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When did you know you wanted to become a hairstylist?

The thing is with that one is that I started out actually not really wanting to do hair, but also I was very interested in fashion and in beauty since I was really little, but I was doing something completely different before this. So it was not until I got into my thirties that I actually started and even thinking about doing hair. So actually I came into it really later in life compared to a lot of other hairstylists, like all my other friends started off when they were 18-20, their mothers, daughters of mothers, fathers, they were all hairstylists. I started in my thirties and I just kinda thought this is something in beauty that I could do, and I hope I'm good at it, and that's pretty much it. It was something that was later in life for sure.

How do you keep energy throughout the day when you have 10 clients in one day?

I have to work out. When I have a really, really long day, I want to work out in the morning because it just keeps me going, it keeps me at good pace because you do get so, so tired. It's really intense!

If you could share one piece of advice for someone looking to follow in your footsteps, what would it be?

I think it's taking inspiration from everything, from everyone, but not being obsessed with what other people are doing. We’re so visual as artists and we’re in such a visual kind of world that I think we get obsessed with what other people are doing and then not do anything, we freeze, like we get scared of making a wrong move or we're scared of failing. Just really keeping yourself in your lane and not being so worried and not keeping so much tabs on everybody else. I think that people remember the way you make them feel for sure. I've made a lot of great friendships with a lot of great hairdressers that want to see you succeed. Just keeping your primary purpose of hair, because you're an artist and because you want to create beauty.