03/16/2026
This isn’t a goodbye.
It’s a breath and a pause.
Running Sweet Tea Skin isn’t just mixing pretty jars and posting cute photos.
It’s:
• paying for my website every month
• continuing my education
• paying the lab that helps me formulate safely
• paying for marketing apps and editing software
• paying for packaging, shipping, and labels
• paying just to even be seen online
(All while we don’t have extra help with a baby… it’s just me and Dustin 💅🏼💕)
I see digital creators making hundreds of dollars a day from content.
Meanwhile, I’m making literal pennies, if that, from posts that take time and heart to create.
When I had TikTok, the only time my account really grew was when I posted Layton.
And that never sat right with me.
She’s my daughter, not my marketing plan.
So I deleted it.
I dream about being at farmers markets every weekend.
Layton on my hip, selling jars under a white tent with sweet tea in hand.
But vendor fees cost money.
Inventory costs money.
Extra hands cost money.
And right now, we don’t have the extra hands or the extra money.
I am building this slow.
Intentionally.
With integrity.
And with what I have.
So this isn’t me quitting.
It’s me being honest.
Sweet Tea Skin is still here.
I’m still here.
But I may take a short pause to breathe, regroup, and make sure I’m building this in a way that’s sustainable one day.
If you’ve been meaning to restock, now would truly mean more than you know.
To my loyal clients, the ones who turned into friends, thank you.
You are the reason this still feels worth it.
Sometimes the porch light stays on…
even if the house is quiet for a minute.
🤍