We recently connected with Kayla Coleman and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Kayla thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Alright, so you had your idea and then what happened? Can you walk us through the story of how you went from just an idea to executing on the idea

When graduating high school it was always a known thing in my family that I was going to college and so because I’m an only child I did not wanna let my parents down so I ended up enrolling in Ivy Tech Indianapolis for dentistry I did about six months in school and got a job at a dental office and I hated my life every single day lol!

I started thinking about what my next steps were because I was out on my own and had bills to pay, but knew that I wanted to do something that I actually enjoyed. I’ve always had a passion for the beauty industry so I ended up using my last $600 to invest in a lash course. I started out just taking clients for about $20-$30 per set. As I got better I got more clients in the door and was able to update my prices. With hard work, dedication, consistency, and resilience. I was able to get into my very own suite rather than working out of my apartment. I also was able to enroll into aesthetician school to further my knowledge in the beauty industry. I now am the owner of the glow spot, Indy where we are a full service beauty coworker space for beauty entrepreneurs. I still take regular clients.

Kayla, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is kayla coleman I am an Indianapolis licensed aesthetician, beauty, influencer, and suite owner. I am the owner of Indyskinandlashes where we offer luxury beauty services that celebrate specifically melanin beauty we offer lash extensions, facials, body, and facial waxing as well as brow services. We pride ourselves on customer service in creating genuine relationships with our clients. We have actually been nominated for a 2024 SEA leaders award for best in customer service.
I am also the owner of the close spot Indy where we are a beauty, coworkers space for beauty entrepreneurs we give them the resources to grow and scale their businesses by being a professional home sweet home for their business.

How did you build your audience on social media?

I believe that the key to building a true audience on social media is being 100% genuinely and authentically yourself. There are so many people out here who are re-creating other people‘s ideas, but I believe that staying true to who you are and showing up as yourself on social media, the people who can genuinely relate to you in this life and the people that you want as your clients are going to find you if you’re being yourself

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

There have been plenty of times where I’ve had to be resilient in this business. There have been times where I’ve had a unsatisfied client that really broke my confidence, but I chose to learn from it and not take it personal so that I could better service Them in the future. Also, while looking for a property for The glow spot, a lot of property agencies feel that the beauty industry is an at risk industry so they did not want to rent to me so I got told no 1 million times before I actually found the space of our dreams

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Indyskinandlashes.as.me
• Instagram: @indyskinandlashes @theglowspotindy