Tiyana Robinson In about three years, Tiyana Robinson has transformed a childhood passion into a business she publicly discloses is at multiple six-figures. Her Instagram following is growing exponentially and currently sits close to 50,000. She's moving fast up the ladder as a respected makeup artist, mentor, and educator. She knows her speedy success is rare in an industry rife with talent but the inability to hinge it to financial prosperity. In a post on her Instagram, she acknowledges she's accomplished in a few years what takes many other artists a couple decades to do. It isn't self-congratulatory or to diminish anyone else: She just knows those odds are very rare and is trying to address why. Her own journey to makeup followed a self-described “dark period”: She'd lost her job managing a hair extensions company when it abruptly went under. The economy was still struggling post-2008 mortgage crisis, and Robinson couldn't find a job. C...