Pick Me Up!

TAKE MY ADVICE

Laying a sheet of paper over the bed, I smiled as my first client of the day came in.

‘Alright love?’ I grinned, as Julie* plonked her handbag down.

‘Not too bad,’ she replied.

I was all ready for a busy week ahead at High Brow Bar, the eyebrow salon I’d started up back in 2014.

I loved everything beauty - waxing, plucking, and tinting - and felt so lucky to have landed on my feet.

As a single mum to three kids - Jaxon, 14, Nevaeh, 12, and Asa, eight - the job meant I could support them on my own.

But the best part about

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