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Look in the mirror and tell yourself I am beautiful every day, whatever it is you don’t like about yourself speak life into those areas for example if you feel like you have terrible skin look in the mirror and say my skin is radiant, clear and beautiful over time you will see a drastic change in your appearance.
At times it feels like wellness or elevating one’s well being, is diametrically opposed to high achievement and high performance in one’s career. The stress, mental energy, long hours, lack of restful sleep and preoccupation that result from a high-achievement life seem to directly inhibit wellness. And yet, in order to sustain the creativity, flexibility, mental acuity and resilience that are necessary for high performance, wellness and wellbeing of the mind, body and soul are also mandatory. So how do we achieve both? This is the question I’m hoping to answer through conversations with high-achieving leaders and influencers who are practicing their own philosophies about how to maintain their wellbeing.
As a part of our series about “Social Media Influencers Share Their Top Self Care, Wellness, and Beauty Tips, I had the pleasure of interviewing Venus Starr Hurst.
Venus Starr Hurst, founder of Color Me Pretty Manufacturing, a private label and cosmetic manufacturing company offering luxurious products for beauty brands with low MOQs. All made in the US, the company offers lip-gloss, lipstick, lip balms, body scrubs, face serums, hair products, body oils, body butters, body wash and more.
Thank you so much for doing this with us! Our readers would love to get to know you a bit better. Can you share with us the backstory of how you came upon this career path and to where you are today?
Venus Starr Hurst began her entrepreneurial career in 2001 with the launch of staffing promotional event models at a virtual agency specialized in placing talent at recurring special events across the US, including the North American Auto Shows. The agency also booked models for entertainment-based celebrity events including The Emmy Awards, 2009; the
Charlie Sheen Roast, 2011, MTV, and the James Franco Roast for Sony Pictures in 2013. Hurst expanded staffing to include additional industries including hospitality, customer service, medical and construction. Venus Staffing secured multiple employment contracts and enjoyed consistent fiscal growth staffing promotional event models. Hurst later entered the cosmetic industry after discovering her hidden talent as a cosmetic chemist and become the founder of Color Me Pretty Manufacturing a private label and cosmetic manufacturing company offering luxurious products for beauty brands with low MOQs. All made in the US, the company offers lip-gloss, lipstick, lip balms, body scrubs, face serums, hair products, body oils, body butters, body wash and more.
None of us are able to achieve success without some help along the way. Is there a particular person who you are grateful towards who helped get you to where you are? Can you share a story about that?
Having great family support my parents have been very encouraging, inspirational and supportive of my entrepreneurial journey.
Can you share a story with us about the most humorous mistake you made when you were first starting? What lesson or take-away did you learn from that?
Taking on a project without sending my client a contract. Always have some type of written or voice recorded document when you are providing services.
As an influencer, you have been blessed with great success in a career path that many have attempted, but eventually gave up on. In fact, perhaps most people who tried to follow a career path like yours did not succeed. Do you have any words of advice for others who may want to embark on this career path but know that their dreams might be dashed?
If it’s something you are passionate about never give up on your dreams, sometimes you just must change your strategies around to find your niche and get your vision to reward you.
Can you share with our readers some of the strategies you’ve used to build an engaged, loyal, and large online community?
It starts with a vision, keeping a positive attitude, speaking abundance into your vision, asking yourself what needed product or services do you offer to serve others, what makes your products or services unique, be engaging with your followers, post great pictures, post information that show your following how your product or service can enrich their lives.
Ok thank you for all that. Now let’s shift to the focus of our interview. In my work, I focus on how one can thrive and care for oneself in three areas: body, mind, and heart. You are a busy person with a demanding schedule, can you share with our readers two self-care routines, practices or treatments that help your body thrive? (Kindly share a story or an example for each.)
Selfcare looks different for everyone since we all are born with uniqueness. I suggest soul search and finding out what brings you inner peace and happiness. Self-care for me is having a glass of wine, burning candles, resting, staying consistent with my skin care routine and taking walks by the water.
Can you share with us two routines that you use to help your mind or heart to thrive? (Kindly share a story or example for each.)
Cleansing my skin before bed and exfoliating once a week, listening to music is inspirational and therapeutic to the mind and heart.
Can you share five ideas that anyone can use “to feel beautiful”? (Please share a story or example for each.)
- Look in the mirror and tell yourself I am beautiful every day, whatever it is you don’t like about yourself speak life into those areas for example if you feel like you have terrible skin look in the mirror and say my skin is radiant, clear and beautiful over time you will see a drastic change in your appearance.
- Going for walks can restore your sense of inner peace it’s great for strengthening major organs in the body and boosts the immune system. I like to go for walks for a boost of energy and inner peace
- Being by the water or walks by the water and even the sound of the water brings peace, wellness and has been scientific proven to increase blood flow to the heart and brain. I like to be near the water for the feeling of peace and relaxation it gives me.
- Cleansing my skin at night and adding a night cream gives me a vibrant, refreshed and radiant look in the morning. At night your skin repairs and recuperates cleansing your skin and adding a night cream before bed will help avoid bacteria from spreading prevents acne and will give you a radiant and refreshed look in the morning.
- Burning Candles- I like to burn candles to relax and unwind the flams help soothe the soul, reduces stress is very calming, supports restful sleep and when you sleep restfully it shows and betters your physical appearance.
Is there a particular resource, a practitioner, expert, book, or podcast that made a significant impact on you and helped you to thrive? Can you share a story about that with us?
Listening to my favorite artist on YouTube Music
Do you have a story about the strangest, most bizarre or funniest wellness treatment that you’ve ever experienced?
NO!
As an influencer, you are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to the most amount of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger.
My Goal is to start a movement to feed the people in the community I was born and raised with a luxury donation only grocery store.
We are very blessed that some of the biggest names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world with whom you’d like to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this. 🙂
Rihanna we both are born under the sun sign Pisces she’s been an inspiration to me, the beauty community and people around the world with her diverseness and great work ethics. I am very interested in creating a custom formula for Fenty Beauty.
What is the best way our readers can follow you on social media?
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Thank you for these fantastic insights. We wish you only continued success in your great work!
Influencer Venus Starr Hurst Shares Her Top Selfcare, Wellness, and Beauty Tips was originally published in Authority Magazine on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.