Haute Talk with Candice Ray | The Truth About Non-Toxic Living

Can the clothes you buy help create a more ethical and sustainable fashion industry?

In this episode of The Lexy Show, Lexy Silverstein sits down with Candice Ray, founder of The Fairnest, a platform dedicated to making ethical and sustainable shopping easier for consumers. Through her work, Candice helps connect people with brands that prioritize transparency, responsible production, and positive environmental impact, making conscious shopping more accessible.

Lexy and Candice discuss why navigating sustainable fashion can feel overwhelming and how shoppers can make informed decisions without striving for perfection. They explore what makes a brand truly ethical, the importance of supply chain transparency, and the growing problem of greenwashing in the fashion industry. Candice also shares practical advice for building a more sustainable wardrobe, supporting brands that align with your values, and understanding how everyday purchasing decisions influence the future of fashion. Whether you're new to conscious consumerism or already committed to shopping sustainably, this episode offers realistic guidance you can apply right away.

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📍 Instagram: @thefairnest
🌎 Website: https://www.thefairnest.com

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Welcome to the Lexi Show Fashion that gives the damn where we expose fast fashion and celebrate the brands and products actually making a difference for our planet. I'm Lexi Silverstein, and today I'm talking with Candace Ray, known on social media for Thrive with Candace. She's an expert in holistic health and wellness.

If you're new here, head to lexi silverstein.com for information on sustainable fashion and eco-conscious living. And if you love what you hear, subscribe and share this episode. It helps more than you think. Candace, welcome. How are you doing? Okay. So you've created such a powerful space for holistic health and wellness.

Can you share a bit about what led you to start this journey? Yeah, so when I was younger, when I was in high school, I struggled quite a bit with gut health and hormonal issues. It was never anything that was like diagnosed, but a lot of it was caused from stress. And that's when I started researching a little bit more about health.

I started researching more about nutrition and being active and getting good sleep, and that sort of let me down the rabbit [00:01:00] hole of holistic living, non-toxic living. Just living more as a quote unquote crunchy girl. And then once I graduated high school, I was really interested specifically in nutrition.

So I am currently finishing up the last year of my university degree to become a registered dietician. I'm completing internships right now and also doing content creation on the side, sharing all of my like holistic health tips. Yeah. I love that. I think that's something that I, myself, need to get more into.

I fear I don't think I have good gut health. I don't know where to start. Where do you recommend? What? What was your approach or now that you have gone through this journey how do you think it best to suggest to other people? Yeah, no, I totally understand what you're saying because especially now with social media, it seems.

So complicated. It seems like you have to do a million things. Spend a million dollars, buy a whole bunch of [00:02:00] supplements and gadgets and products. Truly, I think a lot of gut health stems from stress. At least that was the case for me. And then just consuming real whole foods. Consuming lots of probiotic rich foods.

I always talk about like sauerkraut and you can eat kimchi or kafi. There's so many options. And good sleep too. Like it's truly the foundations of our health. Yeah. That I think are the most important rather than this like little. I don't know. This little supplement that you can buy that costs you like $80.

It probably won't do anything if you're super stressed and not sleeping. Yeah, okay. Literally that is I'll always see which. As a whole other thing, but like on TikTok shop where people are like, take this, yeah. Supplement to fix your gut health. And I'm like, I don't believe you. Like I need someone.

Yeah. But maybe it does. I have no idea. But I'm just like, yeah, I'm constantly, we're constantly being sold things. And I'm just like. What do I [00:03:00] believe? Yeah. Yeah. And then I'll see people also post where there was someone who was doing this like whole cleanse where they cut out all of these things to fix their gut health and I was like, that is so amazing.

I just don't think that's something that is sustainable for me. 'cause I don't think I'd be able to keep it up. And so I'm just like, I wanna do it, but I wanna make it, more fit for my life. Yeah. 'cause what's the point of It's gonna cause you even more stress. Yeah. And you just aggravate your symptoms.

Yeah. Exactly. Your platform is all about thriving mindfully and. I talk a lot about fashion, so how does this holistic approach translate to the world of fashion and the choices we make as consumers? I think I sprinkled a little bit of consuming less under conception.

