I have briefly talked about this to a few people, but I thought I would go into more detail on this new endeavor I am embarking on! My mom was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer a little over 10 years ago, this is when this journey began. We started researching what was in our food, daily products, water, literally everything we were coming in daily contact with we researched and modified or adjusted. I had always had food allergies growing up so the food portion we had already done our due diligence on, but just perfected it as new researched emerged and environmental changes emerged. The everyday products though and things we had been told were safe and effective is what really was alarming.
This entire process was hard, it was hard to find a clean product to replace what we had been using that worked well. I have always made sure that the products I swap to are in fact good modifications and actually work. For example…shampoo…oh goodness, this was a hard one, many of the initial ones we tried were horrible! Your hair would still be greasy, or it would smell weird. Or lotions, weren’t moisturizing and they felt like pure water leaving your skin still feeling dry. There were so many trials and errors with this journey, and there still is!
The one thing that I didn’t truly starting to look into until about 3 years ago was makeup…which I know is probably one of the worst things out there! But I will be honest, I have ALWAYS loved makeup, I love watching tutorials, I love playing around, contouring, eye shadow, all the things! So I was not about to settle for some junky product. So about a year and a half ago, a friend introduced me to a women to sold Crunchi. I was SOOOOO hesitant, but then Black Friday came around and I thought, what do I have to loose? If I hate is great, I tried, if I love it then that would be amazing! At that time I was using Too Faced, Morphe, Jaclyn Hill, and Dior products as my daily routine.
I placed an order for foundation, primer, mascara, setting powder, concealer, a brush, and eyeliner. And let me tell you, I was not disappointed. The foundation felt very, very similar to Dior, but better. I felt like it went on better, you could layer it if you wanted and it didn’t cake, you could go light with it for a “flawless” look. This was the big one for me, I have always been picky with foundation. Everything in that order, I was amazed by and shocked at how good it was! And here we are a year and a half later, many, many orders later, and having used almost all of their products now and still in love!
So, a slight tangent, but trust me this all comes back together! I went from working more than 40 hour weeks in the property management industry for 10 years. My last 3 years my career had really started to take off and my next promotion was to a Regional Manager which had been my goal for such a long time! I got pregnant with Anchor, and I loved how my mom was able to stay at home and raise me, I didn’t want to pay someone else my salary to raise our child so I made a very hard decision to leave my career to become a stay at home mom. I am so blessed that I had this opportunity, but 2 babies later, you start to loose yourself and in a strange way, wonder what your purpose is. I’ve been dealing with postpartum depression too which I am sure does not help the whole situation! So one night my husband and I were talking and he said we should start a business. I had been tossing around getting my personal training certificate, he mentioned that he thought I would be great at being a Doula or Midwife, but right now with two babies that seems like a little too much. So then I said, I love Crunchi makeup and have thought about selling it before. So the next day I signed up, we set up an LLC and here we are!
I don’t want this to just be about selling a product, I personally cannot stand when people are pushy. I want to create a space where I share all the things I have learned. Things I love and hate, things that have kept me sane, and going thru all the chaos that is life! So bare with me on this journey, it is a learning experience and never ending!
Below is a link to the private Facebook page, feel free to join, and feel free to chime in!
The link to shop Crunchi products is on the top bar of this page, feel free to poke around check it out, and ask all the questions! 🙂
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