Mama Knows Beauty Business

Mama, get ready because you're about to be extremely inspired by my guest Emily, The Brow Fox! She shares that when the pandemic hit and having her second child, she found herself exhausted and in overwhelm while running her multiple beauty businesses. Emily is so transparent in her struggles and explains how hitting this point forced her to restructure her business as a service provider to fit her and her families needs. Often times clients can feel so connected...

In this episode with multi beauty business owner Kelly Callaghan she shares how transitioning from Entrepreneur to Momprenuer has actually made her a better business woman. As we all know becoming a mom changes us, and as a business owner navigating life & business with a new baby is quite challenging. Life as we once new it is now very different! Kelly is an industry trailblazer who notoriously started an international spray tan business and grew it from $0 to ove...

To some it looks like a glamorous fairy tale! It's often what some starting in the Spray tanning industry dream of. For Keri Elliott of Bronze Me Babyy in Dallas Texas, she'll tell you it is most definitely fun AND glamorous, BUT it has not been easy or effortless. In this episode Keri and I chat about what it has been like for her going from being a stay at home mom of 3 boys to the wild ride of traveling the globe tanning beautiful people. Keri found herself lonely, often ...

REAL TALK!!!! My guest, Mistie Collins and I dive DEEP into the real talk on being a new mom in the beauty industry. As a new mom, who chooses to go to work, we find ourselves constantly questioning if working is the right choice. As Mistie mentions.."sometimes I'm killing the game and sometimes I question what I'm doing... is working and missing out on watching my son grow truly worth it?" We are judged by clients, family and society on working OR staying...

My guest, Amber Hall, of @the.beauty.hall, shares her story of finding her drive as a young, single mom. After having her daughter she found that she needed to really reflect on her life. During her self reflection time she discovered that she needed to have her daughter to find the drive to do more with her life. She shares that having a baby gave her the push to go from being lazy, to buckling down on a new career and the determination to succeed. Amber u...

Do you have a dream or a goal that you've been holding on to for a LONG time? My guest, Toni Thomas, is sharing her story about her dream to become a New York Fashion Week Makeup Artist and how she achieved it at age 50! She will inspire you, motivate you to work harder, to reach for the stars and to never give up on a dream! Toni Thomas is an award-winning makeup artist, she is the co-founder of 406 Makeup Artistry, the owner of FACE Skincare Studio, the lead instructo...

In this episode with my guest, Holly Tannella of Boho Med Spa in Texas, shares how she is still figuring out how to balance her beautiful family of 5 and running a very successful Med Spa with her husband. We discuss:Challenges Family FirstQuality Time New Routines with kidsWorking on selfClean BeautyHow to re-energize Being fully presentThe power of our mindsLearning to take care of you is the most important part of being a mom, wife and service provider in the bea...

In this episode you'll meet Nakia @thevirtualskincarecoach & @browtotoe from Hampstead, NC. She is a former marine who decided to pursue a career in the esthetics industry as a mom. She shares how being a marine has influenced her as a mom and a business owner. As a mom to a teenage girl, Nakia strives to be someone that her daughter would want to emulate. "Children watch everything we do" she says, and she works hard to make sure her daughter sees all the hard wo...

✨"When the cards fall into the right place and the stars all align" Heather Souther, aka Spray Tan Gun Slinger, shares what it was like to go from employee to salon owner and everything in between! In this episode I sat down with Heather, who is a mom of 4, and she openly shares what it was like to work while pregnant and after having a newborn. Which involved timing contractions or Braxton hicks and pumping in the backroom. She also shares many of the challenges and trium...

Going through life we are faced with MANY challenges along the way. My guest April Blackburn @masteresthetician101 shares her story of how she got started and why she feels she has been able to flourish as and esthetician. April shares openly about her struggles with depression, postpartum, adoption and how she found strength through it all. She shares what it was like to be a young mom and go through school while pregnant. She knows now being a mom in the beauty indus...