What if I told you that I started a new professional career at the age of 36 as a mother of 3 children? At that time, no one believed in me. Here is my Phi story.
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I used to be a business owner with my husband and we had a network of beauty and tanning salons. But then I decided it was time for a new career. I enrolled in my first permanent makeup training in 2016 and failed. But I didn't give up.
After several months of searching and waiting, I found out about Phi Academy and Branko Babic. From that moment, my life changed forever.
![Chems' early work and her improvement over the years](https://images.prismic.io/phi-academycom/f6b013ff-c4f6-4de3-92c2-386c4f8b2545_image00001.jpeg?auto=compress,format)
Chems' early work and her improvement over the years
I learned and improved quickly as a Student at Phi Academy. After becoming a PhiBrows Artist, I went to Bosnia to train with Grand Master Megy Hodzic. I was proud to be the first French Student who came to work with her. In 2017, I became a Royal Artist.
I continued my training in Italy, where I went to learn the PhiContour technique from Grand Masters Thorsten and Kirsten.
![Chems and one of her Students](https://images.prismic.io/phi-academycom/fb9d8953-5078-497c-94d3-08a08cdaffe0_image00005.jpeg?auto=compress,format)
Chems and one of her Students
Soon, I started organizing the first trainings for the Phi Academy (PhiBrows, PhiShading, PhiRemoval, NanoRemoval, and PhiContour in France). All these workshops were a great real success!
![Chems with one of her group of Students](https://images.prismic.io/phi-academycom/cedf3562-88dd-4154-8cf3-c5cc02a59e91_image00003.jpeg?auto=compress,format)
Chems with one of her group of Students
In 2019, I became a PhiBrows Master in France and started training Students all over France. I really wanted to succeed in the beauty industry, so I became PowderBrows, NanoRemoval and PhiBright Microneedling Master in 2020.
I also opened a training school, Chems Academy, that organizes and trains the official Phi Academy techniques. In 2021, I officially introduced the PhiShading technique in France and became PhiShading Master in France.
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Today, I have more than 300 PhiBrows Artists all over France. I would especially like to thank Branko Babic for his generosity and for making Phi Academy evolve so much. I am also very grateful for the support I had from my husband who was always there for me and my family.
![Chems and Branko Babic](https://images.prismic.io/phi-academycom/2cb771da-bc4e-4f3f-b884-06d7f3b49fdd_image00002.jpeg?auto=compress,format)
Chems and Branko Babic