Ready.Set.Glo!: Business, Brands, & Beauty

This episode features Business Coach, Kayla Hertz on the Ready.Set.Glo! Podcast

Kayla has been a licensed esthetician and lash artist since 2015. She's a college dropout that was told the beauty industry was “a cute hobby”. Similar to many, Kayla has been through burnout many times and understands the struggles mentally and physically that come with building a successful business.

Kayla created Educated Artistry Podcast to give free resources to beauty business owners by pulling from her 7 years of experience, interviewing industry leaders and professionals such as CPAs, Attorneys, and Money Mindset Coaches to help you make educated decisions in your business.

She's a firm believer in encouraging and supporting badass women business owners to build their empires!

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Educated Artistry Podcast
Facebook
Twitter
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This episode features the amazing Sara Millecam on the Ready.Set.Glo! Podcast

Sara Millecam is the Director of Education of Beautiful Brows and Lashes Professional, as well as the owner of both Lash Lift Store - Distribution and Education and Beautiful Brows and Lashes - USA. Sara has always had a passion for education, and she firmly believes it is the gateway through which dreams are achieved. As a licensed Master Medical Esthetician with 12 years in the beauty industry, Sara is also a microblading expert, a highly trained lash and brow artist, and a renowned educator.

After over a decade of hard work, focus, and continued education, along with her husband Austin, they started Lash Lift Store. The vision was to make Lash Lift Store the foremost product and education distribution in the United States. They are built, designed, and operated by beauty professionals, for beauty professionals.

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Beautiful Brows and Lashes Instagram
Beautiful Brows and Lashes Facebook
Beautiful Brows and Lashes TikTok
Beautiful Browns and Lashes Website

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This episode features Jake Karls from Midday Squares on the Ready.Set.Glo! Podcast 💫

Jake Karls, EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and Co-Founder/Chief Rainmaker at Mid-Day Squares. 🍫

The goal of Midday Squares was to create the first functional chocolate bar: a bar that is rich in protein/fiber, made with REAL chocolate and REAL food ingredients. They first launched in August 2018 in Montreal, Canada, and sold over 10 MILLION CHOCOLATE BARS in the first 3.5 years. They have built their own fully automated manufacturing plant which can produce 90,000 bars per day. They're currently one of the fastest-growing food brands across North America!  They even have a podcast that documents the journey of how Midday Squares came to be in each episode.

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Jakes Instagram
Midday Squares Instagram
Youtube
Facebook
Website

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In this next episode we have special guest, Lorena Ashmore of Dear Lash + Love, we talk branding, social media, and work/life balance.

Lorena is an esthetician and lash artist with a serious love of fashion...and documenting her morning coffee. After stumbling upon the lash and skincare world in 2012 and deciding to turn it into a career, she found a serious need for beauty-inspired, trendy, and affordable clothing for women to wear.

What started as clothing evolved into a lifestyle brand, where Lorena shares her insight on branding, social media, business, website design and more through one-on-one coaching and digital resources, as well as the blog and podcast.

Dear Lash + Love has now become a community full of women sporting their lash and skincare tees + sharing their own tips with other artists.

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Dear Lash Love Instagram
Dear Lash Love Pinterest
Dear Lash Love Facebook
Lash Love Apparel

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On the next episode of Ready.Set.Glo! Podcast we have such a fun guest, Emily Harpel. Emily Harpel is the founder and CEO of Art of Sucre. While wedding planning Emily was inspired to give a traditional childhood treat a chic upgrade. Art of Sucre was born in 2016 with the idea of spinning fresh cones of cotton candy in creative and unique flavors such as Champagne, Orange Bourbon, and Watermelon for all to enjoy.

Forced to pivot in 2020, Emily transitioned from an events-only business to shipping pre-spun pouches of cotton candy around the world thanks to her 1.2 million followers on TikTok. Art of Sucre is on a mission to spread a little bit of extra sweetness because we firmly believe it’s the small things that bring the most joy.

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Emily Harpel Instagram
Art of Sucre Instagram
Art of Sucre Tik Tok
Art of Sucre Website

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Get your water bottles ready! This week's guest is Travis Rosbach, founder of Hydro Flask and the Tumalo Group!

Travis has spent the last three decades enhancing his entrepreneurial skills. Throughout the years, Mr. Rosbach has been proud to invent and found Hydro Flask®, work as a business broker, fly as an Airline Pilot, is an active Professional Speaker, and start The Tumalo Group, providing sourcing, advising, and consulting.

His clients include various industries, celebrities, individuals, and even countries.
He not only shares his tradecraft with others but also practices it in the many startups in which he is currently involved.

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On the next episode, we have Katie Allen, founder and CEO of @beyoutifulwandz.

Katie Allen started making lash wands to bring in extra money to pay bills and before she knew it the business had taken over her entire kitchen! Four years later, her business has grown from a little wand to a lash brand! She even purchased The Lash Artist Box, a subscription company!

Her goal in this episode is to let everyone know how important it is to set yourself up in life with multiple streams of income.

