Jen Martinelli

Writer

Co-Founder, Beautista

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Join date: Aug 27, 2025

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Jen Martinelli is the co-founder and CEO of BEAUTISTA, the professional community for licensed beauty pros, students, salons, and schools. A beauty industry veteran and movement builder, Jen has spent her career helping people turn portfolios into possibilities—empowering voices that too often go unseen. Her writing blends real talk with strategy, inspiring beauty professionals to grow their careers, build community, and reimagine what’s possible in beauty.

Posts (38)

May 10, 2026 ∙ 10 min

She moved tables. Four more followed.

"Sometimes you have to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.” 🖤 From Jen: Find a New Table. Hi BEAUTISTA fam. My daughter is 15 and applying for a sought-after club at her high school that only accepts a small number of students. The application process is intense—teacher recommendations, essays on leadership, bullying, charitable contributions, peer pressure… big topics for a teenager. She asked me to review her essay this week, and as I read through her answers, I felt...

May 3, 2026 ∙ 9 min

You save yourself.

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” 🖤 From Jen: You Save Yourself. Hi BEAUTISTA fam. Last week I wrote about asking your older, wiser self for advice—the version of you who’s already been through it and is looking back, proud that you kept going when it was hard and stayed committed to your goals. And then my entire feed started blowing up with Justin Bieber at Coachella. To be fair… I think everyone’s feed was blowing up with it. LOL. But if you saw it, you know...

Apr 26, 2026 ∙ 9 min

Your Future Self Already Made it.

"Your future self already made it." 🖤 From Jen: Your Future Self is Already Proud. Hi BEAUTISTA fam. It’s been one of those weeks. The kind where you’re moving so fast, feeling overwhelmed - that I literally looked at my kids’ principal and said, “Have a nice weekend!” …it was TUESDAY. 🫠 I was feeling overwhelmed and stressed and started scrolling. The people I follow on social are my “go-to” voices, my gurus… and I came across a post that made me remember. One of those reminders that...