16. Should I Be Striving for Balance? with Angelique Velez
09/22/20 • 57 min
CEO & Founder of Breakups to Makeup, NYC lady Angelique Velez joins us on the show today to talk about life as an entrepreneur, mom and makeup artist. Erin talks to Angelique about her journey starting at makeup counters and later moving on to TV and celebrities. As a Puerto Rican - Cuban curvy woman, Angelique gets candid about her body-image struggles as a young girl and, more recently, after giving birth. She and Erin share their views on the opposing opinions that emerged after Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s Super Bowl performance and what the two sides of the argument suggest about our society’s perceptions of women’s bodies and the clothes they choose to wear. They also discuss the prevalence of insecurities among the beautiful and why “balance” is unrealistic as a mom and entrepreneur.
Our email today (50:59) is "should I wear sunscreen in the fall/winter?" , so stay tuned till the end!
Call Outs from the Episode:
Come have fun with us!
Our private Facebook Group: Erin’s Faces Green Beauty Gathering
Instagram: @erinsfaces
Email: [email protected]
Website: erinsfaces.com
Tweetables:
“Since I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten comfortable with my body by talking about it and talking to other people and realizing that we are all our own worst critics. We all judge ourselves and our own bodies, so we are all doing it to ourselves.” — @breakups2makeup [0:09:36]
“Most people are extremely insecure. Most people feel as though they are not good enough; they feel like they are not beautiful enough; like they are not pretty at all — I would say probably 85% of the people who sit in my chair.” — @breakups2makeup [0:17:39]
“The makeup counter is like your boot camp. Starting in retail is literally boot camp because if you can handle the faces of everyday women, then you can absolutely do the Victoria Secret models.” — @breakups2makeup [0:27:13]
“That is my purpose with Breakups to Makeup and a lot of the programs that I am running. I want young women and women, in general, to feel better in their skin and to feel as though they are enough — because you are! And everything that is quirky and ‘crazy’ about you, that is what makes you unique; that’s what makes you stand out; that’s what makes you who you are, so you need to start embracing those things.” — @breakups2makeup [0:49:07]
“UVA and UVB rays are still happening, no matter what time of year it is.” — @erinsfaces [0:53:39]
CEO & Founder of Breakups to Makeup, NYC lady Angelique Velez joins us on the show today to talk about life as an entrepreneur, mom and makeup artist. Erin talks to Angelique about her journey starting at makeup counters and later moving on to TV and celebrities. As a Puerto Rican - Cuban curvy woman, Angelique gets candid about her body-image struggles as a young girl and, more recently, after giving birth. She and Erin share their views on the opposing opinions that emerged after Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s Super Bowl performance and what the two sides of the argument suggest about our society’s perceptions of women’s bodies and the clothes they choose to wear. They also discuss the prevalence of insecurities among the beautiful and why “balance” is unrealistic as a mom and entrepreneur.
Our email today (50:59) is "should I wear sunscreen in the fall/winter?" , so stay tuned till the end!
Call Outs from the Episode:
Come have fun with us!
Our private Facebook Group: Erin’s Faces Green Beauty Gathering
Instagram: @erinsfaces
Email: [email protected]
Website: erinsfaces.com
Tweetables:
“Since I’ve gotten older, I’ve gotten comfortable with my body by talking about it and talking to other people and realizing that we are all our own worst critics. We all judge ourselves and our own bodies, so we are all doing it to ourselves.” — @breakups2makeup [0:09:36]
“Most people are extremely insecure. Most people feel as though they are not good enough; they feel like they are not beautiful enough; like they are not pretty at all — I would say probably 85% of the people who sit in my chair.” — @breakups2makeup [0:17:39]
“The makeup counter is like your boot camp. Starting in retail is literally boot camp because if you can handle the faces of everyday women, then you can absolutely do the Victoria Secret models.” — @breakups2makeup [0:27:13]
“That is my purpose with Breakups to Makeup and a lot of the programs that I am running. I want young women and women, in general, to feel better in their skin and to feel as though they are enough — because you are! And everything that is quirky and ‘crazy’ about you, that is what makes you unique; that’s what makes you stand out; that’s what makes you who you are, so you need to start embracing those things.” — @breakups2makeup [0:49:07]
“UVA and UVB rays are still happening, no matter what time of year it is.” — @erinsfaces [0:53:39]
Previous Episode
15. Should I Try to Prove Myself to You? with Rosalynn Glover
This episode can just as well be titled “Self-help for Erin 101” because it is everything she (and everybody else!) needs to hear. Rosalynn Glover is one of the most glamorous-looking ladies you will meet, yet, with three older brothers, she has learned to fend for herself and claim what is hers unapologetically. Her parents instilled in her the belief and confidence that she did not need to be someone else, so she moves through life not feeling the need to apologize for everything – like many of us do. While Rosalynn is responsible for our Facebook ads, today she geeks out with Erin about hair, skincare, and nails, and get into topics like her relationship with food, being raised in the South, and why she feels her self-assurance can be intimidating to other women. She also talks about why she studied at a predominantly white institution (PWI) rather than a historically Black college or university (HBCU), why it is important to be intentional about not only the life you want but the person you want to show up as, and how she learned to give herself some grace when it comes to diets and losing weight.
