A woman who got made redundant after 14 years in banking says she now makes six-figures a year working 'the weirdest job in the world'.
Louise Moss came from a family of bankers as her dad, brother and sister-in-law were all doing it, but in 2017 when there was a wave of redundancies going round she took the pay out and decided she'd refocus her career.
Her son was just one at the time, so she wanted to find something she could do that'd let her 'work around my little boy'.
She also said that when the chance at redundancy came up she decided to go for it since she'd been 'married a year and a half and took it as the opportunity to get away'.
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The Bramham woman looked around for something else to do to make her money and learned how to do beauty treatments, but then she spotted a gap in the market and decided to specialise in something she thought nobody was talking about.
It was at this point that the 44-year-old decided she would make a foray into the world of intimate waxing, which she says is responsible for her making a six-figure sum each year.
Louise said: "It's the weirdest job in the world but the best job in the world.
"When people ask 'what is it you do for a job?' [I reply] 'I rip out people's pubes', but I really enjoy it.
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"I make way more money now than I did in banking. It's actually getting to the point where it's unbelievable the amount of money that I'm making.
"I'm making over six figures a year, I never thought I would make this amount of money."
She decided she wanted to 'shout about it' and normalise women getting their bits waxed, setting up The Intimate Studio and deciding to take away some of the 'taboo' around it all.
It's a very different way to make a living compared to banking but Louise reckons she's found 'her calling' and really enjoys what she does for a living.
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"I enjoy making women that are like me feel like they belong," she said of loving her unusual job.
"I'm massively into body positivity, not judging and making people feel comfortable. I feel that's my super power. I can make women feel comfortable even though they're sitting there legs akimbo.
"You can have really great conversations with people, so I get to know them really well. I probably know more of their secrets than their best friend does."
Since sharing some videos about her work online she's started getting noticed by other women in her area and someone even came up to her in Tesco to ask if she was 'the waxing lady'.
Louise says most of her clients are women who are 'nervous to go into salons' and wants people to know that 'everyone is normal' and whatever 'body hang ups' you might have everyone else is basically in the same boat and you can be positive about your body instead of trying to live up to unrealistic ideals.
Joe Harker