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Shopify Masters episode in which the host talks with Etienne Ortega, a makeup artist who moved to Los Angeles and has worked with celebrities, and who has launched his own direct to consumer beauty brand. Etienne says his love of beauty began caring for his younger siblings and watching a barber at work, and that he charged friends 10 dollars each to do prom hair and makeup. He says responsibilities young taught him to work under pressure, and that he sometimes slept in his car in his early days in LA while in beauty school. He says he put about 200 dollars on a credit card for three foundations, and years later that brand hired him for campaigns in London and Paris. He says loving what he does fueled him. Shopify, which produces the show, is the sponsor named in the description. PARTIAL COVERAGE: the captions cover roughly the first 12 minutes of the 39 minute episode, so later networking and launch topics are not summarized. All claims are Etienne's own and are not independently checked. Nothing here is financial, legal or career advice, and his credit card story is personal experience only.