Kareem Rogers of FACEDBYKAREEM: “If you want to thrive, you need to keep an open mind to being uncomfortable, failure and growth”

Not everyone will genuinely support you.

When people see you are rising with a purpose, the will consider you as a threat.

Group chats are toxic and it’s easy to fall into the negativity they create.

As you navigate the beauty industry, it becomes easier to decipher whose genuinely supported you especially through the hard times.

Never take it personal. This is a business. Always boss up.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kareem Maliek.

Kareem Maliek (He/Him/Sis), is a 25 year old self-taught MUA, Influencer and BLM/Queer Rights Activist. Raised in Queens, NY, Kareem began his makeup career at the age of 21 working for makeup retailers such as ELF, Ulta, Morphe and Sephora. In the start of Kareem’s makeup journey (April 2016) he began to notice the lack of representation for Black Men in makeup and began to post his looks in hopes to gain…