Inspiring Lives with " Queen Vee’s Cosmetics " CEO For Fashion Gxd Magazine
Written By: Samantha Cee
This week we sat down with the amazing rising brand Queen Vee’s Cosmetics. Queen Vee’s Cosmetics is the 1st LGBTQ blacked owned cosmetics line to come out of The Bay Area(San Francisco,CA). They have glitters, lashes and so much more!! Queen Vee’s Cosmetics promotes love,support, wellness, and motivation. They push these QUEENS to notice there true beauty, they are here to let everyone know no matter who you are always remember you are ROYALTY. Take a look at the exclusive interview with the rising brand.
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Fashion Gxd Magazine : How did the idea for your business come about?
Answer: Me and My son where sitting in my office and he was like mom you need another stream of income you should sell lashes. The next week I had 5 samples of lashes from 3 different vendors and I started testing them out and found my vendors I have now. I now offer 13 styles of Luxury Mink Lashes, hand mixed glitters, eyebrow pomade,lipsticks, eyeshadow palettes, skin care products that are organic and so much more.
Fashion Gxd Magazine : How do you find people to bring into your organization that truly care about the organization the way you do?
Answer: I do my research on them just like I am looking for a vendor, what I mean by that is I look at their social media account, I look how active they are and if they actually know who QUEEN Vee is and what we are about. I also reach out to them and talk with them to see what their goals are and how can WE benefit each other.
Fashion Gxd Magazine : What three pieces of advice would you give to other children who want to become entrepreneurs?
Answer: START ( that was told to me by my mentor) 2. Don’t stop believing in you and your idea. No matter what people say or do NEVER GIVE UP ON YOU Lastly treat you clients,followers,etc how you would want to be treated as if the shoes were on the other shoe.
Fashion Gxd Magazine :If you had the chance to start your career over again, what would you do differently?
Answer: Nothing at all, I am a better woman/business owner because of how I did it this go around.
Fashion Gxd Magazine :What would you say are the top three skills needed to be a successful entrepreneur ?
Answer: Patience and a whole lot of it, customer service and the knowledge to not care what someone has to say about you and your brand ( hey we keep haters employed is how I look at it) LOL A mindset of a go getter you can’t be lazy you got to be able to get up and do what’s needed to grow your business/brand.
Fashion Gxd Magazine :What have been some of your failures, and what have you learned from them?
Answer: Trusting people and moving to fast to drop a new product and it doesn’t sale, wait no this is my all time failure, having a sale and getting no sales ughhhhh. I learned patience I learned how to take my time and really learn what is needed for me to grow my brand to where it is meant to go.
Fashion Gxd Magazine : How many hours do you work a day on average?
Answer: 19 hours a day I am a mother as well so I work all day long
Fashion Gxd Magazine :Describe/outline your typical day?
Answer: wake up around 5:15 am get the wife and kids things together for their day, cook breakfast, get started on my makeup, shower get myself and the kids dressed and out the door by 7:30am drop of kids to school and back at my day job ( Property Manager of a Senior Apartments) by 8:30am and work until lunch and lunchtime is spent working on my brand. Off at 5pm pickup kids by 6pm back home dinner started by 7:30 kids fed bathe and oiled down and in bed by 9:pm the rest of the night goes like this I finally eat, clean up the house get clothes and things together for the next day and fulfill orders and anything brand related then to bed for me by 1am and then back at it again at 5:30 am
Fashion Gxd Magazine : How has being an entrepreneur affected your family life?
Answer: it has caused a lot of stress and plenty of what if’s. Unassurance my wife used to hate that my all would go into the business where I would literally be on social media all day and night on my phone all the time.
Fashion Gxd Magazine :What motivates you?
Answer: my kids and grand kids I refuse to have them suffering or going without anything like I had to some days. I do it for my BIGMA & MOMMIE and my God Momma those ladies are my rock and I just want them to be proud of me. My BIGMA has went home to be with GOD but I swear I still just want to make her proud, so I don’t stop I just keep going harder. My sisters motivate me everyday, I just want us to thrive and be more then what the streets say we are.
Fashion Gxd Magazine: How do you generate new ideas?
Answer: grab my glass of Stella Rose Wine turn on my music and start to write down what I wanna see on my website, I also ask my followers what they wanna see from the queen, after all they are the ones who are wearing my products.
Fashion Gxd Magazine : What sacrifices have you had to make to be a successful entrepreneur?
Answer: I had to go broke some days to make sure we had inventory, almost lost my family over pouring myself into my brand. Depression and some sleepless nights.
Fashion Gxd Magazine : Where you see yourself and your business in 10 years? 20 years?
Answer: I see Queen Vee’s Cosmetics to be know globally. I see myself having 2-3 boutiques and passing my brands down to my grand kids.
