Booked & Blooming - The Beauty Business Podcast

Jena Mehlberg is the owner of CATALYST Salon in Orlando, Florida. She entered the industry in 2008 and quickly progressed to mobile tanning in 2009 due to some challenges Jena openly shares with our listeners.

Today we’re learning from another Queen City local, Katherine “Kat” Katz, who’s responsible for branding and marketing with GloBody, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. Kat educates our listeners on the “business in a box” approach of GloBody, Inc., where the foundational business pieces are provided to those interested in starting this type of business.

Hello happytanners! Today we are joined by Haley Murphy from San Luis Obispo, California. She’s the owner of OATS, which stands for Organic Airbrush Tanning Salon. Her journey began as a client, as many of our other interviewees have shared. Although finding success in full time employment elsewhere, Haley was determined to make a change and desired to reach higher!

Today we are welcoming Kait all the way from Winnipeg in Canada! Although she’s only been in the industry for a short amount of time, she’s quickly paving her way. With many years of experience in the service industry and a lack of interest in pursuing the “college-job-work for others” route, Kait took a leap of faith to work for herself!

Jessica Creese is the owner of Bronzed Belles in Weatherford, Texas. She has successfully owned her salon for the last 5 years and has been in the industry for over 14 years. During this time, she worked in and out of the industry, left her business for a time, and came back committed and stronger!

Jenna Alvarado’s interest in spray tanning began with a personal experience with a friend and a Google search. She serves over 30 different towns and shares with our listeners the different elements that have allowed her to generate such a wide-range of business. She also offers great advice for utilizing social media, specifically Instagram, to connect with clients!

Today we are joined by Marleen Antelo, the owner and founder of Smooth Summer Tan. Her mobile tanning business exists in Austin, Texas and she also recently released a tan remover product, which you can hear more about in the interview!

Jenna O’Connell began working in the sunless tanning industry at age 16, one of our youngest to date!  She joined the team at Blush Tan in Worcester, Massachusetts, where at the time she was simply looking for a high school job.

Today we are welcoming our first happytans guest from Hawaii, Stefani Pierce! She owns Spray Tans by Stefani, which is housed in Oahu, Hawaii. Being located in a tour-heavy town, she has a unique perspective on some of the challenges she has experienced within this industry based on her location.

Jordan Bell joins us today from Southlake, Texas, which is located between Dallas and Fort Worth. Jordan had experience as a spray tan technician, however, she took a leap for a management position at Smart Bronze and the rest is history! Tune in to hear who provided Jordan with this amazing opportunity and how she has made the most of it.

Carissa Serylo owns SprayChic in Wixom, Michigan! She entered this industry following a major shift in her personal life. Through a series of circumstances, she was introduced to spray tanning and began building her business in a home-based setting. After ten successful years in the industry, Carissa shares her pride about her current location, how her business has grown over the years, and the ch...

When Drew Spurgers purchased his business in 2015 from desperate owners looking to escape the industry, he did not anticipate providing sunless tanning services as the business had done previously. SHADE Sunless Spa is houses multiple locations in Arkansas and offers a variety of services to its customers. Drew is one of our first interviewees to buy into the industry as opposed to utilizing its f...

Welcome listeners!  Today we interview Amanda Berger, co-founder of GloBody, Inc.  She entered the industry with no business experience yet has been able to create a one-stop-shop business machine.  GloBody offers a plethora of services, including mobile tanning gurus, tanning products, solutions, machines, tents, certifications, and more!

Today on Happy Tans we have a special guest, Stephanie Mitchell, of Sunnystorm Marketing! Sunnystorm focuses on helping beauty businesses (salons, spas, estheticians, etc.) with marketing, specifically helping business owners learn the ins and outs of marketing for themselves.

Erin was no stranger to sunless tanning when she began working in the industry. As a natural redhead, she began using self tanners to enhance her naturally pale skin and eventually upgraded to spray tanning as it became popular.

Leah Wafful owns Bronze 515 Custom Airbrush Tanning in Des Moines, Iowa. Like many others, she has a spray tanning business in addition to other endeavors. She also feels fortunate to be able to own her business and be under 30!

Brittany Bennett began her career in the hotel industry. As she relocated to Los Angeles, CA to continue pursuing her career, she needed a way to remain afloat financially in this expensive town…enter spray tanning! Little did she know, she would quickly learn providing the service of spray tanning was only a small piece of the business puzzle.

Elysa Weisbaum is joining us here today on happytans to share a different experience than some of our other interviewees! Elysa is the Brand Coordinator of Pro Tan® located in South Florida. Pro Tan® not only offers a unique tanning product, they also train spray tanning artists, have a wide array of available products, sponsor events, and remain actively involved in the competition tanning commun...

Marissa Warren is speaking with us from Brisbane, Australia, where she owns Beyond Bronze, her tanning company, as well as the Australian Beauty Collective.

Join us as we chat with Megan & Lauren, co-owners of Bronzed Humanity in San Jose, CA. They share about their co-owning experience and their different management roles, which help them to collaboratively tackle all the facets of their business.

D’Ann Palomarez owns TanSpire Houston in Houston, Texas. Similar to many of our other guests, D’Ann straddled multiple industries prior to transitioning to spray tanning full time. She even left the industry for a time before returning and developing her own tanning salon.

This interview features Christina Kauffman, the owner of Blush Tan in Boston, MA. She not only owns multiple locations in Boston, she also manages a licensing program. If you’ve been following us here on happytans, you may notice this is new information to our ears. Christina generously describes some of the key features of her licensing program and how she has expanded her business through this p...

Joanie Sprague of Huntington Beach, CA owns #whitegirlproblems and is here to speak with us about her journey in the industry. She began her career learning from one of the pros, Katie Quinn. Since then, she has utilized spray tanning as a side-gig passion project.

Nora Rousseau owns Norganic Tan in Broad Brook, Connecticut.  She started her business within her home and has since upgraded to a studio space.  The spray tanning industry attracts all sorts of individuals, including Nora who never had a spray tan prior to beginning her business!

In this episode, Katie shares her amazing story about how she got started in the business and became one of the most well known contouring and airbrush tanning artist in the world.