Recalculating: Three Women Became Beauty Leaders When Their Careers Took a Detour

Life-changing experiences often inspire career changes. For three women — Cashmere Nicole, Sterling McDavid and Dawn Fitch — very different events led them to become beauty entrepreneurs. Two weeks ago, Cashmere Nicole received $3 million in funding from Unilever Ventures, the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever (which has also invested in Ren Skincare, BlowLtd, Nutrafol and True Botanicals), to help expand her brand indie brand called Beauty Bakerie. Nicole was a single mother at age 16 with little money. Although she had a licensed practical nursing degree, she followed her dream to start a beauty business to not only set a good example, but also provide for her daughter. She earmarked breast cancer as a cause she wanted to support with her business — at first because she liked the color pink, she said. “A year later, I had breast cancer and that became my story.” With a desire to make “better not bitter,” beauty products after her breast cancer battle, Nicole tweaked her formulas. “After my cancer scare, I was afraid of everything I was putting on my body, thinking maybe it was the lotion [causing her cancer].” She was recovering from breast surgery when Beyoncé Knowles heard about her

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