The woman that really helped mold me into the business woman that I am today was the best boss I ever had β Sarah Bombard. I responded to an advertisement on Craigslist looking for makeup artists to join her team.
She held an interview at a local Starbucks. I walked up and I was immediately impressed, and a little intimidated.
From our email exchanges, I assumed she was older but she was in her twenties, like me, yet so put together. Sarah was beautiful, well spoken, and she clearly knew a thing or two about business. At the time she was really one of the first companies to provide on-site makeup and hair styling for events in the area. She was one of the pioneers to establish an onsite bridal business, at the time it was not even a thing yet. I was completely in awe of the idea that I could work part time and make decent money.
Furthermore, I did not need to pay booth rental fees or have a salon space. I worked with Sarah for seven years and only stopped working with her because she moved away.
In that time, she taught me so much about how to be a better artist and run a business. I never once saw her stressed out or out of control. Of course we had our tricky customers and stressful situations from time to time, but I never saw her lose her cool. She had a gentle way of commanding the room. You knew she was in charge but she was never overbearing or pompous in any way. I respected the way she would handle business so professionally and politely.
