1 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Welcome to Against All Lots Podcasts. I'm your host, Iris Palmer. 2 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: For those of you that don't know me, I'm going 3 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:17,439 Speaker 1: to tell you a little bit about me. I am 4 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:22,159 Speaker 1: an entrepreneur, a mommy, a fiance. You've probably seen me 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: doing everybody's lashes, or investing, or just on Instagram, you know, 6 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: wearing something fashionable or with my cute kids. But I 7 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: wanted to tell you guys that this is my first episode. 8 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,520 Speaker 1: I'm so excited. I wanted to start by sharing why 9 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: I wanted to do this podcast. It's really important for 10 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: me to inspire those that come from similar circumstances as 11 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 1: I did and didn't see a way and just had 12 00:00:49,600 --> 00:00:53,519 Speaker 1: a dream and kept going and somehow we made it. 13 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: We made it to be whatever level of success you 14 00:00:57,680 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: are chasing, because I know success different for everybody, and 15 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,760 Speaker 1: I wanted to share a little bit of my story 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 1: with you guys. Actually a lot of my story with 17 00:01:06,680 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: you guys, but I thought it was really important for 18 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: my first episode, for you guys to get to know me. 19 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: I come from immigrant parents from a Salvador, and I've 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: been a hustler my whole life. I am still hustling, 21 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,920 Speaker 1: but I have reached certain levels of success that I 22 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 1: feel like are very inspirational. And I brought in my 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: manager friend family, who has started with me from the 24 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 1: very beginning, who I spend almost every day speaking to, 25 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: and I feel like, who knows me the best to 26 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 1: ask me questions and for you guys to get to 27 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: know me better. So let me introduce Dasire, my one 28 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: and only manager now friend family. And I feel like 29 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: my writer die, like my little scorpio writer Die. 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 2: I feel like we were meant to. 31 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, we like fit. Yeah, we just fit like and 32 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: she's never getting rid of me. 33 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 2: No, you're one and only. 34 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 3: Yeah. 35 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 1: So take us back to the year. 36 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 2: It's so funny because this was when I was in 37 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,440 Speaker 2: management and I was working at a company and they 38 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,560 Speaker 2: were like, you have to sign someone, and I was like, okay, who. 39 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,080 Speaker 2: And I had been watching Iris for like a long time, 40 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: and you had like probably like one hundred thousand followers 41 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: yeah at the time, and you were actually still doing lashes, 42 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 2: like I remember you had your store on Ventura, like 43 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 2: you had all your starlash girls, and so I was like, 44 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 2: there is something about this girl that I feel like 45 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 2: is just so much bigger than what she's doing with 46 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: her lashes and her business, and so I think I 47 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,799 Speaker 2: like DMed you or I emailed you. I don't remember exactly, 48 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:56,919 Speaker 2: and I was like, hey, like come in for a meeting, 49 00:02:57,000 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 2: and I remember you came in. 50 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 1: And at the time, I was like, I've always played 51 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: multiple roles for myself, like when I first started starlash, 52 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: like I was playing my own secretary. I'd be like, 53 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: she's not available, Like I was playing different roles. And 54 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: I remember at the time, I was getting these Instagram 55 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:16,720 Speaker 1: deals from like you know, like different fashion brands, and 56 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: I was doing my own deals like pretending. So when 57 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:21,679 Speaker 1: you DM me, I was like perfect, Like I needed this. 58 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,120 Speaker 2: I remember you had a really horrible haircare deal at 59 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: the time, and I was like, why is she accepting 60 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: like this little money for this deal? No, But then 61 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 2: we had a meeting and I just feel like it clicked, 62 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: and I feel like it was the right time because 63 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 2: you and we can talk about this on the podcast, 64 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 2: but like you're such a visionary, I think with your 65 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 2: own life, and I think you truly have manifested everything 66 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 2: that is in front of you today and everything that 67 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: is to come. And so we had little similarities that 68 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: kind of came up like little synchronicities in that meeting, 69 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: and I was like, Okay, yeah, this is meant to be. 70 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: So we started working together and the rest is history. 71 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 1: Now we do everything. Yeah, yeah, we start still work together. 72 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, And honestly, like, I feel like you inspire me 73 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: every day because it's never like enough, and not in 74 00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 2: a bad way, because I think like as humans, you 75 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 2: have to be motivated in order to just like you 76 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,240 Speaker 2: want to continue to hit new levels in your life. 77 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 2: Like there's never just like one level of success, and 78 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 2: I think you're the definition of that. And so it's fun. 79 00:04:24,040 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 2: We get to do a lot of cool things together. 80 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel like, so we're really both really into 81 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 1: zodiac signs. So like I'm gonna start there. She's Scorpio. 82 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: She's a Scorpio and I'm a taurust we're sister signs, 83 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:39,799 Speaker 1: and we're sister signs, but we're also the true definition 84 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:43,359 Speaker 1: of a Scorpio and a Taurus. So like I feel 85 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: like I'm such a bull and I'm Earth and I'm grounded, 86 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: and I feel like sometimes like I ground her, but 87 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:53,800 Speaker 1: she's very like Scorpios are crazy, They're so like they 88 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,560 Speaker 1: push you outside of your comfort zone and she will 89 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: do that to me where sometimes I need that because 90 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: as a Taurus, we're so comfortable that we're like we're 91 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: good and she's like, no, you're gonna do this, Like 92 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 1: and I feel like you you know, whether it's PRP 93 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: and inject getting injecting it into my face, you push 94 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 1: me to do stuff that I would never do. 95 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 2: It's so funny because everybody asked Iri was like, what 96 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 2: lip filler do you do? Like what you've done so 97 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: much to your face? And she actually has done nothing. 98 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: I am the scary cat. She will be like we 99 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:23,040 Speaker 1: need to do this, we need to do that, and 100 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 1: I'm like it's gonna hurt, like the PRP. I mean 101 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: it's like a naturally draw your own blood and they 102 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:30,279 Speaker 1: inject it. But like I would never do that. She 103 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,280 Speaker 1: makes me do. She's like you need to do this, 104 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: and I'm like, do I need to do it? 105 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, So anything that she's tried is all my fault. 