KJ Miller

Co-Founder and CEO of Mented Cosmetics

KJ Miller is the co-founder of Mented Cosmetics which focuses on makeup for darker skin tones. The name Mented came from pigmented. She and her co-founder met in business school at Harvard and began creating lipsticks for darker skin tones in her kitchen and, after receiving positive feedback from friends and influencers, they decided to focus on this full-time. They put a huge amount of focus into products that are created with healthy ingredients.

Success wasn’t immediate for KJ. While in business school, she tried a few different concepts for her startup before she struck gold with Mented a few years later. She started Mented as a side-hustle while she worked at a consulting firm.

KJ is passionate about helping women and minorities develop their entrepreneurial visions, and in 2018 spearheaded the launch of Mented's "Moguls in the Making" program which provides in-depth training that gives young women the tools, skills, and confidence to pursue entrepreneurship in the future.

Powerful Quotes by a Powerful Woman

“It’s easy to feel so anxious about any decision you’re making, but what I’ve realized is my instincts are strong, and I’m good at course correcting. Even when I do the thing that isn’t the right thing, I’m good at finding the right thing out of the bad thing, if that makes sense.”

“I value experience and I value learning, and I feel like if I’m not always learning, I’m wasting my time.”

-KJ Miller

+ References

• https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/mented-the-highs-lows-of-a-black-owned-socially-conscious-company-during-a-pandemic/2709668/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-jones-miller/
• MasterClass app (Sara Blakely interview)
• https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/mented-cosmetics-kj-miller?utm_source=googlenewsstand&utm_medium=rss