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15 Feb

Melissa Butler’s ‘Lip Bar’ Is Now The Largest Black-Owned

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Melissa Butler Melissa Butler has one more milestone achievement to rejoice. The founder and CEO of brands The Lip Bar and Thread Beauty recently announced she owns the most important Black-owned makeup company in Goal.   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Mel B (@melissarbutler) In a recent post from her Instagram account, Butler shared the news along with her followers while standing outside of one in every of the Goal stores her brands are carried in. “It feels surreal to say that @thelipbar, INC is officially the LARGEST BLACK OWNED MAKEUP COMPANY IN TARGET. @thelipbar and @threadbeauty are taking on 6 shelves of space in select stores! I saw it for the primary time on Wednesday and I cried my eyes out. I'm so happy with where my...
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23 Oct

Once Rejected By Investors, Melissa Butler’s “The Lip Bar”

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Melissa Butler Melissa Butler Beauty entrepreneur Melissa Butler launched her cosmetics brand The Lip Bar with a mission to “change the way in which people take into consideration beauty.” It looks like she’s modified the minds of skeptical investors as well. In 2015, Butler appeared on the business pitch competition series Shark Tank with the aim of obtaining investment dollars for her cutting-edge beauty company—the panel was harsh, and even called it “clown makeup.” 7 years later, Butler has closed on $6.7M in seed funding. Per a news release, the round was led by Pendulum, an inclusive and strategic growth investing and advisory platform designed for founders and leaders of color, with The Fearless Fund and Endeavor rounding out the cap table. Butler said she plans to proceed growing...
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4 Oct

Once Rejected By Investors, Melissa Butler’s “The Lip Bar”

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Makeup, Featured
Melissa Butler
Beauty entrepreneur Melissa Butler launched her cosmetics brand The Lip Bar with a mission to “change the best way people take into consideration beauty.” It looks like she’s modified the minds of skeptical investors as well. In 2015, Butler appeared on the business pitch competition series Shark Tank with the aim of obtaining investment dollars for her cutting-edge beauty company—the panel was harsh, and even called it “clown makeup.”  7 years later, Butler has closed on $6.7M in seed funding. Per a news release, the round was led by Pendulum, an inclusive and strategic growth investing and advisory platform designed for founders and leaders of color, with The Fearless Fund and Endeavor rounding out the cap table. Butler said she plans to proceed growing The Lip...
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