On today’s episode of Against All Odds, Yris is joined by Anastasia Soare, founder and CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills and author of the memoir, “Raising Brows: My Story of Building a Billion-Dollar Beauty Empire.” At the age of 31, Anastasia left communist Russia for the U.S., in pursuit of the American Dream. When she arrived, she didn’t speak the language, wasn’t familiar with the culture and didn’t have a single penny to her name. Even still, after years of persistence, hard work and determination, she managed to build a billion-dollar business by developing a revolutionary eyebrow product. Tune in to hear one of the most inspiring success stories of all time.

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