15 October 2019
My alarm goes off at…
I wake up around 6.45am and always have at least half an hour reading the paper or watching the news in bed with a pot of tea. I’m not really a morning person so I like to take my time waking up. I don’t eat breakfast so then I unroll my yoga mat, set up my playlist and do 30 minutes of yoga, varying the poses every day. Yoga keeps me sane, toned and calm. If for any reason I miss my morning session, I do it at night before having a hot, candlelit bath to unwind. I love candles.
I am responsible for…
I’m MD of our various companies – so my workload is very diverse. I could be designing packaging or working on NPD (New product development) for our RW Chelsea London Product line, doing HR or accounts for our main company (the salon), creating marketing and PR for Tangle Angel, or working on my solo products Femhany (female empowerment programme) or Azulara (jewellery, fashion and accessories). My favourite ‘work’ is sitting with my silversmith in his Hatton Garden workshop and working on jewellery designs or scouring the hippy markets in Es Canar (Ibiza) to source designs. Also, I’ll be writing my blogs and columns or carrying out my education for salon owners.
Days in your business…
With a team of 100 there are always staff issues to deal with, and my head is in a P&L quite often because I’m responsible for accounts. There are also contracts and legal stuff that always ends up in my in-tray. I think I’m a lawyer in training these days!
The best part of my job…
The diversity. As I’m a typical Gemini, I would get horribly bored if I had to do the same thing day in, day out. I love salon life too and could never have an office out of the salon. I love the banter too much.
Post work…
I love going to see bands live and I have a really good girlfriend who has exactly the same taste in music as me (alternative) and is much better organised at booking tickets! I also love going out for dinner and seeing my posse of girlfriends.