It's what all us beauty therapists have in common, we LOVE to make things beautiful. It could be anything from gelling a set of dull nails to spray tanning a pair of milky white legs, it could even be making somebody's day beautiful by giving them the most incredible Lava shell massage!! Perhaps you wouldn't be a very good therapist if you didn't have that desire to make people happy by creating beautiful things for them.
My need (or should I say my obsession) to make everything pretty even extends into my home. When we moved into our house I started with small projects like painting frames, making tea light holders and decoupaging letters and jars. It's great fun and I loved taking something that was a little bit boring and turning it into something splendid.
Over time I have become braver and my latest up-cycling venture is by far my best. 3 years ago I rescued an old cupboard from Dad's summerhouse and I decided a few weekends back that it was now time to 'make it beautiful'.
I have discovered the most amazing paint, Annie Sloan chalk paint. It's super easy to use, no sanding needed and it dries quickly. 2 coats of paint and a layer of wax later and eh voilà! One bedroom cabinet that I am absolutely in love with!! So in love with it in fact that without noticing I have been recreating this look in my beauty work. 2 weeks later and these toes are still works of art that I'm happy to show off when the sun allows me to.
So I guess I could say I'm on a mission, a life long mission to beautify!!! It doesn't stop at cabinets and jam jars, as I mentioned earlier humans are just as rewarding. The thought of a new client with a pair of particularly tired and perhaps even slightly crusty feet would do nicely. I've got plenty of OPI varnishes that I still need to experiment with and a whole ton of rhinestones that need to be stuck on something....
Hmmm, it gives me so much satisfaction when I transform something cheerless into something beautiful!!
Emma x
