110: How To Work With Retailers & Get Your Products In Retail Stores w/ Katonya Breaux

<p><strong>Nam</strong><strong>e:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Katonya Breaux</span></p> <p><strong>Business Name:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unsun Cosmetics, INC.</span></p> <p><strong>Current Title:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Founder</span></p> <p><strong>Location:</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Los Angeles</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>About Katonya:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Katonya B. Breaux is the founder and President of Unsun Cosmetics, Inc. a Los Angeles-based cosmetics company dedicated to providing both beauty and skin protection to women of all skin tones.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Born in New Orleans, Breaux grew up in Los Angeles as the seventh of eleven brothers and sisters but returned to New Orleans where she obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Arts Administration. She stayed in New Orleans for 20 years, running a construction company she started just prior to finishing graduate school. In 2013, Breaux returned to Los Angeles to be nearer to her family and to launch an idea she had been working on, her cosmetics company UNSUN.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I have worn sunscreen diligently since my twenties,” says Breaux. “Initially it was to prevent the little black moles on my face that were so prevalent with the women in my family. However, as I matured and became more health-conscious, I realized that even someone with my complexion could get skin cancer. The idea of “sunscreen” was no longer just about vanity. Protecting my skin meant protecting my life”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Breaux’s ability to identify specific needs and her entrepreneurial spirit led to the launch of UNSUN Cosmetics, Inc. Not a fan of highly chemical products, she created a natural SPF 30 sunscreen that doesn’t leave the white “residue” that is quite common when other “natural” products are used by women of color.