The Gurrola Family

Did you know you can support small business without spending a dime?

We all have friends and family who have that entrepreneurial spirit and started their own business. As much as we’d like to help them out and purchase from them, there is just no way we could buy from ALL of them without going broke! BUT there are enough people out in world to support ALL of them.

YOU have the power to connect those friends and family to the world. Someone, somewhere is out there looking for what they offer. All you have to do is follow these simple steps.

More than likely your friend or family member has a website, facebook page, or instagram account.

Look for those little thumbs up or heart icons and Tap or Click ’em!

Comment something positive, even if it’s just a “WoW”
Share a post you connect with from one of their accounts
Tag a friend who might enjoy the post
Shout them out in a post of your own, something simple
Comment a fun emoji

The more often you do these things the more it helps their posts and pages get seen.

Some DO NOT’s to go by

Don’t post anything negative
Don’t ask for free stuff

Here’s a list of a few of my favorite small businesses:

Feel free to “Like” them too…
Share this post and help out all these small businesses….

Educational:

Usborne – One of the world’s leading independent children’s book publishers and proud to be a family business. Creating brilliant books for all children – and looking after people and the planet while we do so.
Ashley – https://j9386.myubam.com

Make Up & Beauty:

Farmasi – An international beauty and personal care manufacturer, retailer and direct selling company in Beauty Care.
Christina – https://www.farmasius.com/ChristinaMain
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ConfidencewithChristina

Beauty Counter – Our Mission: To get safer products into the hands of everyone. Since our first product launch in 2013, we’ve been creating the gold standard for safety in the personal-care industry. How? First, we omit 1,800+ questionable ingredients in our formulations that are currently used in the industry—we call this The Never List™.
Amanda – https://www.beautycounter.com/amandabarbee/

SeneGence – Steadfast in its commitment to offer products that really work, including LipSense® Long-Lasting Lip Color and a complete line of anti-aging skin care and long-lasting cosmetics.
Chrissy – https://senesite.senegence.com/SimplyBeautifulByChrissy/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SimplyBeautifulByChrissy

Rodan + Fields – No matter your age, gender, skin tone or ethnicity, Rodan + Fields products can help you to achieve healthier, younger-looking skin.
Sherae – https://sgurrola.myrandf.com

BeCAUSE Cosmetics – Working to make the world a more beautiful place. That’s why 3% of all commissionable sales are dedicated to a corporate-advised fund. Working with BeCause and the Community Foundation of Utah, Brand Ambassadors nominate and select organizations that will receive these grants.
Leah – https://www.becausecosmetics.com/2199/

Health:

Modere – For 30 years, Modere has been committed to earning your trust with products that consistently deliver. We’ve made a conscious choice to eliminate unnecessary and potentially harmful ingredients commonly found in conventional formulations, because what we leave out is as important as what we include.
Daniel – https://www.Modere.com/4CHEER
FB: https://www.facebook.com/LiveCleanLifestyles

YoungLiving – Essential oils are aromatic, concentrated plant extracts that are carefully obtained through steam distillation, cold pressing, or resin tapping. We offer essential oils, blends, and oil-infused products with the optimal levels of specific, naturally occurring essential oil constituents to maximize their potency.
Holly – FB: The Wellthy Oilers Hangout

Jewelry:

JBloom – I want our jewelry to tell your story. Many items can be personalized to reflect what’s meaningful to you. Now, more than ever, we need these simple reminders of how words, phrases or a scripture can give us hope.
Le Keisha – https://www.myjbloom.com/lsoliz
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1153509054739448

Paparazzi – Paparazzi Accessories are always fabulous, always fashionable, and always $5.
Shelly – https://paparazziaccessories.com/317097/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/931528420516337

Hair-care:

Head Kandy – Kayla McNeill is the founder and creator of Head Kandy, an up and coming beauty brand. Located in Salida, Colorado, Head Kandy is revolutionizing the way women style hair. Specializing in time saving, quality, affordable beauty products and hair appliances for the every day consumer.
Leah – https://www.headkandypro.com/?aff=609p

Home:

Thirty-One Gifts – Customizable items for your home like pillows, organizing totes, purses, travel bags and more.
Melinda: https://www.mythirtyone.com/melindaogbin
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GetOrganizedwithMelinda

Scentsy – An international leader in home and personal fragrance, offering stylish, innovative and customizable products designed to Warm the Heart, Enliven the Senses and Inspire the Soul. Scentsy products are sold by a network of Scentsy Consultants in 11 countries.
Jessica – https://jessicajoosten.scentsy.us
FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1098257190551702

What initially drew my eye: Beautycounter’s commitment to products with safe ingredients. They have a list of over 1,500 ingredients that they promise to never use. They regularly pour over all sorts of studies and even commission some of their own to examine ingredients for toxicity. That’s awesome. But that’s not the whole story.

They don’t claim to be all-natural, “Over 80% of the ingredients in our products are organic, natural or plant derived. The others are synthetic…but that doesn’t mean that they are unsafe.” I get it. To mass-produce things economically and safely, you often have to include synthetic preservatives to make sure your products don’t spoil and kill someone. That is always my answer when a reader asks why I don’t sell my own products. And I’ve said time and again that natural skincare is not an all or nothing process. Any little step helps in the journey towards a healthier life. To foster transparency, Beautycounter even provides a complete glossary of their ingredients.

I’ve tried a lot of safer make-up brands but have yet to fall in love with the whole line. I have been on the hunt for a safer foundation so my awesome friend Stephanie invited me to try Beautycounter foundation. I decided to give it a try, so I bought the Tint Skin Foundation for $41 +tax & shipping. The price doesn’t really bother me cause before switching to safer brands I still bought high end products. I am extremely fair skinned so I purchased the porcelain shade which turned out to be a perfect match.

I applied with a brush. It went on smoothly and evenly. A little bit of product went a long way. It is a very light weight foundation so I used about a dime sized amount to get a full coverage. I tend to have oily skin and found that this did not add to my oiliness nor did it dry me out. It stayed in place well over 14 hours of rigorous mom life of 4 kids ages 1-10! When it was time to hit the hay I usually notice that when removing my make-up my skin will feel dry or even flakey, but not with this foundation. My skin felt soft and plump!

Overall thoughts
I applaud Beautycounter for their mission. I believe in it, I support it, and I want to do everything I can to bring awareness to the brand in the hope that more and more women will recognize the chemicals in their products and start choosing safer alternatives.

That said, from trying out their face products, I get the impression that these are designed more for the woman who doesn’t like to wear a lot of makeup, prefers a very natural look when she does wear makeup or for a woman that already has beautiful skin. These products are formulated to enhance what you already have, but if you’re looking for something with the ability to transform, hide or cover, these products are probably not the best choice for you. I would love to see Beautycounter come out with a face line that provides a broader range of coverage options, but understand that they’re bound by their ability to do so while sourcing from ingredients that are healthy and sustainable.

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