Hey, guys.
Welcome to my series
"It's Happening!"
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Everybody always asks to meet
my business partner, co-founder,
and husband, Jeremy Johnson.
So that's what we're
going to do today.
It's the J's, the Jer-Jer.
Say hey, I'm Jeremy.
Hey, what's up?
That was really awkward.
Hey, I'm Jeremy Johnson,
co-founder of Too Faced
and the other half of this man.
The better half.
The younger half.
Bastard.
That's a lie, by the way.
This guy stole the
best years of my life.
That's all I'm going to say.
He stole my youth.
Help!
Just kidding, I love you.
I love you.
Say it like you mean it.
I love you.
I'm kidding.
So we've had a lot
of questions coming
in recently and over the years,
like some of the same questions
we keep getting asked.
So we're going to answer
those questions today
to help clear up some
of the mystery about us
and how we started Too Faced.
You ready?
Yeah.
Let's go.
Let's do this.
So everybody wants to know,
how did you guys meet?
So how did we met?
We actually met through
a friend of a friend.
We actually have two different
versions of how we met.
Well--
Because you say we met
before I remember we met.
Well, there's a few
different times that we met.
The first time I remember
meeting him was back in 1994.
But, unfortunately, he was
actually dating somebody else.
But the first time Jerrod thinks
we met was in Spring of 1995,
is when Jerrod
thinks we first met.
Wasn't that where we met?
So let me give you
a little background.
So we actually met
in San Francisco.
We're both from
Southern California.
But at the time, I was
flying up to San Francisco
every few weeks to get my
natural blonde put in and like
have fun with my friends,
who lived in San Francisco.
And Jeremy had recently
moved up there--
Just trying to survive--
--with a friend.
--up in San Francisco.
Just trying to make
his way in the world.
So we met actually
through a friend,
through his best friend,
Derek, actually the hair
salon that I was getting my
hair cut at and colored at.
And they brought you down.
And I met you.
And I thought you were
super cute and super funny.
And I was very shy back
then and much thinner,
with long, curly Mowgli hair.
He looked like Mowgli
from "The Jungle Book."
He had like long hair, super
thin and super fun and cute.
And innocent.
He was not--
Very innocent.
That is not true.
But at the time we met,
Jeremy was maybe like 20.
We were really young.
He was a total goofball,
just hopping around
like a puppy with big paws,
bumping into everything.
And the very first night
I met him, I saw him.
And what I mean by that is,
I saw him and I thought,
this kid's going
to be big someday.
This kid's going to
be super successful.
And I thought, this
kid's going somewhere,
like he's going to be big time.
A genius?
Yeah.
And it's really weird, because
at the time, neither of us
had like anything going.
We had no money.
We were poor.
Anyway, so we've really
never been apart since.
Together, something
magical happened
and just everything popped.
And literally two years
later, we created Too Faced.
Yes.
That was-- it was
first a hair salon.
We were like, well, we
should have a hair salon.
We were trying to figure
out, what could we do?
And then, so we
decided to go ahead
and start a cosmetic company.
And very naive and very young
and had charge cards and--
But Jeremy is just--
--here we are today.
--an innately amazing
business mind.
He's an incredible business man.
He can bring my
ideas and my dreams
and, you know, my
champagne bubbles
that pop out of my head
into reality and into life.
So a lot of people think
that like I'm the star,
I'm the guy who creates the
product, I'm the important one.
But, really, without
Jeremy, there is no me?
Who said I love you first?
It was probably me, because
I was the more sensitive one.
And Jerrod was still deciding
if he really wanted to date me,
I think.
So I would say, probably me.
You know what happened,
which is really weird?
So we were together
for a period of time.
And then I had never been
with anybody that long.
And so I actually
broke up with him,
because we had
moved in together.
This is good.
This is when I knew I was
in love because I had never
felt that before.
So I broke up with him
like I would, right?
Like I'm feeling
stifled, or whatever.
So he left.
He actually drove up to
San Francisco and left.
I went to work and I felt this
weird sense of total panic.
As you should have.
And I was like,
what am I feeling?
Like what is this?
And I completely felt
like I was drowning,
like I didn't understand
what the feeling was.
And it ended up being love.
That's what love is.
And the next day flew
up to San Francisco,
and we've never been apart.
It took--
You learned your lesson, huh?
I learned my lesson.
Exactly.
How long have you been together?
So we have been together--
it is going to be
20 and 1/2 years--
long time.
And how long did you date
before you were married?
Well, we couldn't get married.
Our love was illegal.
Our love was illegal.
But in 2008, it was
legal for 10 minutes.
So we had an amazing waiting
at the Hotel Bel Air.
It was everything that we ever
had dreamed it to be and more.
And he's just
incredibly romantic.
And we've had the
most amazing life.
He is.
You are.
