4/30/2023 0 Comments Pinupgirls salonI won my second national award during that year and begin also training in cosmetic tattooing services and advanced practices in eyelash extension. I was able to retain enough of my clients with enough consistency throughout that year that gave me the confidence to open my own business. I took a job just outside of town to honor my contract for a year and test the market so to speak. Then… it just simply became time to move on to greener pastures. Regardless, I began receiving national awards for my work, magazine appearances and was featured as successful inspiring women in the beauty industry in Modern Salon magazine. Every time I tried to reach up it was like having the legs kicked out from underneath me and being told to stay down, stay in your place and dull that shine! Later what my co-workers had warned me of slowly begin to reveal itself and I found myself in quite an abusive situation. It was clear that I had hit my stride! Brow waxing and Advanced cosmetic peels were my original love but were quickly replaced with a full book of lash extension clients once the popular service hit the market in 2006. At some points, I would carry 27 clients deep on a waiting list. I had a fiercely loyal clientele who would even come to the salon in cross-country skis if we were having inclement weather. I was the lead esthetician, the Director of Education, the manager of the department making all the product determinations streamlining the back bar inventory rewriting all of the service protocols essentially everything that needed doing for the spa Department. Regardless I pushed on pursuing every available opportunity and title. I remember having coworkers even request to meet me outside of work to discuss my “teacher’s pet” status and how it may have some long-term consequences in my career as my boss had been known to turn on people when she started to see them as a threat. I was fortunate to have my initial client-base handed to me on a silver platter due to the salons high-volume of clientele.Īs the daughter of a female entrepreneur who had started her own franchise of 50 stores in the early 80s when it was practically unheard of, I suppose I possessed a very tenacious nature. I began my career working for one of the top 200 salons in America. Today we’d like to introduce you to Leah Lynch.
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