Founders

Natacha Metayer

JNCY Jewelers is a luxury jewelry brand, made for modern women, inspired, and created by, Natacha Metayer. JNCY was established in the summer of 2019 to fill the void in the minority bridal category, and to educate my community on diamonds, colored gemstones, and metals. Natacha is currently a Certified Jewelry Professional and is actively pursuing her certification to be a Graduate Gemologist.

Melissa Lamarre

Melissa Lamarre (Mel) is a serial entrepreneur by nature, starting her first business at 15 years old. She started making hand beaded jewelry and transitioning that into styling fashion shows. From there she combined her writing and marketing skills to form Workaholix Media Consulting, providing public relations consulting for entertainers and businesses. After graduating from Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Spanish and Communications. Melissa obtained her real estate salesperson license in NY. Within 2 months, she was promoted to Operations Manager at EXR Group Realty. It is no coincidence that the beginning of Melissa’s real estate career and the creation of Hair Crack coincide, as they were the first steps in her ult

Nimilolu Fafowora

Nimi Fafowora is the founder and owner of The Beem Box, a beauty subscription box for BIPOC which has been recognized in various media outlets, including Elle and Cosmo. As the founder of The Beem Box, Nimi wears many hats and oversees supply chain, sales, strategic planning and more. She started The Beem Box to create a community that admires and acknowledges those who are often left out of the beauty conversation, and to provide well-suited makeup products for deeper and darker skin tones. Before starting the brand, Nimi has worked in various engineering fields from electronics, to aerospace, to tech.