Beauty
Plus, the beauty products she cant live without.
Despite having three incredibly successful businesses to her name, Sharmadean Reid doesnt consider herself an entrepreneur.
I think Im just a really good founder of things, the 37-year-old tells me over Zoom.
Im really good at building cool things that people really enjoy hanging out in.
BeautyStacks booking platform connected 2,000 beauty professionals with more than 20,000 clients.
I wouldnt call it a safe space as such.
I think now I definitely have a grand vision and mission, but when I started I didnt.
I just went with wherever my feelings and intuition took me, and I opened WAH Nails very naively.
It was initially just for me and my mates to hang out.
I didnt know what I wanted to do after university.
So when I graduated, I was getting styling work immediately.
Im a big believer in planning and creating opportunities.
Talking is good, but action makes change.
So while sisterhood is supportive, collective ownership and collective action is where the power is at for me.
For example,the decriminalisation of abortion in Columbia, thats collective action.
But do you know what would be great?
If women owned buildings, art, and just owned things that would deem them wealthy.
Im really big on women having ownership.
Were working on some really exciting projects which means our members can be rewarded.
Its both a blessing and a curse that I grew up fairly poor.
My house was nice, but we didnt have any money.
But it also means that I dont attach huge value to material goods.
But its very difficult if you dont have parental help and London is very expensive.
Im most happy when I feel understood by like minded people.
Thats what I love.
The spa is my spiritual home.
I go as often as possible, really.
I just love lying back and letting someone else touch my face.
I could live without anything else, but I cant live with dry skin!!
I like jasmine scents.
Im wearingFrederic Malle Carnal Flower.
Its very heady and seductive.
Id like to increase the GDP of the womens economy somehow through women earning more money and sharing resources.
So I care about women having their money, loaning it, and lending it to each other.
This article was originally published onMarch 8, 2022
