Booked & Blooming - The Beauty Business Podcast

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Kara explains how she was able to grow her business during the challenging times of the global pandemic.  She was able to leverage her local community and support one another to help move forward.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Becky Matthews shares her amazing and inspiring story about everything that happened in her life that led her to the spray tanning industry.  Her story is truly remarkable and to see what she was able to overcome is nothing short of extraordinary.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Jessica shares her story of how she was able to go all-in on her tanning business by betting on herself. She shares some insight into what she did to grow her business and how she was able to expand into a new city within the first couple of years in her business.

In this episode, Emily shares her experience in the sunless industry over the last 3 years and how she was able to go from mobile to her own salon in less than 3 years.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Mandy shares her amazing spray tan journey and how she was able to quit her corporate job to follow her dreams to own a successful spray tan business.

In this episode, Shannelle shares information about Sunna, Inc. and all that they have to offer.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, we are joined by Amanda Arnold from the Shady Sun. Amanda has been in the industry for a while and has been on both sides of the industry - both as an artist and also as a product creator. She has a lot of experience on both sides of the business and shares some very helpful information for anyone in the industry.

In this episode, Karla shares her unlikely story of how she created Unfiltered Tan and has quickly grown to one of the most loved brands in the industry. She went from dabbling around with spray tanning and products, to launching the Unfiltered Tan brand.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, John Darroch from Apollo Sprayers shares a lot of helpful information into the equipment side of the sunless tanning industry. He is the first guest we had on that specializes in equipment for the sunless industry.

In this episode, Brandon Cardinal from Sunless, Inc. & Norvell Sunless, discusses his experience in the tanning industry.  The way he got into the industry is probably one of the most unusual stories I've ever heard, but nevertheless, here he is!  With years of experience working with Rick Norvell personally, Brandon help build Norvell Sunless & the Norvell University into what they a...

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Kelly shares her journey through the sunless industry over the last few years.  What started as a spray tanning business quickly evolved into much more than Kelly expected.

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Melissa Gallon, President of Four Seasons, and Megan Gordon, who oversees everything sunless for Four Seasons.  It was great to learn about the distribution side of the sunless business.  To me, this is an often forgotten or misunderstood piece of the sunless industry.

In this episode, Melissa shares her journey and story from working as a part-time mobile spray tan artist, to spray tanning clients in the bathroom during a "break", to running Perfect Glow Sunless - one of the leading sunless brands in the industry.

In this episode, Vibha shares her story about how she got into the sunless industry and how far AYU Sunless has come.  From helping a client, she found a love for the sunless industry and products and hasn't looked back.

In this episode, Malinda & George from Spray Gon share their story about how Spray Gon started and what their mission is. Listen in for some great information and insights into a very important topic - your health!

In this episode of the happytans podcast I sit down with Mike Sjolie of Sjolie Sunless.  Mike shares a ton of helpful and insightful information into one of the most well-known sunless brands in the world.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Kristi shares her 9+ years of spray tanning experience, including relocating her business twice.  In addition, she has a background in marketing and has a great understanding of what it takes to properly market your spray tan business.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Ashley shares the secrets to her success and how she is able to run and grow a "luxury" mobile tanning service.  Her business has seen a lot of changes, and challenges over the past 3 years, but she is on the right track!

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Jenn and I discuss much deeper topics than our normal podcast episodes.  We talk a lot about life, finding what you want and creating the life you want.  I truly enjoyed going a little deeper and discussing more than just business.  If you enjoy this topic, please let me know (grant@happytans.com).  We want to create content you enjoy!

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Holland shares her insights into how she has been able to successfully grow her mobile tanning business over the past 4 years.  With plenty of challenges along the way, Holland has never stopped focusing on one key thing - learning.

In this episode of the happytans podcast, Brielle shares her wonderful story of how she took initiative and started her spray tan business without any hesitation.  Within a week of purchasing her spray tan equipment, she was already in business and making money from local connections.

With over 17 years of experience at a large chain of tanning salons, Total Tan, Michelle had a lot of experience in the industry.  Not only did she learn a lot from what they did right, but she also learned what else she wanted to do differently.

Overcoming limiting self-beliefs is something that we all struggle with, and Gini is no different. After a few set backs and hurdles, she was able to start her own successful spray tanning business.

Growing a business is never easy, and managing a team maybe even more challenging. Our guest today, Merissa Dixon, is successfully doing both of these things. Her business, Tanaholix Sunless, has been growing steadily over the past few years. Check out this episode and learn what Merissa and her team are doing right!

In this episode, Heather shares her story about how she got started in the tanning industry back in 2006 in Miami, FL.  At that time, social media wasn't prevalent so she was able to spray tan celebrities regularly.  After following her culinary passion and going to culinary school, she circled back to her original passion - spray tanning.