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Blogger and Communications Manager for Cantu Beauty, Melissa Chanel (@melissachanel) joins Carrie (@carrie.gillaspie) to share her story with the Candid Crew!

Melissa tells us about her childhood growing up in small town South Carolina, how a friend talked her into starting a blog, how she found herself living in New York City for 3 years, and why she made the move back home to the South.

Carrie is curious how Melissa's family reacted to her leaving her full-time job to blog, the ups and downs of building a community from the ground up, and how she turned a one-off opportunity with Cantu Beauty into a full-time gig. Melissa gives us an inside look into what content creation is really like and how she manages keeping her creative juices flowing while working full-time with Cantu.

We get the deets on Kicks & Fros and on some of Melissa's all time favorite sneakers, her tips for cultivating your own style, some of her dream collaborations and what's on the horizon for her for 2020 and beyond.

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