Cardboard Cut-outs

Cardboard Cut-outs

Here is a selection of my favourite people… some of them regular clients, some living far away for most of the time and whom I rarely get to see. Notice anything? How different they all are in appearance, of course! This photo reminds me yet again how sad it is to see women (and some…

Talk to a Real Person!

Talk to a Real Person!

How many real people answered your phone enquiry today? How many texts and/or emails went unanswered? And what about those annoying forms? Ouch! Part of the high professional and personal standard I insist on at Prana is that when you need to talk – it is actually Me you talk to! Yes, online technology is…

Mum, always my 1962 girl

Mum, always my 1962 girl

Oh Mum! How cute you were (even with the cigarette) 🙂 Dear mum, do you remember when your own mother instructed you to be home by 11 “and before you go take off all that makeup!” I remember (because you told me long ago) that not many young men were invited home (a serious move…

Paying it Forward

Paying it Forward

Lately, more and more beauty therapy students are choosing our Courses in order to augment their formal training curriculums. I am pleased to provide them a more indepth, one-on-one learning opportunity because as I have said before, if you want to grow to your full potential as a therapist; the learning never ends… So learning…

Decisions, decisions…

Decisions, decisions…

It’s true, most of our important decisions are based on what can be done within budget (buying or building a house being one of the best examples of that). Here, our knowledge of the building industry, our relationship with the builder or architect and our choice of materials etc. really count. One false move can…

Being Different

Being Different

It is truly amazing to realise that since Agnelo and I opened our doors 7 years ago, Prana has managed to amass more than 200 treatments. “How can the same treatments be performed over and over without becoming mechanical? Don’t you get bored?” you ask. Not so! And here’s why… For the love of Difference!…

Tough Weekend?

Tough Weekend?

Leave it at home! For almost all of us, first impressions count. They strongly indicate not only how you’re going to be treated but whether you’ll come back again to this salon. To give clients peace of mind you need more than credentials I know, that might seem obvious (especially to my regular clients :)….