Meet Tiara Cobbs | Permanent Makeup Artist

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

Hi Tiara, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
I started working at the age of 13 , and of course back then I never thought much about working for somebody else . All I knew was that if I worked I received a paycheck which I could use to buy whatever my young self wanted to buy .

I didn’t grow up around business owners , and truly never understood what it meant to be me entrepreneur until I moved to Charlotte in 2018 . Being surrounded by people that wake up everyday and work hard for themselves was truly inspiring ; it was in those moments that I wanted to find my passion and let it work for me .

In 2018 I was five years into my career as a flight attendant at American Airlines , although it made me happy and continues to do so at year seven I wasn’t completely fulfilled . I found myself constantly jotting down ideas of businesses to start from food trucks to home cleaning services , but I wasn’t sold .

One day at my appointment with Whitney Elise Beauty my business idea bloomed . She complimented my eyebrows and asked me if I ever thought of doing permanent makeup . I literally had no idea what she was talking about . I immediately began to do my research , day in and day out it was all about this business . I found an instructor , a business name , a logo artist . All the ideas and the vision I had was invigorating .

I never noticed the obsession I had with eyebrows until my appointment with Whitney that day . I started filling in my brows in high school – thin & uneven , I had no idea what I was doing then ; but I kept doing my brows even with the negative remarks from peers .

Growth comes with time , and success happens when you don’t give up . I went from filling in my eyebrows with a hair store pencil to changing the lives of women with permanent makeup .

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?
Honestly , so many people deserve to be recognized for their role in my success .
First & foremost I must thank God because without him I am nothing and my business would not be possible without him at the head of it all .

Secondly , a huge thank you to my sister LeVita for supporting me in every way I could imagine and then some . My mentor and amazing friend Whitney for pushing me towards my purpose & sharing her knowledge of running a business with me . Of course my friends for supporting me from the start when 529 Artistry was just an idea .

Last but certainly not least every single one of my clients , thank you for trusting me and supporting me along the way ; a business can’t survive without clients to support it , and I am forever grateful for my clients .

Website: www.529artistry.com

Instagram: 529artistryllc

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Image Credits
Pierre J Walker Photography