The 21-year-old Buhlebenkosi Mkandla is an entrepreneur and a founder of the Richgals Legacy, a startup that specialises in the following areas well classified under the creative world, she makes degreasers, she is a makeup artist, she does manicure and pedicure as well as events decoration. Buhle is currently enrolled at the Bulawayo Polytechnic college where she is enrolled for a fashion and design programme.
This shinning little star is also an aspiring fashion designer. “I have a commendable experience in the industry, for events, deco and manicure, I have been doing these for two (2) years, I have been a make-up artist for a year, I started the production of degreasers in the past 6 months”. Buhle says that she is passionate about creating beauty and classic looks.
“The fact that I am a designer and an artist makes it easier for me to produce classy works of art, while others do it just to get money without the artistic skill and taste, l do it because l enjoy creating and designing new things out of my artistic and creative style”.
Buhle explains that to her fashion design is a lifestyle and it has taught her to bring everything she sees around her to the creative field and this makes it easy for her to artistically create appearances that have never been seen before. “Being creative is amazing, especially getting to know that it is possible to bring something new to the world with the little that you have, the happiness of my clients gives me enough strength to continue”.
She reveals some of the challenges that hinder her full potential such as lack of enough capital and lack of proper resources and space where her clients can easily locate her. Buhle believes that beauty and classy appearances is everyone’s need and concern, so if proper and enough resources to produce the higher standards could be found these challenges can be minimized.
“Sponsors would be of great help to young and growing entrepreneurs like me. I aspire to be a global entrepreneur” concludes Buhle.
