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Hey, welcome to this week'sepisode of real beauty with FD.
I am currently staying in myhusband's closet while I am.
Recording this intro the nightbefore we are leaving for
Kalahari.
For a couple of days, which I'mso damn excited about, but I'm
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not pack needless to say, I'mnot as organized as I really
want to be at this moment in Butit's all good team.
We will make it.
So we have family in town, whichhas been awesome.
Um, so it's definitely been ajam packed couple of days, and
we always love this.
When people come out and visitus.
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Um, especially for our daughter,she just craves this type of
family attention.
So definitely feel veryfortunate.
Um, Definitely has been a roughcouple of weeks.
Um, I will be covering this in akind of future podcast because I
really want to bring.
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An expert on to be able to havea really kind of educate
discussion.
Um, but unfortunately I didsuffer my second miscarriage a
couple of days ago, which socks?
Um, it's been.
Definitely unfortunate.
It's been back to back.
Um, this is my secondmiscarriage in like four months.
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So.
All this.
When you go through somethinglike this, you realize how much.
We don't talk about the subject.
Um, and it's awkward, right?
Like why would you normally justtext your girlfriend and be
like, Hey, I have sad news.
Um, But I'm really trying tolearn to kind of open up a
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little bit more and.
Um, you know, kind of have thesetypes of discussions that so
many people don't.
And it's definitely a kind oflonely.
Process.
When you think, you know, thefirst 12 weeks of pregnancy.
You typically keep it quiet.
'cause you always kind of havethat fear.
Something might happen.
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You don't want to get tooexcited.
Um, but those, you know, coupleof months feels like forever.
So, um, it's definitely taken atoll on my body.
Um, but I always feel like.
Some things are just not meantto be.
And this was my way of my bodysaying to me, This, this is not
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the right time.
So anyway, I'm addressing thisright now.
Because I'm sure some peoplelistening have either been
through Um, or they happen.
And.
You know, I just want to saythat it's okay.
It's not your It's not my fault.
Um, Again, it's just your kindof body's way.
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And it's just not the righttime.
But hang in there.
I definitely.
Feel in reflection, obviouslyit's only been a couple of days,
but, um, and you all know bynow, I really try and kind of
practice that gratitude on adaily basis.
And although some days it's muchharder to do But certainly I
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think I'm so lucky.
With my family, but my friends.
You know, the fact that I havean amazing four and a half year
old.
And just every day.
Just brings so much light intomy life.
Plus you have a puppy.
So puppy training continues.
We have mastered.
Sitting.
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And she gave me her POL thismorning, but I think it might've
been by accident.
But I just feel so fortunate.
Um, And, you know, things canalways be worse, but I think in
times like this, you just haveto appreciate what you have and
just think the future will lookdifferent.
But anyway.
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That's a P a downer.
On the situation that.
Y'all know.
I really try and kind of speak.
As openly as I can about certainsubjects.
And my experiences.
This is not a subject we speakopenly about and it says Women
should feel.
Ashamed this, something likethis.
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This happened.
Um, and I don't.
And I'm trying not to.
So anyway.
Without further ado.
I am going to pass thisconversation on to Christina.
Fernandez who is an incrediblewoman, and I hope you enjoy
this.
Discussion.
This is part one.
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So as per usual, you will findpart two next week.
Anyway, thank you for stickingwith me.
And, um, we'll toxin.
Dang.
francene (04:47):
How's it going?
christina (04:49):
Good.
How are you?
francene (04:52):
Oh, love your lipstick.
That is
christina (04:54):
fabulous.
Thank you
francene (04:58):
I love it.
So where are you calling in
christina (05:00):
from?
So I am located in Brooklyn, NewYork.
Um, I'm in Bushwick in a veryartsy now artsy area.
Um, so we are located inside avery artsy building.
Um, it's actually a musicbuilding where a lot of artists
come in.
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And actually do a lot of musicin here.
Um, but, and we're on the thirdlevel, which is a little more
quieter.
francene (05:27):
Okay.
Nice.
Oh my gosh.
I'm always so jealous when Ispeak to anyone that's based
even like, I know Brooklyn'sjust over the bridge from New
York, but I'm obsessed with NewYork.
Cause
christina (05:39):
I'm so jealous.
it is.
It's not as the best.
As far as, um, uh, living wise,it's not as great, but yes, it's
a great place.
francene (05:53):
Yes.
I always say to people I reallywanna live in New York, but I
also need to be amultimillionaire.
I need a massive penthouse.
I need to have heaps of money.
So I mean, reality, I, it wouldnever work out for me in New
York.
I don't earn enough.
christina (06:12):
yeah.
How long have you lived there?
So I've lived here since I wasactually born here.
And I, um, I went to Connecticutfor about 10 years to live with
my dad and my stepmom.
And then I came back when I waslike 15, 16.
I came back and I've been hereever since.
Nice.
francene (06:33):
Welcome to real beauty.
Welcome to beauty with FD, aplace where we discuss what
beauty means to.
Whether it's a product thatsells out every second around
the world, or it's a cultclassic to discussing body
positivity, to buildingincredible brands.
We're here to find your littleblack dress in skincare, makeup,
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and more importantly, promotinghappiness within your own skin
and owning it.
Each episode, I'm bringing in anew personality to discuss all
things, beauty and touch ontheir inspiring stories.
So this week I am joined byChristina Fernandez, who is the
owner of all in one beauty.
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So we're gonna go into this.
But you own a training studiowith lash, brow makeup, hair,
education classes, as well as aline Naline beauty,, with
products ranging from rosewater,which by the way, I love rose
war.
So can wait to discuss this toconcealer foundation, lips and
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so much more.
So the way I kick off everypodcast episode is what does
christina (07:40):
BT mean to you?
Beauty means to me, more ofenhancing your beauty, not
changing it.
So that's kind of like my modelhere at my beauty studio, where
it comes to eyebrows.
I like to enhance what everyonehas when it comes to eyebrow
shaping whether whatevertreatment I do.
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I really love to enhance whatthey have because they can't
believe when I do enhance it,how drastic it really changes
instead of actually changing thewhole shape and same thing for,
you know, the only thing that'sactually, um, colorful is
probably my makeup, like the,the lips and, you know, it's
probably the only thing, um,that's colorful, but every, all
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my products are really toenhance the, um, features in
your face that you have.
Oh,
francene (08:28):
I love this so much.
Um, I'm honestly, I've beenlooking forward to this, um,
conversation so much, especiallyfor what you just said.
Um, so let me ask what camefirst.
Was it the makeup side ofthings?
Did you start off with browse?
Was it hair?
How, how did you get into thisand what was the kinda first
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service?
christina (08:51):
So the first service was just was makeup.
I've been a makeup for 20 years.
Started at 18.
Um, and I also, makeup wasalways my side job.
