Ep 61: Meet the Black Harvard Grads Flipping the Script On Beauty Norms

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Nicaila Matthews Okome | Side Hustle Pro Media

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🗓️ 13 September 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show I have KJ Miller & Amanda Johnson. KJ and Amanda are graduates of Harvard Business School and the co-founders of Mented Cosmetics (short for pigmented).

These two women are making their mark on the beauty industry, redefining what a natural, clean beauty look is for women of color. It all started when they both realized they were struggling to find the perfect nude lip. So these ladies took matters into their own hands and created Mented.

Mented is an upscale beauty brand for all women of color who are looking for great nude and neutral looks.

These two figured out the one thing the industry had forgotten to do and now have a thriving beauty company.

On this episode, KJ & Amanda share:

How they learned to make beauty products
Their early mistakes when starting the brand
What it really takes to launch and keep a brand afloat

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0:00.0	You're listening to Side Hustle Pro, the podcast that teaches you to build and grow a
0:05.4	Side Hustle from Passion Project to profitable business.
0:09.2	And I'm your host, Nikkala Matthews.
0:11.6	So let's get started.
0:36.2	Hey, guys, welcome back to the show. It's Nakela here and today in the guest chair I have two amazing women, KJ Miller and Amanda Johnson. KJ and Amanda are graduates of Harvard Business School and the co-founders of Mented Cosmetics, short for Pygmented. These two women are making their mark on the beauty industry
0:44.6	redefining what a natural beauty look is for women of color. It all started
0:49.5	when they both realized that they were struggling to find the perfect nude lip.
0:54.1	So these ladies took matters into their own hands and created Mented.
0:58.2	Mented is an upscale beauty brand for all women of color who are looking for great nude and
1:03.7	neutral looks. These two women figured out the one thing the industry had
1:08.1	forgotten to do and now have a thriving beauty company. On this episode,
1:13.2	KJ and Amanda share how they learn to make beauty products in the first place.
1:17.6	Fair early mistakes when starting the brand and what it really takes to
1:22.3	launch and keep a brand afloat, plus much more.
1:25.0	We'll hear from KJ and Amanda in just a second.
1:29.0	But first, I want to let you know that this episode is brought to you by Zip Recooter.
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