Diaries za Ntchito: Ada Polla, CEO wa Alchimie Forever, akukamba za kufunikira kwa kukongola koyera

Pano pa Skincare.com, timakonda kuwalitsa kuwala pa ma bosswomen padziko lonse lapansi omwe akuyenda mumakampani. Kumanani ndi Ada Polla, CEO wa skincare brand Alchimie Forever. Polla adalowa mu chisamaliro cha khungu chifukwa cha abambo ake, omwe anali dokotala wadermatologist ku Switzerland. Atalenga Kantic Brightening Hydrating Mask, chinthu chodziwika kwambiri cha mtunduwo, Polla adapanga cholinga chake kubweretsa cholowa cha abambo ake ku United States. Tsopano, patatha zaka 15, mtunduwo umapereka mankhwala 16 osamalira khungu ndi thupi omwe angapezeke kwa ogulitsa omwe timakonda, kuphatikiza Amazon, Dermstore, ndi Walgreens. Kuti mudziwe zambiri za ulendo wa Polla ndi zomwe zasungira Alchimie Forever, werengani. 

Kodi mungatiuze za ntchito yanu komanso momwe mudayambira ntchito yosamalira khungu?

Ndinakulira ku Geneva, Switzerland ndipo ndinayamba kugwira ntchito ndi abambo anga muzochita zawo zadermatology ndili ndi zaka 10. Ankagwira ntchito maola 15 patsiku, masiku 1995 pa mlungu ndipo sankapeza munthu woti azimusamalira m’bandakucha, usiku kwambiri kapena Loweruka ndi Lamlungu, choncho ndinkalemba mabukuwo kuti apezeke akamaphunzira. Ndinasamukira ku United States mu 2004 kuti ndikaphunzire ku yunivesite ya Harvard, ndipo zaka zinayi zomwe ziyenera kukhala ku United States zasintha moyo wonse. Nditamaliza koleji, ndidagwira ntchito yofunsira ndipo kenako pakampani ya zida zamankhwala, pang'onopang'ono ndikugwira ntchito yobwereranso kumakampani okongoletsa banja. Ndinasamukira ku Washington, DC kukaphunzira kusukulu ya zamalonda (ndinalandira MBA yanga kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Georgetown), podziwa kuti ndinkafuna kugwira ntchito mu bizinesi ya banja. Poyamba ndinaganiza zotsegula malo azachipatala pano, monga Forever Institute yathu ku Geneva, koma sindine dokotala ndipo ndinkaopa udindo wa malo. Chifukwa chake, ndili kusukulu yabizinesi, ndidapanga malonda athu, Alchimie Forever, ndikuyamba kugulitsa ku US mu XNUMX. Ndipo ena onse, monga akunena, ndi mbiri yakale.  

Kodi nkhani ya Alchimie Forever ndi chiyani ndipo kudzoza koyambirira kunali kotani? 

Khulupirirani kapena ayi, chiyambi cha Alchimie Forever chimaphatikizapo kulira kwa ana - kwenikweni! Bambo anga (Dr. Luigi L. Polla), katswiri wodziwa zakhungu ku Switzerland, anali woyamba kuyambitsa luso la laser ku Europe chapakati pa 1980s. Panthawiyo, lasers ankagwiritsidwa ntchito pochiza madontho a vinyo wa porta ndi hemangioma mwa makanda ndi ana aang'ono. Makolo ochokera ku Ulaya konse anabweretsa ana awo kuchipatala cha bambo anga kuti akalandire chithandizo cha laser pulsed dye. Ngakhale kuti zinali zogwira mtima kwambiri, chithandizocho chinayambitsa kupweteka, kutupa, kutentha ndi kupsa mtima (monga momwe zimakhalira ndi lasers) pakhungu la ana, ndipo analira. Bambo anga ndi softie ndipo sangathe kupirira ululu wa mwana, choncho anayamba kupanga mankhwala angagwiritsidwe ntchito pakhungu la mwana atangolandira chithandizo kuchiritsa khungu kenako kusiya misozi. Chifukwa chake, Kantic Brightening Hydrating Mask yathu idabadwa. Makolo a odwala a abambo adapaka kirimu pakhungu lawo kuti alimbikitse ana awo kuti ayese, ndipo ankakonda mawonekedwe ake, chinthu chotsitsimula, ndipo chofunika kwambiri, zotsatira zake. Anayamba kufunsa bambo anga kuti apange magulu ochulukirapo a chigoba, komanso zinthu zina, ndipo ichi chinali chiyambi chenicheni cha Alchimie Forever. Pazaka 15 pambuyo pake, tili pano, tili ndi ma SKU 16 osamalira khungu ndi thupi (ndi zina zambiri zomwe zikubwera!), Othandizana nawo odabwitsa (Amazon, Dermstore, ndi Walgreens, komanso kusankha malo ogulitsira, ma pharmacies, ndi malo ogulitsira kukongola), ndi gulu lochita bwino la akatswiri. bizinesi ya spa. 

