Earlier than she constructed something resembling an empire, Victoria Campbell was elbow-deep in skincare textbooks and hands-on coaching at a magnificence college in Wellington, New Zealand. She’s all the time believed in a single easy rule: you solely have one face, and also you’ve acquired to maintain it. That perception was sturdy sufficient to ship her by means of greater than a yr of formal coaching and tens of hundreds of {dollars} in debt earlier than she ever stepped foot within the content material creation world. What occurred subsequent turned that debt into monetary independence inside a matter of weeks, and ultimately right into a profession, and a philosophy, totally her personal.
An actual qualification first
Victoria’s path into magnificence wasn’t a aspect curiosity that acquired out of hand. It was intentional from the beginning. She enrolled at Elite Magnificence Faculty in Wellington and left with a Diploma in Magnificence Remedy, coaching throughout make-up, pores and skin, brows, lashes, nails, and therapeutic massage.
“I’ve all the time had an curiosity in magnificence, particularly skincare, and I wished to teach myself on a deeper stage and achieve an actual qualification earlier than beginning within the business,” she stated. “I’ve all the time stated: you solely have one face, and also you’ve acquired to maintain it. Everybody needs to be utilizing skincare.”
It wasn’t a quick or low-cost course of. The diploma took a couple of yr and a half to finish, and by the point she graduated, Victoria had racked up roughly $25,000 NZD in debt chasing a profession she genuinely wished.
The maths that modified every thing
Her first job within the business checked each field on paper. She landed at a fantastic salon, surrounded by individuals she beloved working with, doing the job she’d skilled for. The issue was the mathematics. At round $40,000 NZD a yr, Victoria calculated it could take her till she was virtually 30 simply to repay what magnificence college had value her.
Just a few weeks later, Playboy reached out and requested if she wished to affix their creator platform. She didn’t hesitate.
“I’d seen different women having large success on these platforms and I wished a chunk of it,” she stated. “I’d grown up coping with being sexualized on-line and in particular person due to my physique kind. This was my probability to take management of that and make it work in my favor as an alternative.”
Every little thing moved quick from there. Victoria paid off all of her magnificence college debt throughout the first month. Not lengthy after, she went full-time with Playboy, give up her job in magnificence remedy, and relocated to Melbourne to focus totally on her new profession.
One rule she has by no means damaged
Whilst her profession accelerated, Victoria drew a tough line early and has by no means crossed it: she solely creates solo content material.
“It’s what I’m comfy with, full cease,” she stated. “Even figuring out it means leaving cash on the desk. Some issues aren’t price compromising for.”
Cash, peace, and an empire of her personal
For Victoria, the enchantment of the work has by no means simply been concerning the cash, although the monetary freedom it’s offered is one thing she values above virtually every thing else.
“OnlyFans has opened doorways I by no means thought had been doable, and the monetary freedom it’s given me is what I worth most,” she stated. “I consider this can be very essential for ladies, particularly, to have their very own cash. There’s a sure sort of peace that comes from figuring out you don’t must depend on anybody to outlive. No person’s coming to avoid wasting me, so I constructed a life that I don’t want saving from. My very own cash, my very own peace, and my very own empire. A lady with cash solutions to nobody.”
From coaching wheels to operating her personal present
Trying again, Victoria credit her time with Playboy’s creator platform as the perfect entry level into an business she knew little about beginning out.
“It was actually the proper introduction to the business,” she stated. “In these early days, I nonetheless had my coaching wheels on, studying as I went with every bit of content material I put out. Beginning my journey there gave me the area to determine what route I really wished to take with this work, and it’s the place I first acquired an actual glimpse of my very own potential.”
That early experimentation ultimately gave strategy to a full-time content material creation profession that Victoria describes as the very best determination she’s made. “This determination modified every thing for me,” she stated. “It gave me the possibility to clear vital debt and construct actual monetary independence, which is one thing I’m genuinely happy with and nonetheless really feel strongly about. From there I moved into full-time content material creation, which has grown right into a profession I really like — the inventive management, the flexibleness, and having the ability to construct one thing that’s totally mine. Being your personal boss is unbeatable.”
Her magnificence background by no means actually left
Even with content material creation as her full-time focus now, Victoria hasn’t left her magnificence remedy coaching behind. If something, it reveals up greater than individuals would possibly count on.
“As for the wonder world, I nonetheless adore it and my coaching is useful greater than individuals would possibly count on,” she stated. “Skincare, styling, and presentation are all a part of what I do now. I nonetheless proceed to make use of every thing I discovered in my on a regular basis life, and I take pleasure in having the ability to cross that information onto different ladies so we will all look our greatest.” Whereas she hasn’t made concrete plans to return to magnificence remedy professionally, content material creation stays the place her focus is correct now.
Life past the digital camera
Exterior of labor, Victoria’s other great love is travel, one thing she doesn’t take calmly. “Travelling is one thing I consider is so essential to do if in case you have the privilege of having the ability to,” she stated. Her favourite locations thus far embrace Italy, Spain, Japan, Bali, and the Sunshine Coast in Australia, with Noosa standing out as an particularly favourite spot.
By her personal description, she’s a self-proclaimed seaside woman — tanning, studying, and cooling off within the ocean rank among the many few out of doors actions she genuinely enjoys. And when she travels, she does it in fashion. Good lodging isn’t negotiable for her, even when the itinerary is full of issues to do. Purchasing, making an attempt new meals, and letting the schedule loosen up are all a part of how she likes to spend her time away.
Victoria is headed to Sydney subsequent week for ten days to spend time with mates, and he or she’s planning to doc the journey for her viewers. Later within the yr, she’s hoping so as to add a U.S. journey to the checklist as properly, presumably in October. Journey content material has lengthy been one thing she loves watching, and now she’s excited to be the one creating it.
From a magnificence college classroom in Wellington to constructing a content material creation profession on her personal phrases, Victoria Campbell’s story is one in all turning a setback — mounting debt and a gradual path ahead — into a possibility she seized with out hesitation. The wonder remedy coaching by no means went to waste. It simply grew to become yet another software in an empire she constructed for herself, on her personal guidelines, answering to nobody.