106 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:38,599 Speaker 2: And it's like but it's so fun I love and 107 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:40,599 Speaker 2: I've never had lit filler. By the way, like people 108 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,280 Speaker 2: don't want to believe that these are my lips. 109 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: Look at my kids. We all have the exact same leg. 110 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 2: You have the best lips. That's what I've been trying 111 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 2: to get for like the last ten years. So but 112 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:52,799 Speaker 2: maybe I should read. I actually saved some stuff about toruses. 113 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 2: I want to see if it's like, if it resonates 114 00:05:55,960 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 2: with you. Okay, okay. So I picked these ones because 115 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: I feel like these are exact. So it says Taurus's 116 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 2: motto in life is live life in the moment. They 117 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,680 Speaker 2: won't wait for tomorrow to follow their dreams. They know 118 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 2: what they want and aren't afraid to go out and 119 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 2: get it. 120 00:06:10,480 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: Yeah. I'm not afraid. I'm going after all of my dreams. 121 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: I'm telling you that right now. 122 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 2: Yeah. They put family first and they would do anything 123 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,720 Speaker 2: for their loved ones, which is so you. 124 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:25,520 Speaker 1: One thing about Desiree Desiree not to put her business 125 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: out there, but she has no kids and she'll blow 126 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,919 Speaker 1: me up. Like it'll be like six am and she 127 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 1: starts texting me and I do not respond until I've 128 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: dropped off my kids to school. So I feel like 129 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: I have those are my work hours, and like my 130 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: she'll be blowing me up and I'll be like, I'll 131 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: call you when I drop off the kids. Yeah, I 132 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 1: always know when Iris is gonna call me, Yeah, like 133 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,839 Speaker 1: as soon as the last kids dropped off, And then 134 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:49,599 Speaker 1: I'm calling her and I'm like okay, and then we're 135 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 1: on the phone, like she I'm not a phone person, 136 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: Like I don't really talk on the phone. I'm on 137 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,479 Speaker 1: the phone with this girl every single day for like 138 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: multiple hours. Yeah. It's crazy. 139 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,920 Speaker 2: Yeah it's nuts, but talk about everything. Okay, this one 140 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 2: is really you. They have amazing intuition. Nothing gets past them. 141 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: Tauruses are people that trust their gut and always seem 142 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 2: to make the right decisions, which I feel like that's 143 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,360 Speaker 2: been really helpful for you and you're investing. And then 144 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 2: they are determined with a practical and pragmatic head on 145 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:23,760 Speaker 2: their shoulders. They don't waste time complaining about things they 146 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 2: have to do. Instead they just get on with things. 147 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:28,280 Speaker 1: Yeah. 148 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 2: And then famous tourist personalities are George Clooney and Adele. 149 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 2: I love Adele. Yeah, I love George Clooney. Yeah, I 150 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 2: feel like that was. 151 00:07:37,640 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: Those are great. 152 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. 153 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:40,520 Speaker 1: You know, I have a little zodiac app that I 154 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,800 Speaker 1: go to and I was like, why are we so 155 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: compatible in friendship? I don't know about relationships. Have you 156 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:46,920 Speaker 1: ever dated a Taurus. 157 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 2: Yeah. 158 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: Oh, but Taurus men and women are totally different. 159 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 2: It's dangerous because I. 160 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 1: Feel like Scorpio women and men are totally different too. 161 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 3: Yeah. 162 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: But some of the things that it said why we click, 163 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,520 Speaker 1: Like as a friendship and a girl friendship, we're both 164 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,960 Speaker 1: loyo as fuck. We neither of us do fake friendships, 165 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: and I feel like that's us to a tee even 166 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: while we're somewhere at an event or something like if 167 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,240 Speaker 1: we don't, if we don't vibe with you, we're not 168 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 1: gonna We're not gonna fake the funk or be in 169 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 1: your face. It's gonna be like a high and a bye. Right. 170 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: Sometimes she has to check my face because I like. 171 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: Like fix your face like so. And then and then 172 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: trust matters to both Scorpios. Scorpio guards emotion and Taurus 173 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 1: guards stability, and I feel like that is like truly us, 174 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,679 Speaker 1: Like for me, it's like you like stable, being stable 175 00:08:33,760 --> 00:08:38,320 Speaker 1: is very important. And then I think I already said this, 176 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:42,640 Speaker 1: but we're we're opposite like store like turist grounds Scorpio 177 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: and Scorpio pushes tourists out of my comfort zone. And 178 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: then we have shared values. So I think we both 179 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:55,200 Speaker 1: love security, honesty, commitment, and consistency, and money and money, 180 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:56,439 Speaker 1: a lot of money. 181 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:59,960 Speaker 2: Yeah. I feel like Taurus and Scorpios are definitely motor 182 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 2: made of my money. 183 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:22,600 Speaker 3: Yeah we yeah, yeah. 184 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:14,800 Speaker 2: Let's get into it because this is why we're here today. 185 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 2: I'm super excited to be here because I think so 186 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 2: many people don't know your story, and I think a 187 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 2: lot of people are like, what does she do? How 188 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,720 Speaker 2: does she make money? Like how did she get to 189 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:26,839 Speaker 2: where she is? And so that's what we're going to 190 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 2: talk ab right. 191 00:09:27,280 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: I think people people forget. I feel like they forget 192 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,839 Speaker 1: like I've put in the grind. I've worked everywhere. Like 193 00:09:33,880 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: they just look at my life now on Instagram and 194 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,080 Speaker 1: they're like, oh my gosh, she just woke up and 195 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: lives this amazing life. And I'm like, babe, I've worked 196 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: every job that you can probably think of except being 197 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:47,440 Speaker 1: a stripper. I've never been a shipper. But like, I'm 198 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 1: still working and people don't see that because I don't 199 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: have a nine to five that I'm clocking into, but 200 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: I have like a twenty four hour NonStop that like 201 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: we're never I'm never checking out of, you know. I 202 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:00,080 Speaker 1: feel like being an entrepreneur is harder than like clocking 203 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 1: into a nine to five where I'm like I'm here, 204 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,199 Speaker 1: I'm out, peace out, you know what I mean. It's 205 00:10:04,200 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: like non stop for us. Like last night we're watching 206 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 1: We're like at an event at a party, nine o'clock 207 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 1: at night and we're like playing poker. Midway, you get 208 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: an email we're like working. I'm like, how are we working? 