So my full-time job was alwaysdentistry.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
So I've always been, uh, anassistant, a receptionist and my
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last position.
Um, my last few positions indentistry, I was running, um, an
entire practice.
Oh, wow.
Um, so always a side job.
It started off makeup, startedoff with me doing music videos,
short films, um, photo shoots.
Um, and then I landed in Nu.
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and I think that's where Ireally loved to stay at.
I felt like I didn't fitanywhere else.
Um, being a young mom, I wasn'ta lot of the stuff that you do
when you sit on the set of amusic video, you have to sit
around a lot.
Um, and it takes all day, samething with short films and the
same goes with, um, photoshoots.
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You have to do a lot of, youknow, just a way, just a long
time, um, to be on set.
And I.
Uh, bridal really worked out forme.
Um, it was something I did onthe weekend.
I was in for five, maybe four orfive hours out the door.
That's
francene (10:15):
awesome.
Um, maybe a random question, butgoing from like music videos and
shoots to bridal.
I might be wrong in thinkingthis, but do you find that
there's more pressure for bridalknowing it's like, you know,
their day, but at the same time,I can imagine it's, there's more
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benefit.
Cause it's their big day and youget to be a part
christina (10:40):
of that.
Um, so the bridals actuallyplanned out very carefully.
Yeah.
From I'm very specific.
When I do the brides, I go from,what are you wearing?
What are your colors?
Mm-hmm You know, what are youchanging?
Are you spray print, tanningyourself?
Are you changing your hair?
Color brides, go through drasticchanges from their boss to what
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they're wearing to the colors.
So it takes planning.
So I'm much more comfortabledoing a bride cause I know
exactly what I'm going into.
Yeah.
Compared to someone used to callme for a music video, photo
shoot, short film.
I don't know what I'm gettingmyself into.
I don't.
Budget changes from the momentyou walk through the door to
maybe you've been sitting aroundtill six o'clock and they tell
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you that you're gettingsomething and then the budget
changes, or you may have to staylonger.
So it didn't work out for mebecause that was something that
I did not have time to do.
yeah.
francene (11:35):
And I can imagine, like, to your point, like it's
hard, like not to have theconsistency of being like, okay,
I'm gonna come in and I'm gonnawork this for a day, but sitting
around and.
Kinda waiting to be called tokinda help.
Um, I don't know, I, I findchange really difficult, so I'm
more like I like to be plannedout.
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I like to know what's happening,so then I can prepare myself.
christina (11:59):
Yes, me too.
Me too.
That's what I like.
And I also used to work with,um, when I did a lot of.
I would work with thehairstylist.
So I knew the hairstyle.
Um, sometimes I would work withdifferent people in their
parties.
So we were coming in as a teamand we knew, we knew who was
doing hair first, who was doingmakeup first, how we're
switching.
So it was really
francene (12:21):
nice.
That's awesome.
Um, and then.
So going to lashes and browse,and I know you have a training
studio and I always think it'samazing when you have someone in
the industry that's willing tokind of give back and really
kinda teach your expertise toother people.
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Um, but I know for me, I got mybrows micro bladed.
Maybe three years ago, and itwas such a game changer.
I was like, why did I, why did Ido this before?
And it was such a subtle change,but it was more the shape, the
consistency of the shape for meto be able to kind of maintain
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it.
And, you know, mm-hmm to keep itgoing.
And I tat my brows, like everyeight weeks myself.
Um, But knowing that youspecialize in this, do you think
sometimes people underestimatewhat a great brow will do to
like their face?
christina (13:19):
Yeah.
So I've had a lot of people.
Cry.
Yeah, because they couldn'tbelieve what they look like.
Some people are very drasticchanges.
Some people, um, you know, havewent through something trash,
you know, dramatic in theirlife.
Maybe they're a cancer survivor.
Um, some people have just beendrawing in their eyebrows for
their entire life.
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Yeah.
So changing, looking forsomething more natural is a life
changing for them.
Um, and some people don't haveto, some people are just looking
for convenience.
Yes.
francene (13:51):
And it's also, I feel like the last couple of years,
it's so much more fashionable tohave like big brows, like
compared to when I was growingup.
I love Christina ALA.
And even when my mom was growingup, like brows were very thin,
they were over clocked.
Um, so I, I kinda appreciatethis more, kinda natural.
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Like we want them bushy, but I'mtrying to get my head around
them.
Oh, what's a new trend.
It's like, Lamination.
Is it lamination?
christina (14:22):
Yes.
So it's, it's called brow.
Yes.
francene (14:24):
Yes.
Brow.
Tell me more about that.
christina (14:27):
I'm I mean, your eyebrows still look great if you
haven't done them in threeyears.
Um, so brow lamination is notfor everybody.
So brow lamination gives youthat lifted look where you're
pretty much combining theeyebrow hair up.
It's meant to give you a lookwhere they appear to be fuller,
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but they only could be fuller.
And even if you also tint them,tinting is, is only 10 thing is
only, um, Temporary mm-hmm soyou constantly have to tend them
to keep up with the look forsome people, eyebrow lamination
looks amazing on them becausethey just have the format of the
eyebrows to be lifted up and forit to stay like that.
And some people like the crazybushy look and they don't do
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anything to them.
So eyebrow amination I thinkit's good.
I feel like it's not foreveryone though.
and usually when people do comein or they do, or I do see that
they actually book online.
I ask them, Hey, do you knowwhat it entails?
Um, you know, that it, you know,we have to pretty much test it
out and see if it fits you andsee maybe the whole technique or
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the whole format of lifting itup.
We don't have to use it on thewhole eyebrow so we can use it
on half the eyebrow and this,you can still get the same look,
the purpose of it.
it replaces like a wax.
I know a lot of people are doingwaxes yeah.
For their eyebrows and it keepsthe hair in place.
So the lamination also, youdon't have to get that crazy
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lifted.
Look, you can also get that nicewax look where it creates the
eyebrows, make them flat someparts of the eyebrows straight
up.
So it doesn't move.
And every morning you don't haveto calm them.
You just color them or do whatyou do with them.
I feel
francene (16:08):
like we're always kind of searching for that.
Um, The convenience.
Right?
Mm-hmm like, we wanna just wakeup and go.
So microblading, like laminationspray, tan, like whatever we can
do just to wake up and haveless, less stuff to do in our
bodies.
I mean, for me, I'm all for it.
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Like anything for an easier
christina (16:31):
life.
Yes, absolutely.
francene (16:35):
So I guess, um, when you're looking at makeup and
then you're taking intoconsideration, um, the browse.
When you focus on someone'smakeup.
So say if I'm, you know, lookingokay.
I work in corporate.
So in the mornings I've limitedtime, mainly because I have a
four year old.
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So I'm constantly trying tobattle with her to get ready
for.
Going to school or going todaycare.
