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Yeah. No, I honestly I love consulting. I think a lot of people don't have a lot of insight on what it actually like means to consult. And like on a larger scale, a lot of these companies are not testing on people with darker complexion. And that's why there is these. large discrepancies in these products and these new launches that they have. Which is insane. Yeah, it's absolutely insane.
Yeah. No, I honestly I love consulting. I think a lot of people don't have a lot of insight on what it actually like means to consult. And like on a larger scale, a lot of these companies are not testing on people with darker complexion. And that's why there is these. large discrepancies in these products and these new launches that they have. Which is insane. Yeah, it's absolutely insane.
They're not testing it on people that look like us. Beyond that, there are no black people on the teams. From the cosmetic chemists to even just the people that work in the PR that are hiring the girls for the campaigns or just... You know, even like the little beauty campaigns and like the ads and stuff that they're running, like they're not a lot of black people in those rooms. Right.
They're not testing it on people that look like us. Beyond that, there are no black people on the teams. From the cosmetic chemists to even just the people that work in the PR that are hiring the girls for the campaigns or just... You know, even like the little beauty campaigns and like the ads and stuff that they're running, like they're not a lot of black people in those rooms. Right.
So with consulting, I think people are just like, OK, well, I don't they just make the shade to begin with that. And I'm just like, well, they're not so.
So with consulting, I think people are just like, OK, well, I don't they just make the shade to begin with that. And I'm just like, well, they're not so.
you know how do we change exactly how do we do that tangible change how do we make it work because at the end of the day too like not everyone is chronically online like if a dark-skinned girl walks into sephora and she has never seen my videos before and she doesn't know who i am and she goes to whoever she goes to and there's not a shade for her but she tries to make it work like that's an experience a lived-in experience that so many people live in right and so why not make sure that there is access to shades for people with dark complexions like not everyone's online you know like yeah
you know how do we change exactly how do we do that tangible change how do we make it work because at the end of the day too like not everyone is chronically online like if a dark-skinned girl walks into sephora and she has never seen my videos before and she doesn't know who i am and she goes to whoever she goes to and there's not a shade for her but she tries to make it work like that's an experience a lived-in experience that so many people live in right and so why not make sure that there is access to shades for people with dark complexions like not everyone's online you know like yeah
as much as I would love to say like, Oh my gosh, like guys, like just don't shop at the brands and don't do this. Don't do this. Like a bigger picture. Yeah. There are people that are going to be shopping at these brands regardless. And so hello, if we can get rid of the trauma of swatching a shade and it being not the cutest, like let's do it. Like let's make it accessible.
as much as I would love to say like, Oh my gosh, like guys, like just don't shop at the brands and don't do this. Don't do this. Like a bigger picture. Yeah. There are people that are going to be shopping at these brands regardless. And so hello, if we can get rid of the trauma of swatching a shade and it being not the cutest, like let's do it. Like let's make it accessible.
And that's what consulting is. It's like, you're going to have to continue to step out of comfort to make that tangible change. And I think a lot of people have a hard time with conceptualizing that it's,
And that's what consulting is. It's like, you're going to have to continue to step out of comfort to make that tangible change. And I think a lot of people have a hard time with conceptualizing that it's,
we're in a society where black people and dark-skinned people are just not seen we're not validated we're not even we're not even thought of most of the time right and so it takes a lot to actually just like sit there and be like you know what it's really above me but what can i do internally to make sure that this is getting shifted industry-wide absolutely and you're
we're in a society where black people and dark-skinned people are just not seen we're not validated we're not even we're not even thought of most of the time right and so it takes a lot to actually just like sit there and be like you know what it's really above me but what can i do internally to make sure that this is getting shifted industry-wide absolutely and you're
i've i was like i know you're with the shits because you're not afraid of shit like that yeah i was like she just like me for real no for real like y'all could blacklist me it's okay like i also just like recognize too that like i you know baby i grew up broke the ten thousand dollars that y'all want for me you can keep it yeah Like you can keep it. Honestly, I just it is what it is.
i've i was like i know you're with the shits because you're not afraid of shit like that yeah i was like she just like me for real no for real like y'all could blacklist me it's okay like i also just like recognize too that like i you know baby i grew up broke the ten thousand dollars that y'all want for me you can keep it yeah Like you can keep it. Honestly, I just it is what it is.
You're going to get blacklisted. You're going to, you know, be confronted with really uncomfortable conversations. Yeah. And you have to navigate through that in a lens that's like, OK, how can I productively make tangible change? Yeah, absolutely. And do it unapologetically.
You're going to get blacklisted. You're going to, you know, be confronted with really uncomfortable conversations. Yeah. And you have to navigate through that in a lens that's like, OK, how can I productively make tangible change? Yeah, absolutely. And do it unapologetically.
If you're not willing to do it unapologetically, despite the backlash or despite what other people think, despite what these beauty brands are going to do to you. then nothing is going to happen. And we're going to continue to be in this cycle of like, okay, there aren't shades. Y'all are still launching this and doing that. No, these beauty brands, y'all can be a little afraid.
If you're not willing to do it unapologetically, despite the backlash or despite what other people think, despite what these beauty brands are going to do to you. then nothing is going to happen. And we're going to continue to be in this cycle of like, okay, there aren't shades. Y'all are still launching this and doing that. No, these beauty brands, y'all can be a little afraid.