We recently connected with Jessica Bystricky and have shared our conversation below.
Jessica, first a big thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and insights with us today. I’m sure many of our readers will benefit from your wisdom, and one of the areas where we think your insight might be most helpful is related to imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome is holding so many people back from reaching their true and highest potential and so we’d love to hear about your journey and how you overcame imposter syndrome.
To overcome imposter syndrome, you have to embrace a growth mindset by reframing mistakes as an opportunity for learning and growth. To be successful in the beauty industry, it’s important to continuously keep up with new trends and to never stop learning. Along the way, I celebrated my successes and built a collection of positive feedback that served as a constant reminder of my abilities. With time, patience and practice, my confidence in the beauty industry continued to grow.
Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
I grew up having an eye for all things beauty. From playing beauty shop as a little girl to applying makeup on friends in high school, my love for makeup continued to grow. In 2015, I moved to Colorado from Chicago and attended the Esthetics program at Paul Mitchell. After receiving my Esthetician license in March 2016, I proceeded to launch my business. At first, it was just me doing makeup for weddings and events. As I started to grow, I met and hired a team of hairstylists and makeup artists, creating Beauty and the Babes.
Beauty and the Babes specializes in wedding and event hair and makeup. We offer traditional makeup, airbrush makeup and hairstyling services that include any and all styles. We specialize in “natural glam” and love enhancing our client’s natural beauty. Our artists are highly skilled, creative and hold a high level of expertise when it comes to wedding hair and makeup.
Beauty and the Babes has won the Knot Best of Weddings for five consecutive years. This award represents the highest and most-rated local wedding professionals. We are very proud to have held this award for nearly the entirety of our time in business. The Knot Best of Weddings award is only earned by 5% of hundreds of thousands of local wedding professionals and we are thrilled to be in the top 5% in Colorado.
Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
One of the most important skills is connecting with clients. Building a relationship with our clients is important for open communication to ensure we can capture the exact look they are wanting on one of the biggest days of their lives. Friendliness is super important. I take pride in our team always being friendly and being able to connect on a deeper level with all of our bridal parties. Having knowledge of what is trendy versus what is a classic, timeless bridal look is also important knowledge to have in the wedding industry.
One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
Beauty and the Babes is always looking to connect with other wedding vendors. Currently, we are working on building a preferred vendor list to provide to our brides.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.beautyandthebabes.com/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautyandthebabesco/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beautyandthebabesco
Image Credits
Lauren Finch Photography Epoch Moment Photography Alicia D’Elia Photo Danielle Roth Photo
