Interview with Nanar Yacoubian - Founder of Nanaglow Skincare
we love picking people's brains so much that this week's armenian business lady is Nanar Yacoubian from Nanaglow founder she's young she's successful and she's here to take over the skincare industry all right what's up everybody welcome back I'm Alice and you're watching on LeLifestyle this week we got Nanar Yacoubian hey guys how are you hi Alice thanks for having me today I'm so excited um because Nanar is the founder of nana glow skin care and she's basically taking the industry by storm and we're gonna be able to pick her brain and get more insight on who she is and what she does so grab your coffee tea water where we have ours now and ready to go stay hydrated guys first and foremost Nanar yes who is Nanar hi guys my name is Nanar I am the founder and CEO of nana glow skin care also esthetician so I just started my own skin care brand it's called nana glow skin care for those who don't know it's a cruelty free free vegan and naturally derived products uh so basically I started this a couple months ago so you got started last year in 2020 when exactly how did it happen why did you come up with just a skincare line and why okay so I started mid 2020 around June and I did a lot of research uh before on the ingredients the products so that took a lot of time too but I launched around uh summer 2020 and uh so now we have a team and everyone has their role in Nanaglow skin care and someone takes care of the website I do the content creation the ingredient parts how to choose what product with what ingredient and someone takes care of putting this all together and showing it to you guys um also we started cleansers because honestly cleansers are the number one thing that you have to start with when you come to your skincare routine so we started with two cleansers and one exfoliant I have it over here if you want to see so we have the two cleansers one is the sunflower cleansing oil which is for normal to dry skin it's an oil-based cleanser so it dissolves your makeup and sunscreen as well the other one is the citrus cleanser also good for a combination and oily skin and this one you can do it every day both you can do it every day once or twice daily and the other one is the volcanic exfoliant like this we also have it in the um tube format and this is for all skin types and it's an enzymatic exfoliant that you leave it on for 10 minutes and it goes and and it does like a pacman effect to eliminate your dead skin cells so these were the three products that we started with and now we have five products there is the moisturizers right moisturizers uh so these two moisturizers one for normal to dry skin and this one is for the combination and oil oily skin so you can like pair the cleansers and exfoliate you can mix and match whichever you really prefer uh for your skincare routine so why come up with the products one by one why launch them one by one what was like the business strategy behind that instead of launching the whole line so we wanted to start um with the three products we actually did these three all together so we wanted to start with um the base of skin care um I find that cleansers are very very important to your skin care routine and the exfoliant is important as well but the reason why we didn't launch the moisturizers as like the whole combination at the same time is because we wanted to try out and test out what our customers are looking for and we really wanted to test the brand out and see how it works and what people are liking and start from there I'm super excited for you because I've known you for a very long time now and like I kind of wanted to go into that and um which is going to lead me to a different side of you um that not many people get to see through Nanaglow per se because every business has their tone of voice like Sisian was saying last time so I want to get to show people like the side I know which is this bubbly amazing person so we've known each other a long time and we met through scouting has your journey as a scout and then into becoming a scout leader um shaped you in a certain way that brought you towards a business um that brought you towards this business mindset this entrepreneurial mindset or did you always think you had that in you I don't know if scouts had um direct impact into the business mindset but I always knew that I wanted to be my own boss and be have my own product line and just work for myself that being said so I was never like the really smart girl in school um I always knew that I wanted something more and so I knew that I wanted to start my own brand my own company and just like figure out what I want to do so my boyfriend had a really big impact to all of this because he's the one always telling me like go for it you can do it like his he's my like um I don't know how to say it but my guardian angel yeah but the good angel on your shoulder yeah he pushes me to work hard every day I've started reading books because of him and changing my mindset and really focusing on uh myself and my business and how I can make my uh overall life better that's so cute I didn't know it was um with his help I honestly thought that one day something clicked in your mind and you're like I'm gonna go after this yeah because he used to tell me like I see so much potential in you and that you can achieve like anything you want you have so many great talents that I didn't necessarily believed in myself that I did and he always pushed me to like go for it and achieve my goals and to start this business so I did just to go back to the scouting part um I know you said it didn't necessarily impact the business mindset that you have now and of course there are so many other things that could have but is there something you learned through scouting or as a leader um that you take with you every single day something that you know has shaped you um to become this person you are today in scouting I really learned and throughout the years I'm I've been in scouts for like I don't know how many years since I'm like a little kid and I've always had that discipline in my mind to always be disciplined in whatever you do in your life in your everyday relationships in school I know I didn't have the the best results in school but I C student right here yeah a C student if you were to look at a face of a nine-year-old