Meet our featured beauty with brains Lucy Peters, a businesswoman based in Sydney, Australia. She owns Lulu Beauty Bar (http://www.lulubeautybar.com.au/).
“My name is Lucy Peters and I own Lulu Beauty Bar. I am a committed small business owner with a serious passion for beauty and all things pretty! My interest in beauty started at a young age, however I didn’t enter the industry until a few years ago when I trained in London, England to become a fully qualified Eyelash Technician. Alongside lash extensions and lifts I also offer spray tanning, nails & brows at my friendly and cosy home salon in Castle Hill, NSW. I am fully passionate about what I do and I aim to make women feel amazing and confident in themselves!” – Lucy.
Here is an interview with her.
- Who or what inspires you?
To be honest, I don’t have one particular role model. I admire many successful entrepreneurs who have overcome a plethora of obstacles throughout their lives, such as financial hardship or class barriers, in order to achieve their dreams. Michelle Mone (founder of Ultimo, the UK Wonderbra) is amazing and continues to inspire me to this day. If you ever get the chance to read up on her rags to riches story starting out on a Glasgow council estate to now being a hugely successful multi-millionaire, it’s well worth the read! Gary Vaynerchuck is also one of the most fascinating and driven people I have ever had the pleasure of listening to.
- What are your aims and goals in life? Have you achieved them?
I always knew I wanted to travel and explore the different cultures of the world, so I spent most of my 20’s traveling and working my way around the globe. I have definitely ticked a large majority of my travel goals but naturally I still have more! At a young age, I expressed an interest in entering the beauty industry, however I was discouraged to do so by certain family members (which is why I only came into beauty later in life) so instead I pursued a career in music. My music career enabled me to experience some insane achievements like singing for the Queen on multiple occasions, performing on TV and appearing at some infamous music venues. I still have many more goals and I am currently in the process of updating my bucket list.
- How has the pandemic impacted your business?
So, a quick back story; I returned to the UK for about 2 years as I am originally from England and having spent 11 years prior to that living in Sydney, I felt I needed to spend some quality time with my elderly parents. Having absolutely no idea that we would be hit by an international pandemic, my partner and I planned to and subsequently moved back to Australia in March this year (great timing, hey?!).
Fast forward through mandatory quarantine, then lockdown, I finally set about opening my salon from 1st June. It has definitely been a bit of a tricky road to navigate given I’m building my business again in the current climate. The major positive from all of this is that I have received a huge amount of support from the community who are actively choosing to shop local and support small businesses, which has been amazing.
- Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
My aim is to grow Lulu Beauty Bar into a large salon focussing on multiple facets of beauty i.e. lashes, semi-permanent makeup, injectables, hair extensions. Somewhere in that mix I’d also like to have a child but one thing I can guarantee is that I won’t be moving away from the beautiful shores of Sydney ever again!
Check out her website and social media:
http://www.lulubeautybar.com.au/
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