We recently connected with Ashley Cammisuli and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Ashley, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?
I can still remember the moment that changed everything for me … I was trekking up the 400 highway to teach a new client the basics of skincare and how to do a simple makeup look. As I entered her home, I stumbled over the toys in my high heels and sat down with my shy new client and her young daughter watching our every move. By the end of the 2 hours, the young mother couldn’t take her eyes off of herself! She was smiling, confident, and blossomed into a whole new person right before my eyes! She did not buy 1 thing but I left there feeling like I had sold a million dollars. For one moment, I felt that I was able to help someone feel more confident and become a better version of themselves. I was on cloud 9 the entire way home. I realized the impact that confidence has on our daily lives and remember her little daughters eyes watching our every move. This is it, I thought… I want to help people feel more confident on a bigger level. I wish when I was a teenager, I would have met someone like myself who could have helped me on my journey to clear skin and confidence.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
GLOW Beauty Bar is a boutique facial spa focusing on express and medical facials. We focus on giving our clients results in a relaxing spa atmosphere. GLOW focuses on the client experience by pampering our clients and walking them through each step of the client journey.
Each new client is provided with a complimentary 30 minute consultation either virtually or in person complete with skin imaging to discuss their skin condition and goals. Our clients are able to choose Aromatherapy scents that will be diffused in their treatment room, enjoy complimentary drinks and snacks to enjoy from our curated menu, and music of their choosing to relax to. Their experience is customized just for them from start to finish.
We also offer our clients a unique membership program that offers them discounts throughout the year on services, products, add ons, as well as access to members only promotions.
We set out to become one of the top facials spas within Toronto and are proud to be reaching this goal. GLOW has had the privilege of being nominated over 10 times, has won Top Choice’s ‘Best Medi Spa in Etobicoke’, and has been awarded BlogTO’s ‘Top Spa in Toronto to get a Facial’.
We are different from our competition in that we focus on rewarding the clients we already have with our membership program, offer our staff benefits, have positioned ourselves for future franchising, have developed our own training programs, have developed our own product line, and have developed and supported relationships within our community. With a strong focus on just facials, we are able to become the best in that category.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
3 skills I feel entrepreneurs MUST have are: resilience, work ethic and persistence. Resilience is what allows us to adapt to new circumstances, learn from our mistakes, and move forward after a setback. On the other hand, persistence is the firm continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition. Work ethic is a belief that work and diligence have a moral benefit and an inherent ability, virtue or value to strengthen character and individual abilities.The three paired together can take your business to next level growth by BELIEVING, LEARNING, ADAPTING, then KEEP GOING,
Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?
Some books I have read and loved are all books by Mike Mikalowicz. His business books provide actionable items you can implement into your business. By implementing some of my learnings from Mike, I can definitely say it has helped in making my business operations run smoother.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.glowbeautybar.ca
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