At one point it was a trend on TikTok and Instagram, but just truly using less products, buying less things, and that can come to clothing, but it can also go to. Like supplements and gadgets [00:04:00] and yeah, just living more simply, buying less. That just will automatically reduce your daily toxin exposure.

That will automatically reduce your stress. And I don't wanna say it'll make you healthier, but it will simplify a lot of things. 'cause we're always looking to, okay what's the new supplement I can buy? What's like the extra skincare product I can add to my 15 step skincare routine? What's the new haircare product I can buy?

But truly, I think that minimizing what we already have and what we're already using is. Is more important. Yeah. That's something that like, I feel like I got advice about in the beginning of my sustainability journey where it was like, or I guess something maybe I also just had to learn where just because the things in my shower or whatever, or like in like my shampoo and conditioner in a plastic bottle doesn't mean that I should just throw that out because it unsustainable. If anything, let me use all of that and then once [00:05:00] I, finish it or whatever, then start buying the more sustainable products. Yeah. Yeah. Rather than just like switching everything and just consuming more in order to yeah. Totally agree. Quote unquote sustainable. Yeah. I think that slowing down, consuming less, really thinking about the things that you are purchasing and looking up and like doing research about where you're buying them from. Yeah. Is so important. It makes the approach less overwhelming as well. Just go through what you already have and then once it's all empty, once you're done and that's when you can start looking at.

A new product to replace it rather than buying it all at once. Yeah. And having a million products at your house. Yeah, because like it really just defeats the purpose. I think that's the same thing with if you look at your closet and you wanna be more sustainable, then you go through it and you like throw out all the things that are from fast fashion companies.

Please don't ever throw out your clothes. I beg you. Yeah. Please don't. But. Rather than doing that, like I [00:06:00] still have pieces that are from fast fashion sites that I bought when I was in like middle school or high school. And not so much middle school, high school. I don't think I would fit.

Yeah. I bought in middle school. But I think like it's, even though it sucks that, it's from that. Site, it's still something that I've managed to keep a high quality. It's so that I still wear constantly. Yeah. And it's even though it's, forever 21 or some brand like that Yeah.

Doesn't mean I should just get rid of it because it is forever 21. Yeah. Even though another thing that I feel like I've been trying to implement more in my life is looking at the. Material makeup of things. So yeah. Sometimes obviously things like that are not going through the best of materials, but, don't just throw it out because it's past fashion. If it's something that you've kept for a long time and you are gonna keep wearing then it's okay to keep, and I think [00:07:00] that's important to know. Or even when I. Started my sustainability journey and I would go to the thrift store. I would just be buying stuff because I was like, oh, it's second hand and it's 1 99.

Yeah. Might as well buy it. Yeah. And then I would go on the cycle of buying something and then just taking it back to the thrift store because I didn't end up wearing it. And so like really thinking like when I'm at the thrift store, which is often I will very oftentimes though leave without anything.

I just go, yeah. There's like a, there's like a TikTok audio that's from a movie, almost famous, but it's like you go to the record store and you hang with your friends or whatever. Yeah. And that's how I feel when I'm at the thrift store. I'm like, these clothes, they're my close personal friends.

So I'll go to the thrift store or whatever, but I'll really think through the purchases that I make. And I'm like, unless I'm gonna come back. Be like, I should have fricking gotten that. That's such a cool piece, then I'm most likely not gonna buy it. Yeah. And it's hard to make that re not that realization, but it's hard to think [00:08:00] that and to have that approach because it's so normalized and people around us or on social media to. Go shopping every single week and buy multiple new pieces of clothing every single week, whether it's at the thrift stores or online or whatever. It's it's become so normalized, so it's hard to accept, that's not the right word, but be okay with entering like a thrift store and not buying and coming out with nothing.

Yeah, no, completely. I think there are so many trends and micro trends and just like everything is an ad. Like there, I can't even, I'm really mad about it actually, but like my Pinterest, which is was my favorite app ever, is like Ad Central and it drives me fricking insane. Yeah. And I'm just like, TikTok is like that too.

Yeah. TikTok is I can't scroll on a regular old video without it being like a. S like a gut health supplement thing. Yeah. And I'm just like, I'm just like, ugh, what happened to just regular videos? Like why does everything need to be [00:09:00] selling me something? And it's hard even as someone that is sustainable and like cares about sustainability and.

