SmartCast Ep. 66 || Randall Porter

[00:00:07] Speaker A: Here in Alabama to be who I am, then to do it in New York, Atlanta or anywhere else. There's 20 other gay black men running around here. There's only, like, me. And me. [00:00:20] Speaker B: Hey, this is Lacey with smartcast. And I'm here today with my good friend Randall Porter, who is a man about town here in Homewood. And we've known each other for a few years, but we are reconnecting and we're going to get your skin in the best shape of your life. I'm so excited and I'm so excited to have you here today. We're gonna talk about men and stigmas with different skin of color and how we can treat your skin and the things that we can do to address your specific concerns. [00:00:49] Speaker A: Aw, thanks for having me. I'm so excited. Like, when I reached out, I was like, I need to get my skin better. But who can I call who has great skin? You know what I think about when it comes to hair, skin, nails. Like, who has the best? You don't wanna go to someone who doesn't was like, let me call Lacey. Cause she has great skin. I told her today, I was like, you don't age, like, at all. [00:01:10] Speaker B: Well, working in this industry definitely helps to attain that, so that's the goal. I appreciate you saying that. And of course, you look exactly the same, if not better. I know after you left on your first visit, the girls were like, oh, my gosh. I saw Randall. His arms look amazing. Ooh, his body is looking great. [00:01:29] Speaker A: Listen, who are you? [00:01:30] Speaker B: He asked if he could work out after, and I told him no. [00:01:33] Speaker A: And he was like, man, listen, I'm trying. I am trying so hard. The gym is now my best friend. So besides my skin, the gym is my number one thing that I'm trying to get to because I've always been so small and, like, being a man, I know all the girls are like, oh, my God, you look great. But I'm like, I'm a dude. I want to gain a little weight and put up the muscle. So thank them for me. [00:01:55] Speaker B: You look fantastic. [00:01:56] Speaker A: Thanks. [00:01:57] Speaker B: Well, we're in a place where this industry has revolved mainly around women and women getting services, whether they were discreet about it or they're sharing it with their friends or not. And now I feel like we're in a place where we're gaining a lot of momentum in men coming in and getting services. So for us, it's been huge, especially getting emsculpt. Neo is one of the driving forces to bringing the male client base into our doors. And now we're seeing more and more men coming in, and they're getting treatments, and they're excited about it, and they're loving their results. And we've got husbands coming in with their wives and boyfriends coming in with their girlfriends, and husbands coming in with their husbands. And so I just love to see that men are coming in and they're excited about their treatments, and it's not a stigma so much anymore. Even being in Alabama, the men coming in and feeling their very best. I mean, even my husband is like, don't forget, I want to come in and get a treatment this week. I need to do something about my eyes. And he doesn't want to get Botox, but he wants to get Ulthera. He wants something that's gonna last for a long time. [00:03:03] Speaker A: Yeah. I think a lot of that has to do with the Internet. Like, now that we are more exposed to things and we see things, like, from TikTok, like Covid. I think the only thing that probably came out of COVID that was great was TikTok. Cause we were all there watching each other and learned that we all had more things in common than things that we, like, had a disagreement on. And I think a lot of that was skincare and at home care and watching, like, these, mainly men doing skincare and having their wives, like, you know, at home doing their face, and they're like, oh, I look great. This feels great. Like, oh, there's nothing wrong with that. Like, that, I think helped spike men going in and doing more things to themselves or just self care. Self care does not mean, like, self care is important for everybody. And I think that that's what I think social media has helped men realize. [00:03:59] Speaker B: So, yeah, I mean, and it's not. It's all men. I mean, like, the manliest of the manliest men are still wanting to take part in self care, and they're wanting to take care of their skin and feel good about themselves and make sure that they are doing everything that they can to preserve their youth. So, I mean, not only do they want to feel great, but they want to look great, too. [00:04:22] Speaker A: Yeah. And who doesn't want to? [00:04:24] Speaker