Ndi zovuta ziti zomwe mudakumana nazo poyambitsa Alchimie Forever ku US?

Muli ndi nthawi yochuluka bwanji?! Pakuwululidwa kwathunthu panali ambiri a iwo. Choyamba, poyamba sindinkadziwa chimene ndinali kuchita. Ndinali ndisanapangepo kapena kulimbikitsa mzere wodzikongoletsera, kaya ku US kapena kwina kulikonse. Kachiwiri, ndinali kusukulu yabizinesi, ndikupeza digiri yanga ndikuyambitsa bizinesi - yofuna kutchuka, kunena pang'ono. Chachitatu, ogula ku Ulaya ndi ogula aku America ndi osiyana kwambiri, ndipo ndinayenera kusintha zonse zomwe tinachita kunyumba ku msika wathu watsopano. Ndipo ndinayamba ndekha, kutanthauza kuti ndinachita chirichonse, ngakhale ntchito yaying'ono kapena yaikulu bwanji. Zinali zolemetsa komanso zotopetsa. Ndikhoza kumapitirira. Komabe, zovuta zonsezi zakhala zochititsa chidwi kuphunzira ndipo zandipanga ine yemwe ine ndiri ndipo ndapanga Alchimie Forever chomwe chiri lero. 

Tiuzeni za zosakaniza zomwe zili muzinthu zanu komanso chifukwa chake kuli kofunika kukhala aukhondo, osadya nyama, osakonda zachilengedwe, otha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito komanso otsimikiziridwa ndi PETA.

Ndinaleredwa ndi makhalidwe omwe amaphatikizapo kusamalira dziko limene tikukhalamo komanso kusamalira zinyama. Makolo a bambo anga anali alimi. Nthawi zonse ankakhala pafupi kwambiri ndi Dziko Lapansi ndipo ankakonda nyama. Zinali zachibadwa kwa ife kupanga zinthu zomwe titha kugwiritsa ntchito komanso zomwe titha kuzithandizira. Zinali zosangalatsa nthawi zonse kuphatikiza izi ndi zochitika zathu zachipatala. Kaimidwe kathu paukhondo ndi ukhondo (ukhondo monga momwe timautchulira) zimachokeradi ku mbiri yathu ndi momwe tinakulira, osati kuchokera ku lipoti la zokambirana kapena gulu. Kwa ife, kuyeretsa kumatanthauza zopanda zinthu zingapo zomwe [tiziona] kuti ndizoipa kwa inu. Timapanga molingana ndi miyezo yaku Europe - AKA yopanda poizoni 1,300 [yomwe ingachitike]. Koma timakhulupiliranso chiyero ponena za njira zopangira, monga kukhala wopanda nkhanza, ndi njira zopakira, monga kukhala okonda zachilengedwe momwe tingathere. Timatanthauzira zachipatala ngati zotsatira, zopangidwa ndi dokotala (makamaka dermatologist), komanso zothandiza. Philosofi yathu yofunikira imayang'ana kwambiri chitetezo ndi mphamvu osati gwero. Timagwiritsa ntchito botanicals otetezeka komanso zopangira zotetezeka kuti tipange zinthu zomwe zingapangitse kusiyana kowonekera pakhungu lanu ndikukusiyani osangalala. 

Kodi mumasamalira bwanji khungu tsiku ndi tsiku?