right now in scouting who's struggling um to keep up with it you know because it's on zoom right now it's not that much fun anymore how would you um talk to them motivate them to keep it up because it's it's gonna help them later on I would tell them to honestly just have fun like just go on there do your thing like make relationships have fun with your leaders if you have a new speech to learn that week like just listen take notes have fun and um learn just learn because you wouldn't learn this at school probably you know at scouts we always uh kind of teach other like the kids to um like other things that we didn't learn at school you know and like extraordinary things that we don't necessarily know about or talk about at school some of them I think watch these YouTube videos if they're not um a nine-year-old they're probably in there like 15 16 um and uh some of them do watch these videos hoping to see someone to relate with them and like I appreciate you coming on here and talking about this because they they'll see other women and they'll feel like oh my gosh she's Armenian she's successful she runs a business but I don't think she went through what I'm going through yeah no totally some people see only the result we're not yet at the result we're just like at the steps over there you know like when you're young too it's like a step like your your whole life is like a ladder and you just have to follow it and just um like have fun you know be happy um if you have a friend that you want to talk to and you didn't talk for a long time just go for it you know there's no shame just go for it don't hold grudges be kind to one another you have uh everything is going to be fine like life is beautiful yeah just take the small lessons and uh apply them to your life because anything that happens whether you fail you succeed it doesn't matter they're all there to teach you something and eventually you're gonna reach the purpose that you're trying to work for yeah okay cool like um I'm loving where this is going it's like jumping around yeah it's okay it's just the whole point of this is to have a conversation and we go from one side to the other we'll laugh we'll cry together it's totally normal um okay so you kind of mentioned like uh reading books and whatnot so what was the first book you've ever read regarding personal growth um and what book would you actually advise other people so I want to talk about it's not my first book that I read on personal growth but it was a book that really stuck to me and I use it every day in my day day-to-day life so the name is the compound effect for those who don't know um it's a book that talks about a lot of your consistent daily habits that you do day to day and will reflect on your final result alice is just trying to reach the book so it really gives you that mindset to do small little things daily to um have an impact on your life in the future so let's say you would um wake up every morning do your exercise 30 to 1 hour um a day every day and that will result a good healthy lifestyle for uh your life and that would be like a routine for you you don't even have to think about it you just do it every day and it just becomes a routine to you because you've like come into the this new habit a healthy habit versus if you were to do the contrary not do anything or eat certain foods that you know are harmful for your body every single day consistently compound effect is the opposite where you're probably looking into health issues or whatnot right yeah so it's like it's exactly that the compound effect is like showing you what new habits good habits can do for you I love that book too like as I was showing it's over there guys so is that the book that you'd also recommend everyone to read so the two books that I would recommend that are kind of in the same category and the same mindset are the uh the compound effect and the slight edge these two books are very uh have the very same mindset and uh same concept information and I think it's a great book to uh to start off with I think like the number one thing that separates books even if they're in talking about the same concept is like the tone of voice of the author so where Darren Hardy is like this business focused disciplined person slight age I have never heard of that one before what's the tone of voice is it more fun more in your face the slight edge is more like interactive uh gives you like there's also um testimonials like I do this every day the slight edge effect the slight edge is also the compound effect so like actually it results in good habits into my everyday life that's so cool so now I have to go out and buy it too like I used to hate books like I hate because I used like at school they used to give us like these French books or English books that I couldn't relate like that had only this person that was doing something and it was so boring but now it's like books that are are helping you throughout your life your mindset your everyday life challenging you making you a better person so that's what I like about these books of uh like mindset kind of so to keep on talking about this personal growth journey of yours um what are you doing besides reading that helps you every day I try to exercise every day if not I do it four times a week I write everything in my agenda so everything that I have to do is right over there I just go and check it out you know when I'm done with something I just check it and I'm like oh I did it or I keep um a to-do list on my on my notes and I go just check on it when I'm done so that really helps me to uh accomplish what I have to accomplish and uh I just set goals I have like a vision board over here that I did beginning of 2021 just some things that I want to accomplish in this year and they're just like general things that I want to be done and I see a couple of things that are already being uh accomplished and I'm I feel really proud of it and I think everyone should should set goals and just try to achieve it because when you once you write it down you can achieve it yeah 100 % like I always show you guys like my visual board in the background um just to say that like I'm not ashamed to show it because it's exactly something that I want to achieve this year and the more I think about that this is a reality for me sometime soon that it actually starts coming to me