
Nutrition coach to the stars and theSKIN’s bff, Shauna Faulisi, is an expert on all things wellness. Shauna’s brand prioritizes mental health in everything from mixing healthy cocktails to feeling comfortable in your own skin. If you don’t follow her on Instagram (or have the privilege of knowing her!) let me tell you, Shauna by far has one of the biggest hearts, best work ethic, and knows how to have a good time.
Having spent time with both Shauna and her mother, Lia, it’s easy to see the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Lia is such a mom. She immediately makes you feel comfortable and relaxed, but don’t take that as “she’s boring” because she is far from it. Lia makes you feel like she’s your second mom, and Shauna makes you feel like you’re her favorite sister. So who better to ask about beauty on the inside and out, than these two?
Read on for a glimpse into this mother-daughter duo’s take on love, beauty, and self-care.
What is the biggest beauty lesson you’ve learned from each other?
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SF
What beauty lessons and tips did you learn from your mother?
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SF
What’s your favorite self-care ritual?
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SF
What’s your go-to daily routine?
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SF
If I’m out for the night, or I’m feeling particularly sassy in the day, I do a cat-eye.
What do you admire most about each other?
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SF
She has read book after book my entire life (she’s a natural speed reader which unfortunately I did not inherit).
I love that my mom has always taken good care of her parents. She groomed my grandfather from when she was a teenager up until the day he died. And now, she prioritizes her mom to make sure she has everything she needs.
Every day, growing up, when I would come home from school until I graduated high school, my mom stopped what she was doing — hung up the phone, paused anything else, and came to greet me and give me all of her attention. We would sit and chat until I hit an age that I didn’t want to chat, but she always hung around me quietly, doing something in the background that silently signaled to me that she was there for me. As an adult, I realize how much that has shaped me, and how lucky I am that I got to grow up with the most unselfish mom on the planet.
Shauna, did you ever raid your mom’s makeup or skincare when you were younger? What products did she have that you admired?
SF
And now that I’m revisiting these memories, sometimes, if I was grabbing something from my parents’ room and I passed my mom’s vanity I would stand there looking at everything. The gold Saint Laurent packaging, glass perfume bottles, eyelash curler, and brushes were always the most intriguing to me. I never touched though — I knew instinctively that this was mom’s special place.