50: Beauty and the Boss; Jessica Richards, Founder of Shen Beauty

Caviar Dreams, Tuna Fish Budget with Margaret Josephs

Dear Media

Society & Culture, Business

4.7 • 760 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Jessica Richards is the founder of Shen Beauty, Brooklyn’s original beauty store. What started out of a need to replace a smashed face cream turned into a beauty empire. For over a decade Shen has been a “must visit” destination for beauty enthusiasts from all over the globe. The carefully curated selection of innovative and exclusive products are handpicked by Jessica, usually amidst bouts of insomnia between 1am and 4am, and has amassed a cult following that includes celebrities and beauty editors. Jessica is 36. And a single mom of two boys. She is the curator of cool, a major inspiration and the girl you would want as your best friend. Oh and she opened a new storefront in a pandemic. She takes no sh*t, works harder than anyone and continues to show the beauty business who's BOSS! This is a must listen! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Do you dream of being CEO of your own empire, running your own company, achieving your life's goals, yet wake up in a cold sweat?
0:08.2	Next, the last night's take out leftovers and a pile of bus ticket stops?
0:12.5	You are not alone. Like many others, you are suffering from a classic case of caviar dreams, tuna fish budget.
0:19.9	I'm Margaret Josephs.
0:21.4	And I'm Lexi Bob Buto.
0:22.7	And every week, we'll be talking to influencers, trailblazers, disruptors, and risk
0:27.0	takers who'll share their own journey to Caviar Dreams on a tuna fish budget.
0:32.0	Side effects may include increased motivation, boundless happiness, and a fast track to success.
0:35.9	Hello, Caviar Dreamers.
0:37.3	Hi, Caviar Dreamers. Hi,
0:37.5	Caviar Dreamers. I hope you guys had an amazing holiday in Thanksgiving and you're not too stuffed.
0:43.3	Oh, I'm really stuffed. I ate like three turkey stuffing and cranberry sandwiches yesterday.
0:48.6	Ooh, three. Three. Wow. I was off the rails. I gained three pounds in the night. Oh my God.
0:53.7	I gained three pounds over the holiday, but my God. I gained three pounds over the
0:54.9	holiday, but I did my Peloton this weekend. Yes. How is it? So you got the Peloton as an early
0:59.6	Christmas present. I did and I'm going to be a skinny legend by the New Year. Oh, God willing.
1:04.9	Is it like being in a spin class? Yes, it's like being in a spin class, I just love it so much. And I keep the lights out, so I'm like in a real spin class. I turn up the music. I do all the R&B classes. But I'm not up to 45 minutes and I can only do a half hour to class. All right. That's not so bad. Not so bad, not so bad, but I'm doing it. Yeah, that's good. You just got to start doing it. That's good. So how was your Thanksgivinggiving my thanksgiving was amazing so great i had
1:29.4	guests sleeping over uh everybody's been covid tested i don't want anybody yelling at me yes we all were
1:35.1	covid tested the food was fabulous you also invites it the most neurotic people yes i had all the
1:41.1	neurotic uh covid police here so everybody got rapid tested before they came
1:45.7	to the house. People up my house till midnight. So it was a beautiful day of eating and everybody was
1:51.6	cocktailing and except me. I was mottailing. You were mottailing it up. And it was just great.
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