ABOUT
Nicole Bryl has been a makeup artist for 40 years, starting at 14 as her mother's secret assistant on a Ryder Truck annual report and hustling test shoots in 1980s New York. She became Melania Trump's makeup artist for roughly 20 years, including both White House terms. At 42 she invented her vitamin-C skincare line in her kitchen — the first bottle was delivered to a Fifth Avenue client in a Poland Spring bottle — and grew it organically around her signature 4-minute treatment. When the beauty industry canceled her over the Trump association, she refused to denounce her client and rebuilt around Made in America lip kits and the loyal women who stood by her. She also helped bring the initial $5.5M into an affordable-housing real estate company and close $100M. In episode 082 of Return on Identity she joins Ahmad Ashrafi on consistency, loyalty, and legacy.
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