you know like I especially start working towards it yeah so if you haven't started your 2021 goals and whatnot check this video out because it definitely will help you um kick-start your year yeah okay but you've told me that you also um listen to uh Sonia Zarbatany, Tony Robbins like when you're looking into those webinars um how do you choose whose message is right for you and why did you choose these two people per se so Sonia Zarbatany has a very big impact in my life because I look up to her every single day I follow her on Instagram I see all of her posts and it's just I can relate to her because she's a woman and um she's she has that successful uh impact and I want to like look up to her you know um I know some people can look up to me but I look up to other people too I actually started to take her one of her courses that it's um online pivot your business uh course so I follow that it's on a 14 day course and um I also got the chance to meet her a couple of days ago and it was such a like it was as if like a little girl meeting like Justin Bieber for the first time yeah it was such a good feeling I got to bring her my products and um so I got another course on that that I'm gonna take on my brand and how to make my brand better and so I really look up to her because she gives you very good valuable uh information about um how to make your life just better and not care about what other people think and uh just grow yourself from within and just be happy and have that energy of uh being capable to achieve anything you want you know so Tony Robbins is a great mentor too I don't personally know him but I know he's helped a lot of successful people like actors athletes and uh celebrities in general um he has this five-day uh course that's going on right now it's a new world challenge and I got to know about him from the Jim Rohn videos that I used to listen to Jim Rohn is a great mentor too yeah the 100% agree I follow them all too and love the way they teach and um just to show that because you started a business doesn't mean like your personal growth has ended there and like we keep growing every single day and every single person even the most successful person on this planet needs a mentor yeah for sure totally great so you kind of touched upon your daily routine and what has helped you um with your personal growth but what exactly do you do in a day what I do in a day okay um it's not usually the same thing that I do every day but I try to have it organized a day before or the week before and just stick to it as I said my routine is not a 100 percent like the best routine but I honestly started this book the 5 a.m club for those who don't know so I started I just started reading this book um which was one of Alice's book review videos and uh I honestly love it I love the fact that it's telling you a story and um it's basically about creating your routine your daily routine starting at 5am I know it's it's crazy some people are like oh my god 5am but it's doable I'm just not there yet but I want to achieve that and it's just giving you um all the information you need and telling you as a story on how you can make yourself uh better if you wake up early and have your time to take care of yourself and start your day by there 100 % agree and it's also um again it comes back to discipline and and creating new habits which is everything we've talked about so far but it just makes your day-to-day uh life better just having peace with yourself and knowing understanding who you are and what are you becoming what are your values and what you want to show to the world and be as a person so what is the best advice you've ever been given either through books or someone has said it best advice that follows me around every day um like is just be yourself be authentic and everything that you do whenever you meet someone um whenever you create content just be authentic be yourself and people will like you for who you are and people are looking for other people like you like like them so they they can relate to you whenever they they see uh oh she's creating that kind of content oh I like that I like how she um uh I don't know I like how funny she is oh I'm like that too oh to kind of be yourself not kind of be yourself be yourself and show people that you're relatable yeah you're not this like unattainable unreachable person yeah you're there you communicate and you're just there to like show people this is me and I accept you for who you are yeah if you like it you like it if you don't like it then ciao bye ciao bye la visite okay just to like wrap this up what's next for you what's next for nana glow what should we all be looking out for what's next for nana glow um we're starting slowly to get into uh stores uh into some subscription boxes uh we're trying to make nana glow uh recognizable by people and uh not just for the people that we know but other people that don't know us and uh really want to connect with them if you guys don't know I share tips on my Instagram I give valuable information on your skin skin care routine your skin type so we just want to grow um locally right now and start from there just a word of mouth telling people about nana glow and bringing the brand awareness to life yeah that's awesome let's tell everyone where we could find you uh the website's nanaglowskincare.com nanaglow.com I'll link it below in the description where can they follow you You can follow
us on instagram nanaglowskincare on facebook nanaglowskincare on TikTok and um on pinterest okay we'll link them all below in the description so everyone can go follow you better follow okay is there anything else you'd like to add so I just want to thank you Alice for having me today on LeLifestyle um I see your hard work every day uh keep it up girl you you're truly amazing and I'm really glad to have you um to know you like and so many good things to come a hundred percent thank you for joining us today this was an amazing interview I hope everyone got awesome golden nuggets takeaways because uh hey this is what you're here for so thank you Nanar for joining us guys make sure you go check out their products on nanaglow.com and if you got any value out of this please like share and subscribe because we post videos every Wednesday Thanks again Nanar love you okay bye
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