Briana grew up under the tutelage of her father, renowned inventor and chemist Julius Kay, founder of Lambert Kay, Inc, which emerged as the premier leader in the nutritional segment of the pet industry. Briana learned from an early age to identify opportunities and the complexities of creating products that create solutions.
Briana’s entrepreneurial heritage has fostered her involvement in a number of companies as a venture capitalist and partner. However, through her start with her father she has continued her passion in product development with her latest creation: LipSmart.
When lip plumpers came to the market, they burned and irritated Briana’s lips, and after realizing she wasn’t alone she decided to do something about it. She began to research solutions for lip ingredients that would volumize, nurture and moisturize on a daily basis and deliver soft, silky, voluptuous lips without any irritation. True to her heritage and after much research, Briana developed LipSmart with her chemist and quietly entered the lip treatment into Cos Bar for test marketing. The LipSmart solution has caught on like a wildfire through word-of-mouth praise and is the best selling sku by volume in the Cos Bar chain of stores.
A native of Brentwood, CA, Briana was born on Easter Sunday and known by her friends in the Film and Music Industry as “Bunny Kay.” Alongside her passions for business, Briana maintains her involvement in charitable organizations. She has held a lifelong love for horses – she earned national recognition as a champion equestrienne hunter jumper competitor as a young adult. Briana lives in Miami, Florida where she directs the LipSmart team.
For additional information about LipSmart please contact
Julie Leong or Stephanie Kerman of
Behrman Communications at 212.986.7000, or via email at
Jleong@behrmanpr.com / Skerman@behrmanpr.com