Ep. 28: Jaya Bolden - How This Serial Entrepreneur Is Empowering A Queendom Of Female Bosses

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Today on the Friends in Beauty Podcast we welcome Jaya Bolden. Jaya Bolden, is a young, vibrant serial-entrepreneur and mentor who is a self-motivated growing powerhouse in the Lifestyle and makeup industry. With a passion for makeup, instructing and all things beauty, Jaya Bolden possesses the skills, passion, and professionalism to make sure every face and life touched is done to perfection.

Growing-up entrepreneurship wasn’t a skill that was taught to her, fortunate enough she was involved in extracurricular activities such as leadership conferences through the Envision Career and Leadership Program. Through Envision, she realized she was innovative and that eventually sparked the launch of her career as a makeup artist and her business Make-up By Jaya at the age of 16.

Later Make-up By Jaya transformed into Make-up by Jaya Studio when she underwent the painstaking process of becoming a studio owner at the age of 19. A few of her notable clients consist of: BET as one of their youngest artists in 2015, the Bobbi Jones show, Joyful Noise with Tye Tribbett and Black Girls Rock both in 2016. She has also done makeup for backup singers and dancers for singers Monica, Jazmine Sullivan as well as Brandy. The mission of MakeUpByJaya Studio is to bring out the beauty in all and to make light enhancements and not a complete makeover.

Due to her accomplishments and mission, many women have asked for countless tutorials and tips, thus birthing her next business, The Beauty and the Beat Brunch is the ultimate brunch and makeup class for those who want to learn to achieve a flawless makeup application and to find their own routine.

On October 17, 2017 she created Crowning Queens (CQ). A mentorship program that uplifts young girls and women, starting at the age of 16 and upwards. Through CQ Jaya ensures she emphasizes that there is no limit on hunger for knowledge and a desire to be inspired.

Whether it’s makeup, teaching, or mentoring, all businesses are an extension of Jaya and her efforts to inspire beauty and grace in girls and women alike. As Sir Thomas Overbury said, “beauty is only skin deep,” but with MakeUpByJaya Studio, The Beauty and the Beat Brunch and Crowning Queens, beauty is both internal and external.

In this episode we talked about:

Jaya’s humble beginnings as a MUA - starting as a sophomore in High School How she opened and operated a makeup studio in Washington, DC while she was in college in Philly How she manages all of her businesses are a serial entrepreneur And, how she’s empowering young girls and women through her Crowning Queens Mentoring program

Jaya also gives us some advice on choosing your team and shares her long-term goals and so much more.

This episode is for you if you want to know what it takes to gracefully take your business to the next level and if you’ve been having challenges with managing your different business ventures. Jaya breaks it all down. So, let’s get into it!

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Resources Mentioned In This Episode:

-Meditations Apps: Abide, Inspirations, and Motivations

-Crowning Queens Mentoring

-Boss Connect Events & Rentals

-Black Girls Rock

-Bobbi Jones Show

-Joyful Noise with Tye Tribbett

-Jacob Webster @jpwphoto

-Find a Mentor: www.mentoring.org

-Neema Ali

-Lola’s Beauty Mark

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