There is a product that I love and use so much that any friend or relative I mentioned it to hot it for themselves and also ended up loving it, Paula’s Choices AHA/BHA toner. I am someone who prides themselves in research and when I see a great product I bring it up. As a person of color, I know the frustration of having discoloration and so do a lot of people I know so when I found this product that is suitable for all skin types and knowing my struggle having oily skin, and read the ingredients I fell in love, it did amazing wonders for me. So anytime I got into a conversation with someone about skincare or someone complimented me and asked what I used I told them about this products, it’s ingredients, my relationship/history with discoloration they were sold. I’ve probably gotten about 12 friends and family members and 10 strangers (from conversations at work with customers at a clothing store I worked at) to buy this product and haven’t heard one negative review back (of course I can’t speak for the strangers but my friends loved the product and they know I’ll tell them the truth)

Wellness means balance to me, it means taking care of your body and mental health just as much as you give that energy for your ambitions whether it is career, artistic or educationally related. I personally integrate it by making sure I take simple steps everyday to do what makes me happy or gives me peace of mind regardless of the facts that most of my day is either taken up by school or work, I make sure not to get lost in my achievements because that can only hurt them if I do. I take my time doing my skincare every morning and night, my shower routine is important to me as well, another thing that I found this shear has helped me destress and take my mom off of everything is incorporating exercise into my day to day. At first it was about losing weight which I realized was an unhealthy mindset so now it is about making my body stronger and giving myself an outlet for my emotions. Going to the gym has made me very mindful of what I eat in turn, not in an unhealthy way but more so weather I am eating enough, listening to my body, drinking water, am I eating enough fruit and vegetables and balancing that out enough with all the other foods I enjoy, and of course, am I enjoying my food? I want to curate a healthy mindset around everything around me, not do things that make me unhappy and mess up that balance, and of course if it happens I try to keep myself controlled enough not to be upset if things don’t go as planned. It all comes full circle.

A huge part of college students lives is finding small moments to wind down, so most of the time when they are free for 5-10 minutes they will go on their phone and scroll on tiktok, i personally saw a tiktok from work from college pop up once on my screen and now I use it. However, what would be even better to wide spread to a greater audience of college students could be to get a brand ambassador on campus to spread banners/very cute stickers or something small but essential like GoPuff did with their enormous bags, they were everywhere on my campus, at the student Union help desk, at my offcampus apartments, etc. i wanted to ignore it and so did a lot of people around but because it was everywhere I was curious and checked out what GoPuff was and a lot of people also started using it too. If there is something college students love it’s free stuff, it doesn’t even matter what the item is. Another idea is to get other (specifically) college influencers, tiktokers that make content very mostly based on their college life and experiences, they’re the most relatable, and small relatable influencers get the word out the best, I would probably have seen more tik toks about Home From College if that was the case