On this episode, we welcome Kenesha Coleman, The Beauty CPA! She owns Coleman Tax and exclusively supports beauty professionals. Listen to find out more about Kenesha’s background and experience!

Today, we dive into tax planning! Here is the key, tax planning should be throughout the entire year to avoid people scrambling for their documents. Plus, any deductions that you are trying to receive must take place during the year. You can’t earn more deductions once the year is complete.

There are several things you should be doing, but we are diving into the top 3!

• Bookkeeping
• Setting aside tax money
• Deductions

These three things all work together throughout the year!

Let’s dive into bookkeeping. What exactly is it? This means using an accounting software to track inflow and outflow of transactions that are categorized. Also, make sure you have a separate business account. Everything should be separate for tracking and potential auditing.

Second tip is setting aside money...

Today we welcome Mark Essay with Sugar of the Nile! Mark manufactures sugar and is here to answer all of the questions surrounding why sugar does what is does.

During lockdown, we have had quite the adventure keeping business going. One of the things that people started doing was making their own sugar—a little DIY experiment. Mark dives in about why this may or may not work.

There are a few reasons we should use a professional product.
1) Consistency-Your clients should be able to rely on a product and a result.
2) Efficiency-If your paste is consistent, you are able to move forward and become a better sugar professional for your clients.
3) Insurance-If something is off with your sugar, you are protected when you use a professional product!

A quality paste will have no preservatives. That means you have to take care of it. Otherwise, it becomes very susceptible to the elements such as heat, humidity, and air (if left unopened). Mark dives into how to store and use warmers wit...

A business that sells to customers is the technical description of a distributor. Alexander’s is so much more than that! 

Alexander’s Aesthetics started in the family. The love of skincare prompted him to purchase many many products over the years trying to find the best ones out there. In the end, this led to a formation of a very large company that was centered around education of doctors and estheticians. This ended up becoming our foundation--to educate and provide information for clients while they are trying to find the right products for them and their businesses.

Q: Wendy, when did you decide to jump into the family business? 
A: My mom took it over while I was an adult so I didn’t grow up with it. My husband and I both worked in the volatile business of tech in Colorado and decided we wanted something different. At the suggestion of my mother, we jumped into opening Alexander’s Aesthetics in Colorado. Once I opened the business, I definitely had a new-found respect for m...

This episode is a MUST LISTEN! Don’t make the mistake of picking a sugary sweet name for your biz without learning more from our guest, Joey Vitale from Indie Law. 

When Joey Vitale was in college, he was bribed by his father to go to law school with a new car. He quickly realized he was not the ‘shark.’ Due to it not fitting, he started his own graphic design business. Through networking, he realized how many people in business had questions. So, he started a law firm to fill the need in order to help cut out the noise.

Many people go with less expensive solutions than hiring a lawyer. They resort to quick fix, low cost solutions. The problem with that is there is one solution for everyone--which is not the right solution for everyone. Instead, Joey works with people to educate and empower them in their business decisions.

His law firm focuses on the must haves for a business and has solidified the process into programs for those starting their business. This helps people to c...

Welcome back to episode 4 of The SugarShow. We are here with Joelle Lee to share her story and share some nuggets of wisdom on mindfully creating and pricing your menu.

Joelle Lee is an esthetician, previously a medical esthetician. She proceeded to specialize in laser treatments with a focus in people of color. One of her first clients happened to be Michelle Obama! This was long before anything was attached to her. All of the sudden, her client was now the first lady. She moved to D.C. to follow her client and took the opportunity to recreate and launch her line.

While momentum was building, she wasn’t happy with the product line 7 years later. Life took off as she began to grow her family. It was at that moment she let the products go and refocused on clients. Shortly after that change, she was able to start teaching and consulting other estheticians.

This led to publishing her first book! And she discovered traveling with her book, teaching other estheticians, and focusing ...

Welcome to Love2Sugar’s The SugarShow’s 3rd episode “Summer Sugaring--Keeping Your Cool!" I’m Shannon, the “SugarMama,” here to guide you on keeping all things cool this summer.

