{"id":140428,"date":"2019-05-23T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=140428"},"modified":"2019-05-29T10:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:10:29","slug":"the-fabbys-jennifer-yen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/the-fabbys-jennifer-yen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fabbys: Jennifer Yen, Founder of Purlisse Beauty and YENSA Beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You could say that Jennifer Yen, the founder of Purlisse Beauty and YENSA Beauty, has learned a thing or two on her way to success.<\/p>\n<p>Yen shares what her experiences as an actress, mother, and entrepreneur have taught her about persistence and sticking to her goals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-140429\" src=\"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20151336\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen.jpg 4480w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20151336\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen-148x222.jpg 148w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20151336\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen-153x230.jpg 153w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20151336\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20151336\/JEN-YEN-SMILE-HEADSHOT-copy-Jennifer-Yen-407x610.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Why do you think it&#8217;s important for women to be in positions of leadership?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWhen women are in positions of leadership, they promote women\u2019s economic independence and equality. When women are productive, working, and economically independent, the world is truly a better place, a more fair place. Women are pillars and they connect families, communities, and values. We want to set examples for children to see the world as equal and fair and I believe it starts with women.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does success mean to you?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nWake up healthy every day with passion and love for family, friends, and your work. To be able to work and create at a job that you love, to make money from it, and help others. This is success.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What kind of legacy do you hope to leave for women in your industry?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI hope to inspire girls and women to blaze their own trails with their passion and talents and give back to their communities that help them become successful.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bxm51H_B-yh\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bxm51H_B-yh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jennifer Yen (@jenyen1)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-05-18T14:51:01+00:00\">May 18, 2019 at 7:51am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>What&#8217;s the best advice you could ever give?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nYou will never meet a strong, successful person with an easy past. Every successful person will always have a story of struggle, fight, hard work, persistence then success.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How do you drown out the negative criticism and stay authentic to yourself?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI was an actress so I am used to criticism and rejection. I stay authentic because I know myself and I know who I am. And because I love what I do every day, I stay focused on what I\u2019m doing and not what others think or say.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What are three words that best describe you?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nCompassionate, industrious, and passionate.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How do you define happiness?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nHaving loving relationships with family and friends and to be successful at a job that you love. To have a healthy mind and body, to have passion and purpose, and to be free \u2013 to me, this is happiness.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 500px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BviF8IYn-n6\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BviF8IYn-n6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Jennifer Yen (@jenyen1)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2019-03-28T00:57:51+00:00\">Mar 27, 2019 at 5:57pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>When things get crazy, what&#8217;s one thing you always remember to do for yourself?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI relax and I reset my mindset. And I spend time with people who I love most \u2013 my daughter, my family, and friends.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Who are the women you think paved the way to where you are now?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nMy grandmother and my mother personally but on a larger scale, the women\u2019s suffrage movement, founded by a bold group of women, which led to the 19th amendment, allowing women to vote. And in more modern times, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. These women are fearless heroes.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What&#8217;s the first thing you do every morning?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nDrink coffee, [and] hug and kiss my daughter.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What&#8217;s the last movie or book you&#8217;ve read that made you feel empowered?<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\nI loved <em>Shoe Dog<\/em> by Phil Knight. His story tells just how hard it is to build a brand, be an entrepreneur, and makes me realize that when people are successful, they usually deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n<p>Want more from The Fabbys honorees?\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fff.me\/thefabbys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for exclusive Q&amp;As and guest articles<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"You could say that Jennifer Yen, the founder of Purlisse Beauty and YENSA Beauty, has ...","author":272854,"featured_media":140766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[482],"tags":[516],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23123524\/jen1.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23123524\/jen1-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"May 23, 2019","category_name":"The Fabbys","category_icon":"","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#c400a3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/272854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}