The Lip Bar: Melissa Butler

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Guy Ross.com And thanks. When people came to my house, like it was literally a lab, like I definitely didn't have an apartment. You know, I've ruined stoves, I've lost security deposits. People would come over my house and want ice, and I have no ice because it's my my freezer is filled with lipstick molds. I'm like, oh if you want ice, you're barking up the wrong tree. I don't have ice, I have lipstick. Ha ha From NPR, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built.

Guy Raz and on the show today, how Melissa Butler launched a lipstick brand at her kitchen stove. got it into hundreds of target stores. All the while challenging an industry to change the way it thinks about color. and beauty. There are some industries that are really hard to break into if you're looking to start a business.

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