Latest / Honest Esthetician Education / How This Solo Esthetician Built A Profitable Business From Home! FACEBYMACE
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- 0:00Hi guys, welcome to today's podcast.
- 0:02Today I have your colorful Esty, the amazing and beautiful Macy face by Mace on Instagram as everybody knows her.
- 0:10Super excited to have you on and just talk all things and hear about your business.
- 0:15But the first thing I want to hear is what is like, how did face by Mace start?
- 0:20What is the reasoning behind your name?
- 0:23I want to hear that question.
- 0:24That is a
- 0:26It all started in esthetician school a long time ago.
- 0:31So when I started esthetician school, I knew that the second that I started my Instagram, that that was going to be it.
- 0:36I had to be consistent.
- 0:38This was my business.
- 0:39And so when I chose my name and I created it, I was like, I want something with a nice ring to it.
- 0:44It rolls off the tongue.
- 0:45Maybe there's a little bit of room for growth.
- 0:47If I'm going to slap it on a label, put it on some apparel, have it on a building, it won't be weird.
- 0:52And I was like, Skin by Macy, that just, it doesn't hit.
- 0:55Like it's not hitting the mark.
- 0:56And then I was thinking about it actually for several weeks.
- 0:59There was a lot of intention behind it.
- 1:01And then one day it just came to me and I was like,
- 1:03Face by Mace.
- 1:04Oh, my gosh.
- 1:05But some loser already took the Face by Mace.
- 1:07I had to do a stupid period in between the B and the Y. Oh, my gosh.
- 1:11One day, you're going to get your name.
- 1:12I actually did trademark my name.
- 1:14Heck, yeah.
- 1:15Oh, my gosh.
- 1:16It's such a good name.
- 1:17It rings.
- 1:18And everything about your branding is amazing.
- 1:21Thank you.
- 1:22How did you get?
- 1:23I mean, you definitely bring a different feel to the space with all of your colorful graphics and everything.
- 1:29What inspired that?
- 1:31Well, OK, believe it or not, back to SD school when I chose that name, Face by Mace, and I started my Instagram, I actually went neutral because that's what everyone and their dog was doing.
- 1:40I was like, I didn't really know the importance of having a brand as an esthetician.
- 1:44I feel like that wasn't really a thing until recently, which, mind you, I only went to esthetician school in 2021.
- 1:50I feel like I'm still pretty new to this industry.
- 1:53Doesn't seem like it.
- 1:55Thank you.
- 1:55I feel like I've lived a million lives in the past three years.
- 1:59But yeah, so when I was in esthetician school, I was neutral just because that's what was comfortable.
- 2:02That's what was trendy.
- 2:03And I just thought that was the only way to do it.
- 2:06And I worked for a med spa right out of school and I still had that neutral coloring at the time.
- 2:11And then when I open up my own business, I'm thinking of how I want to decorate my room.
- 2:15It's like neon green sign, hot pink blanket, checkered rug, like all this crazy trippy stuff.
- 2:21And I'm like, I can't mesh a neutral Instagram with like a neon sign.
- 2:26Like there's no way.
- 2:27And so I was like, I'm just going to like...
- 2:29do a full 180 there was no transition it was like one day she's brown and neutral and then the next day it's like neon green rainbow guns a blazing like I say that rainbow is a neutral as you can tell I'm like head to toe in rainbow and this is always how I've been it's just like healing your inner child like plur and rave culture I've loved it my whole life and so I just like leaned into that and here we are
- 2:53Yeah, I mean, I love your branding.
- 2:55It's it's so and again, I before you, I had never seen anything like it in this space.
- 3:01You definitely brought that to the space, which I commend you for.
- 3:04It's so cool to see and just all of the other estheticians that you are inspiring along the way.
- 3:09I know that you do a lot of branding and consult calls.
- 3:13Do you do you do a lot of those on a regular basis?
- 3:18Yeah, and the funny thing is it happened organically.
- 3:20So a lot of what has gone on in my journey is a lot of the time I didn't want it to happen, and it's just organically happened because that is how it's meant to be.
- 3:30So I didn't want to go solo, actually, when I started working for someone.
- 3:34I was like, I'm great clocking in, clocking out, not worrying about overhead.
- 3:37That sounds great.
- 3:38Realized a month in, I'm like, I freaking hate this.
- 3:41I need to be my own boss.
- 3:42So I went on my own.
- 3:43Then when I went on my own, I think in my brain,
- 3:46I have to be doing a million clients a day in person when really my success lied virtually.
- 3:53I feel like I've always really connected with my virtual audience and stuff like that.
- 3:57And estheticians have always really appreciated, um, my education, just free education all the time.
- 4:02And so when I rebranded myself and I went for that crazy neon rainbow Ness, people are like, I kind of want to learn your ways.
- 4:09Like show me the face by my spice.
- 4:11And I was like, wait, I think I could like get paid.
- 4:13to do this like I think I could get paid to consult like other people and so I literally just started being like let's book a call and I get so booked out now months out in advance and I've helped over 600 estheticians now which is super cool my gosh that's so what a milestone that's amazing in a year I've helped
- 4:32So I do one or two consults a day.
- 4:35I still want to give myself time to work on my social media and in-person clients.
- 4:40I do a ton of stuff behind the scenes.
- 4:42So it's like finding a good balance between all of it.
- 4:45Yeah.
- 4:45No, you are the social media queen.
- 4:47I mean, I look up to you for that because you are so good.
- 4:52You're so consistent.
- 4:54I mean, your stories, I'm always like, what's next?
- 4:57How...
- 4:58The story spam's real.
- 4:59No, it's crazy.
- 5:00I mean, I love it.
- 5:01You know, it's something that I look up to you for.
- 5:03What would you say?
- 5:04Like, how do you just do like how do stories come so naturally for you?
- 5:08Like, what would you give somebody advice to?
- 5:11Well, my subscribers know this.
- 5:12Everything is content.
- 5:14So you can make content out of anything.
- 5:15I could take a picture of my outfit.
- 5:16I could take a picture of my leopard shoes.
- 5:18My phone case is super fun.
- 5:20Let me get a selfie real quick.
- 5:21I got a drink over there.
- 5:22Maybe I'll take a picture of my drink.
- 5:24So my brain is constantly thinking that way, where it's like my life doesn't have to be glamorous or elaborate, and it doesn't have to be perfectly cinematic all the time.
- 5:32It's romanticizing those little things that make each day different and special because...
- 5:36Yeah, my days are quite redundant.
- 5:38It's I go to the gym, I get ready for the day, I work, I go home, make dinner and hang out with my family.