One word that
describes each other.
One word that describes you.
I would say loving.
But it's sort of hard
just to put it in one word
after being together
for 20 years.
But I think that he
has such a big heart.
No matter who is--
if you're in his inner circle--
he's very loving and
caring and nurturing.
You're so sweet.
All right.
OK.
You're sweet.
And I would say, for you,
it would be just brilliant.
Because you're brilliant
at so many things.
You're brilliant at loving me.
You're brilliant at treating
our family amazing, at business.
You're just kind of
a little brilliant--
Like a gem.
--diamond.
You're like a diamond.
What is the definition of
a happily married life?
You know how people say, you
have to work at marriage?
Listen-- don't talk
or I'll slap you.
Just kidding.
Do you know how people say
you have to work at marriage,
or marriage is work.
I actually do not--
It is.
I mean, no it's not.
It's not at all.
I don't feel like it at all.
I feel like it's super easy.
No, I think--
I think--
Because you get to live with me.
Yeah, and you're always right.
It's a privilege.
And I'm always right.
You're always right.
So it's good.
Marital bliss.
There we are.
We just communicate,
I think, pretty good--
sometimes-- most of the time.
You got to leave work at home.
Yeah.
Who's the better cook?
So--
That's easy.
--that's me, by far.
Way-- Jerrod's cooking is
like throwing some tofu
in the microwave or like--
I don't even know how
to microwave tofu.
It's just very--
I don't love food.
--very gooey.
Listen, I eat to
live, not live to eat.
Oh, Jerrod's phobias-- this
is actually a good one.
So Jerrod's phobias--
real phobias or pretend?
Like his hands can't be dirty.
Like anything-- everything
has to be like clean and neat.
I just like to be clean.
And I feel like everyone
else should be clean.
And it's your obligation.
And I don't want to smell you.
And I don't want your
stinky feet around me.
Well, that's different.
And I don't want to see
crumbs on the stove.
It's not cute.
You're welcome, by the way.
I keep it clean for
you, ready to go.
That's right.
Polished.
OK, what's Jeremy's phobia?
Oh, I know that one.
People.
No, I-- well--
Jeremy is not the most
social kid in the world.
And if you get too emotional or
you try to talk to him real--
if you're not me--
it makes him super
uncomfortable and he gets like--
Yeah, so no crying
in my office, please.
No crying.
I love when people cry
around him because he
gets really uncomfortable.
OK.
That's funny.
So we're going to end with
advice for someone trying
to start their own business.
So this is my thing for
someone that's actually
starting their own
business, is that it's
going to take twice
as long as you
think it's going to actually
take, to actually get it up
and going.
I think that we've known
so many people that
have tried to start businesses.
And they feel like, oh, if
it's not done in 60 days,
it's taking too long.
So I think you hang in there
and follow your passion.
Like if your passion
is your business,
you'll be so successful in it.
And treat others how
you want to be treated,
would be some advice
that I would give you.
And do good.
You know, I would say you need
to do some good in the world.
It can't be a completely
selfish endeavor.
You can't go into it like, I
want to get rich and famous.
Like you want to share
your gift, your craft,
whatever talent God gave you.
And you need to be strong enough
and secure enough in your idea
to know that, even when it
seems impossible, even when
you get knocked down-- you will
get knocked down 2000 times--
even when people who love you
don't support you because they
feel like they might know
better, you gotta stay true.
You gotta believe in yourself.
And you cannot give up.
You can't give up.
You can't give up.
And you got to--
Failure was never-- I
think failure was never
an option for us.
I think that we never thought
we were going to failure.
Failure isn't an option.
Hire people that actually
know more than you.
Because you should be learning
from your employees as well.
Absolutely.
And have fun.
And have a good--
You got to have fun.
Have a good time.
Have a good time.
Otherwise, you spend
too much time at work,
you don't want to work
in a boring place.
Yeah.
OK, guys.
So that's it.
I hope we answered most
of the questions you had.
And I hope you enjoyed
meeting Jeremy.
And we'll see you next
time on "It's Happening!"
Because that just happened.
Bye.
All right.
Bye.
He said bye.
Later.
OK, guys, so the Jerrodism
for today is never settle.
And I mean that in
every part of your life,
from love, to career,
to just being happy.
Don't settle for second best.
Don't feel defeated by life
or by the no's or the idea
that something is unattainable
or it's too far out there
and too difficult to get.
Don't settle.
Live your best life.
Meet your potential.
And be good.
And when you get
there, spread the love.
And be grateful
for it every day.
That's the road to happy.
And my advice-- oh,
my Jeremyism-- is
don't cry at work.
That's all.
That's good.
All right, guys, thank
you so much for watching.
Please put your
comments down below.
We'd love to know what
you feel and think.
Down there.
And we'll see you next
time on "It's Happening!"
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