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Source: Luis Alvarez / Getty Getting booted off Shark Tank was not the beginning for The Lip Bar CEO Melissa Butler. This woman built her lipstick line into an almost half a million dollar business after being rejected on Shark Tank https://t.co/E2MbW0Decm pic.twitter.com/WEBYF6iPgE — xoNecole (@xonecole) February 2, 2018 Butler started her career as a financial analyst on Wall Street, but soon recognized a need within the beauty industry for lipsticks catered to women of color. Her stint on the ABC show came after her all-natural lipstick line was already on the market for a year. Show judges were not easily swayed to back the already profitable business, so Butler walked away without a deal. But that was only motivation for the young entrepreneur. The Lip Bar is now in its fifth year of business and worth nearly half a million dollars.
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