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I think a lot of people are afraid because I was even like that too about really kind of telling your story. I was actually a teenage mom, you know, young teenage mom. So I realized by telling my story it was also giving other people hope that just because you had a roadblock doesn't mean that you can't continue on and, you know, build a legacy. Teresa Broadnax is a two time Emmy and Guild award winning visionary and the CEO of House of Broadnax the and Hob Brand llc. After three decades in fashion and celebrity hairstyling, she remains a trusted force in redefining modern beauty and confidence.
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What tips would you have? Just after, you know, all the years working in Hollywood and obviously starting to build your own brands and working with some really successful big people, what are some of the lessons you've learned from that career?
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I would say to one is definitely to be diligent and to be workable and like coachable. Especially if you are a person that wants to do anything thing in Hollywood, you know, you have to.
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Hello and welcome back to another episode of Legacy Makers here today with Teresa and she's a two time winning Emmy award winner, entrepreneur and celebrity stylist and has achieved a lot, been in the media TV limelight for many years and is building an amazing brand right now. So I'm excited to dive into her legacy. Welcome to the show.
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Thank you Rudy. It's nice to be here.
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Two Emmys, pretty impressive right now. You know you've been in the TV celebrity space for many, many years and multiple facets, right? And now you're also building a great brand and product based business. Do you want to start? Maybe just try and summarize that in a minute if you can.
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Yeah, sure. I actually started like you said. I've been in the business for like over 25 years and during COVID when things were shut down, we couldn't move. I had started working on my Hob Hob beauty brand and formulating because I was already doing a lot of the product anyway but it was just like on a smaller scale. So I kind of enlisted and studied and researched for a lab, organic lab because my product is plant Based and organic. And I found one and you know, in. In the US because that was important to me to keep the product in the United States. They helped me formulate and tweak it so to get it ready for the market. And I did a launch during the. During COVID completely online. And so that's kind of how I got started and started sending it out to people and using it and doing content as we do. So so I started that and then from there I've actually kind of launched into helping inspiring entrepreneurs with their branding. Because a lot of people, you know, sometimes people say, oh, I have a business, but then I go to their social media and I can't tell what they do, you know, so I'm just like, you do what? And so I've been helping inspiring entrepreneurs with that. And one of my taglines is have the pure audacity to show up, build your brand with purpose, confidence, style and balance.
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I like it. Well, well, let's talk about the style confidence side because, you know, the 20 years before that, you're working with a lot of big celebrities and helping them, you know, with all that stuff. Right, right. So can you tell us about that part of your career in life?
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Well, I would say that part. I'm originally from Ohio, Columbus, Ohio. And I owned a salon for 10 years. And I was able to. We don't have a union out there, but we have. You can get listed with the film commission. And I was able to like snag a couple projects, film projects that way. I even worked with George W. Bush, the son, when he was doing his, like, presidential tour, which. Which is a great resume killer too. So. So I, in doing that, I fell in love with production and I thought, wow, if I can combinate production with beauty and fashion, that would be. I would be best of both worlds.
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B
So realize Ohio probably wasn't the best place for it.
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Definitely not the best place for it. So after my son graduated from high school, I said, I'm going to relocate at this, this time. It was probably LA was the best place. So I've been in LA ever since, working behind the camera and I've pretty much done every medium. I've started out back then like 20 something years ago, like music videos. Had like huge budget.
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Yeah, yeah.
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You know, so I kind of started out in music videos and then I went to daytime talk shows. You know, I did a couple of daytime talk shows. Actually, my very first Emmy was working for the Tyra Banks show. Doing hair on a Tyra Banks show. And then from There I kind of rode into soap operas, where I spent actually a decade as an assistant costume designer on the legendary Young and the Restless.
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Nice.
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Yeah.
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What was the. Of all of that? What was the highlight? Was there a highlight or a memory that stands out?
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I would say definitely one of my first Emmy because it was probably like my third year in Hollywood, which, you know, I mean, I've worked with people who've been in Hollywood for 30 years and still haven't, you know, one which doesn't, you know, just like there's sports players that are great but have never won a ring. So, you know, so that was really, you know, especially a girl coming from, you know, Columbus, Ohio, of course. So then I was like, okay, I can achieve anything as long as I just stay diligent in what I'm doing, you know. And so that was definitely a big. A big one. And that was for hair. And then I ended up winning my second one for costume design for Young and Restless.
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Well, what's cool, too, you know, I always talk about this with people that relocate. I relocated from the UK because I wanted to make my life better and opportunities there. Right, right. And a lot of people, you know, you achieve that because you moved to la, you probably wouldn't have got an Emmy in Ohio, right?
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Absolutely not. I probably wouldn't even have been able to work, you know, for the last 20 years, five days a week for, you know, 14 hours a day doing filming. There's no way.
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But you took the risk, Relocated.
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Right.