You can listen to this episode on my website at www.maryharcourt.com. It is also available on podcasting platforms!  Be sure to subscribe for future episodes, and we would love it if you could take 30 seconds to rate and leave a review! 

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Beyoutiful Wandz Instagram
Lash Artist Box Instagram
Beyoutiful Wandz Website
Lash Artist Box Website

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In this episode, we have Beauty Business Lawyer, Reonna Green, but she is more than just your typical trial attorney.

She's an innovator, protector, advocate, and the Founder of She Trademarks- a law firm that's dedicated to helping women business owners, specifically those within the beauty industry. @shetrademarks provides women entrepreneurs with the tools, and resources to succeed and propel their careers.

As a fellow member of the beauty industry and legal profession, she understands what it's like to be a visionary while at the same time having ideas overlooked and disregarded. Reonna is now the go-to attorney for beauty pros.

From trademark searches and applications to business formations, contracts, and educational webinars, Green is devoted to helping clients identify potential areas of risk and crafting custom solutions to protect their brand, business, and ultimately, their livelihood.

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She Trademarks Instagram
Reonna Greens Website

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In this episode, we have a PR Specialist, Kristin Marquet, who has been a publicist and a business owner for more than 14 years as owner and creative director of Marquet Media.

She's here to talk about her career as a publicist, Kristin has developed partnerships with leading brands and entrepreneurs all around the world. She's a four-time author and has an academic background in data sciences, business, and public relations. We're gonna dive deep and talk about how to leverage your business with PR and media coverage without hiring a PR firm.

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Fem Founder Instagram
Fem Founder Twitter
Fem Founder Co.

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In this next episode, we have Sheila Bella.

Sheila Bella is Beauty Business Mentor. We talk about how to build a million-dollar beauty business through social media, overcoming anxiety in order to authentically show up for your business, and secrets to getting totally booked out through Instagram!

Sheila doesn't come from money, nor is she married to money, and has no college degree. Having immigrated to the USA from the Philippines at age 8 with English being her 2nd language, she has always believed in the American dream. Her journey to success is unique because she built her business purely through grit, strategy, and fortitude.

Sheila is fighting for beauty pro's that are often, and unfortunately, not taken seriously or told to "give up and get a real job." - Sheila believes brows ARE a real job, lashes ARE a real job, nails, hair, skincare all the above are real jobs that make REAL money!

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Sheila Bella Instagram
Sheila Bella Website

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In this next episode of Ready.Set.Glo! we have Alexis Greco. Alexis spent 15 years in Network Marketing, reaching the top 1% of her company earning the use of a free car, cash bonuses, and incentive trips.

She is a global coach, having taught over 1,000 female entrepreneurs in the US, Canada, Australia, & Europe how to use systems to create the thriving home and business of their dreams…a life in rhythm. She believes that you can be successful at home AND in your business, not one or the other.

For more information, you can find Alexis at https://www.instagram.com/alexistgreco/
For her Free 60 second quiz go to https://rhythmichome.kartra.com/page/home

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Alexis T. Greco Instagram

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In this episode of Ready.Set.Glo, Dr. Benjamin Ritter talks about self-leadership, job satisfaction, and leadership development. He is here to encourage the overall concept of self-leadership and the permission/empowerment to move toward what YOU want to achieve in your career. 

Ben has a  Doctorate in Organizational Leadership with a focus on value congruence and job satisfaction, he is an expert in his field, and will guide you toward truly living for yourself at work and in life! 

 With over 10 years of experience working with clients from companies such as Amazon, Coursera, Doordash, Google, Fiserv, Northwestern, Pinterest, and Yelp, Ben understands how to help you navigate any career path you decide you want to travel.

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Ben's Linkedin
Live For Yourself Consulting
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In this episode, we welcome the Queen of Reels, Mackenzie Graham!

Have you been wondering how to reach more audiences through social media but don't know the first step or how to even get started?!

In this conversation, we talk about everything from social media, salon ownership, to building and keeping a positive mindset! MacKenzie is a lash artist turned salon owner + trainer. She specializes in helping artists feel confident in their social media strategy + overall business mindset. She's an open book who loves sharing everything she knows with her students!

Mackenzie also just launched her monthly membership, Lash Mob Society! It includes new video modules every month, 2 live training classes every month, and a private community page. Tune in to learn more from the queen of reels!

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Mackenzies Instagram
Lash Mob Society
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In this episode, Jill Kindall, the founder and CEO of Lash Bomb talks about the lash industry, the evolution of her company, how cosmetic chemists helped in developing the Lash Bomb products, and the opportunities to make extra money by wholesaling a product line that you love!

Jill is someone who knows what it takes to succeed in the beauty industry, giving everything she had into her company leading her to where she is today!

We also love that she's started a new online course as a way to give back to the lash community! The online course, Time Tamer, focuses on Jill's lashing technique + mindset to help lash artists lash efficiently and make more money!  

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Jill Kindall Instagram
Lash Bomb Instagram
Lash Bomb.com
Lash Bomb Tik Tok
Lash Bomb YouTube

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In this conversation, Cathy Nesbitt talks to us about worms. Yes, you read that right, WORMS!