- 5:43But like, maybe I got a Starbucks drink that day that I want to romanticize or I listened to your podcast on the way to work or, you know, and it's like sharing those little special moments.
- 5:52And my goal with my Instagram is to bring just joy to my audience, like.
- 5:57There's so much crap going on all the time.
- 5:59I'm like, this is like your little Delulu escape.
- 6:02Yeah.
- 6:03Welcome to my rave cave, my like trippy land.
- 6:05You get it on Instagram.
- 6:06You get it in person.
- 6:07I love it.
- 6:08You get it with my aura.
- 6:09Totally.
- 6:10All the things.
- 6:11So I kind of just built that habit where I ingrained it in my brain when I started my Instagram.
- 6:16Like...
- 6:17The number one thing that you need to be successful with social media, Instagram, all the things, is consistency.
- 6:22Everyone says it.
- 6:23They all say it for a reason.
- 6:25It's showing up no matter what.
- 6:27Every single day, no matter how busy you are, no matter how dead you are, you are showing up no matter what.
- 6:31Because you owe it to yourself, you owe it to your business, and you owe it to your audience.
- 6:35And it's paid off so much for me.
- 6:37Habit and then just everything's content, I feel like is what helps with stories a lot.
- 6:41Yeah, I mean, I know that us, you know, as human beings, I mean, I struggle with that.
- 6:46I overthink everything.
- 6:48And I think that's something that you need to get over.
- 6:51I've realized is stop overthinking your post and just post it.
- 6:55And something that I love about you is that you are so authentic.
- 6:58Like the first time, this is my first time meeting you.
- 7:00And I feel like I know you.
- 7:01I'm like, I've met this girl already.
- 7:03Like it's so insane.
- 7:04I mean, you really do showcase
- 7:06the, you know, what you being authentic and showing your true self on Instagram.
- 7:11And I mean, again, if you guys have not seen, you know, face my maces, Instagram, take some notes because you will learn a lot.
- 7:18I mean, so much free education.
- 7:20Like you said, um, I know that you started at a med spa and then you went solo.
- 7:26What, like how long was the transition?
- 7:28How long did you work at a med spa for?
- 7:30It was like a fever dream.
- 7:32I was barely there, honestly.
- 7:34So I was there four months total.
- 7:35So I graduated esthetician school and it worked out really great because again, the value of social media, I got jobs handed to me because I had my Instagram.
- 7:44I never interviewed at a single spot.
- 7:46It was wherever you want to work, you got the job because people were so impressed by my Instagram and stuff like that.
- 7:51And so I actually it was like a pen pal of mine.
- 7:54She hired me and I was her first esthetician.
- 7:56She was really young, starting out with her med spa.
- 7:58There was just a lot of wishy washy things.
- 8:01Um, I also, I've learned I'm just not a force to be reckoned with.
- 8:04Like I hate being told what to do.
- 8:06I do.
- 8:07Honestly, I get in like, not, I don't have like drama with people, but just like little tiffs where it's like, we, I'm not afraid to voice my opinion and how I feel about something.
- 8:17So even if I am an employee of like a med spa, like I want to give my two cents as well.
- 8:21And we would butt heads a little bit.
- 8:23And so I realized I'm like, I just don't think that this is like where I meant to be and where I meant to thrive.
- 8:28And so one thing after another, I realized, OK, I'm going to go solo.
- 8:32I got this social media.
- 8:33We'll just rely on that and hope that it works out.
- 8:36It's just the type of thing where it's like, do I have full books?
- 8:39No, I am just going to do it and hope that it works out.
- 8:43And so I did it, and I am never looking back.
- 8:45Yeah, you're killing it.
- 8:46I mean, to see your growth has been so fun to watch.
- 8:49Thank you.
- 8:51I mean, everything you're saying is so, so inspiring.
- 8:54So for you, you said that you basically got jobs handed to you.
- 8:57What was the your Instagram looking like?
- 8:59Did you for an esthetician, let's say they're in school right now.
- 9:02Did you niche down on certain services or did you just post everything?
- 9:05Did you have still that aesthetically pleasing feed?
- 9:09What was it that drew, you know, people to want to hire you, do you think?
- 9:13I posted everything in school.
- 9:14Here's the thing.
- 9:15We're always told niche, niche, niche, niche, niche.
- 9:17But why are you expected to niche when you're learning everything at once?
- 9:21Exactly.
- 9:21I went to school wanting to be a microneedling queen.
- 9:24And then I never did microneedling in school.
- 9:27People always went to me for Hydrafacial.
- 9:29That's all I did.
- 9:30And people wanted consults.
- 9:31They wanted me to sell them skincare from school.
- 9:35I mean, I had a consistent clientele and then went to a med spa.
- 9:38And I always got, it's so funny, because I always got the lowest service cost every month, because I was doing consults like crazy.
- 9:44And the consults are cheaper than a service.
- 9:47And then my sales were like through the roof every month I got top sales.
- 9:51So I'm just really big on like the skincare products and the hydrafacial.
- 9:56And I niched down eventually after that.
- 9:58Like I knew I wanted to do hydrafacial consults when I graduated.
- 10:01And then I niched even further from that where it's like I was able to find my virtual placing in this industry.
- 10:08Yeah.
- 10:08So you're going to figure it out as you evolve and grow and stuff like that.
- 10:11But in school, just have fun with it and post everything because it shows your growth.
- 10:15And again, it's your portfolio when you're in school.
- 10:19That way, I mean, if you do get hired at a day spa, they see that you can offer a good relaxing facial massage.
- 10:24But you also do results driven, too, in case you get hired at a med spa.
- 10:28It's like kind of covering all of your bases.
- 10:30Yeah.
- 10:31Um, yeah, no, that's kind of a long winded.
- 10:33No, I love that.
- 10:35So for consult calls and you do, it sounds like you found your niche, you know, virtual, a lot of online sales.
- 10:42What would you say is majority of your, what does your week look like?
- 10:46Do you take a lot of branding consults?
- 10:48Like, I mean, you said you take two a day.
- 10:50So, um, how often are you in person?
- 10:53What would you say is like your, your thing when you are your day to day week?
- 10:57Um, yeah.
- 10:58My thing is an e-commerce website.
- 11:01Online sales, social media stuff, that is my thing.
- 11:05I would say 90% of my business is virtual.
- 11:08And the 10% of it is facials and treatments and stuff like that.
- 11:11So I really only do Hydrofacial.
- 11:13That's really the only service that I offer.
- 11:15I do have BioRepeal.
- 11:16I have Acne Bootcamp.
- 11:17But I never get that booked.
- 11:18And I don't really advertise it that much.
- 11:20I just want to have that accessible because I do love treating acne.
