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Why I Love Beautycounter
I love Beautycounter products.
I love Beautycounter products so much that for the first time in my life I've made a commitment to promote and sell a product because I am passionate about it, this is much different from my past where I had been hired to promote a brand as a job for hire.
When I was 17 years old I became a vegetarian after watching a documentary on the Perdue chicken company, the film happened to be about their successful family business, all I saw was animal cruelty.
For years I didn't eat animals, I did however eat and use their by-products (leather, eggs, etc). It wasn't about health at that time, it was my love for animals and my belief that all creatures deserve to be treated with kindness.
It didn't cross my mind how ironic it was that my love for animals led me to stop eating them but I still rocked leather pants, coats, shoes and bags, ate eggs/dairy products and loved buying used fur coats. Several times in the past 20+ years I returned to a carnivore lifestyle and after feeling the negative effects in my body and mind, returned to being vegetarian.
At some point in my early 20's actress Marilu Henner schooled me about dairy and how horrible it was for our health. She eventually wrote a book about it, and I stopped eating dairy, my skin cleared up, my stuffy nose went away and any digestive issues poof...gone.
I also lost 5 pounds immediately.
Of course I returned to my dairy eating ways, only slightly smarter about my health.
In 2009 I got sober, in 2010 I was diagnosed with an arachnoid cyst on my brain, a big one. At that time health was my number one concern, I had a solid yoga practice almost daily and had been vegetarian, I now became vegan. My friend Tara, also started to make me aware that it wasn't just what I was putting in my body but what I putting on my body that made a difference in health.
How did I not put all this together? For years I had been using sunscreen that broke me out in blistering hives and welts, body lotion that caused welts and rashes all over skin. It had been a struggle for so long, my sensitive skin was being attacked by all the chemicals I was putting on it, as well all this crap was tested heavily on animals!
Slowly I weeded out products tested on animals. Most of the stuff left wasn't that great. I mixed a lot of essential oils myself for skin products but they gave me no sun protection and my step-mother who has beautiful skin always said "use a serum" to keep your skin looking young.
The search was on for a animal friendly, chemical free serum that works and feels great. Ta Da! Beautycounter
My sister's childhood friend Missy had been touting the wonders of Beautycounter for a while, I kindly dimissed her for about a year, "pyrmid scheme" is what I thought, Avon, Amway, too weird. Cult.
One day I reached out to her on the serum search and she was kind enough to sample me a few Beautycounter products, including their serum. I was hooked, several months later my skin is the best it's ever looked, I love everything I try, I feel good about what I am using, I cannot stop recommending the products to people I meet and I just replaced all the shower products for my boyfriend's three children with Beautycounter (they love the smell).
Please reach out to me and let me know if you would like to try Beautycounter. I cannot say enough good things, earth-friendly packaging, no animals are harmed, the fact that they have decided to not use over 1500 toxic products that the United States allows in our products is incredible. They give back to amazing charities too. I'm super proud to use Beautycounter and cannot wait for your to try them as well.
Email me at shanonchaiken@gmail.com or click this link and shop away!
I love Beautycounter products so much that for the first time in my life I've made a commitment to promote and sell a product because I am passionate about it, this is much different from my past where I had been hired to promote a brand as a job for hire.
When I was 17 years old I became a vegetarian after watching a documentary on the Perdue chicken company, the film happened to be about their successful family business, all I saw was animal cruelty.
For years I didn't eat animals, I did however eat and use their by-products (leather, eggs, etc). It wasn't about health at that time, it was my love for animals and my belief that all creatures deserve to be treated with kindness.
It didn't cross my mind how ironic it was that my love for animals led me to stop eating them but I still rocked leather pants, coats, shoes and bags, ate eggs/dairy products and loved buying used fur coats. Several times in the past 20+ years I returned to a carnivore lifestyle and after feeling the negative effects in my body and mind, returned to being vegetarian.
At some point in my early 20's actress Marilu Henner schooled me about dairy and how horrible it was for our health. She eventually wrote a book about it, and I stopped eating dairy, my skin cleared up, my stuffy nose went away and any digestive issues poof...gone.
I also lost 5 pounds immediately.
Of course I returned to my dairy eating ways, only slightly smarter about my health.
In 2009 I got sober, in 2010 I was diagnosed with an arachnoid cyst on my brain, a big one. At that time health was my number one concern, I had a solid yoga practice almost daily and had been vegetarian, I now became vegan. My friend Tara, also started to make me aware that it wasn't just what I was putting in my body but what I putting on my body that made a difference in health.
How did I not put all this together? For years I had been using sunscreen that broke me out in blistering hives and welts, body lotion that caused welts and rashes all over skin. It had been a struggle for so long, my sensitive skin was being attacked by all the chemicals I was putting on it, as well all this crap was tested heavily on animals!
Slowly I weeded out products tested on animals. Most of the stuff left wasn't that great. I mixed a lot of essential oils myself for skin products but they gave me no sun protection and my step-mother who has beautiful skin always said "use a serum" to keep your skin looking young.
The search was on for a animal friendly, chemical free serum that works and feels great. Ta Da! Beautycounter
My sister's childhood friend Missy had been touting the wonders of Beautycounter for a while, I kindly dimissed her for about a year, "pyrmid scheme" is what I thought, Avon, Amway, too weird. Cult.
One day I reached out to her on the serum search and she was kind enough to sample me a few Beautycounter products, including their serum. I was hooked, several months later my skin is the best it's ever looked, I love everything I try, I feel good about what I am using, I cannot stop recommending the products to people I meet and I just replaced all the shower products for my boyfriend's three children with Beautycounter (they love the smell).
Please reach out to me and let me know if you would like to try Beautycounter. I cannot say enough good things, earth-friendly packaging, no animals are harmed, the fact that they have decided to not use over 1500 toxic products that the United States allows in our products is incredible. They give back to amazing charities too. I'm super proud to use Beautycounter and cannot wait for your to try them as well.
Email me at shanonchaiken@gmail.com or click this link and shop away!