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If you’re on this page, you’re probably wondering what the heck Your Custom Beauty is all about and if you should stick around. Am I right??!
I’m also going to assume you might be as frustrated as I’ve been in the past trying to figure out which are the best beauty products for your specific needs. It really shouldn’t be so complicated! But, with gazillions of beauty products on the market, along with some pretty far-fetched promises, even the most sensible of us start feeling a little confused.
So, whether you’re looking for the best anti-aging serum for combination skin, the perfect eyeshadow to make your hazel eyes POP, or the most effective way to manage your unmanageable frizz, we’ve got you covered.
I’m Vanessa Hathaway, the Founder of Your Custom Beauty.
I’m not a dermatologist, a makeup artist or a cosmetologist. But I genuinely love researching and learning why and how different beauty product ingredients work (I’m a little nerdy like that...🤓). And I’ve made it my mission to separate brilliant science from clever marketing (aka bullsh*t) within the beauty world. I truly want to help you, and as many people as I can, LOOK AND FEEL YOUR VERY BEST.
Girl, I’m a beauty product junkie from waaay back. When my sister and I were teenagers, we experimented with everything we could get our hands on. From Nair hair remover to VO5 hot oil treatments to gooey paint-on/peel-off facial masks (yes, it was the ‘70s..).
But it wasn’t as daunting back then. There weren’t that many options. As far as skincare, it was pretty much Noxema, Bonne Belle and Seabreeze. Pond’s cold cream, Neutrogena and Oil of Olay. Maybe a department store line if you could afford to cough up the cash.
Nowadays, there are thousands upon thousands of cleansers, moisturizers, shampoos and foundations. And, while it sure is nice to have options, it’s overwhelming at best… bewildering at worst.
So, if you’re ready to find the very best, most effective beauty products for your individual needs — RELAX, darling. You’ve come to the right place!
We all know that there’s much more to beauty than the physical, outward appearance. Your Custom Beauty is firm in our belief that beauty is about that undefinable combination of mind, body, and spirit. And for that reason, we provide information and inspiration that nourishes your soul, as well as your mind and body.
Ideas and articles that will guide you to living your fullest, happiest, healthiest life. We want to help you be your very best self!
I recently read a statistic that just about broke my heart…
“Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful… (even though) 80% of these women agreed that every woman has something about her that is beautiful. They just don’t see their own beauty”
So, I’m here to tell you something — Every feature, every (perceived) imperfection, everything you love and hate about yourself makes you, well… YOU! There’s never been and never will be another human being exactly like you. You’re one-of-a-kind. Irreplaceable. Uniquely beautiful. Perfectly, flawlessly YOU.
Our mission at YCB is to help you discover all the beauty that lies within you. To inspire you to look and, more importantly, FEEL as beautiful as you are.
A great way to describe what we do is this:
It’s Match.com for beauty products!
Just complete our Skincare or Hair Care Profile/Quiz to get customized beauty product recommendations for YOUR particular needs. Read reviews from women just like you who were fed-up with the trial-and-error method and have found the perfect products for their needs with a li’l help from YCB.
Your Custom Beauty is like no other beauty website you’ve experienced.
We also look at the way products are packaged. That may seem like a superficial detail. But, it’s actually critical in keeping the most important ingredients potent and effective. So, yep, we factored that into our recommendations as well. (Don't tell, but we’re a little obsessive like that...🤫)
So if you're ready to receive specific, customized product recommendations just for you, take the quiz now!
This quote pretty much sums it up:
We’ve found that really is true. That ‘extra mile’ includes all of the tedious, time-consuming work of researching the ingredients, the effectiveness, and the actual results of every single product we recommend.
Then we assign values to our curated products in our database according to ingredients, benefits provided, potential allergens, and dozens of other attributes.
Now, let me tell ya, there were times when I thought, WTF?? Why am I killing myself doing all this?! None of the other guys have gone to all this trouble!
Then I remembered WHY that ‘extra mile’ has such little traffic. And it makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
I sure hope you’ll stick around. I think you’ll be glad you did! 😊
If you have any questions, suggestions or comments, I’d sure love to hear from you! You can reach me at email, facebook, instagram, twitter, LinkedIn
Take good care of your lovely self... You deserve it!
Vanessa Hathaway
Founder, Your Custom Beauty
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Your Custom Beauty has scoured the market, researched the ingredients, read the reviews, and sampled hundreds of products in all price ranges to determine the best products for your unique needs.
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So not only will you receive recommendations for the best of the best eyeshadows, blushes, lipsticks, powders and more -- we'll give you the specific names of the colors that are perfect matches for you!
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