- 11:23But Hydrofacial, I literally have it on my license plate.
- 11:26It says Best Hydrofacial in Utah.
- 11:27Oh.
- 11:27So I'm giving you a customized, luxurious experience, all the modalities, all the things.
- 11:33And I take probably five clients a week.
- 11:36Yeah, that's amazing.
- 11:37So I don't do a lot of in-person stuff.
- 11:40But each one of my clients, I treat them like gold.
- 11:42They're running out the door buying a full 10-step regimen.
- 11:46That's a requirement with all my clients.
- 11:47So I'm very picky with who's coming in my treatment room.
- 11:50Exactly.
- 11:51And then the rest of the time I'm, I don't know, working out, traveling, shipping out orders, subscription, all the things.
- 11:57I love that.
- 11:58And it sounds like the people that you take, I mean, you kill it with sales.
- 12:01So if you have five people a week, that's a ton of revenue for you, I'm sure.
- 12:06And I love that you
- 12:07even yourself and your business, you're the hydrofacial queen.
- 12:10Like that is so cool and inspiring.
- 12:12I love that.
- 12:13And that's something that I admire about you.
- 12:16Now for the virtual for the virtual consults, I would say like for the Instagram sales, like what would you say?
- 12:23I know that you post a lot about your everyday.
- 12:24You post a lot of links, affiliates.
- 12:27I love to see it.
- 12:28Do you feel like that is a majority of your income?
- 12:31Like when you're doing your sales, like how do you get so good at it?
- 12:35I would die without online links and product sales, honestly.
- 12:38Like seriously, because I had so many freaking cancellations this past month.
- 12:42Like I was only getting cancellations and no new bookings.
- 12:45And it's so easy to get in your head about that where you're like, what is going on?
- 12:48Like I'm putting in all this work and like I've had my business for over a year and there's cancellations going on like crazy and blah, blah, blah.
- 12:55And then I see all the orders coming in every day and I'm like, I'm fine.
- 12:59It's like,
- 12:59Success looks different for everyone.
- 13:02Exactly.
- 13:03I'm doing just fine, but it's easy to kind of overthink about it or whatever.
- 13:08Remind me what the question was.
- 13:09I literally am so ADHD.
- 13:10You're totally fine.
- 13:11I know we covered a lot so far.
- 13:13My question was, for online sales, how do you get so good at it?
- 13:17Oh, OK.
- 13:18Practice and owning it and embracing the cringe.
- 13:22Because I feel like so many people are like, I don't want to talk about a product or show me using a product because it's so cringy.
- 13:26And I'm like, who freaking cares?
- 13:29There's like, speaking of being cheesy and cringey, there's a quote that I love and it's, people are going to judge you no matter what, so you might as well do what you love and live your best life because you're never going to win.
- 13:38You're either going to do too much, too little, you're going to be really annoying or really timid.
- 13:43It's like not everyone's going to love you, but you're going to find your people, you're going to find your audience, and that's what matters.
- 13:49So I embrace the cringe is what I do.
- 13:51And I am not afraid to post links and post products.
- 13:54I feel like estheticians in their brain for some reason, and even I catch myself thinking this way.
- 13:59It's like, I don't want to be snaky.
- 14:01I don't want to be a car salesman.
- 14:03And I'm like, dude, you're just giving people the solution.
- 14:05You use the products yourself.
- 14:07You know they're going to work for this specific concern.
- 14:09You're doing your job.
- 14:10And it's like...
- 14:11Sometimes I tell myself, if I don't post this, I'm gatekeeping.
- 14:14Like, I'm gatekeeping something that can benefit someone.
- 14:17And so I just post it.
- 14:19And I'm like, worst comes to worst, if they hate it, it's gone in 24 hours.
- 14:22Exactly.
- 14:22Because it's on the story.
- 14:24And I know that you post a lot.
- 14:25So your stories, which I love, I wish I could be you.
- 14:29Well, you do a lot more like in person and like this stuff behind the scenes is so much work for you too.
- 14:34And you're so right.
- 14:35It does look different for everybody.
- 14:36That's why I love hearing your perspective.
- 14:39So for your stories, since, I mean, I would think that because you are so, it's like watching a story, like a live vlog.
- 14:48Like I would imagine your story views and your interactions are so much higher than mine when I post like two posts, you know?
- 14:54So do you feel that when you post as much that your stories get less reach?
- 14:59Because that's something like I feel like if I post too much, I feel like I each post, it's like less and less.
- 15:04And I'm like, come on, guys, like keep it with it.
- 15:06The first one got, you know, a high number of views, you know?
- 15:10So I was just curious because you post way more than me.
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- 15:43Well, the Instagram algorithm is so dumb.
- 15:45Like I know that I mentor SDs of like, this is how to get more reach and how to get more followers and grow.
- 15:52And it's kind of by just doing your thing and like hoping that it clicks.
- 15:56Like for me, I, you know, I get the same thing where it's like if I'm posting 30 stories a day, which typically that's what my day looks like.
- 16:03Every single story.
- 16:04Yes.
- 16:04The view goes down a little bit, a little bit.
- 16:06But I honestly don't look at my views day to day.
- 16:08I just post what I want and I don't worry about it because it's.
- 16:11If you're worrying about the algorithm, which is a game you're never going to win because it's ever changing, you're never going to post anything because we're already all perfectionists striving for perfection.
- 16:22We don't like this post.
- 16:23Our face looks ugly.
- 16:24We look dumb, whatever it is.
- 16:26And we don't want to post it because of that.
- 16:27If you're adding the algorithm on top of that, you're screwed.
- 16:30I know.
- 16:30So I just I don't care and I don't look at it.
- 16:33Yeah.
- 16:34And people tell me all the time, you know, what keeps me going is people tell me like,
- 16:39you brighten my day so much.
- 16:40Like I look forward to watching your talking videos while I'm doing my skincare or like, you know, I'm going through a really rough time and like you give me an escape.
- 16:48It's that's my why.
- 16:50And I get messages like that every day.
- 16:51So it's like, sure.
- 16:53Maybe my whole, you know, 15,000 followers won't like it or watch it, but like at least one person's gaining value from it.
- 16:59Exactly.
- 17:00No, and that's so true.
- 17:02So for you, I mean, I think that's a really cool point.
- 17:05Like that inspires me to post more because for me, I'm very intentional with my stories.
- 17:09I will post one.
- 17:11My first story will be like super planned.
- 17:13I'm like, okay, this is how I want to get maximum reach.
- 17:15And then my second story,
- 17:17you know, I'll kind of get some more freedom with it.
