I was originally trained in the Seasonal method of doing colour analysis. It was a really great consultation to do I was told by my trainer, so why didn't I enjoy them? Well for starters I couldn't 'see' what the drapes were meant to be telling me; it wasn't clear on most clients. Oh how I used to love the 'easy' ones, why weren't there more of them; I seemed to just attract the 'awkward' ones...it had to be me, perhaps I was just stupid or something, everyone seemed able to 'see' the signs, so I was obviously just not 'getting it'....or so I thought. I was attending the IFIC conference (when it was the TFIC) and I dared to ask other consultants, how do you find doing colour? Their answers amazed me, they went along the lines, I hate doing colour, it's so complicated, can't get started, no-one is easy to do, I don't do colour anymore because I don't get it, I find it an irratating consultation because I cannot find a clear starting point...and so it went on. It dawned on me that I wasn't alone in my thinking/feeling of doing colour. It wasn't that we couldn't do colour coding, it was the system that was wrong. The system is so dated (I compare it to the london underground system, great original idea but doen't meet the needs of its passengers today) and there isn't enough scope for today's market; that got me thinking deeply, how can I enjoy doing colour consultations with a system that I LOVE using. So keeping the process simple, here's introducing:

 The Seasonal Twist Colour SystemTM

Are you totally fed up & frustrated by using the seasonal/tonal colour systems?

Do you struggle to find a starting point?

Have you stopped doing colour or would you love to learn the art of colour coding?

Well here is the alternative

With the Seasonal Twist Colour SystemTM your clients get to relax from the beginning because:

The Seasonal Twist Colour SystemTM is unique to the QCIC Academy. It is an essential tool kit to enable you to succeed in offering colour consultations with ease and professionalism.

Course Dates for 2010

Each course is 3 days (21 hours). As well as the theory & practise elements, a visit to a shopping centre is included so that you can identify the different colours in clothes, which is invaluable.

15th-17th March - Manchester ** Last chance to book, don't miss out

4th-6th May in London Filling up fast

30th June-2nd July in London

1st-3rd November - Manchester **

Venue:

** Manchester Venue - A beautiful converted barn just 9 miles from Manchester airport and 10 miles from the Trafford Centre. Details will be sent upon booking.

Marriott Hotels - London

Times:

10am-5pm

Cost

A place on each course is priced at £1500 (No VAT) this includes your draping set, a starter kit of fans and your course notes.

On successful completion of the course, a certificate will be awarded.

When you have completed your course you will be able to immediately start offering colour consultations & workshops.

About Me

When I was a little girl I wanted to be a famous ballerina (well it’s was every girls dream, before X factor & Britain’s’ got talent shows came along) but alas I grew too tall!

I then discovered swimming, talk about a fish in water I was never out of it! I became very good at it and developed a skill for long distance events, reeling in my fellow competitors was what I particularly enjoyed even if I consistently gave my coach a coronary in every competition, doing so. I learnt about how mindset can affect your performance and when I didn’t achieve the result I wanted in an event then I needed to change how I saw failure, putting it in the right context not beating myself up. I would not appreciate until much later in life how having the ability to control my mindset would help me as I faced a massive challenge.

On the 31^st December 1990 at 1.45pm my life changed forever when I was involved in a serious, life changing car accident. Having to learn to live with those injuries was a major challenge; for five years it was a constant round of consultants, scans, medication, physio’s, a roller coaster of emotions. This is where my positive mindset kicked in, people live with much worse than me, and I could and would cope. I decided that my injuries would fit into my life, not the other way around.

Fast forward many years and in that time I opened my day nursery which I absolutely loved. I increased the capacity of the nursery 3 times which involved moving premises, employing more staff (24) which was pretty scary but hey I survived the experiences and I was ready for each change in level. Feeling a little apprehensive (okay a lot sometimes) is a good thing because it means you are not going in feeling complacent. But I was ready to grow with my business and when you step up it is a fantastic experience.

Eventually that business was sold as I was truly ready for something new. I returned to being employed as an area manager but within weeks was called into my boss’s office and was made redundant simply because my joining the company had put a huge financial strain on his business. The warning signs were there from the start but it hit me hard but after a short holiday to get over it I dusted myself down and joined the retail management world, a very different experience. I loved working in retail and gained valuable experience in how it all works but alas I realised that working for others wasn’t a right ‘fit’ for me. I need freedom to do my own thing and I’m the best boss in the world to work for.

So I entered the world of Image Consultancy in 2002 and this is the best career move I have ever made. I’m often asked why I didn’t enter it sooner but my answer is simple, I wasn’t ready for it. But I do so much more than image. Image is so much more than what you wear and my business has changed from level to level, when I was ready for the next step up.  It is so exciting as your business evolves, where you start is just a starting point, when you tap into your intuition and are guided by it your business fully explodes into life.

I've also realised that most Image Consultants live in a very restricted world as they are surrounded by 'limited visionaries' in other words people whose thinking is traditional which boxes you in. I've always known that I came into the world of image consulting to transform it; now when that thought first came into my head I thought what a stupid thing to think, but it did make me think. Now some of you may find this spooky....I was doing the ironing one day and singing rather badly to the radio (as you do) when suddenly I received the following message...how would you like to have your own training company answerable to no-one? Yes please I replied how can I do I do that? I immediately abandoned the ironing and got to work, I was so inspired. Three months later I had my first trainee. WOW I was blown away.

Now I realised that I have a deep connection to my intuition & Team Sue as I call it. I've come to realise that if I connect with my inner core and engage Team Sue I receive guidance on where I should be headed and it enables me to connect at a deep level with my ideal clients and to guide them in their new businesses.

I suppose I better explain who Team Sue is. A few years ago I watched the film the secret which at the time was very popular; now there are cynical people who think this concept is a load of rubbish but for me that way of thinking resonates with me and it has opened up the world for me. If I tap into my inner source and Team Sue (who are actually my beloved grandparents) I am guided to where I need to be for me. I am truely amazed at how they inspire me to act on the ideas presented. At times the ideas seemed daunting but I would just say, how can I do that and the way is shown.

Now what's important here is that every idea presented must be acted on, you are never given an idea that wouldn't work for you. This is a different way of thinking and I love it. I've never liked being boxed in and I found that many of the tradtional methods of consulting and training keep you boxed in, meaning you have a limited business and that isn't for me. I want a limitless business doing the things that are right for me.

Are you a limited or limitless person? How do you want your business to be limited or lots of opportunities?

So if my way of thinking and training resonates with you and you’re ready, lets connect and get your new business exploding too in the way which is a right ‘fit’ for you.

We train you to work with clients from the inside out. Too much emphasis is put on fitting clients into boxes, it's where they should be history has stated. We believe that is an incorrect concept that is well past its sell by date; we concentrate on getting to your clients' inner thoughts & feelings the ones that block them from moving forward. We teach you to develop your skills using our techniques which will enable you to do so. It is this whole wrap around approach to styling clients that we believe in. On a personal note I know how it feels to start a business in the image industry; I know how fears can set in that block you and I teach you ways to unblock those fears; I understand how thoughts such as...will the phone ever ring, will anyone book a consultation with me. This is why I offer on-going mentoring & support, a supporting hand which I feel is as essential as the training itself.