The Life Of KG

Episode with Katie Godfrey all about trademarking. This is something that a lot of people in our industry don’t even consider. It’s extremely important when building a brand. Listen in and find out why!

Filiz is the founder and CEO of Naillounge Training. Having started off as a nail tech from the age of 14, it was clear Filiz wanted to be in the industry for the rest of her life, growing a business of her own. This love and passion for the industry allowed her to put in the work necessary to now own one of the most successful and well known, international training centres, Naillounge Training. F...

Like anything in life you need to learn, educate yourself and focus. Here is a few tips that I would strongly recommend.

Lois is a 19 years old salon owner. She runs a high Street salon in the heart of Essex. She is also an educator for KG Professional. “Since being young I have performed and although I did not follow the career path of performing, I write, publish and perform music. I love keeping busy and have more recently started two new side hustles. I have so many huge plans for my businesses and I can’t wait...

I just wanted to do a really quick episode for you guys to check in and give you some tips on what you can do on your business in this lockdown time. I hope it helps.

I run multiple businesses my main business is my Multi Award winning salon Revive Luxury beauty for the last 10 years with 16 years in the beauty industry. Revive is all about luxury, well being self care and empowering women. I first opened Revive when my baby girl was only 6 months old and I was suffering with post natal depression, my salon saved me from a deeper dark hole. I’ve gone on to have...

Kirsty Meakin is a top Nail artist who has been recognized as one of Europe's best, winning dozens of accolades including UK Nail Professional of the Year and international awards. She has judged nail competitions around the world and is the creator of acrylic nail polish line Acrylock Acrylic. She's also known for her work with Naio Nails and Naio Makeup.

I am the Director of a successful Laser, skin and Beauty Salon called rejoy, this has been my vessel into mentorship, where I now help Women start to prioritise living with Joy first through mindset and Entrepreneurship. With being in the Beauty and business world for over 10 years, I believe wholeheartedly that we can achieve more by working smarter, and not harder. We as Women can have it all -...

Joanna is a charismatic, hard-working and energetic creator who thrives on face-to-face contact with clients, and the challenge of a stimulating project. She’s a keen traveller and speaks four different languages, being fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian. Joanna’s experience lies in the corporate and commercial area of design, with a strong emphasis on sales, business development and m...

Salon chain owner Jayd Linney started Nailco Nail Bar in July 2017. In just 3 years she has grown the brand to cover 4 locations, two of these within TOPSHOP clothing stores. She didn’t come from a beauty background and her roots are in hospitality. However Jayd believes that with the right attitude and mindset, you can become an expert in just about anything!

Salon owner Alex Bates has started PrettyPolish nails and beauty in 2012 after having her 3 children. Working mobile and from her kitchen she built the business from the ground up to an award winning high street salon with a team of excellent therapists. She is also the creator of Pro Gel.

Genevieve Hickin (Harding), MD & Organiser of the award winning eyelash event company The Lash Social UK LTD and owner of Beauty by Genevieve. Specialising in creating large scale events and world wide competitions for the industry she loves bringing like-minded people together. Genevieve has been in the beauty industry since 2008 and the eyelash industry since 2010. Having been in the industry wo...

Rochelle owns a super salon in Central Milton Keynes, is one of the creators of The Invisiweave and runs a successful hair academy and Premium haircare business and Mummy blog. @rochelle.mama @thedollshousemk

Joanna has been a lash artist for nearly 10 years. Having been just shy of a decade her lash business has grown up with the industry as it has metamorphised through so many changes. Joanna is also a lash educator and has been teaching for about 3 years and is an accredited trainer for Darling Beauty. Joanna started lashing as a side-line when her children were young and whilst she was still workin...

Katie Godfrey shares with you her thoughts and feelings around how salon owners are feeling right now. How she has prepped her salon and academy ready to open safety. She has risk assessments for those that need to them ready to reopen. Remember we are not alone. Follow us on social media at @kgsalon

● Moved to London when she was 18 where she spent two years training in prestigious hair academies, namely Vidal Sassoon, Toni & Guy, L’Oreal Technical Academy, Nicky Clarke, Morris masterclass international and Complections International ● By 1996, she was running a small but successful salon in Pune when her husband’s job relocated to the UAE, where she set up the Pastels Salon brand in 2004 wit...

Cheryl Taylor is the founder and CEO of Oh Darling based in Liverpool and product range Idol. Cheryl has been in the beauty industry for coming up to 19 years. She is a respected educator and Lash Master and has a wealth of experience in a multitude of different beauty treatments. Cheryl has taught in colleges and salons across the country. She’s a well known innovator within the industry, providi...

Becky Perkins is the director of Icons Lash and Brow Studio in East Sussex. The Studio was founded in 2011 and has grown to employ 6 Lash and Brow Artists. She prides herself in keeping her own and her teams skills up to date by taking courses with many respected international trainers. She has also recently become a distributor for a well known American lash brand.

Amanda Humphrey is the owner of Saramanda1 beauty and hair salon in Great Denham, Bedfordshire. From being a detective based in London she wanted a complete career change. Once opened the salon Amanda received some heartbreaking and life changing news. This made her stronger than ever and wanted to help spread the word of how important smear tests are!

Stephen Shortland is Founder and Managing Director of New Vision Packaging. Before forming New Vision in March 2006, Stephen held leadership roles in other retail-focussed packaging businesses across the UK market. Leaving school at 16 with a handful of GCSEs’, Stephen found a role as a trainee CAD designer working at a local print company. After a few years and several positions, he became head p...

Niraj grew up in Belfast with his Indian parents and was expected to work for the NHS like his family. Instead he became an expert sales coach and trainer. After 23 years working on London running sales teams from small businesses to The Guardian newspaper Group, he wanted to raise the standards of sales. So he wrote Everybody Works in Sales which was in the Amazon Top 100 on 21 occasions. He then...

Gemma Samuel is a Marketing Expert and founder of boutique agency Gem Media Marketing Ltd. She specialises in supporting business owners to get their business heard through online platforms. Through her passion to build client relationships and her interest in beauty, she opened a Salon and is also the owner of a salon. Gemma gives us her tips and advice on how to market your beauty business in th...

FOUNDER OF FLAWLESS LASHES BY LORETA Loreta Jasilionyte, founder of Flawless Lashes by Loreta, is one of the lash industry’s key experts and recognised trainers worldwide. With more than 35 trainers, 20 distributors and millions of women wearing her lashes across the globe, Loreta has built a successful leading lash empire in just a few years. She has travelled the world as a respected internation...

I’m Genna, first and foremost I’m mummy to Stanley and Clara and I’m the owner of Genna Rose - Lashes Brows Training. We’re an award winning salon specialising in eyelash lash extensions and were also an award winning training academy. I have been trading now for 4years, I’ve had the salon 2 years and training for 1 year. I look forward to you hearing my story.

Frankie Widdows is the founder and CEO of Eyelash Excellence ™. Frankie wasn’t always in the Beauty industry, in fact from 2002-2012 she was a Police dog handler, but her creativity and passion for beauty lead her down the path of discovering her true love of all things lashes. Although originally trained in all aspects of beauty, she now solely specialises in Eyelash Extensions and these days spe...