Practices this act of not just buying things. Like after I see an ad enough times, I'm like, shit. I believe it. I'm like, oh my God. Should I get this? Yeah. And I, that's what it's trying to do. Yeah. And that's literally like the point of it. And so I'm like, you I really just think slowing down, things are so convenient. Like we're really being pushed to be able to order something on Amazon and get it the next day, or buy like a $2 shirt off of sheen or whatever. And it's like things shouldn't necessarily be that convenient. Like it's okay to have to wait. Yeah, I heard someone say once that buying a supplement, 'cause you were talking about TikTok shop earlier.

Yeah. That buying a supplement off of TikTok shop is if you were buying a supplement off of Shen, usually the quality is really bad. And Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Literally I'm just like, [00:10:00] unless I'm not shitting on supplements, I'm sure there are great supplements out there. Oh yeah. It's more just like I keep getting.

These ads of these supplements and I'm just like, just ugh. I looked up one TikTok once and now my entire for you page is trying to sell me something related to this. Yeah. And I think just crazy. So slowing down, realizing that it's good to have convenience, but it doesn't need to be necessarily that convenient.

Doing your research. And after you've done all of that, if you still really want the piece, whether it's a clothing item or. A supplement or whatever it might be, then purchasing it. And another thing I've been like really big on too is I want real people. Not that the people promoting it aren't real, but I want people in my life or whatever.

To have us to be able to like back something up before I buy something. So that's something like, I feel like a big one that I've been seeing is a vibration plate on and I have. I have, my mother [00:11:00] was a health reporter and I, she was always like a, not like a granola mom, 'cause she's very crazy and stylish and all these things.

Not that granola moms can't be. But we would always take like a supplement instead of a regular, like over the counter medicine thing in order to try to feel better. Like we were like an ingredients household. In my brain, apparently we're not, apparently we were a snacks household.

I just think that I lived with a boy who ate all the snacks before I got to them. But so she had things like that. Like we had one of those like tables that flip you upside down or whatever to like, oh, with, I don't know what it's called. Like lymphatic drainage or circulation. Yeah. Yeah. And then she like has a vibration plate and she has, anyways, so there's like all these things that I grew up having because she was really into health and whatever, and looking at things in that kind of [00:12:00] way.

And anyways, I had enough people in my life that told me, and maybe you like, don't, maybe you're like, vibration plates are silly. I have no idea. Some of the listen listeners are like, vibration plates are silly, but I had. Three people in my life who were like, I really like this vibration plate.

And so I was like, okay, now that I have actual people in my life who've had it for years. And not just because it's like trending on TikTok saying that they liked it now I will purchase it. I have no idea if it's actually helping, but I do in fact enjoy my vibrations like a lot. I definitely don't doubt that it's effective and that it works, but I guess what I try and promote on my page is that you don't need it.

Yeah. It's not something that you need, it's a want. And I posted a de influencing video not too long ago where the vibration was in the video. Yeah. The vibration plate was in the video, and I was saying you can just go outside on a walk or do jumping jacks or something and get the same benefit. People in the comments.

I, I think there was like a mis [00:13:00] misunderstanding and people in, some people in the comments were commenting like the website to a like a study or like a scientific like article that was proving that the benefits of the vibration plate were actually real. And that's not what I'm trying to, that's not what I'm trying to say.

I am just saying it. This is not something that you need. It comes Yeah, at a certain cost, but you don't need it. There's a more, there's a low cost or zero cost al alternative most of the time. Yeah, exactly. I think that is important. I think the vibration plate is like the one thing that I was like, okay, I feel like I've fallen for something silly. But I don't know, but I'm sure it's fun, like Yeah, I think it's fun. Yeah. Like I really enjoy it and I like, it's 10 minutes and it gets me to stand still. I guess technically I'm on a vibration plate, so I'm not like still, but whatever. But it gets me to like.

Lock in for 10 minutes and just like focus on a little bit of my, like health or whatever. And I find it relaxing, but I [00:14:00] completely agree. And I do think it's something that I'm just like, I feel like I fell for marketing. But I'm sure there's benefits to it, but also what you're saying is it was a want, not a need.

