Moo Chats

For eight years Katie Jansons sat in the Mooeys chair every other Saturday. It was her therapy, the one hour a week her hands were too busy for emails. Then she went and bought herself a salon. 💜 In this episode Amy chats to Katie, aka Disco Moo, owner of Mooeys Winchester. After 24 years in IT and a redundancy that landed while she was recovering from surgery, Katie swapped server racks for salo...

The previous manager rang in sick to get her hair done somewhere else. The salon was haemorrhaging staff, drowning in complaints, the team had stopped caring and Amy was waking up at 7am every morning bracing for the next sickness text. Into the middle of all that walked Ellie, the youngest manager in the Mooeys herd and, as it turned out, exactly the right person at exactly the wrong time. In thi...

Nearly four years at Mooeys, starting as a Saturday therapist when her little boy Ollie was still tiny. Ellie arrived with serious experience behind her, having managed salons in London, worked in HR and recruitment, and built a career she loved. Then motherhood changed everything. Amy sits down with Ellie A, part of the Mooeys operations team, for a conversation that covers what it really feels l...

What does it actually take to trust someone with your face? In this episode Amy sits down with Ruth from Lioness Medical, the aesthetics practitioner who rents a room inside Mooeys Horsham, for one of those conversations that starts with injectables and ends up somewhere much more interesting. Ruth is a registered nurse and nurse prescriber with over 20 years in aesthetics. She started in oncology...

She grew up in her mum's salon, wanted to be a vet, studied drama, ended up in beauty, and within 18 months of joining Mooeys became duty manager of the Farnham branch. Elicia is the kind of person who makes you feel safe the second she walks in, and this episode explains exactly why. Amy sits down with Elicia, aka Wellbeing Moo, for one of the most honest conversations Moo Chats has had so fa...

A daily Gail's iced latte. A chocolate croissant. A bath every single evening. A shrimp jar. An orange axolotl called Paprika. And quite possibly the most knowledgeable person in the building when it comes to nails. Amy sits down with Sage, aka Crafty Moo, the overlay wizard and e-file ninja who is about to play a huge role in elevating nail training across the entire Mooeys herd. They cover h...

In this episode of Moo Chats, Amy sits down with the wonderful Donna – aka Ocean Moo 🌊🐮 Eight and a half years at Mooeys. A tortoise called Timmy, a deep love of Cornwall and Chris Brown, and a journey from being absolutely terrified of intimate waxing to being one of the best waxers in the business. Amy sits down with Donna, aka Ocean Moo and Farnham salon manager, for a conversation that cover...

She nearly left the industry after burnout, bitchy bosses, and a full-blown mental health breakdown. But Lydia didn’t just stick around — she levelled up, big time. In this raw, honest episode, Amy sits down with Lydia to talk about: 💅 Nail trends, overlays, greenies, and builder gel myths 🧠 Therapy, dyslexia, and surviving toxic salons in her teens 🫶 Why Mooeys was the first place that finally...

She’s been with Mooeys for over a decade, raised two babies along the way, and still bloody loves coming to work. Lauren — aka Chatty Moo — is one of our most loved humans, and in this episode, Amy gets her talking (not that she needed much encouragement). They dive into: 💅 How Lauren went from waxing and spa life to running her own Mooeys salon 🤯 The wild ride of motherhood and management (simu...

Jade Freeland thought she was just joining a salon. Nine years later, she’s part of something much bigger. In this first episode of Moo Chats, Amy sits down with Jade — aka Eco Moo — for an unfiltered conversation about leadership, loyalty, wax obsessions, awkward client moments, and why working in beauty therapy is way more emotional than most people realise. You’ll hear about: How Jade climbed f...

In this first episode of Moo Chats , Mooeys founder Amy Lewis shares the story behind the podcast, and the reason Mooeys exists in the first place. Started over twelve years ago from a spare room at home, Mooeys was built on a simple idea: real community, genuine connection and taking care of people properly. In this episode, Amy talks openly about why Mooeys has always been more than a beauty sal...