The Woman Behind the Business: Antonia Burrell

You might remember a blog post I did a little while ago on my facial experience with Antonia Burrell. Check out the post here

Well todays the woman behind the business is the one and only Antonia Burrell. Facialist to the stars, the lady with the magic hands and someone who inspires me with her drive and determination to succeed.

I met Antonia for lunch and asked her some questions about her business, beauty tips and favourite things.

1) How did you get into the business of beauty?

I started at the age of 19 and as a career it’s all I have ever done. I used to work as a therapist at the Sanctuary spa earning £28 a day! I was then promoted to a senior therapist and I realised I really needed to supplement my income so I also started selling the retail products. I got to know the products inside and out and was promoted to head of retail.

I was then headhunted and went to work with Aveda for 6 years where I won a number of awards for being the best in sales. Following that I decided to launch my own business. I opened up 3 salons and also started teaching aromatherapy at the London College of Arts.

The Woman Behind the Business: NoScrunchie

I’m at that stage in life where I am looking to push forward on all the things I love doing. One of the things I have found that just encourages and inspires me to keep following my dreams is when I speak to other women who have done just that. So I thought it would be great to start a new series called “The Woman Behind the Business” where I speak to fantastic women who have set up incredible businesses and are chasing their dreams.

My first woman in this series is non other than the very talented and beautiful Leillah Sekalala. I met Leillah a few weeks ago and I have a little confession to make, whilst we were being introduced, I wasn’t really listening and instead I was thinking OMG! I love her hair and lipstick and I really need those details (just to break it down and excuse my rudeness, she was rocking a gorgeous afro twisted look with a lovely hot pink lipstick) fast forward a few weeks later, I find out that not only does she have great style but she is also the woman behind the fantastic business concept called NoScrunchie.

NoScrunchie is an afro salon rating website, which allows you to find out what salon to go to and which salon to run a mile from.  The best bit, is that the salons are rated by people just like you.