What a year the past 77 days have been.
20 days ago I was sitting on my bed with my alumni pin on my pajama shirt contemplating my graduation day from miles away from the stage. This wasn’t how my senior year was supposed to end. This wasn’t how it was supposed to be. Myself, alongside others have had to give up memories, “lasts,” and many goodbyes. This was a small price to pay to keep our loved ones and friends safe.
So how do I feel walking across this stage? Closing a chapter but opening another one. I’m feeling a little overwhelmed in all honesty. A little like when you wake up from a nightmare, cold sweats in your bed and your frozen like you haven’t actually woken up and are halfway in one reality and half in another. There is so much I have yet to process about ending this season.
I was challenged with a question a few weeks ago, what will you do with this time you have? When you don’t know what’s coming for you in the future, what do you do? Here’s where I take a line from Frozen II, do the next right thing. What’s the next right step for me? Well I took a big step and found something I’m passionate about and chose to pursue it. Income is hard to come by as artists know, so until the theatres are in business again, I had to improvise! So here is my why I joined Beautycounter.
I had a very unexpected journey that led me to becoming a Consultant for Beautycounter! I’ve always been passionate about clean health and being assured that anything I put in or on my body is safe. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease at 19 and began searching for ways to keep my body safe from toxic chemicals and allergens. Makeup and beauty products were always a struggle because almost everything I tried would cause a flare or an allergic reaction on my sensitive skin. I was first introduced to Beautycounter when my mom gifted a few makeup products and I instantly fell in love!
My why is I am passionate about safety and beauty products and honestly feeling safe and comfy in the skin you're in! I began a journey in 2016 to eat healthier and be more conscious about what I put in my body. Then after my diagnosis in 2018, I wasn't only concerned about what I ate but also what I was wearing. With an autoimmune disease it is hard finding products that don't cause flares and still make you feel beautiful! This has completely revolutionized how I buy and choose my products so I can be the healthiest I can be while also doing my part to use natural and sustainable products. I was introduced to Beautycounter by a few autoimmune-sisters who have had similar skin sensitivity woes!
I was blown away with how attentive and careful the company is with ingredient lists and formulating effective and beautiful products! Beautycounter has a three-fold mission, to create and distribute safer products, to educate consumers about the need for safer products, and finally to advocate for more health-protective laws in the personal care industry. Did you know that the last time Congress had passed a law regulating the cosmetics industry was in 1938? We are woefully behind on regulations and “no lists” in the US. Beautycounter has led the beauty industry with a “Never List” of over 1,800 ingredients never used in our formulations. Clean beauty has never been easier or in such a beautiful and sustainable package! This list is ever changing and being added to so that our products are the safest they can be. I've learned that unlike Europe which has banned 1,400 ingredients in beauty production, the US has only banned 30. We want to change that.
I want to advocate for change in this industry and for more transparency! Clean beauty has never been easier or in such a beautiful and sustainable package! If you have any questions for me about my personal journey to cleaner living and health OR about Beautycounter don't hesitate to email me here!