We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Shanita Adkisson a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Shanita , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Looking back, do you think you started your business at the right time? Do you wish you had started sooner or later
I Started my Business March of 2022 , the reason I Chose to Start my Business is because I love beauty & Lashes so to be able to Change a woman’s look with just a small enhancement Is something major., As far my Career threw out the years I’ve been in the Hospital field Working in Surgery help to break down the rooms after Cases, help to set up for the next case in Surgery as well doing patient transport. If I could’ve started my Business years ago I feel that would’ve helped me to be more successful , I feel as far learning things in the beauty industry because stuff changes all the time. I feel starting a business you gotta learn what will make or break you some time starting things in your own time is better then just following the trends on what everyone is doing.if I could change anything I’d change having more funding as well better resources ,Connections to reach out for help . it’s been an up and down situation with starting up your business, you may be limited on funding , you still have to take care of yourself live your life , pay bills etc as well keep yourself motivated with passion to wanna better yourself. At the end of the day don’t matter if I started my business now or later I’m glad that I did start .
Shanita , 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?
I’m Shanita The Owner of Good Vibes Lash Boutique!, How I became interested in the beauty industry I’d I do lashes I’ve been doing lashes on myself for years whenever I go out I always get asked who does my lashes. Threw out the years watching Social Media , Seeing how some woman look with lashes and need help I decided this year 2022 to move forward with my lash Business because when you get your lashes done it should look beautiful, natural!. Not a woman walking around looking like she’s about to fly away at the eyes .That makes me wanna tell and Show Women the Correct way to wear your lashes.My discipline I had to have was staying consistent with my work and posting to reach my audience staying true to who I am as a person just being dedicated To my craft as a lash tech . I’m a lash tech I do Classic lashes as well volume lashes ., I wanna show women you can be beautiful no matter what . I wanna go down any lanes I can in the beauty industry to get myself out there . I honestly haven’t had any issues at the moment where I’ve had to help my clients, if I do I’ll give them the best help I can provide. What set me apart from other people is I’m a people person ,I’m friendly, I care about my work , my clients I’m not just trying to take your money to get you out the door. I want you to leave feeling beautiful knowing you’ll be back because you have a lash Tech Cares . I’m most proud of doing everything on my own learning knowledge for myself in business , trusting the process. Knowing it’s ok to make mistakes that’s how you learn. Good Vibes lash Boutique is here to stay to make each Woman beautiful one set at a time I’m a great person that cares about my business, my work, my clients..
Can you open up about how you funded your business?
Well Basically to Start my Business I made a Choice . I knew at the moment my Funding was up and down on getting what I needed to start my business along with stuff going on in my everyday life so I decided when I filed my Taxes that I was gonna take that and invest in myself my business getting envying need from my LLC, to getting all my products that’s what I did and how I got started. I just took that opportunity when I it came made the decision and went with it !.
We’d love to hear the story of how you built up your social media audience?
I Really don’t have a lot of Advice on building your Social Media! I just post a few times a date ! I use my Instagram, Facebook , Snap Chat ,TikTok! I use the tools that those platforms provide to learn when the best time to post, How many Accounts it reaches the best time of day to post as well watching you-tube to lean as well other influencers too .Honestly you just gotta jump in so you know what will and won’t work
Contact Info:
- Website: https://goodvibeslashboutique.mailchimpsites.com/book-online/
- Instagram: goodvibeslash_boutique
- Other: I’m working on building other platforms as Well Channels