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She built a salon she was proud of.

She hired a team. She signed a lease. She showed up to treat clients the morning after egg retrievals.

Then she ended up in hospital with a heart rate she couldn't bring down.

And she was still thinking about work.

In this episode, I sit down with Tamika Sharp, founder of Skin and Beauty Collective in Perth, for one of the most raw and honest conversations this podcast has ever had. Tamika has been publicly documenting her IVF journey, and in this episode she goes even deeper: the miscarriages, the diagnoses nobody caught at first, the financial pressure of spending $40,000 on fertility treatment while running a salon and never paying herself a wage, and the hospitalization that finally made her stop.

This one is for every woman holding everything together on the outside while quietly falling apart behind the scenes.

→ Six rounds of IVF, three miscarriages, and the financial and emotional toll nobody prepares you for
→ Running a team through egg retrievals and laparoscopic surgery
→ The silent endometriosis and killer cell mutations her first clinic completely missed
→ The doctor who told her she was too stressed for a baby to implant, and why that became her turning point
→ Selling the fit-out, going back to solo trading, and finally taking home a wage
→ The beauty industry's quiet truth: business owners paying their staff more than themselves
→ Rosacea, post-pill acne, and the skin conditions that aren't being treated at the root cause
→ What coming out of chronic burnout actually looks and feels like day to day

Tamika was 26 years old when we recorded this. She had already been through more than most people face in a decade. And she still showed up and gave everything.

This episode will stay with you.

Connect with Tamika Sharp: → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skinandbeautycollective_/ → Website: https://skinandbeautycollective.com.au

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She applied for awards twice and went home with nothing. No trophy. No feedback. Just the bill.

Then she won Australian Clinic of the Year, only the third WA business in history to ever take that title.

And now? She's building an entirely new awards program so nobody else has to go through that process blind.

In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Diaz from Love Beauty Skin Clinic and Elke Richter from Skin Inspired, two of the three founders behind WASSABA, the brand new Western Australian Skin, Spa, Beauty and Aesthetics Awards.

This conversation goes way beyond awards. It's about what's been missing in the WA beauty industry for years: a place to be recognized without flying to Sydney, a community that actually supports you, and education that goes deeper than "just post more content."

In this episode:
👉 How a joke at a national awards night turned into a real organization within months
👉 Why the founders can't enter or judge their own awards, and why that matters
👉 The difference between a "fluffy pink clinic" application and the one that won Australian Clinic of the Year
👉 Why it costs $20K to $30K to take your team to national awards, and why WA needed a local alternative
👉 How WASSABA gives feedback to every applicant so you can actually improve
👉 Categories for cosmetic tattooists, body sculpting clinics, makeup artists, and spray tanners, groups that are usually left out
👉 The Profit and Planning Summit on June 17th covering pricing, end-of-financial-year prep, and brand strategy
👉 Why awards aren't about validation; they're about reflection, visibility, and knowing you're on the right track

Whether you've never entered an award in your life or you've applied and walked away empty-handed, this episode will change the way you think about putting yourself forward.

And if you're in WA and haven't looked at WASSABA yet, this is your sign.

Connect with WASSABA:
www.instagram.com/wassaba.official
www.wassaba-official.com

Connect with Rachel Diaz:
www.instagram.com/lovebeautyskinclinic

Connect with Elke Richter:
www.instagram.com/skininspired_

I want to empower women in the beauty industry to create an impact, build an empire, and leave their legacy!

Ready to become an industry powerhouse?
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100 episodes.
$500 in my bank account when I started.
A $25,000 contract I had no idea how I was going to pay for.
And a rebrand I've been sitting on for over 12 months.

This is it. The full, unfiltered story of how Beauty Industry Leaders went from a post in a Skool community to 25,000 downloads across 1,247 cities, and why the next 100 episodes are going to look very different.

I'm not holding anything back in this one.

I talk about the woman who tried to bully me out of starting this before I'd even recorded a single episode. The $680-per-episode cost of audio-only production when I could barely afford food. Splitting my grandma's meal prep containers into thirds just to make it through the week. Breaking my mic three weeks after it arrived. Recording in my studio apartment with blankets draped over the wardrobe to kill the echo. And the 150+ retakes per episode that nearly broke me.

But I also talk about the friendships that changed my life. The guests who made me cry. The moment I realized long-form content was my superpower. And the identity crisis I've been quietly battling for the last 12 months, wondering if I'd outgrown the very brand I built.
This episode is where I share what's next.

I'm announcing the rebrand. I'm telling you the new name. And I'm sharing why this evolution has been the hardest and most necessary decision I've made since starting this podcast.

In this episode:
→ The full origin story of Beauty Industry Leaders, from the first idea to the first download
→ Signing a $25K contract with nothing in my account
→ The podcast agency journey: what worked, what didn't, and why I brought everything in-house
→ Building a $30K studio on a $3K budget
→ My top five episodes and what each one taught me
→ Why storytelling outperforms strategy content every time
→ The content funnel: short-form to long-form to community
→ The 12-month identity crisis I never talked about publicly
→ The official rebrand announcement and what it means for you
→ And a tease of the family business docuseries that's coming next

If you've been here since episode one, thank you. If this is your first episode, welcome to the most honest version of this podcast I've ever put out.

Here's to being a little bit delusional.

I want to empower women in the beauty industry to create an impact, build an empire, and leave their legacy!

Ready to become an industry powerhouse?
Get more clients, more income, and your time back without burning out. Be among the first to access exclusive scripts, strategies, and systems to get booked, banked, and in demand.
https://beautyindustryleaders.com.au/booked-banked-and-in-demand

If you have any questions about the episode, or have a burning question you’d like me to answer on the show, or if you’d like to join our movement of ambitious beauty leaders, connect with me and the rest of our incredible community on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sammykennedycoach/
https://www.instagram.com/beautyindustryleaders/