B: They want it all. [00:04:25] Speaker A: I want it all. Like, I want it all. [00:04:26] Speaker B: They need it all. [00:04:27] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:04:28] Speaker B: So what was it? At what point in your life were you, like, okay, now I really want to take some steps to take care. [00:04:36] Speaker A: Of my skin, honestly. So. And we're probably gonna dive into this, but, like, I've never had, like, serious, like, acne issues as I got older. I had, like, the ingrown hairs from my beard. Excuse me. That was probably the most concerning thing for me, and it still is. And so every issue that I have had has come from that. And then going in and having, like, procedures or I having work done on that area, I got intrigued with other stuff, and again, getting older. I just turned 35. [00:05:19] Speaker B: You had a birthday? [00:05:20] Speaker A: Yeah, I did. Yikes. No, I'm okay with getting older, but getting older, I was like, hmm, I want to preserve, I want to prevent, I want to. What do I need to do? And I started looking into articles and things about, like, botox and all the stuff, and, you know, the whole black don't crack theory kept popping up and people being mad at people of color getting botox. And I kind of wanted to, like, shed a little light on it, especially being in Alabama. And, you know, I wanted to shed a little light on that. And so that's what got me into it from the start. [00:06:00] Speaker B: Yeah. You have come in for a few services with us so far. [00:06:06] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:06:06] Speaker B: What's been your favorite treatment? [00:06:08] Speaker A: Ooh, let's see. I did botox. I have. I like it. I'm two weeks in, three weeks in. I love the way my skin looks. I'm not gonna lie. Like, my forehead is so smooth, I can move it. So if anybody has any questions about that, I can move my forehead. I'm still as animated as ever. And that's something that I wanted. I wanted to be, like, still be able to, like, make my little faces or give side eye or whatever it is. I wanted to be able to still do that. And I think we achieved that. And I feel like my forehead is smooth. So, like, when I was younger, I used to have a really short haircut. So if you know anything about a wave cap or a durag, like, I wore them, and sometimes it would come across my forehead and it leave a dark line there. I think the Botox is taking it away. I don't see it anymore. It could go with age. Cause I haven't really, like, had a short haircut in a long time. But I also think the Botox smoothed it out. So, yeah, I love that. And I'm just excited to keep going and doing stuff, not doing stuff, but stuff that I need and to prevent. And I'm not afraid of it as I thought I would be. I was afraid going in and getting it done, but it was painless, it was easy, and I really do love the results. Result so. [00:07:36] Speaker B: Well, you know, I mean, as far as you said that you were nervous about it. I think a lot that goes into that is being in an environment where you feel comfortable and you feel heard and you feel like you have people that are explaining to you exactly what to expect, and people that, you know, are qualified to do what they're. They're doing. They stay in their lane. And the certain services that they're offering, and we spend so much time. We're in our training facility right now that we spend hours and hours of continued education to make sure that our team is completely comfortable with every single thing that they're offering. And so, for us, it's very important that we can portray that to our patients so that when you come in, you get a treatment that maybe you are nervous about getting. You feel at ease, because the people that are performing those services are very well qualified. [00:08:25] Speaker A: Yeah. Like, when I walked in, I felt like everybody was ready for me. Peytone, I don't know what paper is. [00:08:32] Speaker B: Her ma. [00:08:33] Speaker A: Okay, well, she was very knowledgeable. She was there to, like, assist and everything, and it was great. Like, I felt very comfortable. They could tell. She was like, do you want a little ball? Do you want me to do the little numbing thing? And it worked. I settled down, and I. At the end, I was like, oh, that wasn't so bad. But, yeah, I felt very comfortable. One, because I know you, but then, two, everybody on your staff that day and even today when I went in, just seemed like they know what they're doing. Everybody's comfortable, and, like, seems to enjoy being at work. And that, I think that's great. And that shows through. And that was important to me when I was