The timeless question that I get asked by all new clients and the story goes like this…
About two years ago I was getting ready to pack up and finish my degree at Ohio State. I spent a lot of time thinking about what kind of job I would have. But moving somewhere new, cooking, cleaning, studying, and going to class, plus working as a waitress seemed like a pretty heavy load. Considering I have never been away from home before.
While getting my weekly spray tan at my Aunt Kath’s studio I was talking to her about life’s stresses. (Spray tan = therapy session) She suggested I learn how to spray tan and start my own business down there. I thought, “little ol’ twenty-one year old me start a business?” At first I thought she was insane, but then I realized the idea was genius.
The next week I got a spray tan and Aunt Kath told me that it was my turn. She instructed me on some techniques, handed me the gun, and I spray tanned her. Learning to spray is a baptism by fire thing; you just do it and feel it. For the next few weeks I gathered some of my closest friends and practiced on them. By the end of the summer I was a spray tanning machine! And about 100’s of spray tans later, I’d say I’m pretty damn good at it.
In case you were wondering my Aunt Kath has been spray tanning for ten years. She was the first person in my home town (Toledo, Ohio) to start spray tanning. She is a phenomenal business woman and has grown her business tremendously over the past few years. I am proud to say that I have learned all I know about the spray tan business through her.
The actual process of starting the business is for another day.
Until then,
Wear your sunscreen and love your ass
Xoxo…
Ash
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