I’m Kind of A Big Deal

So way back in the 1900s when I was dreaming of going to school to become an esthetician, I never knew that the journey would take me to so many amazing places, and afford me the opportunity to meet so many wonderful people along the way. I’ve worked for Conair, been featured in The NY Times, interviewed on television, been on the radio, trademarked a skin care product in 33 countries, and been in TWO documentaries. That’s just a blip of all of the ISH I’ve done.

My bestie in my mind, Dale Carnegie, says that it is not bragging if it’s true. So it’s okay to let my overachieving flag fly! No silly, I’m not really friends with Dale, but since I took his communications program in 2008 and read his book How To Win Friends and Influence People, it’s kind of the same thing.

My crazy is: I have this knee-jerk tendency to downplay and bury my accomplishments, or I will only share them with a few trusted friends (might be a girl thing). The reality is I do this as a protective response. During childhood I learned to not be as LOUD about what I could do, or what I did. I made a decision as a young child to play small around people so that I didn’t make them feel bad about themselves. I guess it comes with the territory of being an empath.

I cannot help being good at a multitude of things, just saying.

I’m getting out of the habit of playing small and safe with the help of my very expensive therapist. It’s important for me to shout from the mountain tops, and take up space, and tell the truths that no one dares tell, because I want to impact this little life. I want to change the world one junk wax at a time.

My genuine heart, my passion for beauty, and my love of this industry is the reason that I have had every last one of these experiences.

I Am Evidence

In April of 2015 my studio phone rang. I answered it. On the other end was an associate producer that wanted to talk to me about being a contributor for a documentary called “Shelved”. The documentary was about the rape kit backlog that plagued police departments and prosecutor offices nationally.

I’d recently created, coordinated, and run a community outreach event to raise awareness about sexual assault. I was in my element and ready and willing to lend a helping hand. After meeting with directors, producers and therapists, going on a retreat, and lending my expertise behind the scenes for more than two years, I got an opportunity to meet Mariska Hargitay, Kym Worthy and a host of other amazing people in 2017 at a pre-Tribeca Film Festival party. She produced the documentary I Am Evidence, by Trish Adlesic and Gheeta Gandbhir.

If you’d like to see the Emmy-winning documentary, it’s available to watch on YouTube, Amazon, Hulu, and Max. Yes, sexual assault is a very heavy topic to discuss, but they did a phenomenal job bringing awareness to this often ignored subject matter.

I am very proud that I was able to make an impact by using my passion for business, beauty, and safer communities to raise awareness.

After renaming, Shelved became a very powerful PSA for the Joyful Heart Foundation and EndTheBacklog.org.