like, hey, I want to get Botox. Who would I want to do this? [00:09:21] Speaker B: And so, yeah, yeah, well, I mean, and, you know, I know we talked about this a little bit earlier when we were off air, but the. We are in Alabama. Alabama is the one remaining state that you have to be an MD or a DMD to inject. But in every single other state, mid levels are injecting botox and dermal fillers, and in some states, even estheticians. But what's really important about who you go to for your injections is that they are having that top tier level education. We have three injectors here at Smartskin, and every single one of them, this is their full time job. They don't dabble in anything other than injectables and medical aesthetics. And so they are spending countless hours on continued education. They are training on how to deal with adverse reactions. They're doing everything that they can to perfect their craft. And so it's super important to them that everything that they do is on another level of excellence because this is their 100% focus. And so that's why you see a lot of trainers and some of the best of the best injectors in other states are mid level providers, because that's what they do every single day, is inject. And so their focus is on injections, and that's what our injectors are doing every single day, too. [00:10:42] Speaker A: No, I love that. Like, like I said, I felt very good and comfortable. I had questions, and they answered those questions immediately, and they, if they didn't really know the answer, I don't know, because they seem to know, and that's important to me. And so, yeah, it was a great experience. I'm excited to keep on this journey. [00:11:05] Speaker B: And, yeah, and so I know a lot. You just launched an article that posted this week. [00:11:12] Speaker A: Yes. [00:11:12] Speaker B: And it was about men in skincare and skin of color and all of that. And, you know, being in Alabama, our demographic is not heavily, you know, populated with Fitzpatrick's types five and six. But I love that our industry is creating so many new opportunities for us to learn and grow our skillset in skin of color. Like, at scale. This past year, they had probably six or seven breakaway sessions that were specifically on skin of color. Allergan has provided additional training for us to be able to educate ourselves even more on skin of color and different complications that can arise, especially, like, when you're treating with laser devices. So I love that as we're growing in this industry, not only are we learning more about men's skin, but we're also learning more about skin of color as well, so that we can continue to grow and evolve and learn even. [00:12:05] Speaker A: More year, I'm excited about it because the thing is, growing up in the black community, we're told black don't crack. Right? Which, listen, I think I look great for 35. You would never know I'm 35. So the theory, if we're going with the theory there, it works. But if we're going for the sake of, you know, it may take our skin a little longer to define lines, to appear all those things, then, yes, because Botox is needed, and we. It works for us, too. And I think it was just a stigma around that when it comes to, like, injectables and fillers. And I think more and more people are learning about it, not just men, but people of color, women and people are trying it now. And that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to show that and that it was okay. And like I said, I love my results. I'm not telling everybody to go out there and get Botox, but I think if you are afraid of it and you want to learn more about it, I think you should. [00:13:14] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, and the good news is, it only lasts for, like, three months. So if you hate it, it's gonna go away. It's gonna go away. [00:13:20] Speaker A: And then you just. If you're honest about it, the one thing I do like, when I came into the office and she asked me what I didn't like about my face and where, if I had to have it, why? Like, asking those questions made me feel even better, because then. Cause instead I was like, what do you think? You know? You know, I appreciated her being like, what don't you like? [00:13:42] Speaker B: Right. What are your. [00:13:43] Speaker A: And then she addressed, okay, I can see why you would think this or not think this. And I like that. And I think if everybody had that approach to it, I'm not saying go to the doctor and be like, fill me up. But if you went in and addressed some concerns that you had, and then they were, like, very honest with you and open about it, I think it would be