209 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:16,160 Speaker 1: On the side, and everybody's like, are you guys working? 210 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:18,400 Speaker 1: We're like, yeah, no. 211 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 2: But I think a lot of people think your road 212 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 2: to success was a really easy one, and you and 213 00:10:22,440 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: I both know it wasn't. So I think let's start 214 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 2: from the beginning. You come from an immigrant family. Your 215 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:32,199 Speaker 2: parents are from El Salvador. Where did you grow up 216 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 2: and what kind of household did you grow up in? 217 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:36,439 Speaker 2: And how did that play into who you are today. 218 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: I think, like my story, and I always say this, 219 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 1: like my story starts with my parents' story, and it 220 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,480 Speaker 1: starts with Ol Salvador. And I think that's why, like 221 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: I go so hard to put El Salvador on the map, 222 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 1: because it's not talked about enough. I'm clearly like slvy queen, 223 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna rep it till I die. And how I 224 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: grew up was I grew up very very humble beginnings 225 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: like my parents. My dad in particular, like he worked 226 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: every single day. Like the only thing I remember as 227 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: a like as a child that I did with my 228 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:12,200 Speaker 1: dad together was go to Denny's on a Sunday. Sunday 229 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,520 Speaker 1: was the only day that he wouldn't work. So every 230 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,560 Speaker 1: Sunday we would go to Denny's. And it was like 231 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: my like treat with him, you know. But I saw 232 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: hard work from like a child. So and I never 233 00:11:24,720 --> 00:11:27,160 Speaker 1: wanted to ask my dad for stuff. So since I 234 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: was like in elementary school, I feel like the hustler mentality, 235 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: I was like I need to make money, you know. 236 00:11:34,360 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: So I would tell my dad like can you take 237 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 1: me this moort and final to buy me the box 238 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 1: of hot Cheetos, And then I would go to school 239 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:41,120 Speaker 1: and I would sell them for a dollar. We would 240 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:42,520 Speaker 1: get them for twenty five cents, and I would sell 241 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: them for a dollar. Then I got to middle school 242 00:11:44,800 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: and I was like bedazzling shorts. Then I got to 243 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,680 Speaker 1: high school and the minute I turned fifteen, I was 244 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: like I needed a job, Like I need it because 245 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: my dad would give me lunch money, like five dollars 246 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: a day. I would save it I wouldn't need, and 247 00:11:56,120 --> 00:11:59,040 Speaker 1: then I would buy new Vans every week because I 248 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: wanted to have like matching Chanceport matching vans, like I've 249 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,720 Speaker 1: always been into like fashion and like like what I 250 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: thought was fashion back then, you know, it was like 251 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: Vans and like a matching bra strap and like that 252 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:10,560 Speaker 1: was my thing. 253 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 2: And wait, a matching bra strap. 254 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Brad shop in your head. So I have like 255 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 1: a like you never had that. 256 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 2: I don't think we did that. 257 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: Oh you're from the Baby the By We had the Chalkers, 258 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: also from La born and raised. I grew up on 259 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 1: like Santa Monica and Gower. So if you know the area, 260 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:36,040 Speaker 1: it's very very Hispanic world, not the nicest. And it 261 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: was about eight of us living in a two bedroom apartment. 262 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,480 Speaker 1: Like one thing about Latinos and like you know, being 263 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: in a Hispanic household if you're Tianny, somewhere to stay, 264 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: if you're TII, like you're just gonna be like come 265 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:48,599 Speaker 1: on and we're just gonna sleep on the floor and 266 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,679 Speaker 1: make it work. So it was like three bedrooms in 267 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:54,319 Speaker 1: one bed in one bedroom, like three beds in one 268 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: bedroom and we would just I don't know, we would 269 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,480 Speaker 1: just figure it out. It was like eight of us. 270 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 1: We I grew up with like cocker roaches, and like, 271 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: I mean, it was like now that I look back 272 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: at it and like how my kids are growing up 273 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,079 Speaker 1: and how I live now, I'm like, wow, it was crazy, 274 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 1: like you know, but at the time it was so 275 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 1: normal for me. Now I see a freaking cockerroach or 276 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: a spider and I'm like in a scream and act like, 277 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: you know, like oh my god. You know. Yeah, back 278 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:19,520 Speaker 1: then it was so it was so normal that it's 279 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 1: not normal this time. 280 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 2: You are in acting school trying to be an actor. 281 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: How did you get into lashes? 282 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: So I at the time was with ALA's dad and 283 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: he lived in London, so I was started traveling to London, 284 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: and I also had never traveled like outside of the country. 285 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,199 Speaker 1: I'm like nineteen at this age, and everybody in London 286 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: had these lashes and actually, like two of his family 287 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: members had a like businesses in lashes in London. So 288 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: that's where I thought about, like, oh, I could do 289 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,400 Speaker 1: this as a side hustle like type of thing. And 290 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: it was actually there that I took my class. I 291 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: took a class in London and I was researching everything 292 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:05,040 Speaker 1: there and that's where the idea came up. And when 293 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 1: I came back, I was like, I'm gonna I don't 294 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: know anybody in LA that's doing lashes, Like I'm going 295 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,440 Speaker 1: to be that person in La. So I came back 296 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 1: and I just put it all into work. 297 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:16,440 Speaker 2: And how long from when you took the course to 298 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: when you actually started taking clients? Two months like I started. 299 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 1: I started taking clients and doing everything within yeah, like 300 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 1: a month and your bed I was really good. Like 301 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:32,160 Speaker 1: even when I took the class the late the girl 302 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 1: there was like, oh my god, like have you done 303 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: this before? And I was like no, like I've never 304 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: be but you've. 305 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:37,800 Speaker 2: Always been going with your hands. 306 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:39,960 Speaker 1: I've always been That's what I'm saying. I've always been 307 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: really resourceful, like I'm telling you, I was like, but 308 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:45,520 Speaker 1: dazzling this. I was making cakes, I remember, like for fun, 309 00:14:45,560 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 1: like I would make perverted cakes and they were really 310 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: really cool and good, but just like for fun. 311 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 2: I was so impressed when I saw those. 