Building a world famous beauty empire, then starting all over again, with Bobbi Brown, founder of Bobbi Brown and Jones Road Beauty

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In one of Holly’s most anticipated interviews, she speaks to her heroine Bobbi Brown about her influential journey as a serial entrepreneur and her success in building a beauty empire.

Recognising the need for diversity amongst makeup products within the industry, Bobbi followed her gut as a budding makeup artist, to build a brand for all skin tones and types. Fast forward thirty years, and Bobbi Brown is a renowned billion dollar beauty brand, used by women across the world.

As if being a beauty mogul, best selling author and sought-after speaker wasn’t enough, in 2020 Bobbi launched her new business baby ‘Jones Road’ which is the next step in her incredible journey, where Bobbi’s products reflect her natural, authentic self.

In this heartfelt conversation, Bobbi speaks honestly about the challenges of juggling the duties of motherhood with running a self-founded worldwide beauty brand and finding the confidence to build a second business. One of the greatest things you'll learn from Bobbi’s inspirational story, it’s that feeling comfortable in your skin is the ultimate key to freedom.

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0:00.0	did that just happen? I just interviewed Bobby Brown. Yes, Bobby Brown, the famous makeup artist
0:07.6	who now has her new business, Jones Road. And I might have just cried and we tested out her
0:15.5	mascara, which isn't waterproof, but it didn't run. And it is definitely one of the best
0:20.9	mascaras I've ever, ever tried. This was one of those moments where for three years I've had a
0:27.4	picture up on my wall dreaming that one day I might get to interview her and it's just happened.
0:35.3	And my goodness, what a story, what a woman. And to actually hear her story now in her new
0:43.1	business where she's free to be the most creative Bobby Brown that has ever existed was a true
0:51.8	honour. It is a moment where we can actually listen to someone after three decades of being in an
0:58.0	industry, doing it again about really what matters and really what it takes. This is one of the
1:07.2	best interviews that I've done and I can't wait to hear what you think.
1:12.1	I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006, I founded not
1:25.9	on the high street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly and co.
1:31.6	I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses and I believe that having a business doing what
1:37.2	you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:44.0	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way to do
1:51.4	this is by sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favourite small businesses, entrepreneurs and
1:58.4	those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my Conversations of Inspiration.
2:07.2	Hi Bobby, such an honour to meet you. Not that you'll know this but I've been speaking about
2:12.8	interviewing you for the last three years since I've started this podcast. So your ears might have
2:18.4	been burning but welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. So nice to talk to you. I'm so glad
2:24.0	it only took three years. Yes it's perfect. Now we're going to jump right in because your name
2:30.0	is synonymous with the beauty industry. You know you've created one of the most pioneering brands
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