Today we’d like to introduce you to Brandy Jones.
Brandy, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
In June 2014 Life happened to me and it kicked me dead in the face I got fired from my job that I had been working on for 4 years. I told myself this was it I didn’t know what I wanted to do, all I could think about was my daughter and how I would maintain my bills. I was a single mother at this time so it was very hard for me. I became depressed, sad and angry the money I had saved I had to put towards my bills and really didn’t have much to begin with anyways. I was living paycheck to paycheck making what I did have shaken. After realizing my situation and really thinking out loud to myself, I knew this wasn’t the life I wanted for myself or my child. I had to do something and I had to do it quick. I began praying and asking God to guide me and to show me my calling but I didn’t hear anything back or at least I didn’t think I did. I’ll never forget this particular day in December I went into my bathroom to get dressed for the day I began to make up my face by myself I quote I usually got my makeup done but my funds were tight I had to save so I could pay my rent. I couldn’t afford to get my makeup done anymore so I started practicing on myself here and there so this particular morning once I finished my makeup I pulled out my lipsticks and applied it to my lips mixing up different colors at once getting my own custom color that whole day my family kept saying what kind of lipstick is that I want to try it and me being ME I said mine. It dawned on me I need to create my own lipstick so I started B.Deshell Lipdacide in January 2015 It was so overwhelming and so frustrating dealing with school and being a mom to a busy daughter I could barely focus. I met people who I thought could help me but that went left. I knew I didn’t have much money to begin with but I believed in my dream so much that I spent my last to get samples etc. just so I could get the right colors and textures I loved. If you don’t wear your own products why should anybody else. November 1, 2015 I went live with my online store. People purchased my products and not only the people I knew but people I didn’t know as well I felt good about this entrepreneur woman I was turning into. January 1, 2016 because I fell in love with makeup I wanted to expand not just with lipstick but go full flesh into the industry with so many other products I had to have my lashes if I didn’t have anything else lashes was next on my list. Lashidence happened and yes these are the lashes that bring you confidence. I fell in love with my mink lashes. I was up researching for weeks on how to get my own brand of full lashes and when I found them I went crazy. I ordered over 400 lashes and yes I became addicted I started telling my best friends about it them and they tried them and fell in love as well. I knew at that time I was up to something. June 2016 I went for it I began reaching out to celebrities informing them of what was to come with these dramatic luxury lashes and they began to request them and purchase them without force. I was so grateful because people nowadays are paying people to promote and at this time I didn’t have a lot to do that, but when your passionate about something anything can happen and I’m still continuing this cosmetic journey I wanted to quit but I can’t seem to get completely away from it through all my trials and tribulations I’m back here this is my faith walk this is my Destiny.
Has it been a smooth road?
Absolutely not everyday is a struggle being an entrepreneur. You have good days and bad days slow months and fast months I stepped back from my business to deal with some deeper issues so I could find myself again I got distracted and during my time away trying to figure out my life other lash companies began to start doing the things I did. I got a little discouraged and didn’t want to do it anymore being that I really enjoyed making people feel confident and pretty you have some people coming in doing it to just to be doing it like it took the fun out of it for me I’m serious about my brand I dreamed about this years ago I have a vision board I created when I was 22 or 23 and it will really blow your my mind the things I had on it. I wanted this years before I understood what it was I really wanted to do. You have to keep going no matter what.
So, as you know, we’re impressed with B.Deshell Cosmetics – tell our readers more, for example what you’re most proud of as a company and what sets you apart from others.
B.Deshell Cosmetics is a beauty line I don’t want to direct it in a particular direction. My brand will be expanding not only in cosmetics but beauty in general if you can get beauty out of it I will provide it. My goal is to satisfy every soul my product reaches so that he or she can spread the word of the great experience from my products. I’m not just selling to sell something I have real relationships with the people I come in contact with its family business that’s how I see it. You never know who you can help or helping vice versa we all can learn from each other. There’s no other company like B.Deshell Cosmetics I don’t want to trend I don’t want popularity I want real life results that builds the next persons confidence to the highest possible level.
Let’s touch on your thoughts about our city – what do you like the most and least?
I love Dallas I grew up here and wouldn’t have it any other way. The support from Dallas isn’t as strong as it should be it’s so much greatness in the city once we as a city understand this we can break barriers Dallas is awakening some great things are happening in the metroplex it’s a beautiful thing.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.bdeshellcosmetics.com
- Email: bdeshell@yahoo.com
- Instagram: @B.Deshell @bdcosmetics
- Facebook: B.Deshell Cosmetics
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