This interview is part of Exeleon Magazine’s celebration for Women’s History Month. The entire month we are releasing multiple interviews, stories, and articles of established as well as emerging women entrepreneurs.
In this interview with Laura Osorio, she talks about Lola’s Beauty Bar, which is considered as the #1 Skincare Salon of Tampa Bay. As a skincare specialist and licensed esthetician, Laura ensures her Salon offers the best quality products, luxury treatments, and an unparalleled customer experience.
What makes you a powerful woman? How do you integrate the same thought in your leadership?
I believe what makes me powerful is my resilience, I have been able to overcome many challenges in my life and therefore it makes me that much stronger at the end. I integrate the same thought into my leadership by not allowing anything to get in my way towards success.
What prompted your interest and subsequently your foray into the skincare space?
From a young age, I always loved everything about beauty and skincare. Eventually I wanted a bigger purpose in life and loved helping people, so I decided to mix my hobbies and my aspiration into one career, Licensed Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist.
Talk to us about Lola’s Beauty Bar and what makes it the #1 Skincare Salon of Tampa Bay.
Lola’s Beauty Bar was founded on the basis of women empowerment and making them feel better not only about their appearance but also from within. Our goal is to give result-driven results but also allow every person to feel welcomed, treated with the utmost respect, and be given all the knowledge to continue their journey of self-care at home. We are the #1 Skincare Salon of Tampa Bay because we offer the best quality products, luxury treatments, and an amazing customer experience.
As a female entrepreneur, what has been the journey like for you? If you were to start again, what would you do differently?
As a female entrepreneur, this journey has had very high highs and very low lows. It was very hard to start from scratch and work my way up as a business owner and a service provider. The main thing I would do differently would be having mentors very early on in my career to help guide me better.
What would be your advice for women entrepreneurs who are struggling?
The main advice I would give for women struggling to take a risk and leap of faith in their business is to trust yourself and give it your all. When we believe in ourselves and give it all the motivation and nurture our business, everything else comes together.
There are multiple advancements being made in the beauty and cosmetic space, what do you think is the future for the industry?
As many things are changing in the beauty and cosmetic space, I believe this industry will have a lot more technologies that we can help treat our clients and therefore we need to stay on top of education and products to provide the best results and treatments.
Finally, what does the future look like for you and your brand?
My brand has so much coming. As I plan to rebrand and grow my team, I see Lola’s Beauty Bar becoming a medical spa as I finish school and become an Aesthetic NP. I am most excited to see my clients take advantage of these amazing treatments I will be offering and seeing all my hard work pay off.
