Beauty expert and entrepreneur Melissa Hibbert announces professional empowerment tour

ATLANTA - June 2, 2015 - PRLog -- Beauty expert, and entrepreneur Melissa Hibbert presents the 2015 Beauty and the Business: Ultimate Professional Empowerment Tour.  The beauty empowerment tour features a star-studded lineup of nationally acclaimed fashion designers, celebrity makeup artists and stylists, and renowned beauty experts in a day-long panel, workshop, and networking event for aspiring and emerging beauty enthusiasts and entrepreneurs.

Now in its second year, the tour begins in Atlanta on May 17, 2015 and continues to Memphis (August 16^th), New York (September 20^th) and its final stop of Los Angeles on October 18^th.   Attendees will have an opportunity to interact and learn from Hibbert and other leading fashion, lifestyle, and beauty entrepreneurs across the country.

“I’ve learned a lot throughout my journey from a corporate executive to now an entrepreneur,” says Hibbert.  “I understand, through my many obstacles and victories, that although the passion will drive you, there are also some very key fundamentals and strategies that have to be implemented and understood in order to turn a hobby into a career.  This conference will include so many essential elements to this industry shared by some of the top names in the business. We all are devoted to paying it forward and providing a boost to the next wave of entrepreneurs.  I found my passion and now it’s time to inspire others to find and cultivate theirs.”

Hibbert has earned her reputation as the “go-to” beauty expert and professional makeup artist for both celebrity, corporate, and private clients alike. After over 14 years of a successful career in corporate marketing under leading brands such as Nike Inc., Jordan Brand Division, BET Networks, Los Angeles Times Media Group, Ford Motors Co, Coca Cola and others, she decided to shift her career to her true first love… beauty. After training intensively under some the top celebrity makeup artists in the industry, she has now made her mark by focusing on empowering women to celebrate their uniqueness and individual beauty.

In addition to being a dynamic, professional makeup artist, Hibbert is the creator and executive producer of Behind The Glam (http://www.kollidetv.com/watch/behind-the-glam) Docu-series, the Founder of Beauty and the Business Empowerment Conference (http://www.beautyandthebusinessconference.com/), and SHEEQ Cosmetics (http://www.sheeqcosmetics.com/), a luxury makeup and skincare brand.  In Spring 2015, Melissa embarked on a defining new venture, The GLAM Agency (http://www.theglamagency.com/), the premier multicultural talent management firm representing leading makeup artists, hair stylists, fashion stylists, manicurists, and beauty bloggers & lifestyle experts. Her aim and focus are clear - to leave a legacy of service, empowering through Beauty.

"We are honored to share, in-depth, with those who are pursing their passion to make people feel beautiful,” explains Hibbert. “This empowerment tour will be an invaluable experience that explores the not-so-glamorous, but ever-so vital aspects of beauty that every entrepreneur needs to understand. Nowhere else will a person have access to this much knowledge, experience, talent, and expertise in one room, in one day! “

Session topics include:

•   Overcoming Personal & Professionals obstacles & limitations

•   Succeeding with Partnerships & Collaborations

•   How to Create an Image that Opens Doors

•   Create Extra Revenue Stream Doing What you Love

•   How to Work with Major Brands on an Expert Level

•   Show Me the Money:  What Do You Charge and How to Negotiate Effectively

•   Turn Your Passion into Profit

•   How to Start Your Own Business Within the Beauty and Fashion industry

•   Leading Trends in Beauty, Hair, Fashion & Lifestyle

•   How to Let your Personal Testimony Be the Key to Your Success

•   Your Inner-Celebrity and Why it Matters

•   Leveraging Video Content to Grow Your Brand or Business

•   Get Unstuck and Unlock the Opportunities in Career and Business

•   Developing an Online Business

•   Why Your "It Factor" Will Set You Apart

•   The Power of Relationships - How to network, Cultivate and Nurture

•   Branding and Developing your Personal Branding - How to Stand Out

•   How to get the Master/Expert level of One's Career and More...

General admission $25/VIP $40 - Media should RSVP with credentials.  For more information on the Beauty and the Business Ultimate Professional Empowerment Experience, visitwww.beautyandthebusinessconference.com .