312 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:56,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I've always been like a do it yourself girl, 313 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,760 Speaker 1: you know, so like I was just like just for 314 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: fun though, and naturally, Like I never thought I never 315 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: even like thought that like people in the beauty space 316 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: would make this much money, right, And it really opened 317 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: my eyes where like beauty is the one thing that 318 00:15:12,920 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: women will spend their last money on. It doesn't matter 319 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: if they have a testament to that. Everybody was so good, 320 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: especially in Los Angeles, like we're we're all looking for 321 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: like what's going to keep us young? Hot? And like 322 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 1: also like low maintenance like lashes. You get your lashes 323 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,360 Speaker 1: done every three weeks, like and you're like great, Like 324 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: I don't need makeup. I feel like I'm like I look, 325 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,920 Speaker 1: you know, like my eyes that look refreshed, Like yeah, 326 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,800 Speaker 1: so what do they say? 327 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 2: These are my high maintenance things I do to stay 328 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 2: low maintenance? 329 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, lashes. Self care is like a non negotiable, especially 330 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 1: for me. 331 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 2: But were you able to live off your income from lashing? 332 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: Like right away, oh my god, yeah, I quit my job. 333 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: I was like, wow, I was making five six hundred 334 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 1: dollars every two weeks. I started making that, Like I'm 335 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: not forget when I went to go do when they 336 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 1: called me to do Selena, go missus lashes, and I went, 337 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 1: I'll never forget that. They paid me five hundred dollars 338 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: to do her lashes. I didn't even know how much 339 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: to charge. I didn't know, you know. And I remember 340 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 1: her assistant at the time, Teresa, was like, this is 341 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:15,200 Speaker 1: how much we were paying her last girl, like six 342 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: hundred dollars or whatever, and I was like, no, no, 343 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: Like I was uncomfortable, you know, I did. 344 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:19,880 Speaker 2: It was that imposters. 345 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: I didn't know. And I remember I got in the 346 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 1: car and I was like, I just got paid five 347 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: hundred dollars for two hours, and I was like that 348 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: used to be my whole paycheck in two weeks. Yeah, 349 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: you know. So that really opened up my mind. And 350 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:35,480 Speaker 1: as we know, I am very motivated by money. So 351 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm going to pay six times a 352 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,680 Speaker 1: million more like I was, you know, and it's crazy 353 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 1: what you can really do in the beauty world, Like 354 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: it's insane. Yeah. 355 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:47,160 Speaker 2: So, do you think that you got your work ethic 356 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:49,040 Speaker 2: from watching your dad as you were growing up? 357 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 1: One hundred percent? Like, I know that my work ethic 358 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: came from my dad, but I also want to say 359 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: that it also my mom's situation. My mom never worked 360 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:02,120 Speaker 1: when she was with my dad, and that also inspired 361 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,960 Speaker 1: me to never want to be like that, like in 362 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: the way that like I don't like asking a man 363 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:09,200 Speaker 1: for anything. 364 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:11,160 Speaker 4: Like I was always like why doesn't she work? 365 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 1: Like why does it? 366 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:12,040 Speaker 3: You know? 367 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,360 Speaker 1: And it's really my dad didn't want her to work 368 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: because my dad wanted me, Like I'm my dad's only child. 369 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: My dad wanted me to have like home cook meals 370 00:17:19,320 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: and like so but like her in her defense, like 371 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:26,359 Speaker 1: before my dad, because I have an older sister and 372 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 1: an older brother, Like she worked and figured it out 373 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: and like, you know, was that person. And then my 374 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:32,040 Speaker 1: dad came in and was like trying to give her 375 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 1: like a soft life, you know. And I feel like 376 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: at first it was like, Okay, yeah, this is nice, 377 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 1: but then I feel like she resented him in a 378 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: way where like well I don't have my own stuff, 379 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: you know, And I was like I never want to 380 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,439 Speaker 1: be that person. So my whole thing, like even with 381 00:17:49,480 --> 00:17:51,359 Speaker 1: my daughter, and I was like, you always have to 382 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: have your own no matter who you're with, And I 383 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: think that's so important. God forbid something happens to your husband, 384 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 1: like how can you take care of your kids? How 385 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: can you? So that's always been instilled in my head 386 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 1: where I'm like I'm not depending on nobody, I'm depending 387 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:07,679 Speaker 1: on me. And it's also the tourist, like I'm very 388 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 1: strong minded, and I think that all of that has 389 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,639 Speaker 1: really showed in my work but also continues to push 390 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: me where I'm like, I'm not stopping. I do have 391 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:17,760 Speaker 1: some friends that are like, no, my dream was always 392 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,720 Speaker 1: to be a housewife. That was never my dream, like 393 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,119 Speaker 1: my dream and I've said it to even when I 394 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,600 Speaker 1: got with Troy he was playing for the Lakers, and 395 00:18:24,640 --> 00:18:26,159 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm telling you right now, like I 396 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:28,520 Speaker 1: would be miserable if you're looking for a housewife, Like 397 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 1: that's never going to be me. Like I would be 398 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: miserable if I didn't have an outside purpose, you know, 399 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: and I know and I know that. 400 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 2: And well people assume when he was playing overseas that 401 00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:40,719 Speaker 2: you were just going to move your life over there, 402 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: and You're like, no, I have to like have a to. 403 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: Be asked me too. He said, well, you know, Milan 404 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:47,000 Speaker 1: sent me an offer, and I go, you should a 405 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,520 Speaker 1: hundred percent go, And he goes, would you call me? 406 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:50,959 Speaker 1: I go absolutely not, Like I can't, you know. I 407 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 1: was like, but I will, I will go. I will travel. 408 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: I love to travel. I will go once a month 409 00:18:54,480 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 1: to see you. But like, no, I have my own boundaries, 410 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,160 Speaker 1: I have my own dreams, and I just I it's 411 00:19:00,280 --> 00:19:04,439 Speaker 1: very important for me to keep those things forward and 412 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: not let it go, you know, because I think, like 413 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: a lot of people don't talk about when you have 414 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,200 Speaker 1: kids and you get married. 