And there's definitely ways to. Go about obtaining the same results that I don't need the vibration plate for. Yeah. And I think that there's so many things out there that we're seeing right now about things like that. And so I love I love, I do think like the de influencing is I think it's so beneficial.

I think it's so fun. Yeah. Yeah. I'm having fun with it. Yeah. I love it. That's what if I've learned anything from. My time on the internet is that people get angry about anything. And so I think a lot of things are like also, yeah, misunderstandings. I have this series right now where I'm doing like thrift guides and they're more like secondhand store guides.

I'm doing them for different areas and people, let me tell you, they're not happy. The people are angry. I'm just like, damn. I'm just trying to encourage people to second home source. I'm sorry. Yeah. So it is what it is and we're getting the education out there, and that's all that matters.

Whether people not take it, it's, yeah, you can't really control how someone will receive what you're trying to, the message you're trying to, yeah. Give, yeah. On that note, if you were to buy, a product or something like that, are there sustainable brands that you love that fit seamlessly into a holistic lifestyle?

Yeah, I'm definitely thinking of one for clothing. Otherwise, for products, to be honest, I make a lot of products myself, so there's not one specific brand I go to, maybe one. But yeah for clothing, I left packed. On Instagram, their [00:15:00] handle is wear packs. Most, everything they have is I would say 95% natural fiber.

Usually it's organic cotton, and yeah, I'm really liking their pieces. I'm really, I'm slowly switching over, like we were saying earlier. Like buying less fast fashion and buying more. Less but higher quality pieces. I'm, to be honest, I'm still struggling with workout pieces.

Active wear, it's really hard. Most of it obviously is polyester for 'cause you're sweating and it's like wrinkle free and all that kind of stuff. But yeah, slowly switching over and then I'm thinking of one. Skincare, like self-care brand that I really like. Primarily Pure. But they're mostly, yeah, like skincare products.

They have a few home products, but yeah, all their ingredients are completely natural. They grow, mostly all their ingredients on their farm. It's all [00:16:00] organic. Yeah. I love that. That is amazing. I'll check those out. I've. I agree. I feel like I have a hard time finding athleisure where that is.

Not polyester or nylon or anything like that, but I feel like there is a brand that I'm cannot think of the name of that's known for that, but I cannot for the life of me. Think of what the cotton feels really nice on the skin when you're working out. It's just, it's not at least I find it's not fitting.

Like it doesn't, it everything's very loose. Yeah. Which isn't a problem, but sometimes when you're like sweating and you're working out, it's not the most comfortable. But yeah, I'm willing to make that sacrifice. Yeah. I think that one of the big things with athleisure wears. There's like the, what I think it's called, like wicking or something where Yeah, because you're like, sweating and whatever, it will repel the sweat so it doesn't seep into the clothes.

But I'm like, I got a washing machine. Yeah, I'm fine. Like I gotta I'm fine if it's cotton. Honestly, I feel like the. What I've been, do I just wear like a t-shirt that I got [00:17:00] from wherever made out of cotton. And then the big thing has been like the bottoms, I don't know how to get these that are not PACT has a organic cotton legging, they sell organic cotton leggings.

I will say they're a little bit thicker, but they're very comfortable. And otherwise I'll just wear like cotton shorts. Yeah. They almost so PJ shorts, but they're very comfortable. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Alternatives. I think that is something that I feel like it's is it really a big deal if we are just wearing like a t-shirt and stuff?

No shade to the matching sets, I'm sure. But is it an, is it a need or is it a want, like yeah. De influencing again. Yes, exactly. So one of those videos that you have for the de influencing is where you make homemade, non-toxic, non-toxic deodorant. I know you were talking about how some of the things you do or shop [00:18:00] or whatever you make.

Yeah. I think that's so great. Deodorant, containers create a lot of plastic waste. There's these things that we just don't always think about. That create waste. So where did that idea come from? I think the initial idea was just creating or having a product that one works, two is non-toxic.

And three is cheap to make. And I think when you combine all these things together, it's automatically more sustainable. That's what I was trying to do. I love using the primarily pure deodorant. But I know that it can be a little bit on the pricier side. So a good alternative is making that deodorant.

