If I wasn’t the actual person to live this story, I wouldn’t believe it myself! But I
did……I lived it and I survived it!
The past 7 years of my life, up until now, have been a roller coaster ride to say the
very least. I’ve endured a lot and Lord knows I’ve lost a lot. So many things have
happened that I didn’t and couldn’t for the life of me understand.
I’ve learned that life has a funny way of preparing you for obstacles present and
even those yet to come. That’s what has led me here. Obstacle after obstacle after
obstacle, got me here….to my present! But before we get into the now allow me to
provide some insight to some of the things that I have endured.
In 2015 I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. I didn’t know what to make of
this. I just knew I had to fight. I had to live. I had to do whatever it took to be here
for my kids and I was prepared to do just that. I was preparing for the fight of my
life and then (BOOM) here comes another obstacle. Two months later my then 14
year old son was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. At this point I was
at a loss for words. I was confused and I was angry! But I still had faith. We both
had to go through a lot, but Thank God, we both survived!
Fast Forward to September 2019, I just signed a new lease on a space where I was
going to open a luxurious beauty bar in Charlotte, NC. I took the next 4 months to
renovate the space to my liking and get my business affairs in order. My grand
opening was set for March 2020. That same month that I was supposed to open a
pandemic hit hard called COVID-19. I tried my hardest to keep the space but after
so many months of decline it was obvious to me that I couldn’t. I had to let it go! I
invested everything I had into this business and I had front row seats to watch it
crumble, or so I thought!
I was embarrassed, I was ashamed. I felt like a failure.
I didn’t understand why when I was trying so hard to succeed that everything
would just fall apart. One thing I know for certain is that success doesn’t come
without LOSSES!!!
I realized God was breaking me too build me!
Smokyn Beauty is the result of everything that I have endured good and bad.
This company was created from trial and error, pain and happiness, wins and losses
to bring you kosmetics on another level!