SALON LIFE

 Hi guys!! Welcome back! I hope you guys had a great week. If you’re in WI, I hope you loved that snow we got 🥲 So! This week we’re switching it up a little bit! We’re going from NY, back to WI ❤️ we’re going to talk about what where I don’t of my work & how I feel about it. ☺️

As much as I LOVE the fashion world, I’m not sure I could ever live in & fully do the NYC lifestyle. Like I mentioned previously, I work full time in a luxury salon & spa here in Milwaukee. I work 4-5 days a week, and offer services ranging from polish changes all the way to nail extensions, nail art, all the fun stuff. 

I’ve been at my salon for four years now and it has been very nice. Nothing is perfect, obviously. But there are a lot of benefits of working at a salon rather than being independent. When I was in nail school, I kind of always thought I would just be independent and do my own thing right away, but that wasn’t the reality. God had a different plan for me and we just go with it. 

Being an employee comes with its perks for sure! We have support in just about every way. We don't have to buy all of our own products, we don't manage all of our books, we don’t have to deal with the angry customers. We do have a healthy amount of flexibility with our schedule: whatever works best for us ❤️ 

But honestly, my favorite part of the salon is the people for sure. My guests who have become friends. My coworkers who have become family. ❤️❤️ I love the people the most it makes all of the bad days worth it. 

✨ REGULARS: ✨

What does it really mean to be a ‘regular’ somewhere? It’s like the barista knowing your order at your local coffee shop. Or the person at chick fil a knowing your order 😅. We have a handful of people that come to our location for our whole team. They come to our space & don’t request anyone because they love all of us equally & will be happy just being there with us ❤️ then we have the people that only want to see someone specifically just usually off vibes 🙂‍↔️ I have people that have standing appointments, they come in every so many weeks forever & ever & will always be in my books! ❤️

✨MY SALON TEAM: ✨

The nail team at our downtown location is exceptional! Chef’s kiss 💋 IYKYK 🫶🏽 our nail team works so well together, they really get me through anything! They are so supportive, funny, and insanely talented!! We just recently hired two new people & they’re so precious. We keep calling them “the children” just cause they’re new so they’re like babies. But I just found out they’re both 24, so they’re not really babies anymore. But they’re always doing their nails, so the rest of us got inspired to keep our nails up too lol. So we all help each other like with our non dominant hand so we don’t mess up lol. But literally, I love my girls & I would do just about anything for them 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽🤞🏽❤️❤️ 

✨WOULD I EVER GO ON MY OWN? ✨

I never say never. I might have plans, but at the end of the day it’s God’s plan really. Faith is something that is really important to me, and so believing & trusting in my God to guide me gives me peace. 🫶🏽 


All in all, I love where I’m at. I love the people I’m surrounded by. Thank you to each of you who have booked in with me, rebooked, followed me, supported in any way you have. Thank you 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 

& thank all of YOU for reading & tuning in this week 🫶🏽 we’ll chat next week!!! 

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