Empowering Black women in the beauty field: Barcode Glam Studio

Name: Shanequa JohnsonTitle: Owner Business Name: Barcode Glam StudioSocial Media Handles: IG: @barcodeglamstudio https://www.instagram.com/barcodeglamstudio/   FB: @Barcodeglamstudio https://www.facebook.com/BarcodeGlamStudioTikTok: @BarcodeGlamStudio https://www.tiktok.com/@barcodeglamstudioWebsite: https://barcodeglam.com/What made you start your business?& Since I was in high school my passion has been to enhance the natural beauty; thread the eyebrows & add lashes to the eyes. Of course, my lashes and brows were always on point during those younger years & I would also do my friends lashes & brows from time to time. It’s funny, I ran into an old high school classmate of mines a year ago & he asked me what I did for career. I informed him I owned a lash and brow studio in Cincinnati, Ohio; his response “ of course you do because I remember your brows and lashes were always perfect in high school.” It just put a smile on my face someone from 1999-2002 years would remember something like that about me.  In 2010 I received my Managing Aesthetics licensed in the State of Ohio. Began my career, but I soon realized in my career I was not built to be an employee. So, I began to envision opening my own studio. The money I was bringing in wasn’t...