You just need like a spray bottle reuse one that you already have. And then there's like magnesium water, I think there's some apple CI or vinegar in there. It's very cheap to make and the ingredients are all natural and it's really effective. Love. Yeah. What things have you learned to make? Oh my gosh.

I make my own leaving curl cream. I curvy [00:19:00] hair, so I make my own leaving curl cream with flax seeds. I fla. It's just flaxseed gel. Yeah. Let's see. I go back and forth between I buy a shampoo and conditioner, but sometimes I'll use an apple cider vinegar rinse instead of the conditioner. Works really well to make your hair very soft.

What else? Oh, I make my own mouthwash with clove and SNA sticks. What else? I feel like I would need to go in my bathroom to see. No, this is incredible. Yeah. Start doing this. Yeah. I forget, but I know. You can find videos to make everything. I see people make their own toothpaste, their own body wash.

I wanna try and make my own body lotion. I think that's. Relatively easy and really cost effective. But yeah there's always gonna be a low cost alternative that I think is automatically non-toxic and sustainable. So whatever you find in the market. Yeah. Yeah. I think that's so cool.

I think it's honestly like fun to make those things. I remember with some of my [00:20:00] friends, we did like a candle. Making things. Yeah. For apartment. And it was so much fun. And if we, if you did that with like your friends, but you made mouthwash or deodorant or whatever, like it, it's a way of making sustainability like fun.

Yeah. And then I think that's always like a big thing is like sustainability has to be expensive. I think that's a big misconception. 'cause I think that obviously yes, if you're buying from a sustainable brand, then like everyone in that supply chain got paid correctly and is working in ethical conditions and jazz, so it's gonna make the piece more expensive, but you're investing in quality.

But a lot of the things that are sustainable actually aren't expensive. And so I think breaking that misconception, not debunking the mess. Thank you. Yeah. But like showing people that there are ways to, be affordable while also being sustainable.

Some of the things that you named are just things that like. I have in my fridge right now. So it's if I already have it, [00:21:00] might as well use it to make these other things and then I can Yeah. Do eight things with this bottle of apple cider vinegar that I have. Yeah. One that's really worth making also is homemade laundry detergent and dishwasher detergent like impact.

Powder form. You get like a big box of baking sodas. The ingredients are like baking soda. There's wash and soda, Epsom salt, like these low cost ingredients, and you can make. Huge jars of them. Yeah. That will last you like a year, two years. Again, completely natural, completely sustainable. I also make my own dish soap.

Same thing, low cost. You can make your own like scalp serums with a couple different oils that'll be really moisturizing and nourishing. I also, I just remembered, I also make my own roll on perfume with the same thing in oil and just a few drops of essential oil. There's, it's. There's so many videos on social media Yeah.

That you can easily find some sustainable recipes. Okay. You've really inspired me. Yeah. I, and that's the thing too, is there's [00:22:00] so many things that I hate making the same stupid purchase of, and like one of the first switches I made in like my home was paper towels. I was just like, oh my God.

This seems so stupid to me that I'm literally buying something that is made to be thrown out. I thought that was so dumb. And so I switch over to rags and then I have a paper towel roll of like somewhat cuter rags or whatever for like my actual paper towels. But then half, like half the other stuff I use is just like regular rags that I've just had forever.

Ever. And it genuinely it saves me mon money. I made the one time purchase of a few cutesy little reusable paper towel rolls or whatever. And then I never have to buy paper towels ever again. Sign me up. Yeah. Clothing detergent is, I don't know why. Okay. I hate doing the laundry.

I hate it. I literally despise it, but it's like. [00:23:00] My boyfriend like cooks and cleans the kitchen and so then I do the laundry and clean the rest of the apartment. And so doing the laundry pisses me off and every single time the stupid little laundry detergent that I buy runs out, I actually wanna scream.

Because it pisses me off for some reason. 'cause I'm already sick of doing laundry and now I have to go out and buy something for my laundry. And so I love, I'm just gonna make a whole thing and Yeah. Have it for a year so that you make it once and it'll last you a full year. Yeah. That's how I feel about, there's a dry shampoo that I use from Lush and it's like a powder dry shampoo.

