The Rise of a Salon CEO From Teenage Mum to L’Oréal Boss
From teenage mum. To leading L’Oréal New Zealand. To Salon CEO 🔥
Imagine running a $200 million beauty brand.
Huge team. Tight targets. Constant pressure to grow.
Now imagine taking everything you learned from that world – and applying it to your salon.
That’s exactly what Salon Owner Alishia Smart did.
Inside this powerful episode, Alishia shares how she turned judgement into fuel, mastered the art of leadership, and built the resilience that every Salon CEO needs.
✨ 3 Reasons Why a Salon Owner Should Listen
- How to lead with authenticity (and why most leaders get this wrong)
- The biggest lessons from inside one of the world’s top beauty companies
- What it really takes to rise from chaos to confidence
About the author, Larissa
With 20 years as a Successful & profitable Salon Owner, leading a team of 30 and developing industry-first technology.
I’ve dedicated my career to helping salon owners achieve Finiancial & personal success.
After selling my salon, I founded the Salon Owners Collective and created the Salon Mastery Program, empowering owners to grow $1M+ in revenue with Rockstar Teams and powerful profits.
When I’m not running a team of 11, developing growth programs I’m a mum of two, and renovating our family home