Serving Beauty with Kitiya King
So you want to start your own beauty brand. But where do you begin? What does it take? Should you quit your job? How do you fund it? Do you seek out retail partners or go direct to consumers? Kitiya King, founder of award-winning Mischo Beauty, explores these questions and more as she sits down with the most successful Black female founders in beauty. She uses her expertise as a founder to dig deeper and uncover what’s worked and what hasn’t. Serving Beauty is about real talk, with real women, who mean real business. So come join the founders’ table where beauty is served, you can sit with us! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/servingbeauty/support
Today’s guest is Eden Gilliam, Founder of Eve Milan New York. Eden, herself a licensed esthetician with over 10 years experience, created skincare and skin nutrition products to enhance the lives of customers by using clean, high powered ingredients so you can wear makeup because you want to, not because you have to.
/episode/index/show/ad54ea3d-2fb2-47d8-88a4-3a4195202bf5/id/22989338Today’s guest is Saidah Pearsall, Founder of Shea Bodyworks, a collection of products made with natural & simple ingredients you can recognize & pronounce. At Shea Bodyworks, the focus is on the product experiences and not just products.
/episode/index/show/ad54ea3d-2fb2-47d8-88a4-3a4195202bf5/id/22989341Today’s guest is Brittney Ogike, Founder and CEO of BeautyBeez. After noticing the limited selection of Black hair care products and accessories in the San Fernando Valley, Brittney and her husband, decided to open their own beauty supply store in North Hollywood, CA. BeautyBeez was created so women of color could shop, explore and play in a world full of beauty.
Today’s guest is Shontay Lundy, founder of Black Girl Sunscreen, a sunscreen created especially for Black women by a Black woman, that won’t leave an annoying white cast. Shontay created the brand to help protect the Black community, working to dispel the myth that those with dark skin tones don’t need sun protection.
/episode/index/show/ad54ea3d-2fb2-47d8-88a4-3a4195202bf5/id/22989347Today’s guest is KéNisha Ruff, Founder and Creative Director of Marie Hunter Beauty.
Today’s guest is Kimberly Smith, who is the Founder and Chief Beauty Disruptor of Marjani Beauty. Kimberly is an Ivy League trained attorney, who combined her two passions, travel and beauty, to create a beauty and cosmetics company for women of color.
/episode/index/show/ad54ea3d-2fb2-47d8-88a4-3a4195202bf5/id/22989353Today’s guest is Barbara Jacques and she is the co-founder and CEO of Jacq’s, which is an organic vegan skincare company, for women of color by women of color. It’s been featured in ELLE Magazine, the Huffington Post, Blavity.com, the Miami Herald - as well as on Byrdie.com as one of the Top 10 Black-owned Green Beauty Brands.
/episode/index/show/ad54ea3d-2fb2-47d8-88a4-3a4195202bf5/id/22989356Today’s guest is Brittany Brown, founder of Project Beauty Expo, The First Curated Beauty Expo Created for and by Women of Color.
Today’s guest is Dr. Mia Chae Reddy, founder and creative director of Dehiya Beauty, a multi-tasking botanical skin care line inspired by Moroccan time-honored beauty rituals for modern women.