Beauty, Business & Beyond
Welcome to the Beauty, Business & Beyond Podcast!
On this podcast you can expect to learn about business, money mindset and marketing tips to help you grow a successful business and thrive. This podcast is great for female business owners in the health and wellness industry, both online and bricks and mortar.
My name is Kelly - I'm a qualified dermal therapist and have had an extensive career as a clinical educator with some of Australia's Top Skincare companies. In 2021, I went all in to build my online business and brand SkinQueen. SkinQueen provides online skin education courses for skin therapists, estheticians & beauty therapists who want to become confident and successful skin therapists. I hope you find so much value in these episodes and it inspires you to learn more and create success within your career!
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Episodes
190 episodes
It's time to say goodbye
Surprise! I’m married!! And this is my last episode of Beauty, Business & Beyond for the foreseeable future!Why?Listen to the episode and find out!After 4 long years of doing the podcast, it’s time I step back and pr...
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Episode 189
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39:49
Sharing my hack for coming up with content ideas
Do you get stuck with how to create content for your beauty business? The easiest way to do this is via social listening! How do you social listen if you have no clients? THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA!In this episode I ...
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Episode 188
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18:58
How I quadrupled The Facial Bar revenue in 12 months
Someone asked in my Facebook group the other day: "How do I scale my beauty business in 2025?" and it timed perfectly with when I looked at my finances!In the past 12 months The Facial Bar did $351k in revenue compared to $87k the 6 mon...
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Episode 187
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20:52
What to do if you are quiet in January!
Happy New Year, Skin Queens!If you are just getting back to work and worried that your month is looking quiet, I’ve got you!This is such a common one and usually as business owners, we bank up our December money to get us throug...
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Episode 186
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16:52
Reflecting on 2024!
My final podcast ep for 2024!My podcast has been going for 4 years now and I wanted this episode to be quick review and summary of my year!It’s been a BIGGIE!!I am taking some time off until the 6th of January and the po...
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Episode 185
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27:49
Doing good Skincare with Synergie Skin with Terri Vinson Jones
There are sooooo many skincare brands in Australia and I know how overwhelming it can be!Especially when you start reaching out to business development managers and then have to deal with the barrage of calls and texts from them followi...
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30:19
Travelling Australia for 6 months and running her business remotely! with Christine Ewart
It can be exhausting being a business owner!Managing team, ensuring clients are happy, offering an amazing service and ensuring the day to day running of your business still happens without anything falling to shit for lack of a better ...
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Episode 183
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25:11
Plant based, organic & toxin free skincare!
There’s a lot of greenwashing when it comes to “clean” skincare but if you are a skin therapist who genuinely wants a clean skincare brand to use in your salon/clinic?Today I chat to Suzanne Smedely, founder of Bare Roots skincare about...
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Episode 182
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26:22
Let's talk JAPANESE HEADSPA'S!
Have you seen the rise of Japanese head spas recently and wondered if you should jump on board?I chat to one of the OG Australian’s performing Japanese Head Spa’s this week on the podcast!I first met Alex when I visited him at his h...
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Episode 181
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28:42
Hundreds of thousands of followers yet so down to earth!
Do you ever follow people on social media that have hundreds of thousands of followers and judge them?Maybe you aspire to be like them or maybe you envy them a little bit!Either way, I think you’ll learn a lot from today’s episode w...
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Episode 180
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29:47
Choose your skincare brand CAREFULLY!!! with Emelly Simons
When it comes to choosing a skincare brand, did you know you shouldn’t just go for the one that smells the nicest and has the best industry recognition?There are so many other things to consider when stocking professional brand such as ...
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Episode 179
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23:24
Systems, processes & PROTOCOLS with Paul Carbis
There are lots of business coaches in the beauty industry but few that have been in the industry for 20+ years and are males!Paul Carbis is a name you are probably familiar with and he is a business consultation, mentor, coach, therapis...
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Episode 178
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39:00
Hale & Hush comes to Australia
When it comes to skincare brands, I often find myself discovering cool brands that are only available in the states! One of those recently was Hale and Hush!More and more are we seeing clients with sensitive skins and...
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Episode 177
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29:33
Building a successful business SUSTAINABLY with Karla McDiarmid
Imagine being in business for 20+ years!!!Karla Mcdiarmid is the owner of Macquarie MediSpa in Bathurst, she has won multiple ABIA’s in her time and recently won humanitarian of the year with the ABIA!Such an inspiration and I ju...
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Episode 176
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31:10
Salon Goals with Lauren Lappin
Lauren Lappin is an absolute Queen when it comes to the Australian Lash Industry and also someone I turn to for inspiration in the beauty industry!This episode is a fun one for business challenges, hurdles and the rest!To follow...
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Episode 175
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43:44
Why melasma is so hard to treat!
Why is melasma so hard to treat? This is why: it’s because of hormonal processes in the brain!Catch Salon Elite’s free facebook group and resources here:
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Episode 171
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10:41
Why I brought in buccal facial massage into The Facial Bar
Why I brought buccal facial massage into The Facial Bar! Catch Salon Elite’s free facebook group and resources here:https://www.facebook.com/share/g/ww...
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Episode 170
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12:56
Most profitable months ever at The Facial Bar
How I doubled my business at The Facial Bar in 90 days using memberships and solid systems and processes!! Catch Salon Elite’s free facebook group and resources here:
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Episode 169
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18:04
Make $1M a year thanks to memberships with Abby Stuart & Tara Shaw
Are you struggling to sustain business growth in your salon? Always hustling to get new clients and not retaining them! Today I chat with Tara & Abby from Salon Elite about how to generate $1mil a year in revenue through member...
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Episode 168
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29:42
Feeling the fear and doing it anyway!
As business owners, we can’t stand still!! We are often chasing more, the next thing and always growing and evolving!Which is what I’m talking to Kate Fide today from Glow MediSpa Northlakes!Feeling the fear and doing it anyway!...
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Episode 167
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24:31