415 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 4: You lose yourself, you lose your life, you give up. 416 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 1: This, you think. And for me, I'm like, I need 417 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,040 Speaker 1: to have a balance. Like there's no such thing as 418 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:18,439 Speaker 1: like an equal balance. Some days I give my mommy 419 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,199 Speaker 1: roll one hundred percent and some days I give it 420 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:23,800 Speaker 1: five percent. Like today, I'm like, he's doing a drop off, 421 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: you know, and I have two other you know, work 422 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: things to be doing. But it's about like balance and 423 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:32,680 Speaker 1: finding the team and being honest about like your needs. 424 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,440 Speaker 1: Because I think sometimes women were like, let me just 425 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: shut up and make it easy. 426 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 2: We try to do it all. We try to do 427 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:38,880 Speaker 2: it all. 428 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, And I'm like, no, yeah. 429 00:19:41,280 --> 00:19:45,480 Speaker 2: Well, speaking of your dreams, what were young Iris's dreams 430 00:19:45,640 --> 00:19:48,639 Speaker 2: and was there anyone or anything that really inspired you. 431 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: My young dreams were I always wanted to have a business, 432 00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: but I didn't know like what kind of business. But 433 00:19:57,680 --> 00:19:59,680 Speaker 1: like my first dream was actually to be an actress. 434 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: I wanted to be an actress. Like I had done 435 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 1: a vision board. I had put like Eva Longoria on 436 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: their Eva Mendes, like all the Latinas that you think 437 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,840 Speaker 1: were like you know up there, like those are the 438 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: people that I looked up to, like jay Lo, Selena Knia, 439 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: like all of those. Those were like, okay, I'm gonna 440 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:24,320 Speaker 1: be one of them. Like and then I also because 441 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: I lived I was born and raised in LA and 442 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: I saw so many struggling actors or people moved here 443 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 1: from Texas and they were living in their car and 444 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 1: they were trying to like book a job to pay 445 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 1: for this. I was like, I don't want to be 446 00:20:35,760 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 1: that person either. So like I never auditioned. I never. 447 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:43,800 Speaker 1: I did like a two year conservative acting school in LA. 448 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 1: But I had a job, and I was you know, 449 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: once you finished the school, you were able to audition 450 00:20:48,119 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 1: or stuff. I was like, I need to I'll come 451 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: back to this as a hobby when I have something set. 452 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: And that's how Starlash came came about because I was like, 453 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: I cannot not make money. So then I was like 454 00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: what business could I do that? Like I could could 455 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 1: give me flexible hours where I could audition, where I 456 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: could do this. And then I kept thinking about lashes, 457 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:13,680 Speaker 1: and I was like, nobody in La like talks about 458 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: getting their lashes. And at the time it was like 459 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: Jlo getting her lashes done and like all of these people, 460 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,440 Speaker 1: but I was like, no one's talking about where they're going. 461 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: It was like a hidden like the thing, like we 462 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: weren't openly talking about all the stuff we were getting done. 463 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: It's not like nowadays where I feel like people don't 464 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: keep and they share everything. So I was like, I'm 465 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 1: going to be that person like you were O G. 466 00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be this celebrity lash artist and I'm going 467 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 1: to build this side hustle, but I'm going to be 468 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:41,800 Speaker 1: anonymous in case I suck. 469 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,199 Speaker 4: So that's how I started it. 470 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 1: And then I kept thinking about the name. I'm like who, 471 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: And I was like, how do I even start a business? 472 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: So Google was my best friend. I googled how to 473 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: start a business, and they told me go to go 474 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: daddy Dome and get a domain and do that. And 475 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: I was just like and I did everything wrong. Like 476 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: when I opened and the store, I thought all you 477 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,960 Speaker 1: needed was money and I didn't know you had to 478 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: get a permit for the sign. I didn't know you 479 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:08,080 Speaker 1: had to get you know, BE eighty eight compliance. Like 480 00:22:08,520 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: I didn't know, and I didn't have somebody helping me. 481 00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: But I always say, like the best type of learning 482 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 1: is hands on and like getting thrown in there. And somehow, 483 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,280 Speaker 1: some way I made away. I made a name for 484 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: myself everybody. I was doing everybody's lashes. Yeah, like and 485 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:30,680 Speaker 1: out of your dad's apartment and out of my dad's apartment, okay, 486 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 1: Like it was so crazy. Yeah. 487 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 2: I mean I think about your sturel all the time, 488 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 2: and I think it kind of goes back to your 489 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,959 Speaker 2: kind of Taurus intuition and instinct because you saw an 490 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 2: opportunity that like a lot of people might have overlooked 491 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 2: and was like, okay, like I'm going to be the 492 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: best at that. And you also like maybe talk about 493 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 2: how you got noticed and like who the first person? 494 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 1: So the first person that actually started liking my pictures? 495 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: So I was looking at it like what are people 496 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 1: doing and what am I going to do different? And 497 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 1: nobody was seeing them before and afters. And I love 498 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 1: just like stories like I loved I love to hear 499 00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: people's stories of like where they were, how did how 500 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,879 Speaker 1: did they become successful? Like I love stuff like that, 501 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,360 Speaker 1: which is one of the reasons why I really want 502 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,800 Speaker 1: to do this podcast, was because I want to know, 503 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,399 Speaker 1: like your story, how did you become successful and like 504 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: you know, and your struggles and like I love that. 505 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 1: So I was like, no one is posting before and 506 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: after pictures of lashes, like show me what your lashes 507 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,880 Speaker 1: look like before some people have no lashes, and show 508 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:28,760 Speaker 1: me what they look like after. So what I started 509 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,720 Speaker 1: doing was all of my pictures were a side by 510 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:34,600 Speaker 1: side of before and after. So that caught the attension 511 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:37,280 Speaker 1: of Christina Milion. She started liking my pictures and then 512 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,879 Speaker 1: I was like, I saw her liking my stuff, and 513 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: I was like wait. I was like, let me DM 514 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 1: her and ask her if I could do her lashes. 515 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: So I sent her a dmay I. 516 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 4: Saw you're liking my pictures, would love to do your. 517 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: Lashes if you're ever interested. 