Today we’d like to introduce you to Zabrina Garcia.
Hi Zabrina , it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
My journey started in Tampa Florida where I was born and raised , I was always had love and passion for everything beauty ever since middle school going into high school that’s when i started to begin my makeup journey. I would always do my make up for school and my peers noticed that I was really good then they asked me to do their prom make up and I was only charging $20. That’s when I noticed I’m actually good at this. I can make some money in the future. When I was in high school I really loved anatomy and I wanted to be a doctor specifically a dermatologist because I loved skincare but I couldn’t afford to go to college I did the next best thing and did my research. That’s when I found out about esthetics and after I graduated, I went to esthetician school and became an esthetician. After becoming an esthetician, I did makeup professionally in Florida and then my family decided to move to Austin, Texas, and this is where my esthetics career really started. I worked at spas and a waxing company and after seven years of working for someone else, I decided I should be my own boss, and I took the risk and opened La Femme Beauty.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
No, it hasn’t been a smooth road. There’s been ups and downs whether it be financially ,keeping up with clients , gaining clientele also with the economy, and then there’s slow seasons in the beauty industry, so it hasn’t been easy, but I’m glad I did it and I keep going because there’s been times where I wanted to give up, but then I tell myself this is my dream. I’m not gonna give up. I know it will pay off when I make it big , I’m not where I wanna be but I know I’ll get there.
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
My small business is called a la Femme Beauty. The name means the woman in French. I decided to go with a French name because I love the French language and I thought it was unique and I felt it was an empowering name for my business because my main goal is to empower woman and make them feel beautiful in their own skin, so that’s why I named it La femme beauty. I rent a studio in round rock. I specialize in all things esthetics so like facials, full body waxing , eyebrows, lash lifts and professional make up. I’m mostly known for waxing , and eyebrow services like brow lamination ,brow tinting and my amazing customized facials. What sets me apart from others is I take my time and I truly care about each one of my clients. I listen to their needs and make them feel relaxed, beautiful and empowered. I truly love what I do and when you love what you do it shows in your work and it doesn’t feel like work and it’s my happy place. What I want the readers to know about my business its a one of a kind experience and it’s all about you. Everything is customized specifically for you and catered to your needs. My prices are affordable because I want every woman to afford a little pampering for themselves as woman we owe it to ourselves to treat ourselves. I always run specials as well. My brand represents femininity and everything beauty. I also want everyone to know La femme is Latina owned my family is from El Salvador. I want the Latino community to know that you can do big things , go after your dreams take the risk and don’t give up because if I did it, so can you.
Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
Growing up since I was a little girl, I was always a girly girl , I was sassy my favorite color was pink of course. My mom always said I acted like a little grown up , my sister was. 10 years older then me i wanted to be just like her. I always loved to sing ever since I was little, I would memorize every word to Alicia Keys if I ain’t got you or say my name by Destiny’s Child my sister is listening to R&B, so that’s where that influence came from. I was always into beauty from a young age because my aunts were beautician so they would do my hair and I used to love how they did their hair and their make up so I fell in love with beauty at a very young age going into teen years. I did cheer and that was something I was passionate about growing up. Also my favorite movie as a little girl was bring it on, so I knew I wanted to be a cheerleader when I was old enough to do it. My teen years I was really into YouTube like the beauty Grus of that era Jaclyn hill, Nicole Guerriero , Carli bybel and Bethany mota I learned how to do make up through YouTube. A lot of my beauty inspiration came from that too.
Pricing:
- Starwaberry femme facial – $130
- Basique facial -$80
- rejuvenating femme facial – $130
- brazilian wax $55
- eyebrow wax , lamination , tint – $100
Contact Info:
- Website: https://lafemmebeauty.glossgenius.com/
- Instagram: Zabrinalafemme
