Career Reinvention, Skin-First Makeup, and Fighting for Black Beauty Standards ft Danessa Myricks

Naked Beauty

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4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Episode Description: Makeup artist Danessa Myricks makes products that simply cannot be ignored. And as a Black makeup artist who was self-taught and launched her career at 30, reinvention and innovation always bound to be at the center of her brand. Tune in for this unforgettable conversation on her pathway to success, advocating for the inclusion of darker skin tones in makeup, using independent clinical trials to establish the brand as a leader in product development, and ensuring that Black voices are heard in the beauty industry.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, it's Brooke DeVard and you're listening to the Naked Beauty podcast.
0:06.8	We are back on schedule.
0:08.4	I'm back in Los Angeles after a month of travel and I could not be more excited to be
0:12.6	coming back to you with this powerful conversation with Dinesa Myricks, a makeup artist that
0:17.5	I've admired for years, a woman whose products are so innovative, so groundbreaking that
0:22.3	they truly stand out in a sea of sameness in the makeup space.
0:26.2	And I took so much away from this conversation with Dinesa.
0:29.0	But I think one of the big takeaways for me was the way that she reinvented her life
0:33.0	at 30 years old as a working mother in a not so creative field.
0:38.7	I think so often we don't see ourselves as creatives.
0:42.5	We think that being a creative is this like special path that's only reserved for certain
0:47.0	types of people, but to step out and say, okay, there is something in me that wants
0:51.2	more that's creating more and tapping into the fact that you have this desire to express
0:55.2	yourself more fully than you're doing in your current profession and taking a leap
0:59.5	of faith.
1:00.5	I think that's so powerful.
1:02.0	And as I think about Dinesa Myricks, one of the words that comes to mind is passion.
1:06.1	And that passion for what she does comes through in everything.
1:10.3	It's so much more than makeup, it's so much more than just a great beauty look.
1:14.5	That shimmer, that sparkle.
1:15.9	If you follow her on social, you know her smile, you know how ever fessence she is.
1:19.6	She is truly a one of a kind talent.
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