- 17:19But like, I'm very intentional because I don't just post whatever.
- 17:21So I love your perspective on that because you're so right.
- 17:25You can't just be overthinking and overanalyzing it.
- 17:27I mean, people do, I mean, that's why stories are a thing.
- 17:29People want to feel the real you and they want to feel like they can experience life with you in a sense.
- 17:35So, and I think like a way to look at it is what do you enjoy as a consumer?
- 17:40So what I've noticed is of course I'm posting the business side of book here, buy this, do that.
- 17:45I'm posting those things because that's my job.
- 17:47But the stories that are getting a response are the ones of me talking about the cat litter that I got from my cat at Target.
- 17:53Or like, this is my haul from...
- 17:55this boutique local, or this is what I'm eating for lunch.
- 17:58And people respond, that looks so good.
- 18:00Where's that at?
- 18:01Or what glitter are you wearing on your eyes?
- 18:03People are interacting in that way and it's building a connection.
- 18:06And so that's why I tell pretty much all my mentees with stories, at least you can kind of be more fun with it and not be as intentional because it's temporary.
- 18:14Um, I usually will say a ratio of 50, 50.
- 18:17So 50% lifestyle, 50% business, which I know for everyone that's going to look different.
- 18:22Like for some people, they want their page to be more business focused and that's fine.
- 18:27But I think like for me, my goal and my target audience is different than other people where I just want everyone to feel like a homie.
- 18:33And it's exactly what you said earlier.
- 18:35We're like, you know me before you know me.
- 18:38It's like...
- 18:39You talk the exact same that you do on your stories.
- 18:42You look the same.
- 18:43It's like it's all the same.
- 18:44And it's because I'm just authentically myself day in and day out.
- 18:48No.
- 18:48And you have a huge esthetician community.
- 18:50Like, would you say your your Instagram is majority of estheticians at this point as you've grown a following?
- 18:56Yeah, I would say so, which I know can be bad in some cases when you're wanting it to translate to in-person clients.
- 19:02But for me, it's actually worked out a lot because I just started an Instagram subscription
- 19:08Oh, crap.
- 19:08I think it's been like five months already, which is insane.
- 19:11And it's a subscription strictly for estheticians where they can subscribe.
- 19:15And I tell them, you know, this is how you make this Canva post.
- 19:18This is how you bring on this product line.
- 19:20These are brands that maybe aren't as, they don't care about the esthetician compared to this one.
- 19:25Or like, this is how I got started with my room.
- 19:28And these are my consumables.
- 19:29Like things like that, that you need, you need those questions answered.
- 19:32Like when you're solo, it can be really isolating and you need someone to confide in.
- 19:36And so my subscription is that.
- 19:38And my esthetician following has helped a ton with getting, you know, people for my subscription, people for consults.
- 19:44And believe it or not, a lot of my orders, I would say like 50% are estheticians.
- 19:49Wow.
- 19:49That's so cool.
- 19:51That's amazing.
- 19:52I mean, it sounds like you found your market and there's nothing wrong with that because you may not like you may have an esthetician community, but that's your niche.
- 20:00You know, I mean that.
- 20:01for I'd see your page and I'm like, oh my gosh, she has such a strong esthetician community.
- 20:06And I think that's really important.
- 20:07And again, it looks different for everybody.
- 20:09So I love that for you.
- 20:10Thank you.
- 20:11How would you say your community, like what does your community look like, your ideal audience on your Instagram?
- 20:16Honestly, I feel like a lot of people follow me for my cinematic videos and just the editing.
- 20:21I do feel like I have a lot of support from estheticians and community, like where we talk to each other on Instagram.
- 20:29Um, but yeah, it's, I would say it's like 50, 50.
- 20:32I mean, now that my Instagram has grown and it's, it's across the world now.
- 20:36Um, I would say that, you know, I still get bookings of people coming in because I am showcasing a lot of my services and people are like, oh wow, that looks relaxing.
- 20:45Oh wow.
- 20:45I want that hydro facial.
- 20:47So I still get a lot of people coming in from Instagram, but I do also have like a bigger esthetician community, like through DMS, um, and just people through my Patreon now, um, um, yeah.
- 20:57You know, a lot of people have, you know, subscribe to my Patreon account.
- 21:00And that's just been so cool to help other businesses and other estheticians because I felt like for so long I had this platform and I wasn't doing anything with it because again, I was overthinking of the perfect platform.
- 21:11It has to be perfect.
- 21:13instead of just doing it and providing that value because people want to know like what's the back end of the business side.
- 21:20And so that's been really cool to see as far as community goes.
- 21:24I love that because I have recommended you so many times in my consults because I feel like everyone in my branding consults, the first thing they say, I am not a social media queen.
- 21:35I don't know what I'm doing.
- 21:36Everyone says that and I'm like, the goal is to make you a social media queen.
- 21:39And it's working smarter, not harder.
- 21:40Because honestly, I don't know what the heck I'm doing half the time either.
- 21:43So a lot of times, like, their struggle is I can't get content because I'm so busy and booked back to back.
- 21:49Or I don't know how to get the right angle or the lighting looks really bad or whatever it is.
- 21:54And I'm like, dude, if you don't want to worry about it at all, just pay this chick every month.
- 21:58and get these videos because she will solve the problem for you.
- 22:02And it's been so helpful to people because 2024, Instagram's the new Google.
- 22:07This is how people are finding you.
- 22:09Sure, word of mouth, Google reviews, those ways are great ways to bring clients in as well.
- 22:13But Instagram?
- 22:15that's how people find me and that's how people are finding a lot of estheticians.
- 22:19People do their research on Instagram.
- 22:21They're like, you know, hydrafacial, you know, you may be the first one that pops up.
- 22:25And I think that's something.
- 22:26It's so funny that you say that that's the first thing you hear is I'm not a social media queen.
- 22:30It's like none of us were when we first started.
- 22:33Like you have to figure out
- 22:35who you are, like who are you as a provider?
- 22:38You know, like you don't have to have it all down.
- 22:40And I think that's something that will come organically over time and figuring out like, who are you?
- 22:44Like, what do you want to showcase?
- 22:46What's the version of you that like brings joy on social media?
- 22:50And I think we all have this pressure of like, everything has to like be perfect.
- 22:54I don't know what I'm doing.
- 22:55And practice really does make perfect.
- 22:56I mean, for you, you do a lot of like graphics and I love your graphics.
- 23:00How long does it usually take me?
- 23:02I mean, take me.
- 23:03How long does it usually take you?
- 23:04You're like, I know it takes me a long time.
- 23:05I know, right?
- 23:06For me, I'm like, I spend hours sometimes.
