Portland entrepreneur sets up eyelash shop in a pink vending machine

Eyelashes, shampoo and mini blow dryers. Photo: Emily Harris/Axios

Out shopping at the mall, this pink vending machine caught my eye. So I found the person behind it.

Context: Symone grew up in Portland and went to esthetician school here. While her machine is busy vending, she does spa treatments, including more traditional eyelash extensions, at her own studio in SE Portland.

Details: The machine is stocked with eyelash strips, shampoo and mini blow dryers to help temporary glue dry faster.

One of her motivations is "just being a big inspiration to the younger Black girls that look like me and aspire to be like me," she said.

What's next: Symone says she wants to put her pink vending machines in other malls like Washington Square or Pioneer Place, or perhaps at PDX.

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