CEW Honors Beauty Founders at Inaugural Visionary Awards in Los Angeles

THE Cosmetic Executive Women — THE New Based in York non-profit of beauty entrepreneurs — came West has host It is inaugural Visionary Price recognize female leaders In The bone Angeles.

Detained has Shutters on THE Beach In Santa Claus Monique on Tuesday night, THE event honored Randy Christiansen of Necessary, Shontay Monday of Black Girl Solar cream, Donda Mullis of Raw Sugar, Catherine Power of Deserved And Poured, And Amy Liu of Tower 28. THE five founders were famous For their work In direction And innovation, breakup barriers, representation, community And social impact, And entrepreneurship And economic impact.

THE event kicked disabled with opening speech speaker Nancy String, founder And chief executive officer of hair care brand Briogéo. "THE HAVE Visionary Price strong points THE achievements We often neglect In ourselves," She said. String, A pass HAVE price RECIPIENT, encouraged THE winners has Saviour THE moment And celebrate their travel.

A of her First of all challenges In scaling Briogéo was to secure A early investor, She said THE audience. "Prestige hair care was always A Really little segment has THE time, [12 years There is]," said String, WHO sold Briogéo has Wella Business In 2022.

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She went on discuss THE Russian mountains of entrepreneurship: "Be A founder means permanently navigate risks And manager fear. And to leave Me say You, fear can be A powerful motivator. He shapes OUR paths And OUR the decisions. And When We confront And overcome OUR fears, they turn awareness In skill. And that skill gives power We has bring OUR visions has the life. »

It is courage that turns visions In reality, She added.

Her First of all six years were difficult, She said. She reinvested little profit back In THE business "And I Also used OUR inventory has to guarantee THE double of credit that I personally guaranteed. »

But that time Also allowed her has experience freely, which directed has "huge growth" After innovative spear And successful campaigns, And allowing her has take THE RIGHT investors on her terms. String has Since become A investor herself.

As THE program continued, THE winners discussed their backgrounds And brand missions.

For Lundy, he was In 2016 that She spear Black Girl Solar cream. "I I could not find A Solar cream that rubbed In My complexion without exit A white residue," She said. "But without knowing has Me, I was not THE only Black women that was having THE even issue. I am standing here Before You because I did something about that."

She used $33,000 of her life savings has to start THE business. "You know how business America tell You put money In your 401(k) And to safeguard For your retirement? I was as, 'No,'" She said has Laughs And applause. "I will take THE risk. »

Black Girl Solar cream East NOW sold has 15,000 retail Locations And has hit number A as A Bestseller In beauty And staff care In Amazon. She said inspiring entrepreneurs has listen has their intuition And to have A strategy In location.

"All doesn't to have has come has You Today," She said. "To leave THE ground form below You, get your bearings, stay up, to walk, to understand THE process And how things work, ask A tonne of questions And Before You know he, you go be running. »