Well, as Brad tested a career before finding the perfect fit, so did the owner of the Charlotte business Lip N Pour.

After struggling to find lip products that complimented her skin tone, she decided to just make her own.

"Carolina Impact's" Dara Khaalid and videographer John Branscum show us how she now teaches other women how to do it too.

(graphics whooshing) (people laughing) (upbeat music) - [Dara] How many times do you get the chance to make your own lip products?

- I even seen like candle workshops but I've never seen anything for lip gloss.

- So the shimmers are here in the middle of your table.

- [Dara] Where you actually get to play a part in how your lip gloss or lipstick turns out.

(upbeat music) - [Gracie] I've always done like sip and paints, but I've never did like something similar to this.

- [Dara] Chances are you haven't and you're just picking up whatever you can find off the shelves.

But when you stop by Lip N Pour, it's completely hands-on.

- You're gonna mix all these together.

- [Dara] And completely up to you.

- As I'll split this and I'll add more peach.

- [Dara] When it comes to creating the perfect color, - I like that she did have different options rather you can go pink, you can go brown, or in between.

So it really helped a lot just being on the different spectrum.

- So these are the three shades that I'm using.

- [Dara] And this ability to find the perfect shade was something founder, Diamond Weems, once long for.

- It was always hard to find the perfect color so I would sit at the beauty supply store for hours.

- [Dara] So she decided to do something about it in 2017, taking inspiration from a paint and sip class.

- I was, like, "Listen, "If they can do it, you know, I can do it as well."

So I should sit at my kitchen table for hours, just putting colors together and that's how I came up with Lip N Pour.

Okay, so then you may just wanna do shimmers then.

- [Zaria] Okay.

- [Dara] Now women from all over the country, like Zaria Hobbs who drove from Nashville, Tennessee come to her sessions where they have 20 base colors and they're able to mix them up however they like or keep it simple.

- I'm really much of a natural girl so I wanted to stick to my natural colors 'cause I don't like it to be too much, but something I could wear every day.

- [Dara] For someone like Diamond with a career in cosmetics, you think she was the little girl who grew up loving to play in her sister's makeup, but... - I hated makeup.

I actually hated it with a passion.

- [Dara] Originally from upstate New York, this wasn't a path she ever saw herself on.

In fact, she has a degree in criminal justice.

(gavel thudding) - When I moved to Charlotte, I'm like everybody has on makeup.

And so I end up going to cosmetology school and that's when I got the love for makeup.

- [Dara] This led her to open her first business, Diamond's Beauty Bar in 2015 where she did lashes, makeup, and eyebrows.

She decided to close the doors in 2020 to focus full-time on Lip N Pour.

Diamond says, the startup cost for Lip N Pour was around $15,000 and the biggest struggle was learning how to advertise.

Fortunately, she has friends like Pamela Perry who believed in her along the way.

- She is a go-getter.

When she puts her mind to something, she's gonna do it.

Most people have a plan B.

Her B is, like, the silent P and pneumonia.

It doesn't exist.

And she just jumps out on faith and goes for it.

So it's amazing to see what she's accomplished.

- [Diamond] Come on down.

Check out my baby.

- [Pamela] Very nice.

- [Diamond] Thank you.

- [Dara] Some of diamond's accomplishments include getting this pink van where customers can hop inside to make their own products using the same natural and eco-friendly ingredients they'll find in the shop.

- Most of the time as women, we're everything to everybody else.

So when we come in here, it's, like, "Oh, the girly part of me could come.

I'm gonna put my lipstick on."

(chuckles) You know, and everybody does it.

- [Dara] So whether you're on the truck making custom blends or at the brick and mortar, here's how it works.

For glosses, pick your colors, blend them with a spatula, stir into your oil, and pour into the tube.

For lipstick, the process is mostly the same except the color is mixed into wax poured into a mold and the applicator is attached.

On average every month, there are over 120 products made by customers leaving many with big smiles and eager to capture the moment.

- But when you look good, you feel good.

So when you add that little touch to your face, it's like you wanna be everywhere.

Like, you wanna show your face off, you wanna show that you have confidence.

- [Dara] Which is what matters most to Diamond.

- It's the confidence that I'm bringing back into women and the fact that they're creating something that I know they would continue to wear.

- And as her business has grown, she's had to grow with it.

She now uses a manufacturer for the ingredients she used to make by hand.

Plus she doesn't just host classes anymore.

Due to so many people wanting products, she launched her own line in 2023.

Diamond sells over 1,000 items every month and the price range for the best sellers go from $20 lip liner to $24 lip gloss, which supports her and her 15-year-old son, Liddell, who helps out around the shop.

- I feel really good that I actually created a cosmetic line.

Like I said, from the struggle of my own need of being able to find the perfect color.

- [Dara] And thanks to her resiliency, so many other women can now say they found the perfect color too.

For "Carolina Impact", I'm Dara Khaalid.