Growing up, my favorite thing to do was to perform: from playing percussion instruments, competitive speech and debate, being on an improv troupe, and participating in local theater productions. I tried auditioning for clown college at 17, but was turned away since I was a minor, so I attended the University of Oklahoma instead where I fell in love with chemistry. After freshman year, I dropped out for financial reasons and started working in luxury cosmetics and fragrance. After a bad experience with a product, I asked myself why a cheaper product worked better. So, I ripped a cosmetic chemistry textbook online and began teaching myself how to make cosmetics.

Nearly a decade later and I am working full-time as a cosmetic chemist for Crybaby Tattoo Products and am finishing my bachelor's in chemical engineering. By supporting my small business, you are helping me pay for my schooling -- thank you from the bottom of my silly clown heart!