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It's not easy to do all that. Left every family, friends, people, you.
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No, people thought I was crazy. They talked about me. It was like, you're crazy. And I used to. Even before I got into the beauty business and owned a salon I worked for, a lot of people don't even know this about me. I actually worked for the government for taxation. I was in the corporate world, so people thought I was crazy. But I'm just like. I always tell people now that I mentor. Never allow someone to make you dream small.
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Yeah.
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Nothing's ever too big, you know, but. But no, you got to put the work in. Yeah.
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Yeah. One of my good friends, Les Brown, I'm big motivational.
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I love Les Brown. He knows my family. Yeah.
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You know, his. One of his famous saying is, done, let someone else's opinion become your reality.
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Right. Yeah.
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Along those lines, yes. I think farm. Too many people do, and it's, you know, it stops them pursuing their goals and dreams. So I want to ask you a next question that's interesting. You said you realize you could do anything. Right. So what's next?
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Well, what's next? Right now I'm actually working on a podcast because I've been. I've been asked in the past, but I just felt like, I don't know. My schedule won't allow it, and I don't try to have too many things going on. I do, because I already have a lot because I feel like you can't kind of be 100. Give it 100 if you got, you know.
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Yeah, sure, sure.
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Too much so. But now things have kind of, like, slowed down in Los Angeles. I mean, I'm still, you know, doing work, but it's kind of slow now. I actually do more work in, like, the Georgia and, like, different areas. Yes, yes. Yeah. So, right. Miami. I'm even thinking about relocating and going to, like, a more central area that way. Be easy kind of to go back and forth. So I've. I'm working on that. The podcast, which I'm going to kind of center that around the, you know, have the audacity, you know, house of broadness. Have the pure audacity. So I'm working on that, building on that. And I'm doing a lot more stuff in front of the camera. I'm kind of trying to switch the role around.
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So it's always fun, I think, when you've been behind. Right. Like.
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Right.
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You know, I used to build a lot of brands and do a lot of marketing for big personalities and personal brands, and eventually I built my own. And it's always, you know, you know, what goes into it. Right. So.
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Right. Your brand's amazing. Yeah, I've studied you, too. Good.
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So let's talk a bit about you and the impact and legacy side. Right. Obviously, you've got the product, you're doing great in your career, but what do you want to keep doing long term?
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Long term, I want to definitely build the brand bigger, expand on the products, and actually just, you know, really help people understand about even trying they're telling their stories. I think a lot of people are afraid because. Cause I was even like that, too, about really kind of telling your story. Because I was actually a teenage mom, you know, young teenage mom, so. But I realized that. Not that I was ashamed of it because, you know, life be life, and sometimes. But I feel like I realized by telling my story, it was also giving other people hope that just because you had a roadblock doesn't mean that you can't continue on and, you know, build a legacy, you know, or, you know, for yourself. But just know you're going to have to probably take a different path now because now you got a few little, you know, kind of roadblocks, so you just kind of barrel through and keep moving. And, and, and I always say, have a plan, right thing. I'm a person. I keep a journal. I like to write things out. I like to give myself, like, you know, goals and tasks. You know, what, what do I see myself in three months, six months, you know, 12 months, five years? Like, where do you want to be? And then I mark off as I get there. Like, this is like a mark off for me, you know, so I need to, you know, even take this opportun. What can I do with this opportunity?
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Good. You know, so what would you say based on that? You know, you're talking a lot about getting started pursuing your dreams, not letting other people's opinions, you know, shape your reality. Right. What would you say to people listening that are struggling with those things right now?
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I would say just stay true to who you are. Stay diligent. Have a plan. Yeah, you have to have a plan. Write it out. And nothing is too small, like, because even the small things add up to bigger, you know, and just be realistic so you can achieve those goals without being kind of disappointed and feeling like you're set back. And even if you do have a setback, you know, then maneuver around it and figure out, okay, I didn't do this in this time, but let me just continue on and, and find a good mentor. Like, I'm big on mentors. I've had a mentor. I grew up playing sports all my childhood. And coaches are new realize. Yeah. Ye. So it's, I mean, like right now I have, you know, I have like a real estate mentor, a financial mentor. Like, you should have mentors. People who are where you want to be and get guidance and watch what they're doing, do what they're doing, even on a small scale can make a difference. I mean, it makes such a huge difference in my life.
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So what's one exact. Because it's great to teach that, but most people don't realize most of us teaching these things, we've lived through it and fought through it. So do you have an example where. Yeah. People were telling you to do the opposite? You know, they listen to them. Or maybe one time you did and you regret it.
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Like, right.
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Was there a time that you remember maybe it was the move from Ohio.
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Definitely the move from Ohio. Because I didn't know anyone in really Los Angeles, you know, and I had a pretty nice lifestyle, you know, and I had owned a business, I had a couple. Had a beautiful home. I had a couple rental properties. And, you know, I pretty much had to move to Los Angeles and start from scratch. Lived in a little, you know, studio apartment.