Um, is there any kinda areas ofyour face or makeup products
that you are like, this is amust, like every day, this's a
must.
If you just do your brows or youat mascara, like what would you
kind of recommend for the kindaeveryday, um,
christina (17:17):
girl?
So I'm also a mom of a five yearold girl, which.
I also have a boy, who's now ateenager, but I felt like
getting ready in the morning,literally drags with these
girls.
They're so slow.
so I, I think the most go to,and they're just slow.
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They're whiny.
They, yeah, they're verysensitive in the morning.
Yeah.
So from me, nice way of paintingit.
so for me, I throw on concealermoisturizer.
Concealer and make sure myeyebrows look good.
Um, lip.
And for me, that's my everydaylook, if, um, I feel like
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putting on a little browser.
Um, so what I actually have, Iuse my own brand, which is a
concealer to foundation stick.
And I focus on more of my undereyes because that's where I, you
know, I feel like they're alittle dark.
I throw on lipstick.
I make sure my eyebrows are doneand I don't even put on mascara.
Sometimes.
I just, you know, I would loveto have, you know, to have the
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right mascara.
Um, but sometimes I just don'tfeel like putting on lashes or
just putting on mascara.
And as long as I feel like youreyebrows are done and a little
lipstick and concealer, I thinkyou're ready to go
francene (18:36):
oh yeah, for sure.
Anything just to make you looklike you're more awake yes.
Um, so on that, is there anykinda pre um, Products that you
would use before you startputting on makeup.
So you have rose water and Iknow you have other products.
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I love rose bar.
So tell me all about
christina (19:01):
it.
So rose water.
Is actually also a setting sprayfor makeup.
So rose water, you can use a setof a primer.
You can use it before, afteryour moisturizer, you spray your
face.
You can just go throw on somelipstick and go, or you can also
use that as you're prepping soyou can use the rose water.
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After your moisturizer and startputting on your foundation.
If it's depending on the lookthat you're going for, it is a
little wet, but once you're, ifyou're applying your foundation,
it just blends right in, putmore rose water after the
foundation, finish your look andspray more rose water at the
end.
And it is perfect for a settingspray.
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Oh,
francene (19:43):
that's awesome.
I did not know that.
Um,
christina (19:46):
and then for, but also use primer.
So you would use the primerbefore the rosewater.
Ah,
francene (19:52):
do you know, I'm so bad at using primer.
I've also never used the sangspray.
Um, so I'm definitely gonna tryrose war for sure.
Um,
christina (20:02):
yes, if you're, if you're looking just for one
thing.
Yeah.
I think setting spray or rosewater, it'd be perfect.
Okay,
francene (20:09):
great.
I will definitely take thatadvice.
And when it comes to concealerand foundation, what are your
tips for application?
Do you use a sponge, a brush?
Do you use your fingers?
Like what do you think has thebest
christina (20:24):
result?
I, I I've been going, I go backand forth.
Um, right now what I'm using isa beauty blender.
Yeah.
Um, so.
Pretty or I use, I do, I am theold school finger girl where I
do use my finger.
Um, but I think if, um,Basically, I've gone through the
period where I was using abrush.
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Um, but I think the best, what Ifind more better for me right
now that I'm using is thesponge, the beauty, blender,
beauty, blending sponges.
I think it for a concealer, itworks great.
It blends right in and you canjust go, um, that's, that's what
I find best.
And I don't use heavyfoundation, um, on an everyday
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basis.
I, I do use like a stick where Ijust.
Coloring my imperfections, if Ihave any, um, for that, you
know, for that day or that weekand then pretty much just
focusing on clearing up my darkcircles with the stick.
francene (21:22):
Yeah.
And my skin's really bad,especially, um, You know, kind
of monthly, I will get like oneor two massive pimples that I
swear to God, nothing will coverthem up.
Um, but I also have like a lotof red, red pigments.
So I always feel in the morning,it's always my under eye.
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And then I will kind of.
Fill in areas, but I'm the same,like, I don't love wearing
foundation or feeling anythingheavy on my face, but at the
same time I want the coverage,you know, I want, yeah.
I want my skin to be clear.
christina (21:56):
yeah, definitely not.
I think with you, definitely notsomething heavy every day.
Maybe just a liquid tofoundation stick would do the
job, especially if you're doingit every day.
francene (22:08):
Yes.
And, you know, that's, and Idunno how you kind of felt from
like a business standpoint,going through the last couple of
years of COVID.
Um, but for me, and my full timejob is working in a corporate
office.
It was such a nice break fromdoing my hair from doing my
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makeup.
Like, honestly, my skin hasnever looked better and now
we're like, I go into the officeevery single day and I'm like,
God, sometimes my skin looks sodu and I do a lot of face masks.
Like I really look after myskin, but I'm like, God, it's so
much better when you wearnothing.
Yeah.
And then you fall into theroutine of like, oh, I feel like
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I have to, you know,
christina (22:51):
I know I was going through.
So before I actually came upwith my skincare and makeup
line, the first products that Idid come up with was skincare.
Yeah.
And before that I stoppedbuying, uh, products in the
store.
I actually started going ontoPinterest and Googling natural
mask to do at home.
(23:11):
Yeah.
With.
Flower, whatever I can find justfor whatever issue I was having
at the time for my face acnescarring was big for me, dry
skin, flaky skin.
Then when I did come up with myskincare line, everything in my
skincare line was vitamins ornatural products.
Mm-hmm
francene (23:32):
And is there, what would you recommend, um, in your
skincare routine for?
Um, so I'll.
Take myself as an example, Ihave like combination skin, um,
mainly cuz I live in Texas.
So I grew up in Scotland and myskin was very flaky, very dry
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and moving to Texas where it'sso hot and humid.
I feel like it's my skin's got alot better, but then it's so
oily sometimes.
Like I really struggle with likemy T-zone.
christina (24:06):
Um, so I mean, what we, I like simple skincare.
I hate.
Five to six different thingsthat you have to do for
skincare.
Yeah.
So what I, I use a lot of my ownproducts and I do have a, uh,
face wash that has vitamin C andvitamin E and it's for all skin
types.
(24:26):
And I've noticed by co beingconsistent with it.
You do.
I started to see like my acnescarring going down my face,
feeling more, um, moisturizedand a lot of women who do have
oily of combination skin havebeen using it as well.
they've had good, really goodresults.
Um, also what's also, you couldbe using for all types of skin
(24:47):
is also a H ironic acid serum.
Yeah, which absorbs into theskin.
It could be used as amoisturizer.
francene (24:54):
Yeah.
I really need to, um, add that.
I'm do, you know, I'm good withskincare, but I'm also sometimes
inconsistent that when I run outof something, I will then try
something else and I don'ttypically replace it with that
same ingredient.
So then, I mean, honestly,that's actually probably why,
like my.
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I I see sometimes it looksamazing and other times I'm
like, God, are you OK?