- 23:08Oh, yeah.
- 23:09Well, sometimes you have to delegate.
- 23:12If you feel like it's going to take you forever, maybe you've got to pay a little graphic designer to help you.
- 23:16So I make, I would say, like 75% of my graphics I make myself.
- 23:20And it's just like, I'll get these ideas on the treadmill or in the shower or I'm driving and I have to pull over on the side of the road and I'll just throw up on this list of like,
- 23:30A bunch of just random things in my Apple notes.
- 23:32You should see my list right now.
- 23:33I probably have 50 ideas that I'm like, I have in the works right now because my brain does not shut off.
- 23:39Like I get so many ideas.
- 23:40And the great thing about that is that I can rely on that when I'm in like a rut or I'm not feeling as inspired or motivated because you're not going to be motivated all the time.
- 23:49So sometimes you need a little bit of help.
- 23:50So that's a little hot girl hack for you guys.
- 23:52I love it.
- 23:53Yeah.
- 23:54So, but we always forget ADHD brains.
- 23:56Got to do it right then and there.
- 23:57I'm convinced.
- 23:59Esthetician business owners are all ADHD.
- 24:01Oh, like 100%.
- 24:03There's no way that you can't be because you have to do 50 things at once.
- 24:06Yeah.
- 24:06No.
- 24:08I always think I'm like, I have to write this down right now or otherwise if I don't do it within 30 seconds, it's going to leave my brain and it's like right over here.
- 24:15I know.
- 24:15Or like, I don't know.
- 24:16I don't know if you've ever had this, but like mid client, you have an idea and you're just like, oh my gosh, remember it.
- 24:20Remember it.
- 24:21Remember it.
- 24:22Put them under LED and be like, please.
- 24:24Hold on.
- 24:24Relax.
- 24:25Let me go write this down really quick.
- 24:26I know.
- 24:27But with the graphics,
- 24:28Sometimes, you know, Canva, Canva Pro is my BFF.
- 24:31So I love going on there and making some things.
- 24:33But then I'll get probably like three posts made a month by a graphic designer because I like really customized.
- 24:38I like the playful, cartoony graphics.
- 24:40Like not everyone, it's not going to be everyone's vibe.
- 24:43But for me, I'm like very out there with my designs and my ideas.
- 24:47And sometimes I can't.
- 24:48I can't draw for crap.
- 24:49Oh.
- 24:50So I need help.
- 24:51Yeah.
- 24:51No, I know the really popular ones like Skin Care Gem.
- 24:54Is that who you use?
- 24:55Yeah.
- 24:55Oh, my gosh.
- 24:56I love her work.
- 24:57I just got the cutest one sent to me today.
- 25:00Like, all the Halloween content.
- 25:02Oh, my gosh.
- 25:03love halloween so much oh i can't wait to see all your halloween posts like keep them coming i love them every year i'm like i have a few people that i can't wait to see their posts you're definitely one of them oh they're crazy yeah um so as far as your um
- 25:20I know that you're a diehard Jan Marini girly.
- 25:22I want to talk about that.
- 25:24How did you get started with Jan Marini?
- 25:27Like what?
- 25:28Was it from personal experience of using it?
- 25:30I mean, I'm assuming that's what you use.
- 25:33But did you start with Jan Marini?
- 25:35Yeah.
- 25:35So it was one of the lines that I started with.
- 25:37Oh my gosh, guys.
- 25:39If you don't know what Jan Marini is...
- 25:41Here's the thing.
- 25:41I was a skeptic about it at first because she's been in the industry for a long time.
- 25:45She's like an older lady.
- 25:46She has older products.
- 25:47And I'm all about like what's the latest and greatest technology?
- 25:51What's like sexy packaging?
- 25:52Like there's just so much that like I want because I'm a trendy girly.
- 25:55Like I want what's hot.
- 25:56Yeah.
- 25:57And I was using what's hot and my skin was not hot.
- 26:00So I was at a med spa and I was using a very popular line that a lot of estheticians get great results with.
- 26:07But for me, what was it?
- 26:10I'm pretty sure I carry this.
- 26:11It was skin better.
- 26:11Yeah.
- 26:12I don't treat people that has acne with...
- 26:14with Skin Better.
- 26:15So just, we're on the same page.
- 26:16Because Skin Better, they don't have a benzoyl peroxide.
- 26:18And if you have acne, you need a benzoyl peroxide, point blank, period.
- 26:21100%.
- 26:22But I had FOMO because I wanted to use a retinol.
- 26:26But you can't mix benzoyl peroxide with retinol.
- 26:28And so we actually, at the med spa that I was at, we had a rep come in.
- 26:32She was with Jan Marini.
- 26:32Her name's Brittany.
- 26:33And she actually lives, literally, in this area.
- 26:35Oh my gosh.
- 26:36Go knock on your door.
- 26:37Hello.
- 26:37We're talking about you right now.
- 26:39I know.
- 26:39She lives literally in Daybreak, which is just down.
- 26:42Wow.
- 26:42I know.
- 26:42She's cute.
- 26:43But she came in and she saw my skin and was like, I have a product for you.
- 26:47And I was like, OK. And it was Duality.
- 26:49So Duality is like the gold star product from Gianmarini.
- 26:53And what it is is it is a dual chamber product.
- 26:56So there's two pumps on it.
- 26:57One of them has an all trans retinol, which just means it's a non-irritating retinol.
- 27:01And then ultra micronized benzoyl peroxide is the other one.
- 27:05And you mix them.
- 27:06So you mix retinol and benzoyl peroxide.
- 27:08And you get the best of both worlds of anti-aging with retinol
- 27:11and acne fighting with BPO.
- 27:13You mix it, put it on your face, and dude, I'm not joking.
- 27:16Like, no cap.
- 27:17I was clear in like three days.
- 27:19That's insane.
- 27:19Like, my skin was, it needed it so bad.
- 27:23It's like, so finally, something that works.
- 27:25I know, and I was converted.
- 27:27I was like, I literally will use this until I'm 90.
- 27:30Like, you cannot rip this from my cold, dead hands.
- 27:33So when I brought on my Lions and had to choose what I wanted,
- 27:36Face Reality and Glymed were obvious because for my solo SDs, like any of you guys going solo, those two lines are super easy because you have no opening orders.
- 27:45It's pretty well, Face Reality is like 800 to get the education.
- 27:48But it's like they've changed.
- 27:49So yeah, it's no.
- 27:51But like, it's still I would say, like, invest in Face Reality's education.
- 27:55I think it's worth it.
- 27:56It's number one.
- 27:57Yes.
- 27:57Yes.