a great experience. Like I had. Yeah. [00:14:05] Speaker B: Well, I think the goal is not to augment. It's to enhance, and it's to bring back the youthfulness that you had in your skin a couple years ago. My goal is always to look more rested than I really am. I have three children. [00:14:22] Speaker A: Which you do not look like. [00:14:23] Speaker B: You have three children. I do not look like I have three children. [00:14:25] Speaker A: Well, you're succeeding. You're winning. [00:14:27] Speaker B: Well. And I'm due for toxin. I'm actually getting mine tomorrow. It's been three months, and it is time. [00:14:33] Speaker A: Listen, you look great. [00:14:34] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:14:35] Speaker A: Keep doing it. [00:14:36] Speaker B: Yes. Okay, so what else is new? We've got. You're doing man about town. You're doing some writing pieces for. Is it based around education or, like, tell me, what is it? [00:14:48] Speaker A: So man about town is. We originally started it because, again, kind of similar to the conversations we're having. I wanted to showcase how diverse Alabama and Birmingham is. The column is an Alabama based piece, but it is, you know, I'm based in Birmingham, so I wanted to showcase all of Birmingham, all of Alabama. The great parts, the not so great parts. But I also wanted to address it in a way to show that, like, there's change and positivity. Birmingham is a pocket of diversity food. Like, it's great. Like, I love it. And like, I even brought my cause during COVID I think we were one of the only states that were kind of semi open. I brought my Alabama. I mean, my New York friends here, and they were just, like, nervous out. Like, out of all the things they saw on tv and all the stuff. And when they got here, they were like, oh, my God. Okay, this is not what we thought this was. And I was like, y'all, Birmingham is a pocket. I understand that outside of here may be some different. Maybe a different situation, but, like, the goal for the column was to showcase that stuff, to showcase the positivity, to showcase what Birmingham, Alabama, can offer someone. And so we're gonna continue to do that. I'm on. I think this will be my two year anniversary of the column coming up in August, and there's no signs of slowing it down. I want to do more, like, home things, travel. We're gonna do more skincare. We're gonna do more fashion things. I love all things fashion, because how fashion. And now I'm learning how skincare, it can make you feel. And, like, everything that I do is trying to make the whole person feel better, feel good about themselves, and just do it your own way, at the beat of your own drum. So, that's what the column is. I want to show Alabama. I want to show people. I want to show all of it. And I thought it would be funny to, you know, since we all live online, to do, like, an actual writing column. Excuse me. That's what the column is all about. And I'm so excited to keep going. [00:17:05] Speaker B: I think that's great. And you're so right. Alabama really has created a lot of really unique things. I think that it's up and coming. The food is fantastic, especially downtown. My brother lives downtown, and so we will always get the reps to take us out to eat somewhere downtown, because there's so many great little spots down there. [00:17:23] Speaker A: So many great spots. I mean, I'm a. A sucker for the old spots, too. I love Bottega. Like, if I can get in there, I'm there. But I'm loving the new spots, too. Like, I had my birthday dinner at Luca. That was good. Here in Homewood. I just tried their new concept last night. Magnolia point and five points. And I. Yeah, Birmingham is growing, and, like, I think we're having an EDM festival come. I just got an email about that. And, you know, this city has everything that any other city has. We just need people to believe in it and to, like, give it a chance. [00:18:05] Speaker B: I think that there are starting to be, like, even more concerts and stuff there, too, which is really great. Cause I don't really love to go to Atlanta. [00:18:12] Speaker A: Me either. [00:18:13] Speaker B: I would prefer to go to Nashville if I were gonna, like, go somewhere else for a concert. But Birmingham's bringing in some good artists here pretty soon. [00:18:20] Speaker A: I'm loving it. And it's like that. We actually, the past year and a half, like, even the BJCC has been doing, like, Broadway and Birmingham, which I've gotten to see some really good plays. I think they start back up again this fall. So you can check their website, but. Or follow. [00:18:38] Speaker B: Did you do the candlelight? Have you