We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brent & Keeshia Weed a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Brent & Keeshia thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.
One of the biggest risks we have taken has been following our dream to open up our own business. We had been working for our previous employer for almost 10 years & things just kept pushing back the dream. We got married, had kids, bought a house. May of 2022 it was just time. We had the skill set, the clientele following, the location. Everything just lined up perfectly. When people say follow your dream it’s true. You should ALWAYS give it a shot because hey your dream is put there for a reason we fully believe 100%
Brent & Keeshia , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
Brent came to Florida to go to art school. Art has always been a major part of his life. He always wanted to be a tattoo artist. When microblading was on the up and coming it was the perfect blend of the skills that he had. A lot of people think that being an esthetician or a cosmetologist is a great beginning to transition to becoming a master at microblading, but what people forget about is that it is truly. an art form. You have to understand art & have that ability to be able to create the perfect microbladed brow on someone’s face.
Keeshia has been a cosmetologist for 13 years. She has mastered speed waxing (15 minute brazilians), brow waxing, tints, & has recently added tattoo artist to her bag of talents as well. Keeshia really has the amazing ability to be able to remember everyone’s story & that is what sets her a part from the rest. She will remember every detail about your family, friends, & relationship, that you tell her. It’s really like having a best friend that can step your brow/brazilian game up! Who doesn’t want that right?
Brent & Keeshia are the perfect team of skill set & customer service. Once you have visited their shop you will want to go back just to hang out ;)
Putting training and knowledge aside, what else do you think really matters in terms of succeeding in your field?
You can teach anyone anything right? As long as they are willing to learn. What you can’t teach is a personality & how to connect with people. Some people have it & some people don’t. With services that are lengthy in time it is great to be able to have that ability to connect with people & also truly care about what they are telling you about themselves. People can truly feel that & trust goes a long way.
We’d love to hear about how you met your business partner.
Brent & Keeshia are not only business partners, but are married in real life. They both worked at The Green Iguana on South Westshore in South Tampa. Brent was a barback & Keeshia was a server part time. Brent eventually had made his way up the ladder to manageer before leaving to pursue his microblading career & Keeshia worked side by side with him waxing as well. They everntally got married in 2018 & have 2 beautiful children who you may see running around their studio saying hi sometimes.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.tampasbestmicroblading.com
- Instagram: @thebrowdistillery &. @bladingbybrent
- Facebook: The Brow Distillery
- Other: Google- The Brow Distillery