Ellis Merrill, 32, has lived in Colchester for the past ten years, and is the founder of Moonstone Head Spa, in Sandmartin Crescent, Stanway. The health and beauty business offers a Japanese head spa treatment, which cleanses and nourishes the hair, and is said to be a relaxing experience. Previously, "career-driven" Ellis spent years working as a recruitment manager for a "big care company", and also has experience as a hairdresser.
Happy - Ellis Merrill at the spa (Image: Ellis Merrill) She also has a coaching background in neuro-linguistic programming, a framework which looks at how you communicate with yourself and others. Despite loving the corporate world, while on maternity leave last December, Ellis realised how stressed people get in the industry. The idea for the head spa came in May, after wanting to create a better work life balance for herself as she has two young children.
Ellis also wanted to do something that would help others. She put her life savings into..
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