done so good? [00:18:43] Speaker A: Is it. [00:18:43] Speaker B: Yeah, I took my husband and my kids to it recently. It was really good. [00:18:47] Speaker A: Really? If they do it again, I'm gonna. I know you're gonna go see it. [00:18:51] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, they have different. They'll play different genres of music, too, so they'll have, like, different ones that you can go to. [00:18:59] Speaker A: I just. I don't know. I keep seeing the ads for it, and then I was like, I need to check it out. Check it out. And then I kind of forget. But I've been. Birmingham has been, like, really fun. And, like, last. A couple. Last month, I think we had, like, a mimosa festival. Like, there's things to do. There's always things to do if you want to get out of your bubble, out of your way and go do them. Yes. It's hot. It is hot. It is hot, but it's hot everywhere. I was just in Arizona for a wellness retreat, and it was hot there. [00:19:30] Speaker B: How was the wellness retreat? I love Arizona. [00:19:33] Speaker A: Okay, so for my birthday every year, I always go to New York pride. And it always falls on the same weekend. And your boy is getting tired, he's getting old, and we're not in our twenties. [00:19:44] Speaker B: It's time to pivot. [00:19:45] Speaker A: No, it was time to pivot. I was like, all right, we can do pride next year. So many, like, so many prides. Even. There's one in October in Atlanta, so I'm gonna do that. But. So I wanted to pivot, and a friend of mine, Cameron, went for her 30th, and I was like, you know what? I wanna go for my 35th. I was gonna go by myself, but I had some great friends who were like, we would love to go with you. So I took four friends with me, and we had the best time. Like, the first day, we did a breathing class, and I've never done any breathing work before. And when I tell y'all, I sobbed. I sobbed like, I was just thankful for being there. My life, my friends, everything. Cause it's so easy to get caught up in your day to day. I do, like, a gratitude journal every day. But it's so easy to write. I'm thankful to be alive. I'm here, I'm making money. I paid my rent today. You know, it's so easy to do those things. So it was good to have, like, a different outlet. Cause honestly, I don't think I've cried happy tears, sad tears, or any tears, really, in about a year and a half until that moment. I mean, it's good to release. And I was kind of skeptical. Cause anybody who's like, you're gonna cry, I'm like, okay, whatever. But, like, I cried. It was to the point that, like, I turned over to my friend and I was like, I can't stop sobbing. And it wasn't anything bad or sad. It was just all. Everything flooding in. And the work that we did in the hour and 45 minutes class was just, like, coming to the surface. And now I'm able to, like, put that into my everyday life, because, again, I do live in a bubble. And I'm very fortunate for my bubble, and I'm grateful for it. But it's. It's good to, like, have release and, like, be grateful for the things that I do have in a different way. [00:21:35] Speaker B: I'd love to do a sound bath. [00:21:36] Speaker A: Oh, my God. I didn't get to do one on the retreat. There were so many classes, so many classes, so many things. And, of course, you still wanted to have a little fun, like the margaritas and the pool, like, the whole thing. And actually, the weather wasn't that bad. You know, it's a little. It's pretty dry. It's dry. [00:21:52] Speaker B: My hair looked fantastic. [00:21:53] Speaker A: Really? See, I was scared, I guess. Cause my hair's so used to humidity now. Cause if you don't know, my hair's not naturally straighten. Well, I guess it's naturally straight. It's not chemically straightened. So I was afraid it was gonna, like, poof up. But no, it was fine. It was great. I would do it again. I now know what to expect. I didn't do the spa there, which I wish I would have done just to see what that was like. But it was great. Like, I would do it again. [00:22:24] Speaker B: Okay. [00:22:24] Speaker A: Wow. [00:22:25] Speaker B: Good. We need something like that here. [00:22:27] Speaker A: I know. [00:22:28] Speaker B: My mom always wants to do that. [00:22:29] Speaker A: I was just about to say, my. [00:22:30] Speaker B: Mom is forever trying to find the perfect facility to do just, like, this big, blown out wellness retreat. [00:22:37] Speaker A: Yeah. And you can do them once a year, like, or every six months. That would be so cool because that we don't have anything like that. But Alabama is. Is probably one of the perfect place to, like, have because we have everything. We have