- 27:58And then Glymed's just like, if you want stragglers, like a good mist, some good moisturizers, and Glymed, you can buy three of each SKU if you really want.
- 28:06And there's no pressure to like spend three grand in one sitting.
- 28:08So those two were obvious.
- 28:10And then I needed a third line that gave me like the vitamin C, the retinol.
- 28:13Like what are my gaps that like need to be filled?
- 28:16And so Jan Marini, I was like, girl, I'm addicted to this line.
- 28:20I use it myself.
- 28:21Like, no one really has this.
- 28:23I'm going to do something that no one really has done.
- 28:26Not saying that, like, no estheticians have it, but, like, no one really was talking about it.
- 28:31Yeah.
- 28:31And so I was like, I'm doing it.
- 28:33And I did.
- 28:33And it's my number one selling line now.
- 28:35Wow.
- 28:35That's amazing.
- 28:36Oh, my gosh.
- 28:38Now, I have.
- 28:38So what would be the difference between?
- 28:40Is it just from you personally using that product?
- 28:42And now it's your ride or die.
- 28:44Have you...
- 28:45incorporated any of face realities benzoyl peroxide yeah so i actually was introduced to face reality back in 2018 when i was in college okay and i had severe grade four cystic acne everywhere it was out of control and i just started college you know i'm stoked to like party it up and meet hot guys and stuff and my skin looks like crap and so i did find an esthetician there i don't know do you know who uh lw skincare is no i don't okay are they here
- 29:10No, she's in Idaho, but she has pink hair.
- 29:12She's like the pink hair lady.
- 29:14Ooh, I'll have to look her up.
- 29:15Yeah, yeah, she's cute.
- 29:16So I found her when I was in college, and she cleared me on Face Reality.
- 29:20And so I was very familiar with the acne meds.
- 29:23But as I got in my 20s, like, I wanted a retinol, too.
- 29:26Like, you evolve.
- 29:27You change your routine and stuff.
- 29:28And so...
- 29:29I still do have the acne meds available with my face reality, but a majority of my clients are buying duality because they just love it.
- 29:36Yeah, I know.
- 29:36And I, and I love that because two lines, you know, that we like, I mean, for acne, I mean, you wanted the best of both worlds.
- 29:44And I think that face reality does have, you know, they have theirs, but once you find your product, it's, it's over.
- 29:51And I'm like a big challenge.
- 29:52picker right so like and I think you and Rach even talked about this where she's like I love eminence but not like only that line yeah I want to have a variety of it like I'm the exact same way because not everyone's skin is different like people usually have more than one concern if you only had one concern how does it feel to be God's favorite I know literally so like
- 30:12You need a variety to give them that customized experience and regimen.
- 30:17And so I, crap, how many lines do I sell?
- 30:20I got to sell like 10.
- 30:21I sell so much.
- 30:22And that's the beauty of cherry picking.
- 30:24I mean, again, you don't have to carry every single, like, pick what resonates with you that you know you can sell.
- 30:29And I, I.
- 30:30did touch base on this on a previous podcast but like I feel as estheticians we see everything new and we feel like we have to have it like before like that's why I I try things before I freaking promote them I want to hear your story oh my gosh so I sound like such a freaking hater I just say what everyone's afraid to say okay we're all thinking it and you you'll probably agree with me I'm if you've tried it you're gonna be like oh so hydrinity came out
- 30:56Oh, is it about the lip?
- 30:58Yeah.
- 30:58I knew you were going to say this.
- 31:00So hydrinity comes out with this new lip product.
- 31:02It's 50 bucks.
- 31:03So obviously we're all Anfisa on gloss obsessed.
- 31:07We have high hopes for this product.
- 31:09And so everyone is like, before they can even try it has to buy these giant packets of 20 of them or whatever.
- 31:16And they all are like, this is trash.
- 31:17Like on their close friends stories.
- 31:19And I go on my story and I'm like, this sucks.
- 31:22Oh no.
- 31:22And hydrinity is like,
- 31:23it's because it's not a lip balm it's this i'm like no if it's 50 bucks i'm not using a lip gloss on top of it like no no so anyways yeah i don't even know where i was going with that but just like cherry picking like yeah but i do retail hyacinth mist and i love it from hydrinity so like there's going to be products that you don't like and don't work for you and maybe there's some estes that love the luxe lip hydrator who knows
- 31:47I know.
- 31:47I haven't heard much, though.
- 31:48I'm sad.
- 31:49I'm like, it's so sad when like such a good line.
- 31:52I know.
- 31:52Comes out with like a sucky product.
- 31:54Oh my gosh.
- 31:55It's just so sad.
- 31:56It's unfortunate.
- 31:56But you find that in every line.
- 31:57Exactly.
- 31:58Honestly, Jan Marini is the, I'm just telling you, Jan Marini is the only line that I've tried almost everything and I have not been let down by any of her products.
- 32:06Because like, you know, Epicutus, I also am an Epicutus girly.
- 32:09That's number two for me.
- 32:10Lipid serum is my top seller every month.
- 32:12That's amazing.
- 32:12But like, I don't retail Hyvea cream because it has shea butter, and I just get nervous about it for acne prone skin.
- 32:18Totally.
- 32:19So it's like, I am like their number one advocate, OK?
- 32:22But I don't need to be obsessed with every single product.
- 32:25It's OK. Yeah, no, totally.
- 32:27And I mean, as far as Epicutus goes, that's your number two, you would say?
- 32:32Oh my gosh.
- 32:32Yeah, so Jan Marini, Epicutus.
- 32:35I also do.
- 32:36Do you sell the Caraviv peptide complex spray?
- 32:39I don't.
- 32:39I did.
- 32:40I previously did out of meds, like when they retailed it.
- 32:43But no, I don't currently carry it.
- 32:45Would you suggest it?
- 32:46Yes.
- 32:47Especially for Estes.
- 32:48So Caraviv, if you guys aren't familiar, it's a scalp treatment with Hydrafacial.
- 32:52Okay.
- 32:53So even though I do Hydrafacial, I do everything within Hydrafacial.
- 32:56So I do the caribbean scalp treatment.
- 32:58I do the perks.
- 32:59I do lymphatic.
- 33:00Like, I do all of it.
- 33:01I don't do the body just because I don't have a big space.
- 33:03So it's just not comfortable.
- 33:04Totally.
- 33:05But, like, if I had the space, I would.
- 33:07So, like...
- 33:08Yes, I do basically one thing, but I do all of it within it.
- 33:11So Caraviv, it can be really hard to sell and advertise because it's a $400 scalp treatment.
- 33:16So it's really hard for people to justify spending that much money on their head when really they should be because your scalp ages 12 times faster than your face.