518 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 4: She hit me back and she was like, yeah, let's 519 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 4: set it up. 520 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,119 Speaker 1: She was so nice. Mind you like, I've only been 521 00:23:53,160 --> 00:23:54,800 Speaker 1: doing lashes for like a month or two, so I'm 522 00:23:54,800 --> 00:23:59,000 Speaker 1: like super fresh, you know, Like I'm like I suck. Yeah, 523 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,840 Speaker 1: So I went to go do her. I take like 524 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,400 Speaker 1: two hours. I'm like nervous because I'm like, oh my god, 525 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:05,399 Speaker 1: I'm taking so long on this girl's lashes. She was 526 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:10,320 Speaker 1: so sweet posted me on Instagram. And when she posted 527 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 1: me on Instagram, it was like a ripple effect. Then 528 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: I got a call to do Selena Goms's lashes. Then 529 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:18,679 Speaker 1: it was Kylie's lashes, then it was Ariana Grandet. Then 530 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 1: it was a ripple effect. And the thing with me 531 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: was they all tried me, but they all stayed with me. 532 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:28,120 Speaker 1: So I think all of that gave me like credibility, 533 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: like okay, So I just became like the person. I mean. 534 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,360 Speaker 1: I remember looking at my emails because at the time, 535 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,679 Speaker 1: I used to book everything through this starlash email and 536 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:40,480 Speaker 1: I remember when they had posted me like multiple people, 537 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,520 Speaker 1: and I would look at my emails and it'd be 538 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:44,840 Speaker 1: like one hundred emails a day. I'd be like, oh 539 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: my god. So I went to Home Goods, I got 540 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:50,119 Speaker 1: a boored and I put my hours were from nine 541 00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 1: am to seven pm because my dad normally gets to hold 542 00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,560 Speaker 1: me like seven from work, so those were my working hours. 543 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:57,439 Speaker 1: And I was just when I tell you, I was 544 00:24:57,520 --> 00:25:00,720 Speaker 1: doing everybody's lashes. I would not turn down nobody like 545 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:02,680 Speaker 1: I remember one time somebody They're like, I need an 546 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: in house in Chino Hills. That was so dangerous. I 547 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,800 Speaker 1: drove my ass to Chino Hills to do whatever it took. 548 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,120 Speaker 1: I was not turning down a dollar. I was like no, 549 00:25:12,480 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: like I and I did it for two years, like 550 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: straight by myself, just hustling. I wouldn't even like I 551 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 1: didn't have a life and I have a social life, 552 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:24,119 Speaker 1: Like all I wanted to do was make money. I 553 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:28,200 Speaker 1: was going every week to Sacks Fifth Avenue and buying 554 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 1: a Chanel bag when they were fifty two hundred dollars, 555 00:25:31,280 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: and I was like on an all time high. I 556 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,480 Speaker 1: was like, I feel like I was like when I 557 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,399 Speaker 1: tell you, I was like a lash dealer, Like I 558 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: had so much cash it was crazy. And then that 559 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: led me to invest I always used to think though, like, 560 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:46,639 Speaker 1: oh my god, if something happens to my hands, how 561 00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,560 Speaker 1: am I going to continue this money? And I was like, 562 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: I need to diversify my my portfolio. And then that 563 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:57,520 Speaker 1: led me to investing in a medical spa. Thank god 564 00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:58,639 Speaker 1: I did that, because. 565 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:00,040 Speaker 2: Which is so smart. By the way, because I I 566 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 2: think when you're making that much money, a lot of 567 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:04,439 Speaker 2: people just get lost in the dollar siens. They're like Okay, 568 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 2: like I'm just gonna keep doing this over and over. 569 00:26:06,840 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 2: But I think what's amazing is that you kind of 570 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 2: saw the ceiling there and you realize, like I have 571 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:15,080 Speaker 2: to find other ways to just amplify this. 572 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,120 Speaker 1: And I used to research to like what how many 573 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 1: jobs do successful people haven't I remember I read some 574 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: words that like the average successful person has like six incomes, 575 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,639 Speaker 1: and I remember thinking, like, Okay, what else could I do? 576 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: You know what I mean? 577 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:31,480 Speaker 1: Because my fear was always like running out or like 578 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: me now, like coming from where I came from, Like 579 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 1: I worked like retail jobs where they were paying me 580 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: like seven eight dollars an hour, you know what I mean. 581 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 1: My paychecks were like five hundred dollars every two weeks 582 00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: to now making like fifteen hundred dollars a day. 583 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, I was like, oh no, especially now in an 584 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 2: era you can't just have one job like everybody has to. 585 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:54,600 Speaker 1: Do nowadays, especially Yeah, But at the time, I also, 586 00:26:55,160 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 1: like I look back now, knowing everything that I know 587 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 1: in business, I'm like, damn, like I could have done 588 00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 1: products really quick. I could have done you know, my business. 589 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 1: I could have sold my business. 590 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: Like, do you have regrets, like any regrets? 591 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 1: Look, yeah, the way I did. I did certain things, yes, 592 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: but only because I didn't have that knowledge and I 593 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: didn't have parents to guide me, to help me. Like 594 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:22,320 Speaker 1: I'm the I'm the typical Hispanic daughter that was translating 595 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:25,400 Speaker 1: for their parents, that was filling out her school forms. 596 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:29,760 Speaker 1: You know, I was putting other people's numbers. It was 597 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,440 Speaker 1: like in high school. They were never calling my parents 598 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: when I would ditch school. You know, they were calling 599 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 1: whatever number I put down I was. I've always been scrappy, 600 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 1: but I that was me. You know, I've never walked 601 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: a straight line like I've My lines have been super 602 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: crooked and curved and just trying to figure it out 603 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:49,600 Speaker 1: and make a way. And I always say that, like 604 00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 1: one thing about our culture, like our cura, we will 605 00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:55,639 Speaker 1: figure it out. Like and I think, like once you 606 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,119 Speaker 1: come from nothing, like I'm so so grateful for how 607 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: I grew up because it's like I always appreciate everything 608 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: more because I know everything I didn't have, Do you 609 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: know what I mean? But I'm always like, Okay, what's 610 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: the worst that can happen, I could go back down 611 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:11,080 Speaker 1: to where I came from, you know what I mean. 612 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: I'm not going to allow that for myself, but I 613 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,480 Speaker 1: also think, like, what's the worst that could happen? 