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BrainTrust Largest membership-based growth platform for beauty & wellness founders for community, mentorship, education & capital.

We are the future – nimble, fast, daring and mobile – mobile in location and mobile in technology. With a team of digital experts who have been leveraging events and influencers to impact the social space and its consumers since its advent. We are fearless in our ability to trail blaze. We transcend the traditional experiential agency model through the merging of our internal knowledge and extended braintrust that spans the entire event marketing, influencer relations, and creative landscape. Our backgrounds combine the training and expertise of brand development, event production, PR, Marketing and Advertising. From our leadership team to our managers and specialists, we leverage the practical application and day-to-day usage of experiences, social media and digital marketing mix to create omni channel solutions for brands that are rooted in the evolution of consumer behavior, consumption and purchase defined by cultural trends and global nuisances. This cross pollination of execution provides a streamlined approach for our clients allowing us to push beyond the boundaries of siloed resources and one dimensional strategies. It is this foresight and forward thinking perspective that allows our agency and clients to Think Ahead and leave a mark on the world.

Congratulations to  and  for the Allure Best of Beauty winning brand! 👏🏾Excited for their latest launch, Higher Standard...
04/16/2026

Congratulations to and for the Allure Best of Beauty winning brand! 👏🏾

Excited for their latest launch, Higher Standard Cream and Powder Multidimensional Blush Duo! 🛍️



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“Love Yourself” isn’t just a mantra to live by. For beauty founder Tisha Thompson (), it’s the purpose that drives to help people foster a meaningful connection with themselves ✨

The Allure Best of Beauty–winning brand has remained an editor favorite, thanks to formulas that make makeup application seamless and confidence-boosting. Beyond the scope of offering high-performance beauty products, it’s Thompson’s breakthrough in the beauty industry that speaks volumes to how she was able to scale LYS’s beauty success beyond virality. “Virality doesn’t replace real community management and engagement. It’s an entry point,” she says. Her vision is just a small glimpse into the ever-expanding world of LYS Beauty, with their latest launch, Higher Standard Cream and Powder Multidimensional Blush Duo, already stirring hype and buzz.

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04/08/2026

Hi, I’m Kendra Bracken-Ferguson and welcome to KBF Ventures.

KBF Ventures is the umbrella for my ecosystem—bringing together the companies I build, the brands I invest in, the boards I sit on, and the partners I deeply believe in.

I officially formed KBF Ventures back in April 2020 after a client encouraged me to structure everything under one entity. Some of it I got right. Some of it I got wrong and it cost me time, money, and heartbreak.

But I learned.

And in that process, I fully embraced who I am:

a visionary leader, a builder, and an architect of innovation and transformation who believes in pivots and prayers.

Today, I’m no longer playing to “win” or “lose.”
I’m playing to keep playing grounded in infinite possibilities, not finite outcomes.

That is what The Beauty of Success means to me.

Through this lens, I’m building and supporting an ecosystem that reflects every part of my journey:

✨ Sharing my personal story →

✨ Curating beauty + wellness through retail innovation →

✨ Championing founders + community →

✨ Creating space for sleep, wellness + purpose →

✨ Elevating conversations with industry leaders →

✨Redefining entertainment by innovating how consumers Watch, Shop and Invest in brands—transforming them from viewers into stakeholders →

Welcome to KBF Ventures. I hope you’ll follow along!

Carpe Diem.

04/03/2026

Stop asking “what should I buy?”

Start asking “what should I own?”

From screen → shelf → shareholder.

Introducing Test and Invest, the first platform where viewers can watch, shop, and invest in brands in real time.

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