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As women, we often undermine the hard work we put into seeing our dreams come to fruition. So as a reminder to celebrate your wins (big or small), read up on these inspirational female founder stories.
Anastasia Soare, CEO and founder of Anastasia Beverly Hills, shares her journey from immigrant to beauty mogul.
“I wanted to do something significant, [and] to do something that I loved that would be important. I always had an interest in beauty, but I got a job as an esthetician out of necessity. I was a young immigrant from Romania, and it was work I could do while learning the language.
While working, I noticed a glaring gap in the market — no one was paying attention to their eyebrows. I had this stroke of inspiration that maybe the same golden ratio I learned about in art school could be applied to shaping brows, bringing balance and proportion to my clients’ faces. The concept took off and when I realized that there weren’t products for brows on the market, I launched the first line of its kind, carving out a new category in beauty.
I was constantly on a mission to convince the bank to give me a credit card, to convince the landlord to rent me the salon space, and to convince detractors that eyebrows could be big business. I believed in my vision, and that is what kept me going.
When my salon opened in 1997, there was a line around the block that was visible from the landlord’s office, and it was the best ‘I told you so’ that I could have imagined. The following year when I was invited to do Oprah’s brows in front of a live audience, the phone wouldn’t stop ringing for months.
Today, Anastasia Beverly Hills is available in over 30 countries and celebrating over 21 years as a business. Finding new and innovative ways of giving our community quality products has blossomed into a passion that fuels me daily.”
Want to read more stories from female founders? Click here to read about how two friends took their frustrations with the beauty industry and turned it into a brand made by women, for women.
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