56. How a Dirty Problem Launched a Clean Career and Brand: Rose-Marie Swift

Rose-Marie Swift is a prominent makeup artist working with some of the most prestigious models, actors, photographers, and magazines in today's fashion and beauty world. Her work has been featured in Vogue (French, Italian, American, Japan, China), W, Harper's Bazaar, I.D., Self Service, V, Allure, Glamour, and Interview, as well as in ads for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Thierry Mugler, and Victoria's Secret. She has painted some of the most famous faces in the world, from Gisele Bundchen, Zoe Saldana, Miranda Kerr, and Tilda Swinton, to artists such as Cindy Sherman. The impressive list of leading fashion photographers she has worked with includes Mario Sorrenti, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Glen Luchford, Hedi Slimane, Peter Lindbergh, David Simms, Annie Leibovitz, Arthur Elgort, and Patrick Demarchelier, to name a few. In this episode, Nada sits down with Rose-Marie to discuss how she started her clean makeup brand RMS Beauty. Despite eating clean, a medical examination found Rose-Marie had been exposed to harmful chemicals found in beauty products. As a result, she started mixing clean ingredients and using them on the models she worked with, eventually resulting in RMS beauty products. In addition to sharing her why, Rose-Marie shares how she launched her business and the significant setbacks she had to overcome. She opens up about her insistence on not taking capital in her early years and why she changed her mind as the company matured. Be sure to listen to Rose-Marie's makeup tip just for women in this stage, and check out RMS's website to take advantage of a 20% discount for Liberty Road listeners! Just use the code LIBERTYROAD20. Follow on Instagram: @rmsbeauty Please follow us at @thisislibertyroad on Instagram--that's where we hang out the most. And please rate and review us —it helps to know if this podcast is inspiring and equipping you to launch and grow your ventures.