Skin?
christina (25:21):
hyaluronic acid is huge on a lot of products.
Even in lip care, they'reputting H acid because it it's
for so many things.
It's for a lines and wrinkles.
It's for moisture it's for a lotof different.
Yeah.
francene (25:37):
Okay.
I will definitely look intothat.
Cause I think that's the oneingredient I don't have in any
of my skincare right now.
Um, so I will definitely followup, um, How did you get into the
teaching side of things?
Was that always something youwere passionate about on always
the plan?
Um,
christina (25:56):
I loved teaching.
I just never knew that I wasreally good at it.
Um, I always loved teaching, butI never wanted to teach in a
school.
like education, educationalacademic courses, but I love
teaching something that I loveto do.
And the reason why I got intoteaching is because I started to
notice.
People that were getting intobecoming trainers were charging
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so much money and not teachingeverything and leaving a lot of
things out.
Also, they were teaching onlyhalf of the technique, knowing
that new techniques have comeout and they weren't targeting
it, but charging for a wholeother.
Yeah.
Um, to learn that technique.
So all my classes, I teach alltechniques and all my classes,
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and whenever there's somethingnew, it doesn't have to be the
next year.
If it comes out in two weeks,I'm going to te learn it and
teach it to my class.
francene (26:54):
That's awesome.
Um, yeah, that's so good.
I'm I feel like that's.
So much of what people don't doto your point, they will kinda
hide things away and then kindof take advantage of oh, great.
Now I know.
And I'm willing to share thiswith you, so pay for more.
Um, right.
So what are you seeing as thekinda key trends coming up for,
(27:16):
um, specifically makeup?
Cause I feel like it involves.
All the time from baking fromcontouring, we mentioned the
lamination of your brows.
I feel like I can't keep up andI research quite a lot.
christina (27:30):
yeah.
So makeup, I think for spring,for spring makeup is more of a
mentality.
Um, more of, um, what is itcalled?
Um, Holographic look.
Yeah.
Um, they're doing that veryshiny, you know, lip glosses in
now.
Um, now that we're starting toslow down on wearing masks, a
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lot of people are starting towear the lip gloss.
Now, um, bright colors are gonnastill be in, but more nudes.
Um, nude.
It's like a mixture.
I think more, more nudes forthis, this spring and summer,
but more, a lot more glasses.
I've been seeing a lot moreglasses, a lot of glitter and
glam.
francene (28:09):
Yeah.
I'm honestly, I'm all aboutthis.
Especially after wearing a mask,I feel like the minute we kinda
step back from wear masks a lothere.
I've never worn so much lipstickthan I have in the last, like
five months and bought so muchlipstick.
I missed it so much.
christina (28:29):
Yeah.
We always in the store and wealways grab a lipstick, right?
francene (28:33):
Yes.
Oh my and the same, likeanything glitter shimmer.
I'm all for it.
Um, so what has been well
christina (28:43):
also in the, in the lash business color is in, so
I've been seeing a lot ofrequests for color lashes or a
little bit of color in theirlashes.
Yeah.
francene (28:52):
Only gosh, but wait, like their real
christina (28:55):
lashes are like, no, just some extensions with
extensions when they requestextensions.
Yeah.
So you're gonna see a lot ofcolor in their eyes because
they're always, they'rerequesting glitter and they're
requesting colored lash.
francene (29:08):
Oh, I can definitely jump on board with this trend.
So knowing that you've broughtup, um, lash extensions, this
has been one space that I havereally wanted to try, but I'm
fearful that it will ruin mynatural lashes.
So tell me, um, how kind arethey to your eyes?
(29:33):
Like, would you recommend them,like, are there best ways of
like.
Doing proper maintenance if youhave eyelash
christina (29:40):
extensions.
Yes.
So, um, a lot of people thinkthat you lose your lash, your
natural lashes, and it's a totalmyth.
Yeah.
What happens is.
We lose two to three lashes aday 21 lashes a week 43 lashes
every two weeks, um, 63 lashesevery three weeks.
But we don't, if we don't havelash extensions on, we don't
(30:02):
even notice we're losing thatmany because we're rubbing our
eyes.
We're sleeping.
Yeah.
They're falling off and all, youknow, throughout the day now,
when we actually attach.
Hair onto each and, or, youknow, self-made fans to make the
volume.
We're attaching them to everysingle hair.
So we each, so each of us havebetween 90 to 125 hairs on their
(30:26):
eye, on our eyes.
And we're lash artists are toadhesive.
Um, Lash extensions to createvolume looks.
And what they do is if you aredue to shed, we also go through
a 30 to 60 day shedding cycle,which that's when people have
(30:46):
their lash extensions on.
For four to six weeks straightand doing their touchups not
taking breaks.
They are.
That's when pretty much youstart to hear, Ugh, I need to
take a break because I feel likeI'm losing my lashes.
You're not losing your lashes.
You're actually just goingthrough a 30 to 60 day shedding
cycle.
And that's where people thinkthey actually losing their
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lashes.
Oh, my
francene (31:10):
gosh.
I did not know that at all.
No one has ever been able toexplain, um, that to me, that's,
that's really helpful.
So if, um, so say if I went andgot, um, you know, lash
extensions tomorrow, Is like, doyou think there should be a
natural break or like some of mygirlfriends they've had last
(31:33):
extensions for years withouttaking, you know, them out.
Mm-hmm um, do you think thereshould be a natural?
Okay.
After like six months, like takelike a month break or have that
christina (31:44):
consistency there's there's an alternative.
There's a lash.
Alternative where you alwaysshould take a, you know, you
should take a break because Ithink not everybody properly
cleans them.
They're to be cleaned every daywith lash shampoo.
Um, it's a specific shampoo forlashes.
Sure.
(32:05):
No one does that.
francene (32:06):
Or majority people don't
christina (32:08):
majority of them, don't they tell you that they
lay there and they tell you thatthey do.
But what happens is they cannot.
See what I see from a differentangle.
Yeah.
And they don't see that, youknow, where they may be cleaning
their face in the front, butthey don't know that they're not
actually cleaning in between thelashes.
Yeah.
Um, so that's when, you know,when they do come in for their
(32:31):
touchups, that's when it could,they could be probably costing
them more to fill them morebecause we would have to clean
the old ones out or the onesthat are affected by possibly
even eyeliner that they don'tclean.
They say they do
francene (32:45):
oh God.
I can only imagine the amount ofpeople that go to sleep with
their makeup on from the nightbefore.
Hey, welcome to this week'sepisode of real beauty with FD.
I am currently staying in myhusband's closet while I am.
Recording this intro the nightbefore we are leaving for
Kalahari.
For a couple of days, which I'mso damn excited about, but I'm
(00:21):
not pack needless to say, I'mnot as organized as I really
want to be at this moment in Butit's all good team.
