Policies 

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Lets recap the first Ash Education event with Anthea, Shay, Helina. Also joining the girls for this episode is Tia, their right hand girl when it comes to everything marketing and social media. The girls chat everything from the beginning of AshEd, event preparation, the brow manual (that almost took tia’s soul) the goodie bags, highlights and even a giggle about Helina’s door debacle at the very start. 

Topics Covered:
The girls catch up with guest speakers Anthea & Tia
The lead up to Ash Education first event
Creation of Beyond Brows manual
Helinas door debacle
The girls spill what was in the goodie bags
The girls share what their favourite highlight from the event was

Thank you to our sponsors:
Bella Beauty Professional
https://bellabeautyprofessional.com/

Buff Browz
https://buffbrowz.co.uk/

Lash Rescue
https://www.lashrescue.net/

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Shay & Helina had a little break from recording the podcast to focus on their new business venture AshEd. As the girls have always encouraged a healthy work life balance & never to burn yourself out, they needed to find that balance between working with clients, AshEd & podcasting. So tune in and listen as you get to catch up with the girls and hear what they are thinking of current trends within the industry, changes within both their working spaces, Beauty Expo & so much more! 

TOPICS COVERED:

• Shay selling salon 
• Helina & Shay both renting rooms 
• Ash Education Beyond Brows Event 
• Current trends within the industry 
• Consultation forms 
• Helina’s upcoming surgery 
• Girls take on Sydney 
• Beauty Expo 2023 

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The girls chat with Lucy, the owner of the Lash Rescue about the collaboration that has been in the works for over 12 months now! What goes into the BTS of a collaboration, the process behind the graphics, THE PR PACKAGES and why did Lucy choose the girls for her first collaboration? Also, the girls chat about their weekend full of brow events, including the Bella Beauty birthday party and Noemi training event!

Lucy opens up about her distressing experience during childbirth which may be a trigger for some. Beauties, please look after yourself before listening through to 25:00-33:20.

TOPICS COVERED

• Attending fun brow events
• The girls blind react to their new product!
• The BTS of collaboration
• The OG's of TikTok?
• Future plans for Lash Rescue…
• Eyenvy who???
• The ‘team’ behind Lash Rescue
• TW: Birth trauma
• Newborn pneumothorax
• Tia from Bella Beauty’s first look!
• Celebrating Bella Beauty’s 3rd birthday

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Helina enters her high nipple era and she is taking you along with her! She talks all stages of a breast lift and her recovery so far! The podcast hit a milestone and Helina can not do math! The girls chat about an the new era that the podcast is entering and how the schedule of episodes may change. Also, Helina isn’t in a home based salon anymore and she talks about her transition into a commercial space! 

TOPICS COVERED

• Stage one of Helina’s breast lift surgery
• Post surgery update
• Breast lift Q&A
• What was the most painful part of surgery?
• The most inconvenient part post surgery
• Switching from a home based salon to commercial 
• Hitting a podcast milestone
• A new schedule
• Join us on tour! 

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On today's episode the girls spill what they have been working on, ASH EDUCATION! Helina and Shay have teamed up with Anthea & Joe from Bella Beauty to come together and bring brow education to life! 

Ash’s mission is to build a global community of brow artists through immersive and exceptional educational experiences. Ash aims to travel to major cities across the world to showcase our unique skills and share our knowledge, whilst connecting with like-minded professionals along the way. By doing so, Ash aspires to bring the industry closer and create an exciting and collaborative environment for all brow artists worldwide.

Stay tuned for all the latest Ash Education updates by following us over at @ash.education

TOPICS COVERED:

• Who and what is Ash Education?
• What set’s ASH’ED apart from other beauty education academy’s?
• When to expect ASH’ED launch
• Where will the first events be held?
• Can you guess who is most likely to…
• Play along as the girls are quizzed on the brow industry
• Let the girls know where you want them to go on tour! 

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Open your eyes to the graphic design and branding world as we finally introduce you to our Podcast Manager and the girl behind absolutely everything, S Madison Creative! Supporting the dreams of women with purpose and passion, S Madison Creative takes businesses to the next level with strategic and soulful design. As a business owner it’s likely you have faced many challenges. Forming a meaningful relationship to understand the client’s personal story is important to S Madison and the beginning to a successful brand. Learn from Shaye as she shares the challenges of having to be on the ball constantly with being creative all the time and follow her journey within the industry as she discusses the ups and downs and responsibility of being a one woman show.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Taking it back to the beginning of Shaye’s journey
• Do you need a degree to become a Graphic Designer?
• An outsiders insight on the beauty industry
• Building relationships with clients as a Salon Manager
• Do the girls profit from the podcast?
• What is it like working for Helina and Shay?
• Is the design industry competitive?
• Looking out for red flag clients???
• The challenge of having to be constantly creative
• Finding your niche and identity in your industry
• Why your prices should reflect your target market
• Not posting on socials and still fully booked out??
• Shaye’s best piece of advice for someone starting out
• Why are contracts so important for your design business?
• The responsibility of being a one women show
• What’s to come for future S Madison?  

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