Every single time I go and buy it, I'm like. I feel like I could make this what is this? Like I, yeah, I have to look it up because I'm like, but you totally can. I've seen so many video if I had, I have really dry hair, so I don't need dry shampoo really, but I've seen so many other creators. Oh no.

But I've seen other creators make it, I think it's like air root powder. If you have darker hair, you would add a little bit of cacao [00:24:00] powder and just one other powder ingredient. It's super simple. Literally everything in my kitchen that I'm looking at, I'm gonna find another way to, this has really inspired me.

This is thing, yeah, I really wanna do this. I wanna make some of these changes. I think that's so interesting. I think it's good for you, good for the planet, and then literally a cheaper option. Like why the heck not? Yeah, there's a company even for toilet paper, I think it's like. Is it? Oh, who gives or something?

Taboo. Taboo. I've heard that. This one that I was thinking of is who gives a crop? Oh, it's a funny name. Yeah. And you buy, so you can buy 48 rolls of 100% recycled toilet paper for $68. Expensive. Wow. One time purchase. I know. But. I think their whole thing on social media is Okay, so if, wait, what? Okay. Yeah.

So if you have 48, you can buy 48 rolls and then it'll renew. You can, it'll say if you want a subscription. And so if you have, if you're buying for five to six people, it says to renew every two months. If you're [00:25:00] buying for three to four people, it says renew every three months. And then if you're buying for one to two people, you renew every four months.

Okay. And I'm like, I feel like that's so convenient. I remember like one of their videos or something where they were like, no, like these literally last us all year and it's a hundred percent recycled toilet paper. And then you, if you're on a subscription, it makes it easy 'cause like then you don't have to go to the store and buy.

Where the only option is like a less sustainable toilet paper. And it just comes to you and it's sustainable and I think that is so great. Yeah. Yeah. Otherwise, I see a lot of people use a bidet. I'm loving of bidet. Oh yeah. Yeah. That's true. I got sent one of those, but I saw a post on social media where someone set it up themself and it apparently ruined all of the water system in their apartment.

Now I've been scared to do it, but I lowkey think that I can get to set it up or ask someone who's good with Yeah. Plumbing or whatever. Who's not me? No, I don't know. I [00:26:00] wouldn't know either. I would've to ask someone else. Yeah. Literally. I, okay. But I'm thinking of the dry shampoo again. I like the traditional, like the generic.

Like Batiste, I think that's the brand dry shampoo. I have a few friends who have the spray dry shampoo. That thing smells like, just automatically gives me a headache. I don't know. I don't understand how it's even illegal to sell. Also, that one, before I was making more sustainable swaps, I used to use that one and it would literally run out in okay, to be fair.

I use a lot of dry shampoo, so maybe I was just using it excessively. Yeah. But it would not last me very long. And then I was just constantly buying new bottles of this stupid thing. And the lush one like lasts me like months on end, I think one of my friends. Said that it lasted her an entire year.

They recently just changed the bottle, so I think it's like a little bit smaller than it was before oh, that's annoying. Quite as long [00:27:00] as the other one has, but still it's made like it's none of it's plastic. Like when you're done with just recycle it. It's a powder, it's not like an aerosol thing.

But. I just feel like I can make it myself. So yeah, you can reuse like a spice jar, like an old spice jar. Yeah. And put it in there. But if you wait, I'm obsessed with that, primarily pure salts one. So I would just go to their page, check out their dry shampoo, and you can see the list of ingredients and love, and just put everything into the spice container.

Okay. You're so smart. Wow. Oh my God, I'm learning so much. Yeah. Ugh. I hope everyone listening gets as inspired as I am. It's amazing. So you offer these resources to people. 50 non-toxic product swaps. 45 habits to for happy hormones. Three. Easy non-toxic DIY swaps and top three non-toxic swaps. Wow. My mouth was not working from those words.

Why are these so important for you to share with people? [00:28:00] Just because they're. They're just accessible, simple swaps that you can make. I have to be honest, I have to go back and edit those. I think I made them like over a year ago, so they're due for an update. But yeah, they're just, it's like I said, like there's like, when you think at that okay, maybe not a thousand years ago, but I don't know, 200 years ago people were making, they were finding solutions to make their own products for everything at home, for cleaning skincare.

