Sonia Graham (L) - programme lead for Aesthetic Principles & Clinical Practice, Vanessa Brown (C) - Clinic Director & Owner of VL Aesthetics & Ashley Graham (R) - Head of Higher Education & Teacher Training at Carlisle College
Laurie Stone
Editor At Large LAURIE STONE meets the amazing aesthetic expert with ambitions to conquer the world
SERIAL entrepreneur Vanessa Brown was just eight when she mastered Excel spreadsheets.
Now she heads the UK, Europe and Middle East arm of a breakthrough health laser business, on top of building her family’s wellness and health enterprise, VL Aesthetics in northwest England.
But Vanessa, now a global aesthetic expert, was still at primary school when she launched her first business, writing to soap stars asking them for signed photos, which she then sold on eBay for £20 or more!
Always alert to other ‘side hustles’, she waitressed for £3.42 an hour on weekends at 14, having fibbed about her age, and managed a health club ...
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