I did a thing. Today is my last day as a full-time employee. After working as a principal designer for large corporations, I left my six-figure salary job to start my skincare brand. It's a passion project that started almost two years ago, using my evenings and weekends

I once had a manager track my activity on X to gauge my productivity at work. Any mentions of activities (even outside working hours), gym and exercise would be brought up on team meetings. I left soon afterwards.

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A few years ago I worked for a huge tech company that had these types of offices. I was an external contractor but I spent time there weekly. 90% did almost nothing. Most days were spent in meetings, eating, playing and just socialising. Many stayed late to eat their dinner.

@jamesm mentioned lol 😂.

Hey @grok, who was the most famous person (based on the most followers) who visited my profile? They don’t have to be mutual. Don’t tag them, just say who it was.

Always impressed by the quality of work @_jsmth puts out there. I’ve been beta testing Abode for some time and it’s such a well made app! 👏.

Not wasting a delicious gelato for this shot 🍓

This has now been sold! 💸.

Selling the very last tube of Bon Bon Milk before it officially launches in late September. Over 100 people have sampled it, and the reviews have been incredible. It is the final one, I'll ship it anywhere in Europe and the delivery costs are on me. 👇.

I love getting feedback. ✨

I’ve got my lab tests back and I can start selling my product! ✨ . Beauty products sold in Europe need to go through rigorous testing that take 3 months to stress test. The product will go through phases of higher and lower temperatures to see how the preservatives system and

Secondary packaging has arrived. It’s beginning to look a lot more polished. ✨

As I was going through the huge box of tubes for my skincare brand, I’ve noticed a little artefact on the logo. It’s not a big deal as the logo is tiny (but I am a perfectionist and this bothered me). The manufacturer was very kind to offer free replacement but it would be a

Me when I open Figma after a week and I see all the comments my colleagues left.

A refreshing post about Europe and not those silly generalisations about air con.

I’ve had to improvise by making my own product shots. I have no lighting or proper equipment but it’ll have to do for now 🫠

New packaging has arrived. Doing a mini launch next week as some ingredients won’t be ready for another six weeks. One thing I’ve learnt is that in this industry everything takes time. Lab tests 12 wks. Ingredients 6 wks. Packaging 4 wks.

Final packaging for Moumoujus has arrived from the factory. That feeling of touching something you designed is indescribable.

I've been toying with Midjourney retexturing and video generation, plus Elevenlabs voiceovers to make videos like this for my skincare socials. With a bit more time and editing you can get some pretty cool results.

The best feeling of leaving corporate is knowing I don’t have to use Teams and Zoom daily.