Quiana Jones is from Denver, and she started her business, Madam Butterfly, as a direct response to the dry Colorado climate and the effects it had on her skin. She started making homemade moisturizing products for herself and her friends to try out, and that led her to taking a gap year between high school and college to complete an esthetics program so that she could sell her products as a licensed esthetician. The name Madam Butterfly comes from the inspiration of Madam CJ Walker, the first female African American self-made millionaire, and the belief that her great-great-grandmother is a butterfly guiding her.
