EPISODE · Oct 19, 2022 · 28 MIN
Deepica Mutyala on Creating Her Seat at the Table
from 9 to 5ish with theSkimm · host theSkimm
Deepica Mutyala dyed her hair blonde and wore blue contacts trying to be like the cool kids in her Houston suburb. But soon she realized: being herself was in. Fitting into western beauty standards was out. Enter: Live Tinted, Deepica’s brainchild. Today, she shares how she turned her online community into a beauty brand that celebrates every shade of skin and in between. In this episode, Deepica shares: What it was like growing up in Texas as a South Asian American girl When she knew it was time to quit her day job to become a beauty influencer How she knew she needed to create Live Tinted’s first product, the huestick Why she decided to vlog her the journey of freezing her eggs How intentionally celebration her success keeps her from burning out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Deepica Mutyala dyed her hair blonde and wore blue contacts trying to be like the cool kids in her Houston suburb. But soon she realized: being herself was in. Fitting into western beauty standards was out. Enter: Live Tinted, Deepica’s brainchild. Today, she shares how she turned her online community into a beauty brand that celebrates every shade of skin and in between. In this episode, Deepica shares: What it was like growing up in Texas as a South Asian American girl When she knew it was time to quit her day job to become a beauty influencer How she knew she needed to create Live Tinted’s first product, the huestick Why she decided to vlog her the journey of freezing her eggs How intentionally celebration her success keeps her from burning out Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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