Jess Mac

I still can’t quite believe that, of everything happening in my life at that moment, a bottle of spilt serum was what tipped me over the edge 😂

But when I look back, I understand why.
I mean for a long time the shame of this happening has been strong, but I have always known it wasn’t the serum 🤗 obviously!

We were in the middle of COVID. My newborn baby had undergone life saving surgery, I was learning how to care for him and his stoma (because approximately 2 nurses knew how too and I (ME) WAS TEACHING THEM! 🫣👀

Also leaving Dulcie behind was just what had to happen, but it still hurt to not be altogether as a family, she was so safe and happy of course but it was rough.

I was trying to be everything everyone needed, while feeling completely out of my depth.

And somewhere amongst all of that, I was still trying to hold on to little bits of myself.

For me, one of those things was skincare.

Not because having nice skin was particularly important in the grand scheme of things.

But because those few minutes were mine.

And when I dropped that bloody bottle of Rainforest Dew, I think every emotion I’d been holding together just came pouring out.

It’s funny what becomes the final straw, isn’t it?

I share a lot about beauty and Tropic, but there’s a whole lot of life behind why those things matter to me.

And I think it’s time I shared more of it.

Follow me for beauty, business and the very real, sometimes messy life behind it all. 💗

It’s nearly here!

Last years advent calendar was insane - so how on earth have they done it again?! Magic that’s how!

It’s bigger, it’s actually better and you will NOT want to miss out!

24 days
A cheeky surprise
27 products
A whole lot of fun, joy and scrummyness 🙌🏼

Saving yourself £369!

Comment ‘YES’ If you need one or message me directly

It's weird putting yourself out there.

BUT this IS the world we live in.

I am over here, working out me.

I have always been great at being vulnerable but when you're in business there is an element of holding back - and from now on I am not doing it! I am bored of being worried about what someone may or may not think, or being so conservative that I am not being truly authentic.

I'm not here showing off, I am here being human, enjoying my life with my family whilst advocating and sharing the nitty gritty...

OH and actually running a business - which looks different these days BUT is still a valid business - and guess what I get to help people, mainly women (hey to my guy customers! always a space for you) find their best skincare yet, their best makeup yet and for quite a few now - helping them on their journey in this new way of working by joining my team.

So if any of this sounds like its for you, then comment 'HI' and I will send you a DM to see how I can help you ❤️

It’s not something I have ever taken time to consider really…how much capacity we have.

My frustration levels have been at an all time high recently, and then the pressure I put on myself is higher.

Because, before becoming an ambassador to THE best brand, I was already an entrepreneur. I used to feel ick at that word but it’s true, a self employed woman, smashing life and goals without a care in the world.

When your priorities change your 24hours change too, but with that comes a level of unseen resistance, and how you once did things isn’t possible as it once was.

When I say anything like this, it doesn’t ever take away that my children are my first and highest priority ever - but inside somewhere I am still me, Jess, the one who loves creating hair ups, who adores helping people with their skincare, obsessed with making life easier one makeup product at a time…

But my capacity is different now. Between kids, health and everything else I can’t do what I used too, and that’s ok. It’s ok that our friends are smashing their goals > because in this community we cheer even louder for them because they bloody deserve it. It’s ok if you feel like you’re falling behind, because you aren’t, you are just taking time to reset too 🤩

Why am I sharing it? Because maybe you feel stuck and frustrated too, maybe you feel like you are a shell of who you once were before medical appointments, broken sleep and a house of carnage.

We are also not asking for sympathy, that’s not what this is > it’s a realisation that you aren’t alone, WE aren’t alone, we aren’t failing, our capacity is just lower than it used to be - and that’s ok 🙏🏻

This grin was pictured at Tropic HQ in 2023. I mean my face hurt all day from the happiness shining through - an experience that you cannot ever articulate! I was joined my team member Kam who achieved the trip when she first joined the business.

I am super excited for my next trip to the brand new Global HQ!

Fancy seeing it for yourself?? I can show you how

Essentials for a few nights away! When my little girl suggests that a Tropic toothpaste would finish the collection she isn't wrong! For now, gentle cleaning, hydrating and protection is perfect and enough for her young skin