Ndimasamalira khungu langa mozama kwambiri; ndizomwe zimachitika bambo ako ndi dermatologist. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito Alchimie Forever Gentle Cream Cleanser posamba m'mawa. Kenaka ndimagwiritsa ntchito Seramu Yowala, Kulimbitsa Eye Contour Gel, Aveda Tulasara Serum (kuwakonda onse!), Kantic + Kwambiri Nourishing Cream ndi Protective Day Cream ndi SPF 23. Madzulo ndimagwiritsa ntchito Kuyeretsa Gel Cleanser. ndiyeno zimatengera. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito Advanced Retinol Serum kawiri pa sabata. Pano ndikuyesa Trish McEvoy At-Home Peel Pads. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito kamodzi pa sabata. Ndimakonda Vintner's Daughter Serum ndipo posachedwapa ndinayamba kuigwiritsa ntchito ndi Jade Roller. Ndinkakayikira kwambiri mavidiyowa, koma ndimakonda anga. Kenako ndimagwiritsa ntchito Kantic Rejuvenating Diso Balm ndi Soothing Cream.

Kodi mankhwala omwe mumakonda kwambiri a Alchimie Forever ndi ati? 

Ngakhale kuti ndilibe ana, ndikuganiza kuti funsoli n’lofanana ndi limene makolo amafunsa kuti mwana wawo amene amamukonda ndi ndani. Ndimawakonda onse ndikupanga zinthu zambiri ndi zolinga zodzikonda (werengani: khungu langa). Komabe, pamene ndikulemba izi, ndiyenera kuvomereza kuti Advanced Retinol Serum yathu ndi chinthu chomwe sindingathe kukhala nacho. Ndimagwiritsa ntchito kawiri pa sabata ndikuwona zotsatira zachangu zokhudzana ndi kuwala ndi khungu. Ndikuwonanso kuti mizere yanga yabwino komanso mawanga abulauni siziwoneka bwino. Izi ndizofunikira kwa mayi aliyense amene sali ndi pakati kapena woyamwitsa wazaka zopitilira 40.

Ndi upangiri wanji womwe mungapereke kwa azimayi omwe akufuna kuchita bizinesi ndi atsogoleri? 

Choyamba, gwirani ntchito molimbika kuposa wina aliyense m'kalasi mwanu, ofesi, dipatimenti, ndi zina zotero. Chachiwiri, thandizani amayi ena m'gawo lanu ndi kunja kwake. Kupambana kwa mkazi mmodzi ndiko kupambana kwa amayi onse. Ndipo chachitatu, siyani lingaliro la moyo wantchito. Balance ndi static. M'malo mwake, vomerezani lingaliro lachigwirizano. Kodi ndandanda yanu imagwirizana ndi zimene mumaika patsogolo—kaya kuyamba bizinezi, kuchita bizinezi, kukhala ndi ana, kupita ku masewera olimbitsa thupi, kupeza nthawi yocheza ndi anzanu? Limeneli ndi funso lofunika kwambiri. 

Chotsatira kwa inu ndi mtundu wake ndi chiyani? 

Tonsefe timafuna kupangitsa anthu kumva bwino momwe amawonekera komanso momwe amamvera. Kuti tipitirize kutero, tikuyembekezera posachedwapa, tikugwira ntchito zatsopano ziwiri zomwe ndikusangalala nazo, zonse zikuyang'ana pakhungu la acne, lomwe ndi kusiyana kotsimikizirika mu zopereka zathu. Ndikugwiranso ntchito kukulitsa kugawa kwathu, pogulitsa malonda komanso munjira zamaluso. 

Kodi kukongola kumatanthauza chiyani kwa inu?

Kuwoneka bwino kumatanthauza kumva bwino komanso kuchita bwino. Ichi ndi chimodzi mwa mfundo zomwe zimatitsogolera. Chikumbutso chakuti kukongola sikungozama pakhungu ndipo kumafuna kukhala wodziyimira pawokha malinga ndi momwe mumawonekera, komanso momwe mumamvera komanso momwe mumachitira. Werengani zambiri: Career Diaries: Kumanani ndi Rachel Roff, woyambitsa Urban Skin Rx Career Diaries: Kumanani ndi Gloria Noto, woyambitsa NOTO Botanics, wachilengedwe, wogwiritsa ntchito zambiri, mtundu wa kukongola kwa jenda Career Diaries: Kumanani ndi Nicole Powell, woyambitsa wamkazi wa Kinfield