What do your beauty biz and a bad eyebrow wax have in common? In this episode, Lori has a silly (but serious) analogy to leave you with before we take a short break for the holiday season. Tune in to hear Lori’s tips for responding constructively to challenges in your beauty biz, from filling in the gaps to forgiving what needs forgiving and healing when you've been burned.

“Whether it's your brows or your beauty business, mistakes, gaps, and burns are all part of the process. And what matters the most is how you respond.” - Lori Crete

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Welcome back to The Beauty Biz Show. In this episode, RN and Licensed Esthetician Erin Roberts joins Lori to discuss finding your niche, turning passion into profit, and all things microcurrent. Tune in to hear Erin’s top beauty biz tips and learn more about her new microcurrent course.

"I think you have to give yourself the creative space to create something that's unique and authentic." - Erin Roberts

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Trigger Warning: This episode discusses topics related to mental illness, sexual assault, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling, please seek professional help or contact a mental health crisis line.

Holly Eve, founder of Madame Lemy, a luxury sustainable deodorant and personal care brand, joins Lori to discuss all things manifestation, mental health, and entrepreneurship. Tune in to hear Holly’s empowering story and advice for creating your best life and beauty biz.

"The difference between succeeding and it just being an idea is I have not stopped from that idea to the concept, to building a business since that day." - Holly Eve.

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Welcome back to The Beauty Biz Show. In this episode, I share my five key steps for how you can successfully launch a new product or service into your beauty biz world. From mapping out your trade show strategy to integrating your new offer seamlessly, tune in to learn how you can turn your purchase into profits.

“When you make these decisions from internal experience, it's way more powerful for your business than if you just see somebody doing it on social media and that makes you think you need it.” - Lori Crete

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Welcome back to The Beauty Biz Show. Today, skilled licensed aesthetician and spa marketing expert Lauren Snow is here to discuss The 60-Day Beauty Biz Success Challenge. Tune in to learn more about what The 60-Day Challenge is and how it can take your beauty biz to the next level!

“If you don't challenge yourself, you'll never realize what you can become, because growth always happens when you step outside your comfort zone.” - Lauren Snow

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Welcome back to The Beauty Biz Show. In this episode, I address an issue I’ve been experiencing that I’m calling “Strong Woman Burnout.” What is “Strong Woman Burnout?” What are the signs? And how do we recover from it to welcome effortless abundance back into our lives?

“When you feel like it's too much, it is too much no matter how strong you think you are.” - Lori Crete

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Today I tackle an issue that all of us have faced. What should we do when life interrupts the flow of our business? How do we stay focused, productive, and connected to our work as an esthetician with all that life and business throw at us?

"My beauty biz world is abundantly fulfilling, but it also comes with a very long to-do list." - Lori Crete. 

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Today's guest Kerri Kasem and I have a lot in common. We both appreciate simplicity and functionality and I admire her branding and marketing. She found the right people and credits them for helping her as she created her first skincare product, The One. In this episode, Kerri and I discuss what brought her to start a skincare line and what she didn't know that she didn't know about the business. We also talk about the power of serendipity and her journey with lupus.

"I was using so many different products because I wanted this ingredient and this ingredient all in one."  - Kerri Kasem.

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Serena Advani, founder of Seadrop Skincare, talks about legitimizing the beauty industry and behind-the-scenes strategic thinking.

"Instead of giving people a product that is more sustainable and that's it, it's worth giving them just a better product that happens to also be sustainable." - Serena Advani.

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In all my years of hearing about him, I have never heard anyone say a bad word about today's guest Douglas Preston, who was kind of getting ready to retire when his extraction tool blew up. Today he explains why he was never happy as a day spa owner and why the most important thing about being in esthetics is money.

"There is not enough for everybody unless not enough is good enough." - Douglas Preston.

Learn more about The Beauty Biz Show at http://www.loricrete.com/203