I was thinking now that god what luck that I do not have the worst news that I will make official in this post today, because then you would have just thought it was a 1st April joke;)

Last week there was basically no rest at all and now I kicked off this week with a freelance job and an unusual amount of customer bookings on me, so last Friday when I woke up it was actually quite nice not to have to go to Uppsala :) But I have fun had!

Makeup job at Disruptive Materials
Företaget Disruptive Materials (som jag jobbar en del med) håller på att fota nya bilder till sin hemsida, så jag kom dit i måndags och sminkade på rullande band! Det skulle bli porträttbilder, en gruppbild och även några “in action-bilder” när dom står i labbet t.ex. Så en kille gjorde jag manikyr på också då han skulle hålla i någon labb-pryl :)

12 personer totalt var det jag sminkade tror jag, men jag var klar på 3 timmar då det var mycket “quick fix-sminkningar”.

I did not have time to take pictures as it was full speed to be in phase with the photographer's planning schedule, but a quick picture of my presented dressing table I had time to take before we started :)

Lika mycket tid man lägger ner på själva uppdraget är det i arbetstid både före och efter när man som mig inte frilansar så ofta. Jag har liksom ingen färdig “frilansväska” utan packar produkter och planerar borstar i all evighet och skriver listor för att inte glömma nått, och sen när man är klar så ska allt packas upp igen och rengöras. Och då är det ju en del restid och släpandes däremellan också. Så det är lite bökigare än man kan tro!

Work from home one afternoon
Tuesday was a really good work day! I worked at the salon all morning and got a lot done, then after lunch my sister Mia came by the salon after a hairdresser visit because she wanted to take a new hair test with Hairology. So then I went home with her in the car and worked in the photo studio!

I did this make-up then, you dare to try new things when you are not going to work at the salon afterwards. Otherwise I always put on make-up in the morning :)

Hairology job!
Last week I was on training with hairology as you know, and now I am summarizing lots of info to 1. the website (questions and answers about Hairology) 2. a post in the blog and 3. to all Hairologists at the salon but new tips and tricks on how to think like I learned in training last week :)

I really think this with Hairology is sooo fun!

And since I also mentioned above that Mia came and did a hair test after the hairdresser's visit, I can not help but tell you about that result. Mia is an exemplary Hairology customer, by exemplary I mean that she not only buys the products but she uses them diligently as well and exactly according to the recommendations with packaging and everything. Since we live together, I can certify you that it is true;)

Nu har hon blekt håret jättemycket och gått från mörkbrunt till balayage-blond med väldigt ljusa längder med två blekningar på tre månader. Så hon ville göra ett test för att se om hon behöver några andra produkter efter detta och jag svarade “det är bra att göra ett test men eftersom du är så duktig med produkterna så borde kvalitén hålla sig relativt bra ändå”.

Her world was almost completely optimal! Tiny a bit dry in the middle of the hair but we are not talking a whole step on the scale that is between 1-10 but 0.2 separated it from a completely optimal value.

So awesome! This enlightenment on two hairdresser visits and yet absolutely perfect quality! It pays to be careful with the hair care products :)

The afterimage is from the hair salon's instagram @thecreativezone and you can book an appointment with them creativezone.se, it was Elin who did Mia's hair. I asked Mia if they used Olaplex but she did not know, they had not said anything about it anyway.

Test person for a new apprentice!
Olga who has worked as a makeup artist with us for over a year has now taken the next step in development and will become an apprentice for permanent makeup woop woop!

When a new person is to be trained, it is more work to get started than you might think, she has lots of bookings, Annika has lots of bookings so just finding the times to get started is a little puzzle. Now we are done with that planning and Olga started by tattooing on a fake skin, then filled in a body tattoo on Miska's legs, then she tested a little highlighter under Annika's eyebrows and on Wednesday she also got to tattoo my lips!

I do not know how many times I have tattooed my lips now, you might think I am addicted haha! But I am often a test person so it does not always attach so well. It will be exciting to see the result after this time because Olga felt like a natural talent, another would have been a bit clumsy with how to hold the machine and stuff but she felt so extremely confident, steady on her hand and she quickly got the color nicely in the skin as well. I did not get completely bruised if you say so, and the healing has gone very smoothly, I must say :) Very impressed!

We only drove the upper lip because it is where it is needed most, and it's nice not to have such a large area that heals now over the weekend when you have to laugh, talk and eat a lot :)

“Vad är det värsta som kan hända?”
This week I listened to an interview with Hannah Widell in The Success Podcast, really good episode! Since I listened to her and Amanda a lot in the Friday podcast, I already knew that they have a very similar corporate mindset to me, and that feeling did not immediately weaken after this interview!

En sak som jag och Miska pratade en del om efter poddavsnittet är det “vågade, modiga” tänket som man pratar om att entreprenörer har. Men jag har aldrig riktigt känt själv att jag varit just modig för det är faktiskt inte en jättestor risk att starta företag (så länge man inte belånar huset eller sånt så klart). Är man rädd för misslyckandet i sig så är det så klart en risk, men jag, Annika och Miska säger ofta “vad är det värsta som kan hända?” och det hade Hanna ett bra svar på i podden – om att går åt skogen så får man väl gå tillbaka till att börja jobba igen bara! Det finns massor av arbetsgivare som skulle älska att ha mig som anställd! Hon har varit skuldsatt upp till öronen och haft 1,50:- på kontot och hon överlevde då också.

Den enda på riktigt stora risken med företagandet är om man tappar hälsan i all stress, att man bränner ut sig. Vilket inte Hannah pratade om men som bör tilläggas för det är en riktig risk. Men varje gång jag värderar alla andra risker så blir slutsatsen alltid “ja men då kör vi då!” :)

Throws in a pretty fitting picture, here is a peppered Helena in front of the computer in November 2013 - The year I started my first web shop! SEK 23,000 is the only thing I put into the company myself, then I started with a few products and of the profit I only bought more products and never took a salary once from my individual company in fact. What if I had not dared to take that step there in 2013, then I would not have had a company with a turnover of 3 million now in 2018 :)

Holy Easter
Påskhelgen har varit lite “helig” för mig de senaste två åren, inte på ett religiöst sätt utan för att det varit så intensivt med jobb sen vi öppnade salongen. Men just påskhelgen har vi haft stängt och 4 dagars ledighet (/hemmajobb) vilket känns som värsta semesterLYX! Framför allt det första året då jag under denna period jobbade alla lördagar själv och alltid 6-dagarsveckor på salongen.

This year we are open on Saturday but closed the red days, but I do not work on Saturday either so even this Easter it is a long holiday :) So the end of the week has only been about recharging the batteries and filling up the energy account with positive energy and hanging out with the family !

This is how nice we have had it at the checkout this week! So it was a good week to have extra customers because it was so nice when you had to pay later :)

Now I will continue to enjoy the Easter weekend!

Hugs are !! ♥