Gosport teenager launches second business with new nail studio in Peel Common
Lexie Knoll-Pollard has launched her salon after finding success with her event décor business at 16
An 18-year-old in Gosport has started her second business after launching her new beauty business, Nails By Lexie K-P, in Peel Common.
Lexie Knoll-Pollard found success with her event décor business, Balloons4urBash, which she opened at 16.
“I needed something else to go alongside it, as events don’t happen every day of the week,” said Ms Knoll-Pollard.
“I always loved doing my nails, I have been doing nails since I was about 10.
“I decided to do a nail course in a place in Hilsea, House of BTY with Molly Gullivers. I finished the course at the end of September, it was probably a month between finishing my course and starting up my new business.
“I rent a room off the Sun Temple, a tanning salon in Peel Common. I had to do it up myself, and we had the launch on Saturday November 7.”
Ms Knoll-Pollard said her loved ones have been very supportive of her business journey, but that some people have judged her for starting a second business so young.
She said: “People didn’t underestimate me too much, like my friends and family, because they had already seen me make a success of my first business. But, some people have been like ‘I don’t want to go get my nails done from an 18 year old’
“I think a lot of people this its really cool that I’ve got a second business already but some people are very sceptical.
“There is a big stigma around young people working hard, and a lot of stigma around not going to university. I have chosen to do this with my life and it has paid off and gone so well so far.
“My main plan is to keep going with this, and when the nails grow a bit bigger, I might look into learning how to do eyebrows and lashes.”