"It's interesting — pregnancy is when most of us clue into what we're putting on our skin and into our bodies, but it's such a shame, because we all deserve that kind of thoughtful treatment of our bodies, yet we do it only when we're hosting another body; when we think, 'Oh now, we're responsible for someone else.' I wish all women could find ourselves worthy of it regardless. For me it was that moment that really changed my perspective on, 'OK, what am I buying? What am I putting on my skin?' learning more about how your skin absorbs toxins and everything else. And I had experimented with other kinds of natural brands, because I was kind of raised to seek out natural alternatives by my mother. She was always trying to find something that wasn't mass produced, or didn't have a lot of preservatives or chemicals of any kind. So I'd been raised with a sort of consciousness of that, but it was definitely pregnancy that clued me into it, and then True Botanicals was recommended to me as something that not only was completely nontoxic but actually worked. Because obviously, efficacy is the real goal, and you want to find something that gives you the results, and I had been really kind of researching brands of all kinds, not just skin care, that were kind of purposeful brands that were also good quality. And unfortunately, a lot of the actual quality of those products wasn't up to par. And so that movement got a reputation for not actually delivering on results specific to skin care."
