Christina Flach talks about the grief and tragedy she has faced with the death of her mother, son, husband and business partner. She now speaks publicly on overcoming grief and how to live your best life.
In this episode she talks to us about the career she’s shaped as a Celebrity Makeup Artist which she’s been doing for 20 years… working with every major network, ABC, NBC, Fox, Gucci, Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Rita Moreno, Metallica, Journey, Condoleezza Rice, Renee Zellweger, Rachel Roy, Johnny Weir, Tyler Florence, Bobby Flay and more.
She’s now the expert Beauty Consultant on NBC’s California Live
Christina is also the founder of Pretty Girl Makeup. She’s the first to admit that she never dreamed that she would be living this lifestyle, appearing on magazine covers, featuring on podcasts, and now she’s helping people to create the life of their own dreams.
She shares that:
- She has learned to be comfortable with the uncomfortable and now embraces it.
- She says ‘yes’ to opportunities which helps her manifest her dreams and achieve her goals.
- Her failure mindset is that the only way to fail is to not try.
- She manifests opportunities by feeling it before she has it
- Being willing to do some selected work without payment can unveil opportunity.
- She knows how to self-soothe when life gets challenging. Self care is not selfish. She shares her thoughts on how to look out for yourself and shares her hack on how to be consistent even when you don’t have the time.
- Being consistent with her eating regime makes her life better.
- Sugar ‘is her drug’ and how to crush the junk food habit
- Discipline is a habit, the more you do it, the more you do it! To be the best version of herself she uses routine.
- Morning routines - oil pulling, green drinks, cold showers and dry brushing
- The most important beauty product is sleep. Entrepreneurs listen up!
- She bootstrapped her Pretty Girl Makeup business with lip gloss that outlasts the water bottle! Some cool new products are being launched this year, I’m Too Busy Skincare and a mens line called It’s About Time.
- Sunscreen is for 365 days - whether it’s sunny, raining or snowing on the face, neck, chest and hands.
- Success is defined as having balance in life and living every day as your best.
- How she managed the grief of losing her son and her husband and how it affects her other children. She speaks publicly about sepsis awareness.
- She created and runs two charities that her children are involved in, raising $60,000 in a day.
- To be a whole person is to be generous with your time and do some ‘do-good-ery’.
- It’s important to know your triggers for emotional slumps and to protect yourself from going down a slippery slope. Do something that feels good when you feel the negative emotion coming on.
- To have a long career, create balance in your life and work to have healthy, happy relationships.
- Happiness is a choice. We can decide to have a great day and make choices and have gratitude all through the day to be happy. It feels good to be in a positive cycle.
- Resilience is relentlessness, ambition, drive and don’t give up!
Follow Christina on Instagram @christinaflachmakeup
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