rivers, lakes, beaches, mountains. We can figure it out. Yeah. [00:22:53] Speaker B: I mean, there's tons of land. [00:22:54] Speaker A: Yeah. So build it. [00:22:55] Speaker B: Just buy some land and build it. [00:22:57] Speaker A: I know. I mean, I have no money, but I could come in and, like, help you. Yeah. Help some classes, you know, bring some energy. I don't know, help with outfits. We can. I can come in and help. [00:23:10] Speaker B: We can work it out. [00:23:11] Speaker A: Yeah, we could work it out. But that would be so cool if there was something around my mom, she. [00:23:16] Speaker B: Needs to refocus her intentions and find that land. [00:23:19] Speaker A: Yeah. I'll be like, let's find that land for that wellness retreat. Name it after me. Randall Porter. Porter would be a great wellness resort. Yeah. [00:23:27] Speaker B: So changing directions, one of the things that you told me that you struggled with was the ingrown hairs in your beard. [00:23:35] Speaker A: Yes. [00:23:36] Speaker B: So one of the things that we have at smart skin is the skin better pill pads. [00:23:41] Speaker A: Okay. [00:23:41] Speaker B: And that's so good for that, too. And so remind me, when we go across the street, I'll give you some more of those. And then for our listeners today, they'll get 10% off the solo for men, which is the skincare product that we gave you to use. That is an all in one men product. That's going to be environmental defense. It's going to protect your skin. It's going to be a hydrator. It's going to help with all overtone texture, redness, evening out, all your skin tone. And then the pill pads, we have a box of pill pads. And then those will be 10% off, too, if they will just mentioned Randall Porter when they call or come by to pick up their products for their men. And then for women, the skin butter pill pads are great, too. I like to use those once or twice a week just to exfoliate that dead skin. A few weeks ago, you got a 2% lactic pill. So this is kind of similar to that. But you can use that at home. [00:24:31] Speaker A: Do you do it after shaving? Okay. That's what I'm so, I like to let my beard grow. I've learned to shave. I know at 35, it took me a minute, but it's a process for me. I love to get on TikTok and watch all these men do the quick little easy shave. I'm like, oh, I wish it was so easy for me, but it's not. So I have to go in with an electric razor first and knock the hair down, and then I can go in with the straight razor in the shower. I've learned to do it in the shower. I have a little mirror set up in there, and so I just go in and shave that way. Just one pass, and then I do that way. It's exfoliating the steam. And I haven't had, especially, like, since the pill, I haven't had any ingrown hairs. Not any new ones pop up. I've also learned that I can't go more than two to three days without, like, shaving or knocking it down or something. I can't grow a beard otherwise I'm gonna be, like, broken out. Or at least that's what I think. I haven't done it in a while because I'm so afraid to. Like, because I tried. Laser did not work for me. I don't. I don't wanna. I don't. [00:25:39] Speaker B: Lasers are difficult for skin of color. [00:25:42] Speaker A: Skin of color. A friend of mine did it, and maybe I wasn't at the right place for it, and so maybe I could try it again and it'll work. But I tried the laser. It didn't work for me. I do think my hair is less coarse from that treatment, but it still grows. Like, if you see me now, I have a beard. But, yeah, that was my main skin concern. And then it leaves, like, you know, of course, the darkness from the beard and all of that. And so, like, when I do shave, it's, like, discoloration. Discoloration. And so, yeah, that was my main concern when I started this whole journey. [00:26:24] Speaker B: Yeah. Well, hopefully the skin better pill pads will help. [00:26:27] Speaker A: Okay. [00:26:27] Speaker B: We also just launched yesterday a brand new item to our menu for our basic facial services that our clients can choose between. It's called the glass facial. And so everybody wants glass skin. I know. So it includes a dermaplaning. There is a sheet mask and then a cold wand over it. And then they do massage, and the whole process takes about 30 minutes. But it's brand new on the menu item, and we definitely need to get you scheduled for that so you can listen. [00:27:01] Speaker A: I want all the things. I want all the things. But, yeah, I'm excited. Like, I. Like I said, I didn't. I don't have crazy issues, but the issues I do have, it is a little harder to treat because I get, like you said, we're learning about