My business week v. 20

Now it's Sunday again and it's time to summarize the work week that has been! :)

I almost get a little scared of how fast time goes, in less than two weeks we have our summer event and then it's June. JUNE!

Photographed advertising images for teeth whitening
We have a lot of prospective wedding couples who do teeth whitening before they get married, great fun! Now we have opened up lots of teeth whitening times this summer and even evenings in fact and are ready to spread white smiles on the conveyor belt :)

We will market teeth whitening a little extra for all future spouses as well. We also have barbers so it's a perfect makeover for all the guys who are getting married this summer!

First we thought of making an advertising picture where the bride has very white teeth and the groom very yellow, and write something fun about them matching each other. But then we ran on the theme that the guy's teeth should match the wedding dress instead.

We do not have much time left for fun projects right now so it had to go fast - I did some curls in Annika's hair, then she and Miska had to line up to look super cute for a few seconds haha.

Annika finished in about a quarter of an hour, then we went out and found a suitable photo place just 1 minute from the salon, took maybe 15 pictures and then we went back and continued working.

We work according to the kiss principle as Annika usually says - keep int simple stupid;) Fast and efficient!

Incredibly fast I was in photoshop too I must say. The pictures Miska got the best of were not the same pictures that Annika got the best of, we did not take so many and it was a bit uncomfortable for them to try to look dear in front of me because Miska is my boyfriend haha. So this finished image is actually a clip from two different images :)

Surprise for my roommate!
This is not really part of the job, but as a self-employed person who sometimes works from morning to night, the job is affected by the private sector. All time is potential working time. I feel so sick of thinking now haha!

For evenings, weekends and red days, I have for the past two weeks secretly renovated our kitchen, basically completely alone! Because my sister Mia (who Miska and I live with) was in Cyprus for 2 weeks and I wanted to surprise her with a completely renovated kitchen when she came home. Sister of the year I know;);)

Said and done!

Last Monday I had to make an effort not to think so much about them coming home in the evening - because when I tried to imagine the surprise reaction, I became so excited that I could not focus on the job haha.

She was super happy of course! And finally I can 1. work in the morning and evening now without the stress of stealth renovation and 2. have a nice kitchen that I can have as a home office! :)

Here I am with my morning coffee and my to-do list in the new kitchen! It is Viktoria's tail that sticks out too, she wanted to sit in my arms ♥

What was on my to-do list, among other things, is a bit of a consulting job for Disruptive Materials, nothing big but I love when they email me with questions! Developing new products is something I am really passionate about and this project is so extremely slow because it is a completely new material (upsalite powder I wrote about before) so just such a thing as answering questions is fun because it at least happens anything :)

Work in the home photo studio!
It has been incredibly worthwhile to work from home every Wednesday that I started with a few weeks ago. Otherwise I do all the photo work before I go to work, but then you do not have time for everything you want.

Among other things, I took pictures of a whole bunch of pictures where I tried to look newly awake but rudely alert haha!

Dreamer or doer?
Being a good entrepreneur is not just about toiling from morning to night, but you also have to make room to get new impressions, inspiration and ideas so that you can develop! That's why this weekend I produced the book that Miska received as a birthday present from me - The book of success by Alexander Pärleros!

I have not read that far yet because I was busy carrying firewood this weekend haha, but in the beginning Alexander talks about the difference between being a dreamer and a doer - and how important it is to be both.

I am definitely both a dreamer and a doer, just such a simple thing as the kitchen I wrote about above. First I saw the dream scenario how happy Mia would be when she was surprised with a nice kitchen, to see her shocked mine - and then 2 weeks later everything was ready!

But I add unbelievable heavy weight in the dream piece because that is the part that makes the whole to-do piece so fun! As it also says in the book "if you run in the wrong direction, it does not matter how fast and efficient you are" I thought that was the head of the nail :) It is SO easy to lose your personal "why". I have started a company to work the way I want, completely in my own way, and that it is so fun to build something and see it grow. It's not because one day I'll be sitting on a mountain of money and just ice cream in the sun all day. It is important to have goals to know where to go, but it is not only the goal that is important to me, I want to have fun every day!

In the book, he attaches great importance to the doer part and I agree with that, partly because those who buy the book have probably already come a long way in the dream part but also because it is important to dare to grab things and not just have them inside in the head. But in general, I think there is a greater shortage of people who dare to dream, it is so often I tell about my dreams completely seriously and get a laugh in response because people think I'm kidding haha. It can be proof that the dream is really, really good;) but above all it is because people are not used to thinking outside the box.

When I told people that "me, Miska and Annika are eager to join us and rent Vålamagasinet and have a big salon there!So nobody thought I was serious at first (Vålamagasinet is the luxury furniture store that had the 367 sqm large room before). And now we are here 2.5 years later and are fully booked over the ears! :)

Perfect for nurturing your dreamer side while gathering strength in the sun! There will probably definitely be more references to this book in my Sunday posts this summer.

Creative Magic Dust
We talk so much in the salon that beauty is wellness and want to highlight the fun with makeup and the feeling you have in the body when you e.g. has been on a treatment :) In addition to talking about it as a pure fact, we have thought about how we could emphasize the feeling itself even more, in a slightly more creative way.

Now we have the idea to start with our own expression Creative Magic Dust! Creative because the salon is called Creative Makeup, and magic dust is the abstract magic that happens with us!

We often hear from people who see our before and after pictures of e.g. make-up that it makes such a big difference even though the make-up is not the worst party look or the like. And the make-up definitely makes a huge difference - but the biggest difference is the charisma of the person! So the inner feeling of thriving in your own appearance!

Sometimes you have customers who come in with a low attitude, are a little cautious in the way and their whole aura is a bit greyish type. Then there is such a difference when they leave the salon - even though they have not done the worst makeover but e.g. just been pampered for a while and got a new shape on his eyebrows, then it can be a completely different person who walks away with a straight back, happy eyes and radiates self-confidence!

It's not just the beautiful eyebrows that made the difference - but that we have spread a little Creative Magic Dust over them :)

One idea is that we should start with this kind of glitter-glow stuff in our pictures! But you can also shoot great commercials and such in this magic dust theme. I love it! Just looking further.

In addition to this, it has of course been all the usual work as well, had many customers, published a new beauty guide post with the new lipsticks in the webshop, tested the model before the summer event, opened up the summer schedule for Mia who is new to us etc. Various things to do !

Now me and my lean, tender body will continue to carry wood into the woodshed so we can manage this winter. It's a varied life I live;)

Have a great Sunday nice you! ♥