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Success Story of Carol's Daughter and Chop Saver Lip Balm
TLDR Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter as a passion project, growing it into a successful beauty brand for women of color, while Dan Gosling's Chop Saver lip balm, initially made for brass musicians, gained widespread popularity and is now sold in over 8,000 stores.
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Lisa Price started Carol's Daughter in her kitchen as a passion project, which eventually grew into one of the biggest beauty brands for women of color.
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Lisa Price initially started making beauty products as a hobby inspired by Prince's fragrance collection, which eventually led her to experiment with creating her own lotions and body butters.
09:45
Lisa Price started her business by selling homemade body butter in recycled baby food jars at flea markets, initially investing $100 and targeting customers with dry skin, particularly African American women.
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Passion for her homemade products led Lisa Price to realize her hobby could be a business, which grew through word-of-mouth and grassroots marketing, prompting her to leave her TV job to focus on Carol's Daughter full-time.
19:32
Lisa Price's business, Carol's Daughter, gained attention and success through word-of-mouth, celebrity endorsements, and strategic partnerships, leading to the opening of their first brick-and-mortar store in 1999.
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Lisa Price took a leap of faith to open her first brick-and-mortar store for Carol's Daughter, securing funds from family and small accounts, which eventually led to significant success and an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show that greatly boosted her business.
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The appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show significantly boosted Carol's Daughter's visibility and led to manageable growth without imploding under pressure.
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Lisa Price reflects on the journey of selling Carol's Daughter to L'Oreal, addressing backlash and emphasizing the importance of building generational wealth within the African American community.
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Dan Gosling, a trumpet player, created a unique lip balm for brass musicians using Arnica after traditional products failed to help with chapped lips.
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Dan Gosling's lip balm, Chop Saver, initially created for brass musicians, gained unexpected popularity and is now sold in over 8,000 CBS stores.
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