What has been causing your stress? The stress doesn’t just go away, but we can learn to cope and metabolize it with consistent self-care. The word “self-care” is often times over-used and used incorrectly. Let’s begin with a simple definition. self-care: NOUN 1. The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one’s own health. […]

My husband and I got married young. We spent almost six years together before having our first little boy. It wasn’t until my first pregnancy that I felt the conflict that eventually led me to you. A fire was lit in my heart to bring safe and effective skin care to Mamas, but I struggled […]

Often in the morning, I never hear an alarm clock. Before it can even go off I have a newborn crying for my attention, a toddler asking for food and a house in disarray. “Being busy” can be overwhelming. I can easily be taken over by everything (and everyone) pulling my attention in several directions. […]

We can all agree that a spa day once a month and getting our nails done sounds lovely. But, how much of “spoiling ourselves” is true to the concept of self-care? I’d like to share one of my recent experiences. Postpartum has brought a great deal of change to my life, as it should. We […]

  The sun’s peeking through my blinds and my toddler’s already asking for, “three manananasss pleaseeee,” as I emerge from my bed. While my newborn coos and stretches, I follow suit. Before my coffee, before checking my phone, I’m off to the bathroom to wash my face. It hasn’t always been this way. With everything/ […]

For the first few years of my marriage, I lived on Curacao. Curacao is a small island in the mediterranean off of the north coast of Venezuela. I would spend every weekend at the beach. Laying by the blue water out on the white sand it was easy to forget to re-apply my sunscreen. Regretfully, […]