28/05/2026
A heartfelt redirection 🤍🌿
I’m not sure where to begin this post, I’ve been writing it for weeks. I’ll start by saying I did give prior warning you’d need a cuppa, or a G&T!
Firstly, may I say I have chosen to do this as a post so everyone sees it at the same time, it didn’t feel right to tell you individually, incase one person knew before another, and you all mean too much to me for that, so I do hope you can understand, just as I hope you can understand and support my following decision.
I think most of you know me so well, and know that my work is my purpose, a blessing I feel so privileged to love and to live, to “work” each day within a craft I adore is something I will be forever grateful for and even more grateful to all of my wonderful clients for being a part of my small corner of the world, and the absolute privilege to know and serve you all.
This feeling hasn’t changed, but over time I have, my body has.
I have reached a point where I must follow my own values, and live them fully, and for some time now I’ve come to realise I haven’t been fully honouring those values, or my own physical health, long days sitting at a nail desk are beginning to impact my physical health, and looking after my own physical body is a core part of the wellness I believe in, and so I’ve been called to listen to my body, to honour her, and by doing so honouring you.
The time has come where I feel it’s right to honour a path that feels more aligned and sustainable to me, one that has always been within but now feels like the right time to step forward into. I’ve spent some time wondering when the "right" time would be to share this news, or to have the courage to chase what’s calling. I worried it might feel sudden, or like I wasn't giving enough notice. But the truth is, this hasn’t been a quick decision, it’s been a quiet one that has been growing in my heart for a long time. I’ve realised that if I wait for the "perfect" moment, I might never allow myself to know that the time to grow is already here.
With all that said I’d like to share that I am reaching a point of redirection in my work, which I see more as an evolution of everything we’ve shared.
At the end of December 2026 I will be stepping away from offering nail services, and not because I haven’t loved every moment, because I have, as I’ve always believed, it’s not about the nails, it’s about the time you spend here and what you receive from that time, wellness really does mean something different to us all, and I never dreamed when I trained in bio sculpture where it would take me, I certainly never expected to meet as many wonderful people, and I’m so grateful I have.
I have chosen December as I hope it respectfully gives you time to adjust as well as fair and appropriate notice if you’d like to find an alternative manicurist, and because December is such a beautiful joyous month it felt right to go out on a high (even though all our months are highs) and also, I had to offer one final year or my mums mince pies!! Until then you are of course most welcome to find an alternative manicurist and also welcome to stay with me and visit until December, whatever feels right and best for you, obviously I so hope to continue this part of my journey to the very end with you 🙏🏼 please note I can help guide you if you’d like, there are definitely places I would not recommend you visit and ones i feel you’ll be in considerate and caring hands, just as you deserve.
To provide some reassurance and clarity, I will still be offering all my other treatments and bespoke aromatherapy formulations. I’m not by any means stepping away from wellness, but rather deepening it, through the love of two things which light my soul. I’m moving towards a space where I can offer you a more intentional "gift of time" through gentle holistic therapy and botanical experiences, moving towards where my heart feels true, towards something that feels more gentle and intentional, something that marries my clinical aromatherapy with wellness through creativity, and plant essence with plant form.
This July I am taking some time off to attend specialist training at the highly regarded Tallulah Rose Flower School, to learn and immerse in the art of floristry, I have always been in awe and deeply connected to nature, and aromatherapy has really deepened that connection, so much so I wish to deepen that further in the physical form, and what I would like to share with others is the connection of ourselves and plants, to explore the physical form of the plant, and how that mirrors our own physical form, just as I believe the plant's structure mirrors our physical body, its essence of essential oil mirrors our soul. And just as we care for our physical body and nourish our spirit, i am now delving into how to care for the physical form of the plant to. My intention is to bring these two worlds together to create a new way to experience wellness and connection.
This post is so long already, and thank you if you have reached this point, it’s too much to share more but I will be doing so on a separate post and I’ll explain more about my vision and plans for my botanical intentions 🌿
Wow, I told you you’d need a cuppa or a g&t!! This feels so right, once I’d asked myself all the questions and told myself all the doubts “who do you think you are” “you can’t do that” “you can’t let people down” but, I can do this, and I’m so ready to delve deeper into this journey with plants & everything floral to learn and understand them in a different way to deepen my practice and connection.
I’m so sorry if this post feels disappointing or sad, please know you are so important to me, which is what has made this such a hard decision in not wanting to let anyone down, yet the right personal decision to look after my own health and wellbeing, and pour my soul into my love of holistic therapy, aromatherapy and all things botanical, helping you find stillness in rest and moving forward finding stillness in creativity and movement.
My deepest gratitude for your love, support, kindness, friendship and everything in between, I so hope we continue to share everything we do now, and for those of you who visit for nails only that you may be a part of this new chapter in other ways, I so hope to create something really special 🌿
And now I’ve shared it with you it feels more real, and I’ll leave this by taking a deep breath, after holding in these words, it feels lighter to have now shared them, and as always I have complete trust in this path I am so privileged to walk, and grateful for the freedom I have to choose what feels right.
With love, grace & gratitude, Clair 🤍
