We had the good fortune of connecting with Leilani Valentine and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Leilani, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Movie screens and fashion billboards once told women what is beautiful. Beauty Icon Cosmetics pictures will create a confidence where women won’t have to feel like the need to seek advice on their beauty decisions.

Successful brands have women options for what beauty products to wear, but nothing that made women feel good about themselves or beauty routine. We wanted to Start a LOVE YOURSELF journey by our motto Enhance your natural beauty. Glowing healthy skin with global ingredients . Vegan, gluten and cruelty free.

Building a community of support and empowering people to define beauty in their own terms through our seemless e-commerce experience powered by experts and fan.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
We focus on Skin – body & lips, fragrance, lashes, With our products,through our
actions and through our belief that
everyone is beautiful and deserves to
feel their most beautiful.
We create and encourage skin-loving products that deliver real results., healing eczema, cracked & dry skin, stretch marks.
Loyal to our customers, accessible by offering high quality products and vegan ingredients. Inspiring others to walk by faith and build a uplifting community. We promote a wholesome approach to all aspects of health using as many natural resources as possible.. Made in the USA.

DIY EYELASH EXTENSIONS
Our Beauty Icon pre segmented DIY Eyelash extensions starter kits includes bond and seal, pre cut lashes. & tweezers, is an under eye application glue that allows you time to reposition your lashes. You can remove and reapply without applying extra glue as this is stickier than regular adhesive. If you struggled before then struggle no more!

Whipped body butter
We have 2 collections of whipped body butter : Designer inspired & Luscious. designer inspired will feature scents inspired such as Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Kilian, etc. the luscious collection indulges In your favorite desserts: lemon pound cake, carnival cotton candy, starburst, birthday cake, etc. not only heals & nourish your skin.

Sugar scrubs
Our Hello, Sugar. Body & lip Sugar scrubs, also whipped sugar scrub.

Introducing our glitter lip gloss – the Diamond collection

Provides a glass-like shine, Conditions, Smoothes lips. Our Non-sticky, long-lasting lip gloss is here that will have your lips sparkle like a diamond.

I am college educated, independent, self sufficient mother Of 1 son. positivity & gratitude is a must everyday. Give thanks to god everyday. Giving and helping others is top priority for me to see people smile, learn and grow.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
We would get a room at hard rock hotel San Diego Silver rock star suite.. eat at king & queen cantina for lunch, nolen rooftop for dinner and drinks. Next day grab Sd boba head to the beach for jet skiing, walk balboa park to Reminisce at the rose garden where I got married on 11/11 .punch bowl social for karaoke, Padres baseball game is a must than Dinner Love Eddie v’s or Stk steakhouse.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
I would like to dedicate my shoutout to my father Abdul Karim Hasan who is such a inspiration & strong community leader in Los Angeles, Ca and my husband Grant Valentine who is my biggest fan and without them I wouldn’t be able to have the courage and focus on my dreams.

Website: WWW.BEAUTYICONCOSMETICS.COM

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Image credit:
@avellanophoto
Shot by Anthony Avellano

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