Hello! It’s been a while … seven months have passed since writing my last blog post. I have missed writing and sharing our journey. I do have a very good reason though! Life has been busier than usual and slightly hectic in establishing my new organic hair and beauty salon in a small country town Loxton, South Australia.

The idea of opening a salon was not on my mind this time last year, as I was 100% committed to trying to conceive a baby and was content with working part time from home. It wasn’t until I booked an appointment with a beautiful lady she helped me reconnect with my inner voice, listen to my intuition & inspired me to start up a new buisness.

I discussed the idea with my mum on our way home then that night I couldn’t sleep, as I had ideas going through my head of starting up an organic salon. I was excited about it as no one offered that kind of service in our region, there was a gap in the market and good potential. In the morning I told my husband of my idea and his response was “that’s I good idea, you should do it.” He was just as excited as I was which made me happy to have his 100% support, I’ve had the dream since I was a teenager of having my very own salon.

I told my parents and they thought it was also a good idea along with my siblings and close friends. Having so much support helped me make my decision so much easier as I couldn’t have done it without them. I started to look at my options and found a shop front for lease however it took weeks for the landlord to respond so I looked elsewhere. When I looked at another premise avaliable to lease it must of been a sign from the universe, as it was perfect and it is exactly how imagined my salon to look today.

After anxiously waiting for a response from landlord, it was all good to go ahead. The hard work began, quotes for furniture, finance and all the goes with setting up a new buisness. The following six weeks were very busy with the last week being quite stressful, two trips to Adelaide in one week which were very long days with my car full to the brim. On the day before opening I was an emotional wreck, exhausted, nervous, excited and with so much to do. Being a perfectionist that I am, I didn’t make it any easier for myself.

Seven months later and business is going really well, I have received a lot of positive feedback and my clientele continues to grow. I am happy to provide a healthy alternative particularly to those who are sensitive or allergic to conventional colours. I feel in doing my part in contributing to a healthier community.

Opening my new salon not been easy however, like it is with starting any new buisness from scratch. My usual day is twelve hours long with one hour and half total traveling each day to and from work, mostly dirt roads with hardly any mobile phone service. At the end of a long day I love going home to the farm where it is peaceful quiet and I’m very grateful my husband is understanding and can do so much around the home when I’m not able to.

My social life has gone to the way side due to working most Saturday’s, I feel exhausted being the end of the week often I feel like just chilling out and relaxing at home. It can feel quite isolating and miss catching up with friends, but I’m sure as time goes on I will find more work life balance.

I believe children will come into our lives when the time is right, we have put so much time and money into trying to start a family and we had been focusing on it so much for the past four + years, it was only when the business opportunity come up it took some what a back seat.

In saying that we are still working with our wonderful fertility specialist naturopath to manage our health naturally, I need to be energised, healthy & have a strong immune system now I have my own business, after all I can’t just call in sick and have a day off when I have appointments unless I’m bed ridden. Therefore I continue to be passionate about natural health and looking after your body and mind.

Opening up an organic salon has made me feel like I’m doing all I can to live a non toxic healthy life, as before I felt I was doing everything else right but my work was contra indicting my efforts being exposed to harmful chemicals and fumes.

It is important not to put life on hold waiting for something to happen, do what you have always dreamed of whether it be travelling, starting a business like I did, follow your heart and intuition and live life to the fullest.

Check out my new salon on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/bodhiandrose or Instagram @bodhiandrose.

Take care

xx Rosy