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I'm Not Really a Waitress

How One Woman Took Over the Beauty Industry One Color at a Time

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I'm Not Really a Waitress

By: Suzi Weiss-Fischmann
Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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Inspiring women to pursue their own colorful dreams, I'm Not Really a Waitress tells the story of how Suzi Weiss-Fischmann transformed a small dental supply company into a number one beauty brand around the world.

Today, OPI is known as a global beauty brand, famous for its trendsetting colors, unforgettable shade names, and celebrity collaborations with the biggest stars from film, television, music, and sports. But behind all the glamour is the little-known tale of OPI's unlikely origins - an intimate and inspiring story of a timid schoolgirl who arrives in this country with little money and no English and becomes the business leader and industry game-changer known worldwide as "Suzi, the First Lady of Nails".

In I'm Not Really a Waitress - titled after OPI's top-selling nail color - Suzi reveals the events that led her family to flee Communist Hungary and eventually come to New York City in pursuit of the American dream. She shares how those early experiences gave rise to OPI's revolutionary vision of freedom and empowerment and how Suzi transformed an industry by celebrating the power of color - and of women themselves.

©2019 Suzi Weiss-Fischmann (P)2019 Hachette Audio Beauty, Grooming & Style Business Career Success Entrepreneurship Leadership Personal Development Women Women in Business Dream Employment Funny Career Beauty Industry

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"Suzi Weiss-Fischmann set out to create a red polish that every woman could wear, and with I'm Not Really a Waitress, she nailed it."—Allure

"Meet Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, the brains and bravado behind the brand's trend-sparking shades."—Martha Stewart Living

"So you're at your standing manicure appointment trying to decide between You Don't Know Jacques! and Lincoln Park After Dark, and you find yourself wondering: Who is the creative mind who comes up with these fantastically punny nail polish color names? Mystery solved: It's Suzi Weiss-Fischmann."—Cosmopolitan

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Such a great story!

What an amazing business (and life!) journey Suzi has had! I’m an avid OPI consumer, and have been since high school, so it’s great knowing how it all came about. What a powerhouse of a woman - how amazing it would be to meet her and swap business ideas!

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