Aaahhhh Summer. Sunshine, beaches, bikinis...and beautifully smooth skin. Music to an estheticians ears! 

This is the busiest hair removal season for the beauty industry and the best time to build your clientele. Seasoned sugarists know they have a consistent tool to bring clients in the door no matter what time of year--even the hot summers. After 10 summers in the treatment room in hot California, here are my tips for keeping you and your clients cool and perfectly smooth.

8 Musts for Summer Sugaring Success:

1. Chill Out Your Room: Keep the temperature in your room around 70 degrees to keep your sugar paste consistent. When you are sugaring back to back, it is important to keep you cool and keep your clients body temperature down if they have been outside and their skin is warm. Year round have a f
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On today’s podcast, we welcome Annie Mayo with Advanced Mineral Makeup. I’ve always seen Annie at shows and her booth is always crowded! She created a line a mineral makeup that provides natural color coverage with minerals that support healthy and happy skin. I am so thankful to have her on the show today to share her knowledge!

Advanced Mineral Makeup is more than makeup. In fact, it is so much more that the work “makeup” shouldn’t even be used. It is a skin treatment that colors skin. And the best part, it is the perfect addition to an after-sugaring treatment! Advanced Minerals are made up of just that—minerals! These minerals are bacteria fighting, skin calming, inflammation fighting wonders. Annie suggests adding this as a finishing touch to your treatment because it will benefit everyone’s skin plus add a “finished” touch.

• DURING TREATMENT: At the end of sugaring, you can add value to your client by using Advanced Minerals. There is a dry sunscreen to protect the sk
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2020 is off to such a challenging start, that we decided the SugarShow needed a new season. Welcome to season 2!

In our lockdown, we have built a community of educators and students—imagine, a pandemic brought us together to make this happen! But enough of the pandemic—in our community, we will leave that at the door and keep things sweet with talking about all things sugar.

Here is a little homework beyond listening to this podcast consists of three steps.

• Map out your next week and month. Yes, fill with clients, but also, fill with things that strengthen your mind, body and soul.
• Focus on your clients. Say it again. Focus on your clients. Steer the conversation away from riots, pandemics, etc. and focus on where they are, right now, with their skin, hair removal, and sugar experience.
• Review your trainings, previous podcasts, and masterclasses. There is so much included in the Sugar Tribe membership as well as your original certification. Make sure you review and get i
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Welcome to our first ever LIVE SugarShow!  This will be a new format so we can reach more sugarists with our message of Sweet Success!

Shea has been a renowned Esthetician in Boise, Idaho since 2010.  She is the owner of SUGAR & BLO, a Sugaring Studio and Blow Dry bar.  She is an Advanced Educator with Sweet & True Sugaring, holding classes regularly in Meridian, Idaho and traveling for trade shows to educate estheticians on sugaring techniques around the U.S. Her expert approach teaches industry professionals superior ways to remove unwanted body hair by sugaring.  Her students learn how to manage and treat their clients, how to maintain a growing clientele, and how to make every client feel comfortable. When Shea isn’t spreading her love of sugaring or facilitating her growing business, she is raising two beautiful children while competing in Olympic lifting. Whether sugaring, growing a business or Olympic lifting, Shea is a match to be met.

Shea is truly a sugaring success s...

In these uncertain times, it's always best to reach out to our business gurus and find some certainty when it comes to our beauty businesses.  We will get through these restrictions and come out the other side.  And when we do, this episode will come down and a new fresh episode with Angela will go up!

Angela Green is the founder of Skin Biz School, a veteran esthetician, and educator for Se Brazil.  She experienced the recession of 10 years ago and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to knowing your business numbers in order to make educated decisions about your sugaring business.  In this episode, she discusses how to make time each day while we are at home to focus on your business planning.  Specifically how to manage your finances and do a cost per service analysis of each treatment you perform.  When it is time to return to business, as usual, you might be tempted to just push a discount, but Angela warns that if you discount too steep you will actually net a low amount an...