Our email today (50:30) is all about why double cleansing is a thing, who it's right for and what the point is.
Call Outs from the Episode:
- Erin’s Faces Gentle Milk Cleanser
- Erin’s Faces Soothing Aloe Cleanser
- Erin’s Faces Clarifying Charcoal Cleanser
Tweetables:
“My dad always encouraged me to speak up. And he probably regretted that through my high school years because I’m the type of person, I’ll call anybody out, I don’t care if you are family or anything. I will call you out if I feel that you need to be called out.” — Rosalynn Glover [0:16:49]
“I think every Black girl can write a full book about their journey with their hair.” — Rosalynn Glover [0:20:29]
“One thing I’ve noticed throughout life is that the confidence that I have in myself intimidates others.” — Rosalynn Glover [0:34:02]
“I know everyone has different backgrounds, has different upbringings, and everyone has trauma. I am 100% aware of that and I find beauty in trauma, I find beauty in working through trauma. I find beauty in people having flaws and I think if you see someone who is a flawed person and they still decide to love themselves in spite of, then that can bring up feelings of inadequacy.” — Rosalynn Glover [0:38:33]
Come have fun with us!
Our private Facebook Group: Erin’s Faces Green Beauty Gathering
Instagram: @erinsfaces
Email: [email protected]
Website: erinsfaces.com
Next Episode
17. Should I Photoshop My Instagram Pictures? with Nancy Chen
Wellness blogger and personal trainer Nancy Chen is strong and athletic, but her tan skin and muscular body aren't ideal in the traditional Chinese culture that she was raised in which values fair petite women.
In this episode, Erin talks to Nancy about her journey of learning to love her body, walking in authenticity and truth, and celebrating the wonderful things her body allows her to do. With social media filters increasingly allowing us to change our faces and bodies to fit into an unattainable beauty ideal, there is more and more pressure to look a certain way and to hide what we perceive to be our imperfections. But, as Nancy argues, we are busy creating an extremely damaging society that promotes body-image issues, eating disorders, and feelings of inadequacy. That is exactly why she is on a mission to head in the opposite direction with her Instagram account, wanting to encourage people to be at home in their skins and to embrace their “flaws”, ultimately creating a world in which all shapes, sizes, and colors are appreciated.
Our email today (45:28) is all about which products to change up for fall as your skin starts to get more dry (spoiler alert: one of the products we talk about goes perfectly with a pumpkin spice latte!).
Call Outs from the Episode:
- Perfect Keto
- Nancy's IG post we discuss
- Nancy's article about her eating disorder
- Her follow up article
- Erin’s Faces Mineral Liquid Powder Foundation
- Erin’s Faces Argan Oil
- Erin’s Faces Tamanu Oil
- Erin’s Faces Soothing Aloe Cleanser
- Erin’s Faces Clarifying Charcoal Cleanser
- Erin’s Faces Pumpkin Enzyme Peel
Tweetables:
“It had taken a lot from me to love that concept of my body instead of trying to fit into what Chinese standards deem as beautiful.” — Nancy Chen [0:05:38]
“I have built my entire mission around empowering people to feel good in their own skin and I’ve always tried to be as authentic as possible, and that means sharing my struggles; sharing those thoughts I have with the whole world. I just didn’t want to perpetuate that idea or concept of being so fake and not presenting something that is real on the internet, because that is super damaging.” — Nancy Chen [0:16:34]
“We can have well intentions but that does not mean they have positive effects all the time.” — Nancy Chen [0:33:59]
“You’ll never feel beautiful enough if you keep comparing yourself to other people.” — Nancy Chen [0:40:49]
Come have fun with us!
Our private Facebook Group: Erin’s Faces Green Beauty Gathering
Instagram: @erinsfaces
Email: [email protected]
Website: erinsfaces.com
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