skin of color and how to treat things like that, and, like, how do you tell the hair in your face to act right? I'm like, stop it. Yeah. [00:27:27] Speaker B: Well, I originally had to get hair removal in my bikini line because I was getting grown hairs, and especially when I was pregnant. Washington, my oldest, I even got some scarring from it. [00:27:37] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's what I'm afraid of. I think I don't have too much scarring. If I do, it's not that noticeable to me. But, yeah, that's what we're trying to not get to avoid. And, like, I want to be 36 and have the best skin in my life. So in a year, y'all look me up, and I'm be like, no editing on this photo. I didn't edit this out. [00:27:59] Speaker B: Well, I mean, and even if you do decide to shave your beard, you don't want to have hyperpigmentation in that area. You want it to be nice and even all over. [00:28:09] Speaker A: Yeah. And that's the goals. Like, like I said, I'm not coming in trying to, like, do anything crazy to my face. I like the way I look. I think my skin is okay. It could be better. We also did the skin analysis, which it told me I have skin of my age, which I'm gonna take. They could have said, I have the skin of a 29 year old. I would have been happy about that. [00:28:29] Speaker B: But we'll redo the skin. [00:28:31] Speaker A: Yeah, we'll do it again. [00:28:32] Speaker B: See, Brittany, that owns forecast Ursulon, she travels internationally a lot because her husband is from Burma, England. And so she, on her scan, showed that she was significantly older than she is. She was not using a good skincare regimen, and my hydrinity rep got her on the full hydranity skincare line. And then four weeks later, we did a rescan, and she had already aged backwards a year. [00:28:59] Speaker A: Ooh. Okay, that's the goal. We're gonna age backwards. [00:29:02] Speaker B: So she was like, yes. I'm so excited. She aged backward. Britney's great. I love her so. [00:29:07] Speaker A: I love her too. Great energy. Great person. Like, always. Like, the energy. The energy is always great. [00:29:14] Speaker B: We partner with them a lot. [00:29:15] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:29:16] Speaker B: Liz, who works our front desk, actually came from forecast. [00:29:19] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. I haven't been over there in a while. It's still right over here. Yes. [00:29:23] Speaker B: And then Tarea is doing a new scalp treatment. Now. I'm going to see her, like, as soon as she gets back, and she's going out of town next week, but when she gets back, I am gonna be there. [00:29:34] Speaker A: Yeah, I need to go over there. I haven't seen them in a while. And like I said, I've seen Brittany in the city and she's great and always great energy. She comments on my stuff vice versa. And I knew she got married and her husband was in the UK, and so she was traveling. [00:29:48] Speaker B: He's here now. [00:29:49] Speaker A: Oh, he's here now. [00:29:50] Speaker B: He comes in and sees us. We trade out. So she does my hair and my daughter's hair, and we do her and her husband's skin. [00:29:57] Speaker A: Love that. [00:29:57] Speaker B: So it's fun. [00:29:59] Speaker A: Yeah. Oh, they're good people. [00:30:01] Speaker B: Brittany's great. She's a people's person. She is the biggest cheerleader for every small Birmingham. Like, she will support you to the very end. [00:30:10] Speaker A: She will. [00:30:11] Speaker B: She's fantastic. [00:30:12] Speaker A: She always, like, always great energy. I think the last time we, like, had conversations during, like, Birmingham fashion Week, maybe a year and a half ago. [00:30:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:19] Speaker A: And, yeah, she one person that I will always be a cheerleader. Have her back no matter what. She's one of those people. People. [00:30:27] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:30:27] Speaker A: You know, for sure. [00:30:28] Speaker B: I love. I love them there. Well, thank you so much for being here today. We'll do this again maybe a little bit further into your journey so you can give us an update. [00:30:39] Speaker A: I will. I know that everybody's probably, like, they're paying him to say this. They have not. I'm telling y'all, my skin, I'm obsessed with it. I love the Botox. I had a great experience. This is not them making me say it. So. Yeah. Thank you. [00:30:54] Speaker B: Thank you for being here. [00:30:56] Speaker A: Of course. [00:30:56] Speaker B: I appreciate it. Thank you for joining us on today's episode of Smart cast, and we'll see you next week.