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Challenge yourself, jump off the deep end and learn to swim
Imagine the scene it’s a Monday morning and it’s the 1st day of the 1 week Intensive ‘Train to be a Personal Stylist’ course and my new delegates are anxiously waiting to learn more about the agenda for their upcoming week. Over a cup of coffee I inform them that...
Fail to plan, plan to fail!
This simple famous quote by Benjamin Franklin is one of my favourite quotes of all time as it really does ring true! And this has been so evident to me since running the Training Academy. By now we’ve probably (and proudly) trained over 400 women (and a few men) and...
Expectation + Action = Creation!
Happy New Year everybody! Like most people I couldn’t wait to see the back of 2016, it was in reflection one of the hardest years for me in all areas of my life, from my health, finances to my personal relationships…. In 2016 it felt like everything I truly wanted...
Are you tired of working on the Shop Floor wishing you were a Personal Shopper?
Very often when I’m in store Personal Shopping with a client, I feel the staff are watching me, not in a bad way I might add but almost with a longing gaze. They initially hover around me asking if I need their help but once they can see I’ve got things covered they...
Do you dream of becoming a Personal Stylist and getting out of the Rat Race?
I always smile when the well-established career girl comes to one of our training courses. By career girl you know who I mean: the Accountant, Lawyer, IT consultant, Marketing Manager or even the PA; it’s the woman who’s used to working long hours with no flexibility,...
Train to be a Personal Stylist in just 3 days!
The one thing no one can accuse us of at Style ME Training is not understanding our customer. When we launched our training academy in 2012 we wanted to offer our courses as short courses for busy women who could book in a day or two at a time and learn Personal...
How much money can you make as a Personal Stylist?
The one question we always get asked during our training course is: “Can you really make money as a Personal Stylist?” and the answer is always YES! Yes you can definitely make a lot of money as a Personal Stylist, (that’s right... shopping for a living!) Of course...
Personal Shopping Trips for Mums
Imagine this… you’ve dropped the kids off to school, nursery or the babysitter and you’re making your way to meet your Style ME Personal Stylist. Yes for the next 4 hours this is ‘your’ time, where you are number 1, no one’s asking you to do anything for them, no...
Why every mother requires a Personal Stylist
Our primary delegate group at our Training Academy is the mum market. These mums get trained on how to become a Personal Stylist and then go and style their target audience who surprise surprise are other mums. These mums can be identified in two groups; the first...
Personal styling… the perfect career for mothers
Ask any woman that has faced motherhood and she will tell you that one of the first things she realised is that working and children are a tough mix. Let's face it most of us women choose a career without any real consideration of what we would do once we have...
How to become a Personal stylist PART 3
There are plenty of training academies out there so when you do your research please be sure to find out the style of their training and what they cover on their personal styling courses. Just from my own experience I naively chose an academy because there was a TV...
How to become a Personal stylist PART 2
The first thing you need to ask yourself is what sort of stylist do you want to be? A Fashion Stylist or a Personal Stylist? Because the two couldn't be more different! A Fashion stylist is someone who selects the clothing for published editorial features, print or...