We will make it.
So we have family in town, whichhas been awesome.
Um, so it's definitely been ajam packed couple of days, and
we always love this.
When people come out and visitus.
(00:42):
Um, especially for our daughter,she just craves this type of
family attention.
So definitely feel veryfortunate.
Um, Definitely has been a roughcouple of weeks.
Um, I will be covering this in akind of future podcast because I
really want to bring.
(01:03):
An expert on to be able to havea really kind of educate
discussion.
Um, but unfortunately I didsuffer my second miscarriage a
couple of days ago, which socks?
Um, it's been.
Definitely unfortunate.
It's been back to back.
Um, this is my secondmiscarriage in like four months.
(01:25):
So.
All this.
When you go through somethinglike this, you realize how much.
We don't talk about the subject.
Um, and it's awkward, right?
Like why would you normally justtext your girlfriend and be
like, Hey, I have sad news.
Um, But I'm really trying tolearn to kind of open up a
(01:45):
little bit more and.
Um, you know, kind of have thesetypes of discussions that so
many people don't.
And it's definitely a kind oflonely.
Process.
When you think, you know, thefirst 12 weeks of pregnancy.
You typically keep it quiet.
'cause you always kind of havethat fear.
Something might happen.
(02:05):
You don't want to get tooexcited.
Um, but those, you know, coupleof months feels like forever.
So, um, it's definitely taken atoll on my body.
Um, but I always feel like.
Some things are just not meantto be.
And this was my way of my bodysaying to me, This, this is not
(02:26):
the right time.
So anyway, I'm addressing thisright now.
Because I'm sure some peoplelistening have either been
through Um, or they happen.
And.
You know, I just want to saythat it's okay.
It's not your It's not my fault.
Um, Again, it's just your kindof body's way.
(02:49):
And it's just not the righttime.
But hang in there.
I definitely.
Feel in reflection, obviouslyit's only been a couple of days,
but, um, and you all know bynow, I really try and kind of
practice that gratitude on adaily basis.
And although some days it's muchharder to do But certainly I
(03:12):
think I'm so lucky.
With my family, but my friends.
You know, the fact that I havean amazing four and a half year
old.
And just every day.
Just brings so much light intomy life.
Plus you have a puppy.
So puppy training continues.
We have mastered.
Sitting.
(03:34):
And she gave me her POL thismorning, but I think it might've
been by accident.
But I just feel so fortunate.
Um, And, you know, things canalways be worse, but I think in
times like this, you just haveto appreciate what you have and
just think the future will lookdifferent.
But anyway.
(03:55):
That's a P a downer.
On the situation that.
Y'all know.
I really try and kind of speak.
As openly as I can about certainsubjects.
And my experiences.
This is not a subject we speakopenly about and it says Women
should feel.
Ashamed this, something likethis.
(04:16):
This happened.
Um, and I don't.
And I'm trying not to.
So anyway.
Without further ado.
I am going to pass thisconversation on to Christina.
Fernandez who is an incrediblewoman, and I hope you enjoy
this.
Discussion.
This is part one.
(04:36):
So as per usual, you will findpart two next week.
Anyway, thank you for stickingwith me.
And, um, we'll toxin.
Dang.
francene (04:47):
How's it going?
christina (04:49):
Good.
How are you?
francene (04:52):
Oh, love your lipstick.
That is
christina (04:54):
fabulous.
Thank you
francene (04:58):
I love it.
So where are you calling in
christina (05:00):
from?
So I am located in Brooklyn, NewYork.
Um, I'm in Bushwick in a veryartsy now artsy area.
Um, so we are located inside avery artsy building.
Um, it's actually a musicbuilding where a lot of artists
come in.
(05:20):
And actually do a lot of musicin here.
Um, but, and we're on the thirdlevel, which is a little more
quieter.
francene (05:27):
Okay.
Nice.
Oh my gosh.
I'm always so jealous when Ispeak to anyone that's based
even like, I know Brooklyn'sjust over the bridge from New
York, but I'm obsessed with NewYork.
Cause
christina (05:39):
I'm so jealous.
it is.
It's not as the best.
As far as, um, uh, living wise,it's not as great, but yes, it's
a great place.
francene (05:53):
Yes.
I always say to people I reallywanna live in New York, but I
also need to be amultimillionaire.
I need a massive penthouse.
I need to have heaps of money.
So I mean, reality, I, it wouldnever work out for me in New
York.
I don't earn enough.
christina (06:12):
yeah.
How long have you lived there?
So I've lived here since I wasactually born here.
And I, um, I went to Connecticutfor about 10 years to live with
my dad and my stepmom.
And then I came back when I waslike 15, 16.
I came back and I've been hereever since.
Nice.
francene (06:33):
Welcome to real beauty.
Welcome to beauty with FD, aplace where we discuss what
beauty means to.
Whether it's a product thatsells out every second around
the world, or it's a cultclassic to discussing body
positivity, to buildingincredible brands.
We're here to find your littleblack dress in skincare, makeup,
(06:54):
and more importantly, promotinghappiness within your own skin
and owning it.
Each episode, I'm bringing in anew personality to discuss all
things, beauty and touch ontheir inspiring stories.
So this week I am joined byChristina Fernandez, who is the
owner of all in one beauty.
(07:14):
So we're gonna go into this.
But you own a training studiowith lash, brow makeup, hair,
education classes, as well as aline Naline beauty,, with
products ranging from rosewater,which by the way, I love rose
war.
So can wait to discuss this toconcealer foundation, lips and
(07:35):
so much more.
So the way I kick off everypodcast episode is what does
christina (07:40):
BT mean to you?
Beauty means to me, more ofenhancing your beauty, not
changing it.
So that's kind of like my modelhere at my beauty studio, where
it comes to eyebrows.
I like to enhance what everyonehas when it comes to eyebrow
shaping whether whatevertreatment I do.
(08:00):
I really love to enhance whatthey have because they can't
believe when I do enhance it,how drastic it really changes
instead of actually changing thewhole shape and same thing for,
you know, the only thing that'sactually, um, colorful is
probably my makeup, like the,the lips and, you know, it's
probably the only thing, um,that's colorful, but every, all
(08:22):
my products are really toenhance the, um, features in
your face that you have.
Oh,
francene (08:28):
I love this so much.
Um, I'm honestly, I've beenlooking forward to this, um,
conversation so much, especiallyfor what you just said.
Um, so let me ask what camefirst.
Was it the makeup side ofthings?
Did you start off with browse?
Was it hair?
How, how did you get into thisand what was the kinda first
(08:50):
service?
christina (08:51):
So the first service was just was makeup.
I've been a makeup for 20 years.
Started at 18.
Um, and I also, makeup wasalways my side job.
So my full-time job was alwaysdentistry.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
So I've always been, uh, anassistant, a receptionist and my
(09:14):
last position.