Cathy Nesbitt is a worm farmer, a worm advocate who insists worms are the original Alchemist, and she is the founder of Cathy's Crawly Composters (est 2002). Cathy is on a mission to put worms in every living space. She believes vermicomposting is going to play an ever-increasing role in waste management, soil production, and food security. Food waste is a simple way that we can mitigate climate change and create 'black gold' to grow more delicious, nutritious food. A worm composter offers a tremendous learning opportunity for all ages.

Not only does Cathy take steps to make the world a cleaner place but she also stressed the importance of laughter. As a Laughter Yoga Teacher, Cathy incorporates brain gym, tapping (EFT), and other healing modalities. Laughter is the best medicine. It raises our vibration so we can feel better. When we feel good, we do good, when we do good, everyone wins.

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Cathy's Instagram
Cathy Composters Website
If you are interested in Laughter Yoga it takes place every Tuesday at 9:30 am (ET) – online via Zoom:  http://www.cathysclub.com/

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In this episode, we're meeting with Leslie from Hindi’s Libraries!

Leslie Gang is a mother of 2, born and raised in Long Island NY. She currently works as the Director of Communications and Admissions at The Brandeis School, a private K-8 school in Lawrence, NY where her children currently attend.

She is the co-founder of Hindi’s Libraries, an international literacy nonprofit formed in memory of a teacher (and mother of 5) who passed away suddenly at the age of 32. The organization collects new and gently used children’s books and donates them all over the world at NO COST to families in need. Since the organization’s inception, they have collected more than 300,000 books and partnered with more than 650 nonprofits across all 50 states, Israel, India, Africa, Haiti, and Puerto Rico.

She is also the author of a short rhyming picture book entitled "But Family is Forever." This book, published by Pen It Publications, reminds readers about the importance of family while displaying various and diverse family dynamics representing all sorts of families. 'But Family is Forever' is available on Amazon and 50% of the proceeds go to Hindi's Libraries. 

Leslie is here to say that the power to make an impact is EASY.  Every small act of kindness matters is appreciated, recognized, and causes a ripple effect. Everyone can change the world.

We'd love for you to support this effort, even if it's simply sharing this information with a friend or coworker. 

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Purchase the Book
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Hindi's Libraries Linkedin
Hindi's Libraries Facebook
Hindi's Libraries Website
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In this episode, we cover a topic that's rarely talked about: supply chain. 

What exactly does supply chain mean and how does it affect you? Why is it so important and why have we heard so much about it? 

Well, today Aaron Alpeter is going to share with us everything he knows about supply chains. Aaron comes from a background of studying supply chain as part of his education. Which landed him working for some pretty big companies such as Unilever and Hubble Contacts. He realized there was a hole in the market for smaller companies, such as start-ups to understand supply chain and be able to harness the best materials when it came to manufacturing their own product. So on his own path, Aaron started IZBA. A company that builds supply chains for businesses. Or as he says ' our company builds companies.' 

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Aaron Alpeter Linkedin
IZBA Website
Capabl Website

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From college dropout to CEO, Helena picked up tweezers at 20 years old after dropping out of school with no income and only $400.00 to her name. She then started her lash brand with no debt, scaled the business beyond 6 figures, and created multiple streams of income for herself!

Helena now helps beauty bosses scale their businesses to the next level by helping guide them into the right mindsets, learn to strategically market their products and services, stabilize their finances, and gain more clientele! She has helped hundreds of beauty business owners across North America grow their businesses so that they can start LIVING their dreams rather than DREAMING about them.

Through personal experiences, real failures, big wins, and with the right mindset, Helena Garrett is living proof that beauty biz success is possible and she's here to help you, too! Stop waiting for change to happen and learn how to create it.

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Helena Means Business Instagram
Helena Means Biz Twitter
Helena Means Business Tik Tok
Helena Means Business Facebook
Helena Means Business Website

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In this next episode, we welcome branding strategist Katie Leigh. She talks about structuring your business to work for you.

Katie Leigh is a branding strategist who found her stride in the industry by helping small business owners gain confidence when making tough decisions for their businesses. We talk about how to properly set up client expectations and place boundaries that allow business owners to excel both in their professional and personal lives. Her ultimate goal is to help you shape a business you are super excited to be a part of each day, while still enjoying the other aspects of your life.

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Katie Leigh Instagram
Katie Leigh Website
Modern Magic Pinterest
Modern Magic Tumblr
Email

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In our first episode, we have special guests who come from a well-respected and innovative brand, Bella Lash!

As pioneers of the lash world, CEOs Haley and Zach discovered and continue to find holes in the industry and perfect them.  This conversation covers setting boundaries/navigating a business when your business partner is also your significant other, launching a product when no one believes in it, and learning to let go when you realize you can't do it all on your own. 

While going to university, Haley and Zach opened up to this new world and never expected Bella Lash to turn into the amazing brand it is today but here we are.  They also share exciting news about a product the beauty industry has never seen before!

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Bella Lash Instagram
Bella Lash Twitter
Bella Lash Tik Tok
Bella Lash Website

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