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Skin care entrepreneur prospers with 'failure isn’t an option' attitude

When the pandemic temporarily shut down Alexis Pfropper’s new spa, she shifted. She paid rent in gift cards (the landlord loved it) and even developed a skin care line for a new revenue stream.


Spa customers often asked Alexis Pfropper about her favorite skin care products, and there weren’t she really loved. "That’s when I started looking into developing my own.”
Spa customers often asked Alexis Pfropper about her favorite skin care products, and there weren’t she really loved. "That’s when I started looking into developing my own.”
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Timing was not on Alexis Pfropper’s side when she finally realized a career dream and opened Ästhetik spa in Punta Gorda. She welcomed her first clients in March 2020 — days before the world basically shut down due to the pandemic.

“I remember standing in the parking lot crying and saying, ‘What did I just do? I just opened a spa,’” recalls Pfropper, a licensed esthetician and permanent makeup artist. “But it’s a really cool story how it ended up.”

 


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Beth Luberecki

Nokomis-based freelance writer Beth Luberecki, a Business Observer contributor, writes about business, travel and lifestyle topics for a variety of Florida and national publications. Her work has appeared in publications and on websites including Washington Post’s Express, USA Today, Florida Trend, FamilyVacationist.com and SmarterTravel.com. Learn more about her at BethLuberecki.com.

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