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You're all wildly different. Ohio, right? Real estate to la.
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I live with a little studio apartment. And then when I started to get established, I could have moved to a bigger apartment, but I said I had been owning a house since I was 28. And I'm like, Gary turned 61. And I said, I am not moving out of this apartment until I purchase something. Because I was determined to purchase a home, which is not an easy thing in California.
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Yeah. You took her millions for her.
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Yes, but I bought after the first crash, like real estate crash. Oh, yeah. 0809. So that was like the. One of the best times to buy. So I got. I really got lucky on that. So. And I. But I stayed in that little square box apartment until I purchased something. Yeah.
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And what would, you know, back to the question, so what were some of the things people were saying as you were talking about the move to la?
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They was like, oh, you know, basically saying I was set. And this was even kind of like, you know, saying I was going to, you know, like, fail. Like, you're going to fail. You're. You're crazy to leave all this and go out there. And I said, well, you know what, if that does happen, this is my home. I can come back. Yeah, Kyle's not going anywhere.
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That's what I also said when I moved to America. I'm like, worst case, I do go for a year and come back.
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And I just come back, you know, And I said, because what else would you do? I said, but I'd rather go and try to see what I can do and say instead of not trying it and always wondering like, oh, I woulda, woulda, coulda, shoulda type things.
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And then did you, did you speak to any of those people when you got the Emmy?
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Of course I did. Now everybody wanted to be my best friend then, you know, so. And it wasn't. So then they wanted to brag on me. Oh, that's my friend. That's my. And I'm just like, really? You wasn't even. You weren't even really backing me up.
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Yeah. Funny how it is, huh? That's great. So. So let's talk last couple of things. You know, you are now talking more about, you know, helping people with branding and, you know, all of that side of entrepreneurship, what tips would you have? Just after, you know, all the years working in Hollywood and. And obviously starting to build your own brands and working with some really successful big people, what are some of the lessons you've learned?
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I would say to. One is definitely to be diligent and to be workable and, like, coachable, especially if you. If you are a person that wants to do anything in Hollywood, you know, you have to, you know, it's. You have to definitely have a thick skin if you want to do, like, pursue that type of Hollywood thing because it's, you know, it can be a little cutthroat, you know, so you. You got to have a thick skin. You have to be able to be a team.
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Because you're not going to be working by yourself. You know, people have to, like, you want to work with you, because it's kind of like who, you know, you know, so if people. If you're known for not being a good person to work with, you're not going to work. So you have to be a likable person, a patient person, and just know that you're going to be working with a certain level of people who are used to certain things a certain way, you know, and don't be so much of a fan as a, you know, as an creative person, like a part of the.
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I think, like, you say have thick skin, too, right?
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Right. Definitely got to have thick skin, you know, for anything you do. But, you know, whether it's your own business or, you know, working in Hollywood, which, if you're working in Hollywood, you're kind of like, you're an independent contractor anyway, even though you sign a contract for every project and then.
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B
Last question, really, for people listening that may be fascinated about this story, the journey, the brand, now, what some things they're going to get from your episode that you've not talked about yet.
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I would say that, you know, about me having just a tenacity to keep moving and to not let my, you know, teenage pregnancy be a crutch all through my life, you know, is. I just. I was determined for it not to be a crutch.
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I think some people do, right?
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely. Because especially back then, like now, I think nobody really cares that much. But back then, yeah, it was a. It was like you. I was told, like, you know, your life is over. You ruined your life. Like, it was the crazy things that people would tell me, and I'm just like, really? Because I have a child now, I ruined my life.
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It's all my. It's just how you interpret the situation.
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Right. Exactly.
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Fascinating how.
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Right. What it taught me being a young parent, it taught me to be, you know, very independent.
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You mature, fast.
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Very mature. And really just a very organized, focused person at a very young age.
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Exactly. Yeah.
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Which people waste their 20s, which helped me. It. All of that has helped me throughout my life.
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And the good thing at least is, you know, the kids went, you know, went off and did their own thing. You were free to go.
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I was still. I was still young.
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Yeah, exactly.
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Young enough to still have, you know, to come out here, come in Hollywood and do my thing out in Hollywood.
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So there's always pro, you know, everyone always look at the bad, but there's always a lot comes out of it.
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Exactly.
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Mindset Good. So last question. People want to check you out, follow you. Look at all the stuff you're doing. The podcast, the brand, where do they find you?
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You can find me at Instagram. Well, most of my social media period is House of Broadnext and that House of Broadnext will lead you to anything else I have to do. And I'm doing so good.
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Love it. Well, there you go, guys. Another episode in the wrap. Go check out the full episode. And of course, all the amazing things she's doing. As always, keep working hard, build an impact, and I'll see you guys soon. Take care.