Um, my last few positions indentistry, I was running, um, an
entire practice.
Oh, wow.
Um, so always a side job.
It started off makeup, startedoff with me doing music videos,
short films, um, photo shoots.
Um, and then I landed in Nu.
(09:35):
and I think that's where Ireally loved to stay at.
I felt like I didn't fitanywhere else.
Um, being a young mom, I wasn'ta lot of the stuff that you do
when you sit on the set of amusic video, you have to sit
around a lot.
Um, and it takes all day, samething with short films and the
same goes with, um, photoshoots.
(09:57):
You have to do a lot of, youknow, just a way, just a long
time, um, to be on set.
And I.
Uh, bridal really worked out forme.
Um, it was something I did onthe weekend.
I was in for five, maybe four orfive hours out the door.
That's
francene (10:15):
awesome.
Um, maybe a random question, butgoing from like music videos and
shoots to bridal.
I might be wrong in thinkingthis, but do you find that
there's more pressure for bridalknowing it's like, you know,
their day, but at the same time,I can imagine it's, there's more
(10:37):
benefit.
Cause it's their big day and youget to be a part
christina (10:40):
of that.
Um, so the bridals actuallyplanned out very carefully.
Yeah.
From I'm very specific.
When I do the brides, I go from,what are you wearing?
What are your colors?
Mm-hmm You know, what are youchanging?
Are you spray print, tanningyourself?
Are you changing your hair?
Color brides, go through drasticchanges from their boss to what
(11:01):
they're wearing to the colors.
So it takes planning.
So I'm much more comfortabledoing a bride cause I know
exactly what I'm going into.
Yeah.
Compared to someone used to callme for a music video, photo
shoot, short film.
I don't know what I'm gettingmyself into.
I don't.
Budget changes from the momentyou walk through the door to
maybe you've been sitting aroundtill six o'clock and they tell
(11:23):
you that you're gettingsomething and then the budget
changes, or you may have to staylonger.
So it didn't work out for mebecause that was something that
I did not have time to do.
yeah.
francene (11:35):
And I can imagine, like, to your point, like it's
hard, like not to have theconsistency of being like, okay,
I'm gonna come in and I'm gonnawork this for a day, but sitting
around and.
Kinda waiting to be called tokinda help.
Um, I don't know, I, I findchange really difficult, so I'm
more like I like to be plannedout.
(11:55):
I like to know what's happening,so then I can prepare myself.
christina (11:59):
Yes, me too.
Me too.
That's what I like.
And I also used to work with,um, when I did a lot of.
I would work with thehairstylist.
So I knew the hairstyle.
Um, sometimes I would work withdifferent people in their
parties.
So we were coming in as a teamand we knew, we knew who was
doing hair first, who was doingmakeup first, how we're
switching.
So it was really
francene (12:21):
nice.
That's awesome.
Um, and then.
So going to lashes and browse,and I know you have a training
studio and I always think it'samazing when you have someone in
the industry that's willing tokind of give back and really
kinda teach your expertise toother people.
(12:41):
Um, but I know for me, I got mybrows micro bladed.
Maybe three years ago, and itwas such a game changer.
I was like, why did I, why did Ido this before?
And it was such a subtle change,but it was more the shape, the
consistency of the shape for meto be able to kind of maintain
(13:03):
it.
And, you know, mm-hmm to keep itgoing.
And I tat my brows, like everyeight weeks myself.
Um, But knowing that youspecialize in this, do you think
sometimes people underestimatewhat a great brow will do to
like their face?
christina (13:19):
Yeah.
So I've had a lot of people.
Cry.
Yeah, because they couldn'tbelieve what they look like.
Some people are very drasticchanges.
Some people, um, you know, havewent through something trash,
you know, dramatic in theirlife.
Maybe they're a cancer survivor.
Um, some people have just beendrawing in their eyebrows for
their entire life.
(13:40):
Yeah.
So changing, looking forsomething more natural is a life
changing for them.
Um, and some people don't haveto, some people are just looking
for convenience.
Yes.
francene (13:51):
And it's also, I feel like the last couple of years,
it's so much more fashionable tohave like big brows, like
compared to when I was growingup.
I love Christina ALA.
And even when my mom was growingup, like brows were very thin,
they were over clocked.
Um, so I, I kinda appreciatethis more, kinda natural.
(14:13):
Like we want them bushy, but I'mtrying to get my head around
them.
Oh, what's a new trend.
It's like, Lamination.
Is it lamination?
christina (14:22):
Yes.
So it's, it's called brow.
Yes.
francene (14:24):
Yes.
Brow.
Tell me more about that.
christina (14:27):
I'm I mean, your eyebrows still look great if you
haven't done them in threeyears.
Um, so brow lamination is notfor everybody.
So brow lamination gives youthat lifted look where you're
pretty much combining theeyebrow hair up.
It's meant to give you a lookwhere they appear to be fuller,
(14:50):
but they only could be fuller.
And even if you also tint them,tinting is, is only 10 thing is
only, um, Temporary mm-hmm soyou constantly have to tend them
to keep up with the look forsome people, eyebrow lamination
looks amazing on them becausethey just have the format of the
eyebrows to be lifted up and forit to stay like that.
And some people like the crazybushy look and they don't do
(15:13):
anything to them.
So eyebrow amination I thinkit's good.
I feel like it's not foreveryone though.
and usually when people do comein or they do, or I do see that
they actually book online.
I ask them, Hey, do you knowwhat it entails?
Um, you know, that it, you know,we have to pretty much test it
out and see if it fits you andsee maybe the whole technique or
(15:34):
the whole format of lifting itup.
We don't have to use it on thewhole eyebrow so we can use it
on half the eyebrow and this,you can still get the same look,
the purpose of it.
it replaces like a wax.
I know a lot of people are doingwaxes yeah.
For their eyebrows and it keepsthe hair in place.
So the lamination also, youdon't have to get that crazy
(15:54):
lifted.
Look, you can also get that nicewax look where it creates the
eyebrows, make them flat someparts of the eyebrows straight
up.
So it doesn't move.
And every morning you don't haveto calm them.
You just color them or do whatyou do with them.
I feel
francene (16:08):
like we're always kind of searching for that.
Um, The convenience.
Right?
Mm-hmm like, we wanna just wakeup and go.
So microblading, like laminationspray, tan, like whatever we can
do just to wake up and haveless, less stuff to do in our
bodies.
I mean, for me, I'm all for it.
(16:30):
Like anything for an easier
christina (16:31):
life.
Yes, absolutely.
francene (16:35):
So I guess, um, when you're looking at makeup and
then you're taking intoconsideration, um, the browse.
When you focus on someone'smakeup.
So say if I'm, you know, lookingokay.
I work in corporate.
So in the mornings I've limitedtime, mainly because I have a
four year old.
