About a Brand: People of Color Beauty

Founded by Jacqueline Carrington, People of Color Beauty is a nail polish brand that focuses on creating colors that "complement the various shades of brown skin." While Jacqueline encourages everyone to use her nail polish, she wants her customers to know that representing brown skin will always be her "first thought, not an afterthought." We partnered with content creator (and nail artist extraordinaire!) @sushirollangel to create three different nail looks utilizing People of Color nail polish, and spoke more to Jacqueline about the background and goals of the brand.

Tell us a little bit about how your brand was formed!

People of Color was inspired by my 3 year old daughter (at the time), Monroe, who would always come home with her nails painted after spending the night at her grandmother's house. Her interest rekindled mine, as I didn't grow up wearing nail polish due to playing basketball and never seeing nail polish shown on brown hands. I thought to myself, ""What if someone made a nail polish brand called People of Color that picked out colors to complement the various shades of brown skin""? So I did! We officially launched in May 2019.

What is the ethos of your brand?

Our slogan is "nail polish for People of Color and those who live in color." This sums up the purpose of our brand; it is essentially for everyone who lives in and loves color! We curate colors to complement the various shades of brown skin as the first thought, not an afterthought. Our brand was created to celebrate and represent the beauty of People of Color in all that we do.

"We saw on IG that it’s really just you packing everything up and shipping out! How do you stay motivated? Any advice for other entrepreneurs out there on how to be your own boss and balance everything? "

It is challenging to pack and ship so many orders by myself at times, but the inner drive to provide great customer service to those who support the mission and our brand is what motivates me! To other entrepreneurs who want to be their own bosses, just know you'll work even harder than you do working for someone else. Stay true to yourself, your morals, and beliefs! Your story has power and needs to be shared with the world, so don't be afraid or ashamed of where you come from, because that is your testimony to where you are today, and why you decided to step out into your purpose. Regarding balance, there is no such thing! It's all about prioritizing your days. There's only so much one person can do each day, so don't try to balance because there's nothing that can get your equal attention at the same time, all of the time. Prioritize. Be kind to yourself. Stay focused.

Anything else you’d like to shout out?

We are launching our Fall/Winter collection during the month of September, which will tell the stories and honor five remarkable women of color from around the world! Stay tuned!