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In just 10 years, Jade Cook has conquered cancer, tackled a visa scam, built a seven-figure business and launched a sold-out eyebrow product.
The now 31-year-old mother moved from England to Australia in 2012 after working as a beauty therapist on cruise ships, only to be paid thousands of dollars out of pocket as a result of an immigration visa scam.
The following year, at age 21, she was diagnosed with cancer sarcoma after noticing a pea-sized lump on her left thigh, which was first believed to be a cyst that was not a problem.
“It felt like I was hitting rock bottom – I was alone in Cairns, I had no support from my family, but I knew I had to push through,” Jade told FEMAIL.
She is now the founder of her second company, Brow Bible Academy, which offers online beauty courses and products.
Jade Cook (pictured, right) is a fighter – she was diagnosed with cancer when she was 21, was the victim of a visa scam and is the founder of a seven-figure beauty salon
Jade moved from England to Australia in December 2012 and was diagnosed with cancer sarcoma in February. She noticed a pea-sized lump on her left thigh that was initially thought to be a non-dangerous cyst
“I was working on a cruise ship when I noticed the hump was growing, had it checked on board and was told to wait until I was back ashore. Then had another check and the doctors thought it was just a cyst,” Jade said.
“Several doctors told me to just leave it alone and see if it goes away — but I was pretty upset when I found out what it really was.”
Jade moved her life Down Under in December 2012 and was given the devastating prognosis two months later.
Between the time she first noticed the lump in October 2012 and received the prognosis, it had grown “from a pea to a miniature golf ball” and started throbbing.
She remembered people trying to convince her to move back to England, but being independent and cheerful, she was determined to find a way to stay in Australia.
Between when she first noticed the lump in October 2012 and got the prognosis, it had grown “from a pea to a miniature golf ball” and started throbbing. Five months later, in July, she had surgery to remove the cancer (right) and then received radiotherapy
Jade had to wait five months for surgery – all the time fearing the cancer would spread.
Unfortunately, since doctors determined that the cancer was a sarcoma, there was no explanation as to why it happened.
She started radiation therapy in October 2012, when the wounds from the surgery had healed.
“One of the hardest things to go through physically was the radiation — it’s like someone has a blowtorch on your leg — and I had it every day from Monday to Friday for six weeks,” Jade said.
“It’s like they burned my leg and increased the intensity as I went through the treatment. At first it just felt like sunburn, then it felt more painful.’
She slept without a duvet and doctors advised against putting bandages on her leg because the skin was so sensitive it just “flaked off.”
The side effects of the radiation became so bad that she could not walk or work for a whole month.
Believing that ‘everything happens for a reason’, Jade then took up a new job in the beauty industry as an eyebrow specialist – eventually leading to her current successful business ventures.
In 2015, she opened her own salon, eventually taking on eight employees and then opening a second salon in Cairns with 14 employees. She had the salons for seven years before plunging into the e-commerce side of business with Brow Bible Academy offering online beauty therapy courses and beauty products
Believing that ‘everything happens for a reason’, Jade then took up a new job in the beauty industry as an eyebrow specialist – eventually leading to her current successful business ventures.
“I was so intrigued about how I could make money from eyebrow treatments, so I started working in a salon and I absolutely loved it,” she said.
Three years later, in 2015, she moved to the Sunshine Coast with her now-husband and built her own eyebrow salon business from scratch.
“I always had a desire to open my own business and thought it was the perfect time because there wasn’t much competition, so I rented a space and was fully booked after five months,” she said.
From there she opened her own salon, eventually taking on eight employees and then opening a second salon in Cairns with 14 employees.
She had the salons for seven years before plunging into the e-commerce side of business with Brow Bible Academy offering online beauty therapy courses and beauty products.
By 2020, when Covid hit and millions of people had to enter their homes, the brand turned over more than $30,000 in one week.
The latest product, the Lift & Lock (pictured) with a ‘lamination’ effect on the brows, has grossed over $100,000 in six months and has sold out three times
The product ‘locks’ eyebrow hairs for hours
It was at this time that Jade also became pregnant with her son, so she put her energies into her e-commerce business and sold the two salons.
“I wanted the flexibility to work from home and be in a salon all day long with my baby,” she said.
She had also grown the salons into a seven-figure business and thought selling was the “right thing to do.”
The latest product, the Lift & Lock, which provides a ‘lamination’ effect on the eyebrows, has grossed over $100,000 in six months and has sold out three times.
Jade has now moved to Dubai with her family in hopes of expanding the business further internationally.