(16:55):
So I'm constantly trying tobattle with her to get ready
for.
Going to school or going todaycare.
Um, is there any kinda areas ofyour face or makeup products
that you are like, this is amust, like every day, this's a
must.
If you just do your brows or youat mascara, like what would you
kind of recommend for the kindaeveryday, um,
christina (17:17):
girl?
So I'm also a mom of a five yearold girl, which.
I also have a boy, who's now ateenager, but I felt like
getting ready in the morning,literally drags with these
girls.
They're so slow.
so I, I think the most go to,and they're just slow.
(17:38):
They're whiny.
They, yeah, they're verysensitive in the morning.
Yeah.
So from me, nice way of paintingit.
so for me, I throw on concealermoisturizer.
Concealer and make sure myeyebrows look good.
Um, lip.
And for me, that's my everydaylook, if, um, I feel like
(17:59):
putting on a little browser.
Um, so what I actually have, Iuse my own brand, which is a
concealer to foundation stick.
And I focus on more of my undereyes because that's where I, you
know, I feel like they're alittle dark.
I throw on lipstick.
I make sure my eyebrows are doneand I don't even put on mascara.
Sometimes.
I just, you know, I would loveto have, you know, to have the
(18:23):
right mascara.
Um, but sometimes I just don'tfeel like putting on lashes or
just putting on mascara.
And as long as I feel like youreyebrows are done and a little
lipstick and concealer, I thinkyou're ready to go
francene (18:36):
oh yeah, for sure.
Anything just to make you looklike you're more awake yes.
Um, so on that, is there anykinda pre um, Products that you
would use before you startputting on makeup.
So you have rose water and Iknow you have other products.
(18:57):
I love rose bar.
So tell me all about
christina (19:01):
it.
So rose water.
Is actually also a setting sprayfor makeup.
So rose water, you can use a setof a primer.
You can use it before, afteryour moisturizer, you spray your
face.
You can just go throw on somelipstick and go, or you can also
use that as you're prepping soyou can use the rose water.
(19:22):
After your moisturizer and startputting on your foundation.
If it's depending on the lookthat you're going for, it is a
little wet, but once you're, ifyou're applying your foundation,
it just blends right in, putmore rose water after the
foundation, finish your look andspray more rose water at the
end.
And it is perfect for a settingspray.
(19:42):
Oh,
francene (19:43):
that's awesome.
I did not know that.
Um,
christina (19:46):
and then for, but also use primer.
So you would use the primerbefore the rosewater.
Ah,
francene (19:52):
do you know, I'm so bad at using primer.
I've also never used the sangspray.
Um, so I'm definitely gonna tryrose war for sure.
Um,
christina (20:02):
yes, if you're, if you're looking just for one
thing.
Yeah.
I think setting spray or rosewater, it'd be perfect.
Okay,
francene (20:09):
great.
I will definitely take thatadvice.
And when it comes to concealerand foundation, what are your
tips for application?
Do you use a sponge, a brush?
Do you use your fingers?
Like what do you think has thebest
christina (20:24):
result?
I, I I've been going, I go backand forth.
Um, right now what I'm using isa beauty blender.
Yeah.
Um, so.
Pretty or I use, I do, I am theold school finger girl where I
do use my finger.
Um, but I think if, um,Basically, I've gone through the
period where I was using abrush.
(20:45):
Um, but I think the best, what Ifind more better for me right
now that I'm using is thesponge, the beauty, blender,
beauty, blending sponges.
I think it for a concealer, itworks great.
It blends right in and you canjust go, um, that's, that's what
I find best.
And I don't use heavyfoundation, um, on an everyday
(21:06):
basis.
I, I do use like a stick where Ijust.
Coloring my imperfections, if Ihave any, um, for that, you
know, for that day or that weekand then pretty much just
focusing on clearing up my darkcircles with the stick.
francene (21:22):
Yeah.
And my skin's really bad,especially, um, You know, kind
of monthly, I will get like oneor two massive pimples that I
swear to God, nothing will coverthem up.
Um, but I also have like a lotof red, red pigments.
So I always feel in the morning,it's always my under eye.
(21:42):
And then I will kind of.
Fill in areas, but I'm the same,like, I don't love wearing
foundation or feeling anythingheavy on my face, but at the
same time I want the coverage,you know, I want, yeah.
I want my skin to be clear.
christina (21:56):
yeah, definitely not.
I think with you, definitely notsomething heavy every day.
Maybe just a liquid tofoundation stick would do the
job, especially if you're doingit every day.
francene (22:08):
Yes.
And, you know, that's, and Idunno how you kind of felt from
like a business standpoint,going through the last couple of
years of COVID.
Um, but for me, and my full timejob is working in a corporate
office.
It was such a nice break fromdoing my hair from doing my
(22:29):
makeup.
Like, honestly, my skin hasnever looked better and now
we're like, I go into the officeevery single day and I'm like,
God, sometimes my skin looks sodu and I do a lot of face masks.
Like I really look after myskin, but I'm like, God, it's so
much better when you wearnothing.
Yeah.
And then you fall into theroutine of like, oh, I feel like
(22:49):
I have to, you know,
christina (22:51):
I know I was going through.
So before I actually came upwith my skincare and makeup
line, the first products that Idid come up with was skincare.
Yeah.
And before that I stoppedbuying, uh, products in the
store.
I actually started going ontoPinterest and Googling natural
mask to do at home.
(23:11):
Yeah.
With.
Flower, whatever I can find justfor whatever issue I was having
at the time for my face acnescarring was big for me, dry
skin, flaky skin.
Then when I did come up with myskincare line, everything in my
skincare line was vitamins ornatural products.
Mm-hmm
francene (23:32):
And is there, what would you recommend, um, in your
skincare routine for?
Um, so I'll.
Take myself as an example, Ihave like combination skin, um,
mainly cuz I live in Texas.
So I grew up in Scotland and myskin was very flaky, very dry
(23:52):
and moving to Texas where it'sso hot and humid.
I feel like it's my skin's got alot better, but then it's so
oily sometimes.
Like I really struggle with likemy T-zone.
christina (24:06):
Um, so I mean, what we, I like simple skincare.
I hate.
Five to six different thingsthat you have to do for
skincare.
Yeah.
So what I, I use a lot of my ownproducts and I do have a, uh,
face wash that has vitamin C andvitamin E and it's for all skin
types.
(24:26):
And I've noticed by co beingconsistent with it.
You do.
I started to see like my acnescarring going down my face,
feeling more, um, moisturizedand a lot of women who do have
oily of combination skin havebeen using it as well.
they've had good, really goodresults.
Um, also what's also, you couldbe using for all types of skin
(24:47):
is also a H ironic acid serum.
Yeah, which absorbs into theskin.
It could be used as amoisturizer.
francene (24:54):
Yeah.
I really need to, um, add that.