Whatever it was like with ingredients they had in their home. And it's good to have the option to be able to buy those products already pre-made, like on the market. It's convenient like you were saying before, but there's always gonna be a cheaper, more simple way, my opinion, to make it at home.

And so I really wanted to share a couple options with people that will also benefit their health. 'cause you're reducing your daily toxin exposure. Yeah, that was the whole points. Yeah. I love that. I think that as we were talking in the beginning, there's so much out there. To be able to have a list of [00:29:00] resources makes it easier for someone, makes them more encouraged to do it and just, it's really helpful and amazing. Yeah. Yeah. And I know most people, I know a lot of people don't have time. They have kids or they're solo parenting, that kind of stuff. And it's hard to. Set out the time to go and make each product and find the recipes online and whatever. But even without doing any of that, just simply using less products like simply using less skincare products, less haircare, less random cleaning products, just using less will already be so much better for the environment and for your health.

So you don't have to set out like. A full day in the week to, to make all of these new products just simply using less and minimizing what we're using. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I feel like we've hit a lot of good tips, but I do always like to end my podcast on what are your top rapid fire tips for someone who is looking to [00:30:00] be more sustainable?

Three, you said three. Lemme think just however many or just rapid fire. I think use less would be one of them. Use less products in any category, whether it's cleaning, skincare or haircare kitchen items. Whatever it is, just use less and get creative with what you already have. It's gonna save you money.

It's better for your health, better for the environment. The second thing. I don't know. I feel like that would be the main one. Yeah, that's a perfect one. Yeah. You don't have to speak multiple if you don't, just use less. Yeah. Yeah. Keep it simple. I love it. I completely agree. Yeah. I think that is so important.

That's something that I feel like I, in my, like looking at my closet, I. Everyone in my life would probably disagree with me on this, but I feel like I have gotten rid of a lot of stuff in a sustainable way. Never throw out your clothes. And my closet's like the emptiest it's ever been, which it isn't so much nicer.

Very, but it is, it's less stressful. Yeah. And I like. Again, I'm saying this and it's still a very full closet, but it's probably the less, the least I've ever had it. And that's saying a lot. Yeah. And I, it is, it's just like [00:31:00] less stressful. I feel like I have been saying so much to, like my mom, whenever I call her about stuff, I'm like buying or whatever is, I'll be like, I either want it to be a piece that I'm gonna have forever because it's so unique and so interesting and I've invested in it and it's just like amazing. Or I want it to be the most basic of basics that I'll keep it forever because it's such a good classic basic, and I don't want any in between. I don't want anything that I'm gonna think about later and be like, eh.

I wanna get rid of this. I want the pieces in my closet to go to my kids. Go to their kids. Yeah. Yeah. Like I want it to constantly be kept and taken care of. Yeah. Because of that, I've been like so specific about everything I bought and just consuming less and less. And it's so much less stressful and less overwhelming.

I swear. When you open a closet and when you open a closet and all your hangers are like packed [00:32:00] together, there's so much stuff and you gotta I'm like dig through it to find stuff. It's like the clutter is stressful, but then when you open your closet and there's just like your few staple pieces.

Not, it's not about having to decide on what to wear. It's more so about seeing it and seeing like no clutter. I don't know. For me it's way less stressful. Yeah. I think, like lately I know my closet really well, where like it's not, I'm not gonna find a random piece and be like, oh, I didn't know that was there.

Like I know everything that's in my closet. And then because of that. I just find new ways of styling what I already have and it makes it like, it makes stressing up so much more fun. Yeah. So getting creative with it. Yeah. Anyways. Where can everyone find you on social media or anywhere else?

Yeah, so I'm on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube shorts for now. I'll post YouTube long format soon, but it's all at Thrive with Candace. Just Instagram has two e's at the end 'cause the username was already taken. I hate when that happens. Yeah. [00:33:00] Everyone go check her out. Learn about all of this amazing holistic approaches on things.

I know that I've been inspired. And you're better. I'm glad. See everything in my. House. Yeah. So thank you so much for your time. It was great speaking with you. Yeah. Thank you for having me on.

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