614 00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, you take risks. So Starlash was your launching pad, 615 00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 2: and then maybe talk a little bit about how you 616 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:32,320 Speaker 2: got into investing and the opportunity you saw and how 617 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: that really grew you to where you are. 618 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 4: Now. 619 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 2: You're not doing lashes anymore, you're full time investing, You're 620 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 2: an entrepreneur, and now you have some other really exciting 621 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 2: projects that people are going to see this year too. Yeah. 622 00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:49,680 Speaker 1: So I got a call from one of my business partners, 623 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 1: now Sev, and she asked me if I could come 624 00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: do her lashes at the salon in Melrose. So I 625 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: get there and she's like, where are you working from? 626 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: And I'm like, I'm working for my dad's house, my 627 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 1: dad's apartment in Van Ice. She's like, why don't Why 628 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 1: don't you work here and we work together. You bring 629 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 1: me some of your celebrity clients and you get to 630 00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: work here. And I was like, yeah, that's great, So 631 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: nice on Melrose. I'm like, what this is a dream okay. 632 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,240 Speaker 1: So I start working from there, taking some clients on 633 00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: the weekends, and they had one laser machine and this 634 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,360 Speaker 1: machine they were seeing like so many people a day. 635 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:27,840 Speaker 1: My max that I could see was like seven people 636 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: a day, okay, because it takes like about an hour 637 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:32,480 Speaker 1: and a half ur lashes. So I was like, I 638 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,760 Speaker 1: started getting curious about the machine, and I remember I 639 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: asked her how much is a laser machine? And she 640 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,800 Speaker 1: said one hundred thousand dollars. So I was like in 641 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:41,440 Speaker 1: my head, I was like, I'm gonna save the money. 642 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna save one hundred thousand dollars cash and then 643 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 1: I'm going to ask her if I can invest in 644 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,280 Speaker 1: a machine buying a machine. So once I saved the money, 645 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,840 Speaker 1: I asked her, have you ever thought about opening like 646 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,320 Speaker 1: another location? And she was like not really, And I 647 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: was like, what if we opened one together, like we'll 648 00:29:56,240 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 1: put up the money in Sherman Oaks, and fully pitched 649 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 1: this idea to her, fully pushed it, and Sev was 650 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 1: so easy going, was like, yeah, let's do it. And 651 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 1: that's how I invested in the medical spall. You know. 652 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:15,200 Speaker 1: We then brought in like other like five other family 653 00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: members of hers basically made it, created a team, and 654 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: we opened twenty seven locations and then sold three years ago. 655 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 1: We sold seventy percent of the business and that was 656 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: my first investment. And during COVID, when a lot of 657 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: the beauty salons were shutting down because of the regulations, 658 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 1: Starlash was completely full stop clothes because we were a 659 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 1: storefront and I had seven girls working for me for 660 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,840 Speaker 1: at Starlash. At this point, I had opened my own 661 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:54,320 Speaker 1: Starlash because the location that I had with SEV seven Starlash, 662 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:56,360 Speaker 1: I had outgrew the space there and I was like, 663 00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: I need my own space where I can add more 664 00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:02,080 Speaker 1: than seven girls. Okay, this is how Poppin' Star Starlash 665 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 1: was like if you were like if you just knew 666 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: anything about beauty, like you were at Star. 667 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 2: It was all over Instagram. 668 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it was like if you were a. 669 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 4: Baddie, you had your Starlash. 670 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:13,480 Speaker 2: Yeah. 671 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 1: So I COVID fully, like honestly COVID fully messed up 672 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,480 Speaker 1: my business. Like it. I lost a lot of the 673 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:27,760 Speaker 1: girls then because everybody went independent, you know, and people 674 00:31:27,760 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: some people wanted me to double dick. They're like, hey, 675 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 1: can you pay me cash on the side, and still 676 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:33,640 Speaker 1: collect you know how they were collecting like unemployment and 677 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 1: all that, and I was like, no, I can't. And 678 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 1: so during that time, what kept me afloat was my 679 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: other investment because sev Laser was considered a medical spa, 680 00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:45,480 Speaker 1: so we never closed. So then that taught me like, 681 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,960 Speaker 1: oh damn, I gotta I gotta invest in other stuff, 682 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: you know. And from there, I feel like my entrepreneur 683 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,160 Speaker 1: side came more. And I think during COVID, I mean 684 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:58,440 Speaker 1: that's when I had signed with you guys, and we 685 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: really locked into more like in fluence your deals and like, 686 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 1: so then I had that as like a third income. 687 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:05,960 Speaker 1: And then from that, like I had told you, like 688 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 1: I want to invest in a lot of female founded businesses, 689 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 1: and then I, you know, I invested and then I 690 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,840 Speaker 1: did a podcast with Eva. Yeah full circle because a 691 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: lot of people may not know that you also work 692 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 1: with Eva, and you worked with her for a really 693 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,840 Speaker 1: or ever time, so there was a lot of like 694 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: little moments where I was like, this is so crazy, 695 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,520 Speaker 1: Like she works with somebody that I've always looked up to. 696 00:32:25,520 --> 00:32:27,000 Speaker 1: And then you used to tell me little things like, 697 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,640 Speaker 1: oh my god, you remind me so much of Eva 698 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: or like. 699 00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,520 Speaker 2: You guys remind me so much of each other, which 700 00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 2: is so funny and it's I think that you both 701 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:41,239 Speaker 2: really created a lane for yourself. You didn't and in 702 00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,200 Speaker 2: your own avenues like anyone that told you know you, 703 00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 2: you were like, Okay, I'm talking to the wrong person exactly, 704 00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:50,000 Speaker 2: you know. And so it's exciting to see you guys 705 00:32:50,080 --> 00:32:55,080 Speaker 2: collaborate now together because I think that you just have 706 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,880 Speaker 2: are so much more powerful like together as a community. 