Thank you for subscribing - I'll see you in your inbox soon! This week, we have a very special episode to share with you featuring another one of John’s incredibly inspiring friends, Jamie Kern Lima. A couch in the greenroom at the willfully cheerful QVC studios in West Chester, Pennsylvania, has been turned into a pretend bed with sheets, pillows, and a QVC velvet-soft blanket, but Lima is wide awake, propped up like Manet’s Olympia, although fully dressed. It's the true behind the scenes journey of how I overcame self-doubt, broke all the rules, created IT Cosmetics and went from struggling waitress to billion dollar entrepreneur. IT Cosmetics Jamie Kern Lima: 'I lived completely burnt out for almost a decade' Jade Scipioni 3/9/2021 Key takeaways from Day 6 of Derek Chauvin's trial in George Floyd's death [2], In 2008, Kern Lima co-founded IT Cosmetics after having difficulties with makeup products due to rosacea and hyperpigmentation. Jamie Kern married Paulo Lima in 2007. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jamie Kern Lima for your event is $100,000 - $200,000. She sold the company to L’Oréal in a billion-dollar deal and became the first female CEO of … IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima. It Cosmetics was purchased by L’Oreal for 1.2 Billion in 2016 … Yup, she is resigning and four days ago on Instagram she shared an emotional goodbye with her fans. [9] After considering a career in finance, she applied on a dare to be a contestant in the first season of the reality television series Big Brother. Jamie Kern Lima sold her problem-solving make-up line of 300 products to L'Oreal for $1.2 billion in cash in 2016. She is staying on to run IT, making her the first female CEO of any of … Well, the 10 minutes, to be precise, in the studios of the TV shopping channel QVC, which had granted the couple a single chance to showcase their … I poured my heart and soul into the pages of this lesson-packed book, and I'm so excited to share it with you! [2][4] She received her Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School in 2004. All products sold out by the end of the segment. Be the first to get her tips and inspiration. Jamie Kern Lima & Her Incredible Guests Will Be Going LIVE With The First Ever Becoming Unstoppable 1 Day Confidence Building Event Once The Timer Below Hits 00:00! Kern Lima resides in Los Angeles, California. 287.5k Followers, 822 Following, 1,048 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jamie Kern Lima (@jamiekernlima) Founder of IT Cosmetics ️ Speaker • Investor • Entrepreneur • Mama x 2 @forbes Sel Jamie Kern Lima is a self-made entrepreneur, champion of women, philanthropist, keynote speaker and co-founder of IT Cosmetics. Kern Lima, a Columbia MBA holder and former reality TV … Thank you for subscribing - I'll see you in your inbox soon! “Sometimes we all need someone to believe in us so that we more easily believe in ourselves. In Believe IT, Jamie Kern Lima, founder of IT Cosmetics, shares the wild but true story of how a once struggling waitress turned her against-the-grain idea into an international bestselling sensation, eventually selling the company for over a billion dollars and becoming the first female CEO of a brand in L'Oréal's 100+ year history. The all-cash buyer, records reveal, is makeup tycoon Jamie Kern Lima and her husband, Paulo Lima. Before becoming the founder of one of the most popular beauty brands globally, Jamie thought she had found her dream job. This comes as no great surprise to me. - Jamie. Enter Your Email Address. Jamie Kern Lima, the founder of IT Cosmetics, recalls how her faith in God sustained her as she strove to get her business off the ground and shares three tips to help you pursue your dreams. Jamie Kern Lima (née Jamie Marie Kern) is an American entrepreneur, investor and media personality. My prayer is that Believe IT will inspire you to dream big and believe that you too have what it takes to achieve the impossible! Jamie is the CEO of IT Cosmetics, a company she started at home and sold to L’Oréal for just over $1 billion. She is an actress, known for Forever Yours (2001), CBS This Morning (1992) and Big Brother (2000). Jamie, whose skin condition caused to switch career into the beauty industry, started out as a news editor. ~ Jamie Kern Lima, multimillionaire entrepreneur founder ‘it cosmetics’, author, b. 3,493 talking about this. Jamie Kern Lima may have sold her company, It Cosmetics, to L’Oréal for a cool $1.2 billion, but for the entrepreneur, it was always about the community — not the cash. [3], Kern Lima was the first member of her family to attend college and went to Washington State University, where she graduated valedictorian. Jamie Kern Lima is the founder of IT Cosmetics, which she grew into an international best-selling sensation, eventually selling the company for over a billion dollars to L’Oréal. See full bio » Believe It is not just the story of how she changed the beauty … [11][12] She also worked as a field reporter and did live reports from Vatican City for KNDU in Kennewick on Pope John Paul II's death. She has been married to Paulo Lima since July 7, 2007. Image credit: QVC. But that’s just part of the story. [citation needed] In 2006, she left KNDU and moved to Portland, Oregon to work as a news anchor and reporter for KPTV. She is most recognized as the co-founder of IT Cosmetics and the first female chief executive officer of a L'Oréal brand in the company's history. - Jamie Kern Lima & The Becoming Unstoppable Team! Upon learning that QVC had finally offered her a 10-minute spot on its airwaves following a … Something went wrong. She is most recognized as the co-founder of IT Cosmetics and the first female chief executive officer of a L'Oréal brand in the company's history. After Big Brother, she started her career as a morning news anchor at KNDU in Tri-Cities, Washington. You’ve got a brand new new book out [‘Believe It: How to Go from Underestimated to Unstoppable']. [2] She appeared in more than 1,000 live QVC shows, where IT Cosmetics became the largest beauty brand on QVC's network. It's the story behind the story that I've never shared before of how it all happened, and how it almost didn't. [2] Kern Lima was the last female houseguest left on that season.[10]. 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