- 33:24So what it comes down to is I started educating my audience and I said, hey, the gateway drug to Caraviv.
- 33:30is your peptide complex spray.
- 33:32And I sell it like hotcakes.
- 33:33I don't even know.
- 33:34It's just like, I sell it like crazy and people love it because they see the results and they have those little bean sprouts growing out of their head and they're like, why do I have so many baby hairs?
- 33:43I'm like, it's because it's working.
- 33:44Oh my gosh, it's so amazing.
- 33:46I mean, I love that you say that because Carabee was definitely something that,
- 33:49When I worked at a med spa, it was really hard for people to sell.
- 33:53So I think that's a really good point of carrying that for retail because people can see that it works rather than they're like, why would I get a $400 scalp treatment?
- 34:02Did they recently change the pricing too?
- 34:04Yeah.
- 34:04So before it was $4.95 now it's $3.95 because before you'd have to buy everything in like its own pack.
- 34:10So it was all, it was like a perk where it was all included.
- 34:12And now it's separate.
- 34:13You buy it all a cart.
- 34:14So it's actually made it a lot more affordable, which is great.
- 34:17But even then it's hard to book a 3 95 scalp facial.
- 34:21So sometimes I'll do like little deals where you get like a signature for free with the care of Eve and then it like gets them in the door, you know, that type of thing.
- 34:28But the spray, I also started retelling it because I'm so virtual.
- 34:32So like a lot of people see me posting these phenomenal before and afters of care of Eve.
- 34:37they're like, well, I can't like go to you.
- 34:39I live in Alaska or something.
- 34:41And I'll be like, okay, buy the spray and you'll see how well it works.
- 34:43And they'll buy it for their husbands who are like prematurely balding and everyone's using it in the family.
- 34:50I love that you found, you find a solution even when you can't sell to somebody.
- 34:53That's so cool.
- 34:55I mean, that's a really good point.
- 34:56Take notes guys, because that's such a good little hack.
- 34:59You should do it.
- 35:00Yeah.
- 35:01That's crazy.
- 35:02So Hydrafacial is your bread and butter in person.
- 35:05It's your
- 35:06the service that you love doing most, would you say that your Hydro Facial Genie, um, Genie Hydro Facial, sorry.
- 35:15Um, is that your most popular service you would say?
- 35:17No, I would say, so I actually renamed all my facials, which is so fun.
- 35:21So my Lava Lamp Hydro Facial is the most,
- 35:23I love it.
- 35:24Oh my gosh.
- 35:25I'm so tacky.
- 35:26I love it.
- 35:27It all connects together.
- 35:28Yes, it does.
- 35:29So it's equivalent to the deluxe.
- 35:31OK, just the 60 minute.
- 35:32You get the booster, the LED and then the CO2 lift treatment.
- 35:37Everyone adds that on.
- 35:38So they'll get the lava lamp hydrofacial with the CO2 lift and they're in and out in an hour.
- 35:42And it's a lovely ROI on my end.
- 35:45They're getting great results.
- 35:46It's for pretty much any skin type that you can think of.
- 35:49But the Genie Hydrafacial, that's if the Biorepeal and Hydrafacial combined.
- 35:54Okay.
- 35:54That's for people that want like a Mac Daddy treatment.
- 35:57They're like, I want everything on your menu at once.
- 36:00I'm like, I got you, girl.
- 36:01I love that.
- 36:02Let's do it.
- 36:02I know.
- 36:02I love that you just include everything.
- 36:04You're like, this is what you get like with each tier.
- 36:07I'm so against people doing deluxe and like naming their Hydrafacials deluxe and platinum.
- 36:11I just changed it like last week.
- 36:14Wait, really?
- 36:14I thought you already had names like that.
- 36:16No, I had the Genie because I call my buyer repealed Genie in a bottle.
- 36:20Okay.
- 36:21And so like that's been my thing forever.
- 36:23But then I was like, why do I have this special Genie Hydrofacial and my other ones don't sound as cool?
- 36:27Yeah, no, that's so true.
- 36:29Which I guess the Genie one, my brain was thinking, I'll give it a cool name because I want that book to the most because it's the most expensive.
- 36:35Yeah.
- 36:35But then I was like, I got to make it all my brand.
- 36:38Because you talk about this a lot in your podcast where it's all about the little details.
- 36:42It comes down to the teeniest things, down to what are your facials on your treatment menu name?
- 36:47Or what emojis do you use in your captions?
- 36:50It truly does contribute to your brand overall.
- 36:53And so I'm glad I finally changed it because I was so boring.
- 36:55Like, why did I do that?
- 36:56Yeah, no, it's so true.
- 36:58It's like, oh my gosh, I'm like, make it exciting.
- 37:00Make it you make it your whole brand.
- 37:01I mean, nobody nobody knows what to be honest, like and that's what I learned.
- 37:05I'm like, nobody knows what a deluxe hydro facial is.
- 37:08So right.
- 37:08What's your name?
- 37:09Mine's the Recharge and Go Hydro Facial Experience.
- 37:12And then my other one is anti-aging hydro facial because that's what I want people to book.
- 37:17I want anti-aging clients.
- 37:18Okay.
- 37:19And so that's, it's just right to the T. And I use the word experiences in them because I, as you can see, my videos are very cinematic.
- 37:28I want them to feel that experience when they come in the door.
- 37:31So that's just my little touch on it.
- 37:34Yours are definitely more fun than mine.
- 37:36Mine are just like, you have your, because, and that's the thing is like in my consults even, people are like, you're so successful with the color.
- 37:43Maybe I need to do that too.
- 37:45Because like, are people going to forget me because I'm neutral?
- 37:49And like, you're a neutral girly and you're killing it.
- 37:52Because you're all about like romanticizing the experience and your videos are so well done.
- 37:56And that is what your brand is.
- 37:59And you're not doing these crazy neon colors left and right, but you still are memorable.
- 38:03So that just goes to show like,
- 38:04Just by you doing you and doing what you love, you do create this brand for yourself.
- 38:09And it's so funny.
- 38:11I appreciate that.
- 38:11Thank you so much for the kind words.
- 38:14It's so funny because my first Instagram I started, it was actually called Skin by Victoria, which is so boring.
- 38:20I remember that, I think.
- 38:21Yeah, it was such a boring name.
- 38:23But that's what people knew me as because I did a lot of educational talking head videos.
- 38:27And I did it all with a backdrop.
- 38:29My brand was all pink.
- 38:31It was so crazy.
- 38:32I know.
- 38:32When was this?
- 38:33This was like four years ago.
- 38:35You still got a pink mic though, girl.
