Nani means beautiful

I get asked this quite a lot, so thought it would be nice to share on here to you all.

 I decided to pack my bags and go travelling in 2018. We started in Bangkok, travelling Southeast Asia, New Zealand both North and South, we then moved to Australia beginning our journey at Melbourne, making our way to New South Wales all the way up to Cairns in our little hippie camper.

 I lost my best friend, my second mum (because lets be honest, that's what grandparents are) my biggest fan and supporter. I told her everything I was going to see and do, all my big plans and how excited I was. 

Travelling has always been a dream of mine and I have always been obsessed with Hawaii, one day I will go! I decided to then write a blog. I knew I wanted a name that had meaning, 

"Honua" means earth in Hawaii and I wanted a word to fit in with how beautiful it is. 

I came across "Nani" when searching which means pretty/beautiful in Hawaii, this instantly made me smile, and sounded perfect. So Nani-Honua it was, Beautiful Earth.

My Nanny meant the world to me, she had the most beautiful and kindest soul, 

she didn't make it to listen to all my stories I had to tell, all the photos she would have flicked through on Facebook to see what I was getting up to, showing me off to all her friends, as grandparents do. There was nothing she loved more than hearing what we all got up to and seeing us live life. Even though I know she has always been proud of me, even right up to the very end, she would call the nurses over in the hospital to tell them what we all did as jobs/uni and her face would light up just talking about us. I found it so embarrassing, but what I would do to just look at her face when she was happy and in that moment, that beautiful smile.

 It kills me that she never got to see me build my business, being by my side  every step of the way, a part of something that I love so much, and I know she would to.

The struggles you go through as business owners and all I've wanted to do is listen to her voice, her advice and telling me it will work out, keep going and that I can do anything.

When we came home, about 6 months later I started looking at a complete change of career, cut a long story short.

I took the plunge and got into advanced skincare. I needed a business name and wanted something similar to my blog.

I changed Honua to Gloe... Now this actually has no meaning in Hawaii, I originally came across a page claiming it stood for "face" I was too excited to do my research, then 9 months deep into my business I realised that was false. 

So I now say GLOE is GLOW just spelt Hawaiian style... I'll keep telling myself this anyway

Moto - Always do your research, and lots of it haha. We live and we learn ♥

So there you go guys, Nani-Gloe Facials was made. 

Giving all my amazing clients a glowing complexion and confidence in their own skin

My nan was big into her skincare. Body Shop being her go to! one of her favourite products being the vitamin E spray. She'd ask me to spray this on her every day, it smelt amazing! She took great care of her skin and always had something new to show me. I guess this is where I got my obsession from...

So since creating Nani-Gloe Facials, I would now like to introduce Nani-Gloe Skin. 

Having big plans for the future the rebrand just seemed right

Follow your dreams, keep going even when everything feels against you and most importantly be happy.

Take risks & just know, there's no time frame to living your life.

I hope to make you proud Nanny,

Love Shelbie x