First impressions matter, most especially in business where you need to be looking your best and presenting yourself well in order to get the right connections. However, not everyone has the time and skill to do that. Dawn-Marie Mutell, founder and CEO of Life’s Necessities and Luxuries, aims to help men and women take the pain out of trying to get ready every day. She has built an overall system on helping clients look their best to ensure business success. Not only do you look good, you will also represent and lift up your business. Dawn-Marie she shares her backstory as well as some insights and tips on fashion that ultimately brings out the best in you.

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Looking Your Best For First Impressions with Dawn-Marie Mutell

I have someone that I'm anxious to interview. I got so many questions for her. Her name is Dawn-Marie Mutell and she is the Founder and CEO of Life's Necessities and Luxuries. It’s a home, body, soul, and lifestyling business. I had to have her on the show. They call her a life commodities broker. She's very versatile. She was a wardrobe stylist, a personal shopper, and makeup artist. She has over 25 years’ experience in fashion, entertainment, beauty, and even in event planning businesses. As a young model and a dancer, she aspired to be a dancer on Broadway. Little did she know, she'd be hit by a drunk driver at age 22 and her life would change forever. Her self-esteem crumbled, and it took many years to get back on track. That's when she decided to help others lead happy, fulfilling, and beautiful lives. I am so excited to have you with us, Dawn-Marie. Thank you so much for joining us.

Thank you, Terri. I’m honored to be here.

I've gotten your bio when we scheduled this and I looked you up online and was all excited to have you. As I was reading your bio, I was like, "Aspiring to be on Broadway." I have to ask you, how did you pick yourself up and move forward?

My parents taught me to be a very strong-willed person. That helped me. When I was hit, my body went down and I thought, "The only thing I had planned for me was to try to be on Broadway." I didn't have a plan B, although my dad said, “Always have a plan B.” I didn't know what to do. Thankfully, I knew how to type. I was able to get a day job working on Sony Music after that. That helped me take a different avenue of where I would go. I wound up working in the music business for quite a while. I said, "I can't dance but I can still groove to the music." That kept me going but I still felt like there was a hole missing in my life.

One of the things I love to do is to help people and watch them flourish. If I can lift somebody's spirits, I'm a happy camper. I tried to find ways to do that. I started doing like promotions and getting people in the music industry networking to different nightclubs and connect with one another because I'm a connector. I still felt I'm still not doing what I wanted to do. I wind up finding a program at FIT to be an image consultant certification for two years and I thought, "This is it. I love fashion." My mom was a clothes whore and she's gotten me into fashion as a kid. Being a model when I was younger, you're always around makeup and fashion. I thought this could be a great fit for me and that's how I got into it and kept it going.

I always find it interesting when we're doing our thing and life throws us some crazy curve ball. We never know what life has in store. Not everyone can pick themselves up and can go forward. What I love is not only did you do that but then you made that decision, "I'm going to help others." What is it exactly that you do?

I help men and women take the pain out of trying to get ready every day,