Everything I've Ever Done To My Face

The good, the bad, the botched & the worth repeating... and I'm naming names.

Hiii from out East my friends!!

Me and my girl BreakAwake with Nicole Sachs had the most NEEDED beach walk this past Sunday. You know what’s funny about a sweet photo like this? What you wouldn’t know is that I woke up, hormonal AF, weeping, emotional and so down for no specific reason, and tried to cancel on Nicole. Here’s what she texted me back to pull me out of it — and btw, I get to see Nicole maybe 2x/year max, so the timing of our little beach day was not by accident:

As my dear friend Hilary Hoffman ( The Weekly Assist ) always says: there’s a difference between being tired and being exhausted. There is, undoubtably, a time and place to let yourself do absolutely nothing, but there is also a time to push through it. And I try to apply this rule to my mental health, too. Because seeing Nicole on Sunday was exactly what I needed and it frankly turned my week around. The lesson here: don’t be afraid to be a “burden” or ask for help. As you can imagine, of all people, she understood the assignment :D

Anyway, I wanted to take a departure from some of the deeper, more thought provoking posts I’ve shared over the last few weeks and address, all in one place, some of the questions I get asked around things I’ve done to my face. And truly, this is such a fun, light one for me to write! I think some of you may be surprised to know that I’m not anti any of these things — even surgeries — if you have put time, thought and research into what you’re doing. IMO, there’s nothing wrong with changing something that you’ve spent your life feeling self conscious about. That said, surgeries, fillers, botox — obviously, none of it’s a fix for your inner world. You HAVE to tend to that, too.

And, as with most things, I believe DEEPLY that less is more. My goal is never to not look like myself. It’s just to enhance what I’m working with. And I’ve learned this the hard way over the years, which I’ll also show you guys with full transparency here… some of it is NOT good… LOL.

Also, as a little side note, to go with the theme of today’s episode — I’m putting together a giveaway for one winner: a big care package of a bunch of my favorite face & body related things. Lotions, potions, masks, eye patches, all the good stuff. To enter, you just have to comment on this post, and I’ll be announcing the winner and sending out their goodie box early next week!