03/16/2026
This isnât a goodbye.
Itâs a breath and a pause.
Running Sweet Tea Skin isnât just mixing pretty jars and posting cute photos.
Itâs:
⢠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 donât have extra help with a baby⌠itâs just me and Dustin đ
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I see digital creators making hundreds of dollars a day from content.
Meanwhile, Iâm 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.
Sheâs 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 donât have the extra hands or the extra money.
I am building this slow.
Intentionally.
With integrity.
And with what I have.
So this isnât me quitting.
Itâs me being honest.
Sweet Tea Skin is still here.
Iâm still here.
But I may take a short pause to breathe, regroup, and make sure Iâm building this in a way thatâs sustainable one day.
If youâve 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 onâŚ
even if the house is quiet for a minute.
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