Amy Ledgister spent ten years as a dental hygienist making $40 an hour. Within six months of discovering lash extensions, she was earning $400 an hour — and that leap became 3D Lash & Brow, a private beauty college in Dallas and Forney, Texas that has graduated thousands of women since 2018.

In this episode, Amy tells Henry the full story: the barter arrangement at a Dallas dental practice that introduced her to lash artistry, the night-school hustle that let her leave a stable career, and the brutal early years of running a school solo — teacher, janitor, HR, and financial aid officer all at once, from 7 AM to 9 PM.

She also walks through two defining tests of the business. First, the pandemic pivot to online learning, which unexpectedly grew enrollment 60% by opening the school to students nationwide. Then, the day the state abr ...