707 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: So like twenty twenty, I was in the Bahamas and 708 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 1: I did for Kylie's birthday. I was on Kylie's birthday trip. 709 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,760 Speaker 2: I remember I was like, you have to be available 710 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:08,080 Speaker 2: for this. 711 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's so funny because I remember like I 712 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: was really excited to do that podcast with her, And 713 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 1: I remember I told Kim because I was like, oh, 714 00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: I have to go to a podcast like in one 715 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 1: of the rooms or whatever. She's like, O, who are 716 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 1: you doing the podcast? Case? I was like Eva Longoria 717 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:23,720 Speaker 1: Like I was like I've always like loved her, like 718 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: I've had her on my vision board. So it was 719 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: so full circle. And the minute we got on the 720 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,280 Speaker 1: podcast and I connected with her, I felt like I 721 00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,400 Speaker 1: just knew her like it was. So she made it 722 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: so comfortable and so easy. And then she started bringing 723 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 1: me into deals and I invested in you know, casadel Soul, 724 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: and now I mean she's literally like one thing about Eva. 725 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: She's such a girl's girl and she really like puts 726 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:47,960 Speaker 1: on for her community, and I feel like she wants 727 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: you to win. And even when we're like at events 728 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,440 Speaker 1: together or like they want to take a picture of her, 729 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,040 Speaker 1: she'd be like, get up, get up, like get in 730 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:56,240 Speaker 1: the picture with me. Like She's like, I've never had 731 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:58,040 Speaker 1: somebody kind of like pull me up like that. 732 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 2: So she truly like she really bless those around you know, 733 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,760 Speaker 2: she really really like puts on for her community. 734 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,080 Speaker 1: And yeah, she's like one of those that I'm like, 735 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:10,800 Speaker 1: I love her. Yeah. 736 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,760 Speaker 2: So I feel like at this transition of you going 737 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 2: from starlash to investing, it was like the perfect timing. 738 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:21,040 Speaker 2: How much of your success would you say was attributed 739 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 2: to luck or preparation hard work? 740 00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: I think I think it's both. I think like I 741 00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 1: think you can't there's no such thing as overnight success 742 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 1: or like anything that sounds too good to be true. 743 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,280 Speaker 1: Is like there's no thing as fast cash and fast money, 744 00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:40,480 Speaker 1: like I don't believe in that. I believe like you 745 00:34:40,680 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 1: have to put in the work. But I also believe 746 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,439 Speaker 1: that like some people are born with a certain luck, 747 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:48,960 Speaker 1: like some people like will find their way, you know 748 00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:51,200 Speaker 1: what I mean. Like I do think it's like ten 749 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 1: percent luck, and I know, I know I'm a lucky person. 750 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: But how my luck comes is by the people that 751 00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:00,520 Speaker 1: God places in my life. Like every time I think 752 00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: like how am I going to get to this next 753 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: level of success of where I want to be, He'll 754 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: drop a eva, He'll drop somebody that's going to open 755 00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:12,359 Speaker 1: the doors to my next road, do you know what 756 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 1: I mean. Yeah, So I feel like a lot of 757 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:17,719 Speaker 1: it is luck, a lot of it is God. Like 758 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,520 Speaker 1: I like my dad, Like my dad never went to 759 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 1: church and stuff like that, but my dad praise every night. 760 00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,799 Speaker 1: My dad prays for me every night, and I always say, 761 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: like God's hearing my dad's prayers, you know what I mean, Like, 762 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,719 Speaker 1: like my dad is always like, oh, like I'm so 763 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,880 Speaker 1: happy for you, Like I continue to pray for you 764 00:35:32,920 --> 00:35:37,399 Speaker 1: every day, and I think, like God truly looks out 765 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:37,640 Speaker 1: for me. 766 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:40,279 Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, I feel like that was a reason that 767 00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 2: was so important for you to tell your story, because 768 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:45,680 Speaker 2: your story started arguably when you were a kid selling 769 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 2: cheetos at school and then really like it was it 770 00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:54,160 Speaker 2: twenty twelve you started Starlash twenty eleven, twenty thirteen. But 771 00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 2: there's no such thing. I think this generation is so 772 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,120 Speaker 2: quick to finding fast success. Ye see that online every 773 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:04,120 Speaker 2: single day, but it really there's no such thing as fast. 774 00:36:04,280 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: No, You've got to put in the work, yeah, especially 775 00:36:06,440 --> 00:36:08,600 Speaker 1: if you're creating a business. You're not gonna Some people 776 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,640 Speaker 1: create the business and they think I'm going to get 777 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: this is gonna make me x amount and like a 778 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,239 Speaker 1: month or two and it's like no, babe, it might 779 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,160 Speaker 1: be like three years and then you start seeing you 780 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,480 Speaker 1: know a little bit, but it's like nothing happens overnight. 781 00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,440 Speaker 1: You really have to put in the work. And I 782 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,680 Speaker 1: think you have to create a good team, Like it 783 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:25,799 Speaker 1: all comes down to your team, and I see that 784 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,560 Speaker 1: more and more, especially with where we're at now, you know, 785 00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: with negotiations and our team and everything, like it comes 786 00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,840 Speaker 1: down to creating a good team. 787 00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 2: If there's anybody that's listening to this episode, what's one 788 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:38,960 Speaker 2: thing that you would want to leave them with to 789 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,960 Speaker 2: inspire them just based off of your story and where 790 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:42,879 Speaker 2: you are today. 791 00:36:43,360 --> 00:36:46,799 Speaker 1: I think, don't look for other people to believe in you, 792 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,719 Speaker 1: Like all you need is one person to believe in you, 793 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,840 Speaker 1: and that one person is you, because I remember like 794 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,479 Speaker 1: even when I started start lash, like my dad didn't 795 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,640 Speaker 1: see the vision, my family like nobody, nobody got it. 796 00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:01,520 Speaker 1: But I was like I I believe in me, you know. 797 00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,640 Speaker 1: And I think sometimes people are searching for another person 798 00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:06,120 Speaker 1: to believe in them, and I think it all starts 799 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,200 Speaker 1: with you. If you have that dream, if you have 800 00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: that mindset and you're willing to put in the work, 801 00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,959 Speaker 1: you're gonna get to where I am at or maybe 802 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 1: even further. But I feel like that's my one piece 803 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 1: of advice, is like, believe in you, put in the work, 804 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 1: and like, don't don't let nobody stop you. Thank you 805 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:26,040 Speaker 1: so much for being here today. I think nobody else 806 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:30,360 Speaker 1: knows me more than you, truly, and I think you 807 00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:32,920 Speaker 1: have been one of the one of the people that 808 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:36,719 Speaker 1: have pushed me, believed in me from the start, and 809 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:38,920 Speaker 1: now it's all paying off, babe. 810 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:41,520 Speaker 2: Thanks V. 811 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, I hope that if you're watching this episode, 812 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:50,000 Speaker 1: you feel inspired, that you enjoyed it, and that you 813 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: stay tuned for all the episodes that we have coming 814 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,880 Speaker 1: up on Against All Odds. Thank you so much for 815 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:58,279 Speaker 1: watching today's episode. 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