We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tatiana Davis a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Tatiana, appreciate you joining 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.

The Biggest Risk I Took Would Honestly Be Betting On Myself. As a Girl Growing Up I Wasn’t Always As Confident In My Own Choices In Life But As I Grew Older And As Things Got Harder.. You Really Have No Choice But To Roll The Dice & Figure Out What You Want Out Of Life And What Path Your Going To Take. I’ve Had A Lot Of Time To Think About What I Wanted When Covid Came. There Were So Many College Programs, Regular Program To Choose From But I Wanted Something That Spoke To Me.. Something That was Different Especially Coming From East Cleveland Ohio. Growing Up Moving From State To State I Needed To Think About What Was Best For Tatiana. I’ve Watched Dr. Rose He Is Honestly Just The Best Inspiration You Can Have.. You Don’t See Too Many Black Dentists Who Are Big Or As Successful As He Is … So When We Talk About Risk Taking & Betting On Yourself.. I Think About The Money sacrificed .. Time Sacrificed Dedication Sacrificed! A lot Of People Choose The Easy Route But That’s Not In My Blood. Being A Young Woman Who Comes From Proverty Who Didn’t Have a Thing I had a Lot Of Risk I Had To Take To Get In The Postion I’am in.. I Went From Having Access To A lot Of Money To Not Having None .. I lost Fake Friends , Fake Family Along The Way Trying To Just Build Me & A Solid Foundation.. Risk Taking Is Really Betting On Yourself Even if You Fail You Have To Learn To Fail Successfully & Win Successfully In Life When You Take a Risk And To Understand What Comes With Taking A Risk Just Keep Going And To Remember God Gives You Strength And He Would Not Bring You So Far To Leave You. I Mean Look At Me Lol Now They Call Me Smilebaee !

Tatiana, 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?

I Have a UpComing Cosmetic Line Called Smilebaeecosmetics ! There Will Be So Many Pretty Lipglosses To Choose From So I Can’t Wait Until I Launch My Business For That. But For The New Readers Or People Who Didn’t Know What I Did Before.. I Had A Business Called FancyyFloss , I Would Whiten Teeth To A Pretty Shade Of White For Clients. Unfortunately I Didn’t Launch It The Correct Way So I Changed The Business & it will Be Relaunching Soon Along With My Cosmetic Line So Be On The LookOut For That It Will Be Bigger And Better Then Ever Before. I Think What Sets Me & My Business Apart From Other Businesses Is That I’m Just Me I Don’t Try To Pretend To Be Something That I’m Not Also That I Would Make Any Client Feel Comfortable Because Nowadays You See A lot Of Business Owners Or Just People In General Have This Nasty Stuck Up Attitudes Who Are Rude To Clients And That They Are Above Everyone Else. For As Cosmetics I Just Want My Baees Feeling Pretty When They Look In The Mirror With My Gloss And Teeth Whitening. So To Answer I’m Just Me.. Bubbly , Down To Earth , Fun Or Life Of The Party As Some Might Say.

Can you share a story from your journey that illustrates your resilience?

When You Want SomeThing To Work It’s Going To Work And I Think That I Just Keep God First In My Life To where I just Put Him First & He Leads Me .. He is My Resilience.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

I Had To Unlearn Not Giving In When Something Doesn’t Work Right Away Because Everybody Has Their Own Time So I Just Have to Grab It On The Right Time And When God Shows Me Okay This Is It.. I’m Not Taking My Foot Off The Gas.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Tatianaermias
• Twitter: Tatianaermias
• Youtube: Tatianaermias
• Other: Honestly You Guys Can Follow Me On Instagram, Show Me Love Cause I Show It Back & Follow Me On TikTok @smilebaeee With Three E’s I will Be posting My Business As Well Creating Dental Content So You Girlys Can See What It’s Like In My World And Not Letting A Hater Stop Yo Grind Or Yo Shine Boo ! But Yeah BIG BEEN HER ENERGY Sincerely Yo Girly SmileBaee

Image Credits
Upcoming Lipglosses That I Have For My Launch. This is Also Some Teeth Whitening & Dental Work I Do As A Dental Nurse. With Also Some Pretty Headshots Of me For You Guys To Enjoy !