Welcome to invest in yourself the digital entrepreneur podcast. Join the podcast mogul Phil Better as he interviews successful entrepreneurs that make their living in the digital world. Now let's join your host Phil Better and your special guest today on invest in yourself the Digital Entrepreneur podcast. Welcome back to another fabulous episode of Invest in Yourself, the Digital Entrepreneur podcast. I'm your host Phil Benner, the podcast mogul. And today, we have a guest whose expertise in beauty and entrepreneurship will leave you both inspired and enlightening and probably looking a little better. Our guest today is a celebrity hair and makeup artist with a career that spans over two decades. Best in the based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has worked with major television networks, a list celebrities, top designers, and big name brands, just make naming a naming a few to make her look like a true powerhouse in the beauty industry.

Not only has she has perfected the art of making her clients look stunning on the outside, but she also believes in empowering them to feel their best version of themselves on the inside, a core tenant here at the podcast. In addition to her impressive career as a makeup artist, our guest is the founder and CEO of Pretty Girl Makeup, a cosmetic line that celebrates everything it means to be a girl. Fun, excitement, and glamour included. Her products known for their high quality ingredients and luxurious textures have become a staple for those who wanna look both stylish and feel confidence. But her talents don't stop there. She also is a philanthropist, septis aware advocate, grief expert, and beauty expert on NBC CA Live through her blog Love, Laugh, Love Life, Laugh and Lip Gloss and contributes to various magazine, podcasts, and blogs where she shares her wealth of knowledge and beauty tips with a wide audience. Today, she's here to share her journey from makeup artist to entrepreneur, her passion for beauty and fashion, and how she built a brand that's all about helping people look good and feel beautiful. So get ready to be inspired by a true visionary in the beauty world.

It's my pleasure to welcome the incredible Christina Flack to Invest in Yourself. Christina, thank you so much for being here.

Wow. Isn't that nice? Thank you so much for having me. My goodness.

You're very welcome. I as my audience knows, I love hyping up my guests to the nth degree because you guys are amazing at what you do, and you deserve to be celebrated as entrepreneurs. Coming on, you know, the the toughest podcast interview there is in the world where it's not really, but I I love having amazing people like you come on, and I I I owe it to you to give you an intro that's worthy of you guys.

Well, thank you so much. How's your day going?

My day is going fabulous. I have interviews a plenty today, so I get to talk to as many people as I love, and that's one of my pleasures, learning about people like yourself, Christiana. So we're gonna jump off the I'm trying to with the with the the first question, why? Why did you decide to transition from, you know, the safe career of working for someone else into the crazy world that is entrepreneurship?

Well, I think because I was a mother of five, it was nice being able to kind of control my schedule being a makeup artist, and having my own company. I could work from home and work, you know, whatever hours that I could fit in when my children were little. It was really important to me to be able to be at pickup as often as I could, you know, help in the class, drive on field trips, and, you know, be there for my children. So that was probably the main reason on top of there's just something in my blood that, that it's there. And I think it comes from my grandfathers. One of my grandfathers was a doctor, was a heart surgeon, and my other grandfather owned, you know, super like, neighborhood supermarkets. So I think I think it I it stems from them.