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This episode is with Kristen Arnett, talking about natural, non-toxic and organic beauty. Kristen is an international make-up artist with over 20 years experience. She specializes in educating people about green beauty. Elle magazine described her as a ‘Green Leader’. As well as working with celebrities and models, Kristen teaches regular people to do their makeup, especially women in their 40s and 50s

• Kristen developed an interest in the transformative nature of make up from 13
• Shifting into a new expression of who you are
• Selling makeup in retail, interning for a teacher of theatrical and cinematic makeup, product development
• Aged 26 she left her corporate job to travel internationally as a makeup artist
• Therapy was part of the process to get to the next stage of life- within 2 years of a visioning exercise she ended up working in Milan
• Struggling with acne as a teenager and using harsh medication initially. Then following an elimination diet, she realized how food impacted her body
• With a whole food diet, her skin cleared up
• She met model, May Lindstrom (who now has a successful skincare brand), who encouraged her to simplify her skin routine and use less toxic makeup
• Changing her kit to being more ‘green’
• Making specific content for over 40s and 50s, a demographic that is often overlooked in beauty
• Your beauty products shouldn’t make you unwell
• The lack of privately funded studies that can highlight the issues with specific ingredients
• Kristen’s toxic ingredient glossary and ‘Toss the toxins toolkit’ https://kristenarnett.com/toxic-ingredients-in-cosmetics-glossary/
• Look at the first few ingredients on a product - if it’s water, it needs a strong preservative system and is a diluted version. Does it have foaming agents such as sodium lauryl sulfate?
• Be wary of brands that have all the natural ingredients at the bottom of the list
• Greenwashing brands https://kristenarnett.com/category/greenwashing-beauty-brands/
• Beauty for self-deprecation, or self-celebration
• Loving touch whilst you do your beauty routine, increasing joy
• “Ooze love through your fingers”
• Enhancing with makeup
• Makeup is an opportunity for you to play
• “Be and feel beautiful”
• How gratitude affects wellbeing
• Anti-aging marketing - we’re all getting older and that’s normal!
• Honoring the stages of life that we are at
• 5 Minute confidence booster https://kristenarnett.com/freebies/
• The effects of botulinum toxin injections in the skin
• Laugh lines are proven to make people seem more approachable
• The risks of injectables and surgery
• Life-force is beautiful 

Resources:

Instagram @kristenarnettbeauty 

Twitter  @kristenarnettgb

https://kristenarnett.com

Toxic Ingredient Glossary https://kristenarnett.com/toxic-ingredients-in-cosmetics-glossary/

Greenwashing Beauty Brands https://kristenarnett.com/category/greenwashing-beauty-brands/

Confidence booster https://kristenarnett.com/freebies/