- 38:36I know.
- 38:37I was like, I got to touch it in, bring it in somehow.
- 38:39It drives me crazy if there's like a pink on my page now.
- 38:42I don't know why.
- 38:43You know, you just grow with your branding.
- 38:45Yes, I'm like, not the pink backdrop.
- 38:47Then at one point I did purple because the med spot that I worked at was purple.
- 38:51I hated it, but like, it just shows that like, I mean, I'm so neutral now, but it was never like that.
- 38:56There was like a whole evolution of skin by Victoria to now skin by you.
- 39:00And I like, I just honestly don't, I don't post on skin by Victoria anymore, but I basically rebranded myself and that's okay.
- 39:06Like you're still figuring out your groove, what you want and the things that you want to showcase and.
- 39:11And four years from now, you might be in a completely different place.
- 39:14Like for me, you know, I've always been that neon colorful SD queen, but like I add little details.
- 39:21So like this past year, I've really honed in on like that trippy, like rave culture vibe where like I, you know, I go to raves and festivals all the time.
- 39:29It's something that I really, really love.
- 39:30And I just love that like psychedelic vibe.
- 39:33Not, I don't do drugs, guys.
- 39:35Like everyone's probably like this chick just shrooms on the weekend.
- 39:38I promise I don't.
- 39:39I just love drugs.
- 39:40the color and like it's just so intoxicating like watching I don't know it's cool and so I leveraged that more this year like more of the patterns and stuff and so it just goes to show like you're constantly growing you're going to be taking things out adding things in you do the same thing yeah I mean for you since you've always how long have you been like this colorful has it always been in you and you're just like I'm unleashing it
- 40:04Like you could see on my wrist, I got all my ice on my wrist.
- 40:07Like I've always, I was that kid that would just wear bracelets up my arm.
- 40:11And that now is like rave candy for me.
- 40:13And we're like, I will have the rave candy bracelets on my arm.
- 40:15And now I wear my bracelets every day.
- 40:17So like, I've always loved all the jewelry and I've loved the fun, vibrant colors.
- 40:21And like, I think I just, it might be cheesy or tacky to some, but I don't care.
- 40:26I'm like, this is just me and take it or leave it.
- 40:29Yeah.
- 40:30I love that.
- 40:34you just bring such a fun feel to the aesthetic space.
- 40:37And I just, I love it.
- 40:38It's like you are you and you're just so vibey in every way.
- 40:41Because it's usually so Zen.
- 40:43Like when you think aesthetics, it's like, and this is totally fine.
- 40:46I love the Kim K Zen vibes in my house, believe it or not, is neutral.
- 40:49Yeah.
- 40:49Which is kind of crazy.
- 40:50Yeah.
- 40:51It's, it's neutral.
- 40:52That's weird to think about.
- 40:53No color.
- 40:54Because my husband likes the modern like chill vibe.
- 40:56So I gotta, I gotta compromise.
- 40:57You gotta live through it somehow sister.
- 40:59I just live two personalities.
- 41:00It's fine.
- 41:02But yeah, yeah, the color, it's always been in me and so fun.
- 41:06That's awesome.
- 41:07So my last question for you is going to be, if we are going to give one piece of advice to an esthetician, what would it be when you're first starting?
- 41:16Whether you're in an aesthetic school or you're just starting out in your career or maybe you're seasoned.
- 41:22Oh my gosh.
- 41:23I could say so many things right now.
- 41:25So I'm going to be annoying and weird.
- 41:28So my family, I just think of like my childhood real quick.
- 41:32We're going to say a little story here.
- 41:33So my childhood house growing up, my mom always had this little sticker and it was like above the door before we'd go to school, we would see it.
- 41:41And it said, be true to yourself.
- 41:43and that was something that was just like ingrained in my brain of like be true to yourself like be authentically you it doesn't matter like what people think of you because you're never gonna win like I was saying earlier a lot of people may not like you and a lot of people are gonna like you no matter what you do so like just live your best life so like I would say that for sure and then also the perfectionism aspect we kind of touched on a lot um so just trying to like
- 42:06own it and be yourself and like not try to be perfect all the time.
- 42:11It's okay to be perfect in the treatment room when you want to slay the brows or like get the glow on the face.
- 42:17But when it comes to socials and just in-person stuff, that, yeah, I don't like leverage your quirks, I guess is where I'm trying to get up.
- 42:24Yeah, no, I love that.
- 42:25That is such good advice.
- 42:26I mean, be you be authentic.
- 42:28You're right.
- 42:29Not everyone's going to love you, even if you're perfect.
- 42:32There's some people who aren't going to like you if you portray yourself that way.
- 42:35What about you?
- 42:36I would say my advice.
- 42:39Yeah.
- 42:40I mean, my advice would also be, I mean, would be once you figure out what type of esthetician that you want to be niche down in that.
- 42:47I know that you said in the beginning, you know, when we are, which I completely agree with, um, when we're, when we're starting out in aesthetics, we don't know what we want to be.
- 42:57But just keep practicing, keep figuring out that service that brings you joy and niche down like Macy's doing with Hydrofacial.
- 43:04She's a Hydrofacial queen.
- 43:06So once you get that service that you want to niche down in, just tunnel vision, baby.
- 43:11Yes.
- 43:11Yes.
- 43:11And don't try to do what everyone else is doing.
- 43:14Yeah, exactly.
- 43:15Just post the heck out of it and promote that service.
- 43:18We can't, we are the jack of all trades as estheticians.
- 43:21But unfortunately, if we portray everything, people are going to be so overwhelmed.
- 43:24They don't know what to book.
- 43:26Keep posting that service that you want people to book.
- 43:28So that would be my little tip of advice.
- 43:31And try not to be perfect.
- 43:32Like Macy said, like me, I try to perfect everything.
- 43:35Yeah, be weird, be colorful, be authentic for yourself.
- 43:40But yeah, thank you guys so much.
- 43:41This was such a fun episode.
- 43:43Thank you so much.
- 43:44I know this was not 20 minutes, guys.
- 43:45No, it wasn't.
- 43:47Oh, no.
- 43:47Wait, how long was it?
- 43:48An hour.
- 43:49Oh, my gosh.
- 43:49This is perfect.
- 43:51Well.
- 43:52You have been such.
- 43:53We're just chatty Cathy's.
- 43:55No, exactly.
- 43:55This has been one of the most fun podcasts I've ever done.
- 43:59Thank you so much for coming today.
- 44:02We're in Utah today, so we're going to be exploring your city.
- 44:06But as always, make sure you guys like, comment, and subscribe.
- 44:09And we'll see you next time.
- 44:10Bye, guys.