I'm do, you know, I'm good withskincare, but I'm also sometimes
inconsistent that when I run outof something, I will then try
something else and I don'ttypically replace it with that
same ingredient.
So then, I mean, honestly,that's actually probably why,
like my.
(25:14):
I I see sometimes it looksamazing and other times I'm
like, God, are you OK?
Skin?
christina (25:21):
hyaluronic acid is huge on a lot of products.
Even in lip care, they'reputting H acid because it it's
for so many things.
It's for a lines and wrinkles.
It's for moisture it's for a lotof different.
Yeah.
francene (25:37):
Okay.
I will definitely look intothat.
Cause I think that's the oneingredient I don't have in any
of my skincare right now.
Um, so I will definitely followup, um, How did you get into the
teaching side of things?
Was that always something youwere passionate about on always
the plan?
Um,
christina (25:56):
I loved teaching.
I just never knew that I wasreally good at it.
Um, I always loved teaching, butI never wanted to teach in a
school.
like education, educationalacademic courses, but I love
teaching something that I loveto do.
And the reason why I got intoteaching is because I started to
notice.
People that were getting intobecoming trainers were charging
(26:21):
so much money and not teachingeverything and leaving a lot of
things out.
Also, they were teaching onlyhalf of the technique, knowing
that new techniques have comeout and they weren't targeting
it, but charging for a wholeother.
Yeah.
Um, to learn that technique.
So all my classes, I teach alltechniques and all my classes,
(26:45):
and whenever there's somethingnew, it doesn't have to be the
next year.
If it comes out in two weeks,I'm going to te learn it and
teach it to my class.
francene (26:54):
That's awesome.
Um, yeah, that's so good.
I'm I feel like that's.
So much of what people don't doto your point, they will kinda
hide things away and then kindof take advantage of oh, great.
Now I know.
And I'm willing to share thiswith you, so pay for more.
Um, right.
So what are you seeing as thekinda key trends coming up for,
(27:16):
um, specifically makeup?
Cause I feel like it involves.
All the time from baking fromcontouring, we mentioned the
lamination of your brows.
I feel like I can't keep up andI research quite a lot.
christina (27:30):
yeah.
So makeup, I think for spring,for spring makeup is more of a
mentality.
Um, more of, um, what is itcalled?
Um, Holographic look.
Yeah.
Um, they're doing that veryshiny, you know, lip glosses in
now.
Um, now that we're starting toslow down on wearing masks, a
(27:51):
lot of people are starting towear the lip gloss.
Now, um, bright colors are gonnastill be in, but more nudes.
Um, nude.
It's like a mixture.
I think more, more nudes forthis, this spring and summer,
but more, a lot more glasses.
I've been seeing a lot moreglasses, a lot of glitter and
glam.
francene (28:09):
Yeah.
I'm honestly, I'm all aboutthis.
Especially after wearing a mask,I feel like the minute we kinda
step back from wear masks a lothere.
I've never worn so much lipstickthan I have in the last, like
five months and bought so muchlipstick.
I missed it so much.
christina (28:29):
Yeah.
We always in the store and wealways grab a lipstick, right?
francene (28:33):
Yes.
Oh my and the same, likeanything glitter shimmer.
I'm all for it.
Um, so what has been well
christina (28:43):
also in the, in the lash business color is in, so
I've been seeing a lot ofrequests for color lashes or a
little bit of color in theirlashes.
Yeah.
francene (28:52):
Only gosh, but wait, like their real
christina (28:55):
lashes are like, no, just some extensions with
extensions when they requestextensions.
Yeah.
So you're gonna see a lot ofcolor in their eyes because
they're always, they'rerequesting glitter and they're
requesting colored lash.
francene (29:08):
Oh, I can definitely jump on board with this trend.
So knowing that you've broughtup, um, lash extensions, this
has been one space that I havereally wanted to try, but I'm
fearful that it will ruin mynatural lashes.
So tell me, um, how kind arethey to your eyes?
(29:33):
Like, would you recommend them,like, are there best ways of
like.
Doing proper maintenance if youhave eyelash
christina (29:40):
extensions.
Yes.
So, um, a lot of people thinkthat you lose your lash, your
natural lashes, and it's a totalmyth.
Yeah.
What happens is.
We lose two to three lashes aday 21 lashes a week 43 lashes
every two weeks, um, 63 lashesevery three weeks.
But we don't, if we don't havelash extensions on, we don't
(30:02):
even notice we're losing thatmany because we're rubbing our
eyes.
We're sleeping.
Yeah.
They're falling off and all, youknow, throughout the day now,
when we actually attach.
Hair onto each and, or, youknow, self-made fans to make the
volume.
We're attaching them to everysingle hair.
So we each, so each of us havebetween 90 to 125 hairs on their
(30:26):
eye, on our eyes.
And we're lash artists are toadhesive.
Um, Lash extensions to createvolume looks.
And what they do is if you aredue to shed, we also go through
a 30 to 60 day shedding cycle,which that's when people have
(30:46):
their lash extensions on.
For four to six weeks straightand doing their touchups not
taking breaks.
They are.
That's when pretty much youstart to hear, Ugh, I need to
take a break because I feel likeI'm losing my lashes.
You're not losing your lashes.
You're actually just goingthrough a 30 to 60 day shedding
cycle.
And that's where people thinkthey actually losing their
(31:07):
lashes.
Oh, my
francene (31:10):
gosh.
I did not know that at all.
No one has ever been able toexplain, um, that to me, that's,
that's really helpful.
So if, um, so say if I went andgot, um, you know, lash
extensions tomorrow, Is like, doyou think there should be a
natural break or like some of mygirlfriends they've had last
(31:33):
extensions for years withouttaking, you know, them out.
Mm-hmm um, do you think thereshould be a natural?
Okay.
After like six months, like takelike a month break or have that
christina (31:44):
consistency there's there's an alternative.
There's a lash.
Alternative where you alwaysshould take a, you know, you
should take a break because Ithink not everybody properly
cleans them.
They're to be cleaned every daywith lash shampoo.
Um, it's a specific shampoo forlashes.
Sure.
(32:05):
No one does that.
francene (32:06):
Or majority people don't
christina (32:08):
majority of them, don't they tell you that they
lay there and they tell you thatthey do.
But what happens is they cannot.
See what I see from a differentangle.
Yeah.
And they don't see that, youknow, where they may be cleaning
their face in the front, butthey don't know that they're not
actually cleaning in between thelashes.
Yeah.
Um, so that's when, you know,when they do come in for their
(32:31):
touchups, that's when it could,they could be probably costing
them more to fill them morebecause we would have to clean
the old ones out or the onesthat are affected by possibly
even eyeliner that they don'tclean.
They say they do
francene (32:45):
oh God.
I can only imagine the amount ofpeople that go to sleep with
their makeup on from the nightbefore.
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