Ep. 95: Is It Okay to Quit? Mindset Shift for a Crisis Economy with PMU Superstar Rose Prieto
Is it okay to quit?
You know what they say, “Quitters never win, winners never quit.”
What about right now, during the coronavirus pandemic, when we’ve all been forced to close our salons, shops, studios, etc.?
Do you feel like throwing in the towel? There’s a lot of people who won’t blame you for it. It’s the perfect “out…” or is it?
I was so excited to have Rose Prieto, fiery and warm hearted beauty boss babe with a long list to supply her resumé, on this episode to have a conversation with me about how to stay tough when the going gets tough.
In this episode, I talk about entrepreneurship in this coronavirus economy. Is it even there? How do I find it? Those questions and more are answered in this episode.
Opportunity and purpose are still there! I remind you of that in this episode and I even talk about how to remember your purpose and finding opportunity when you’re scared.
We get to know Rose’s story really well here too (I just love how vibrant and real she is). She gives us knowledge when it comes to not quitting in life.
Rose reminds to stay learning. We don’t know it all (though some of us try to front like we do, you know who you are).
It turned into a little bit of an interview where I ask Rose a series of questions like, “When is it okay to quit?” or “Who inspires you?” or “Why is your approach to this industry different?” And Rose just goes off answering them in her amazing way—she leaves no stone unturned in answering all of the questions.
We talk about how the straight way isn’t always the best way (blegh. Boring!).
We talk about regret.
We talk about legacy.
You have so much to gain from this podcast—this interview. I know I did.
Here are the episode highlights:
‣‣ [04:38] The coronavirus economy is scary to say the least. But I tell you right here how it can work for you.
‣‣ [05:41] At this minute mark, I tell you what value has to do with thriving and how you find that in your business.
‣‣ [07:38] What is so special about your purpose? It is special! It's powerful! I tell you all about that here.
‣‣ [08:41] Here's there very beginning of my conversation with Rose! I introduce her at this very minute.
‣‣ [13:17] Rose is a freaking powerhouse. We get to know a little bit more about her starting at this minute mark.
‣‣ [16:02] Right here is where Rose talks about the two different kinds of people you have in the beauty industry, what type we both fall under, and what type works best.
‣‣ [23:19] This is where Rose answers the question that I ask, which is what people most misunderstand about how she approaches the current season we're in right now.
‣‣ [27:39] Rose talks about the things to hold onto in the middle of pain and crisis. So good.
‣‣ [29:41] Here's where I ask Rose, "Why do you approach this season the way that you do?" Her answer will blow your socks off. If you've known pain (which I'm sure you have, we all have), she answers how that works to her advantage here.
‣‣ [33:13] Rose talks about why life shouldn't just be a straight flush at this minute mark. She thinks it's boring too!
‣‣ [42:50] What do you think the biggest regret would be coming out of this season and looking back? Rose answers that question at this minute mark.
‣‣ [47:35] Here's where I ask Rose what she would want to be remembered for forever if it could only be three truths. Her answers are so raw and real and amazing, you'll want to listen to them.
‣‣ [51:55] If Rose had a billboard in Times Square, what would it say? I was so curious about this, because the answer is always so telling. I love her answer. She's amazing.
I DON'T WANNA QUIT! HELP! (Listen Here)
Wasn't Rose AMAZING in this podcast?! You can keep up with her by following her on Instagram right here! Check out her podcast, The Beauty Lounge Podcast, at this link too!
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Here are the links that were mentioned in the podcast!
Grow Your Gram
Online Course Workshop
Rose's book How Fitzpatrick and Melanin Influence the Cosmetic Tattoo
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Sheila Bella:
Is it okay to quit? You know what they say. They say quitters never win, winners never quit. You've heard that old saying, right? Well, what about right now when we've all been forced to close our salons and studios? Depressing. Many of you may feel like throwing in the towel. Honestly, now during this season, I feel like there's a lot of people who won't blame you for it. It's the perfect out. But is it? Here to dissect this topic with me is the energetic, the vibrant, the super pink and fuzzy and warm hearted, Rose Prieto. I just love her, and I know you will too, right here on Pretty Rich Podcast. You're listening to the Pretty Rich Podcast, where you are totally the heroine of your own story. I'm your host, Sheila Bella, and I built a seven-figure PMU biz without a degree, without a fancy website or a sugar daddy.
If you and I hang out here long enough, you're going to start to believe that you can do it too because you really can. I know you think I don't know you, but I do. I really, really do because I am you, and I believe we're all on the same journey together. My perfect job didn't exist, so I created it. The job I wanted wasn't hiring me, so I skipped the line and hired myself as CEO, just like you can. So consider me your secret beauty biz BFF. In case you need to be reminded that power is never given to you, you just have to take it. Are you ready beauty boss? Let's jump in. Hey, friends, let's do this. Let's do this. Truth be told, I'm in my pajamas right now, and I'm okay with that. I'm okay with that. I hope you're in your pajamas right now. Yeah. Silver lining during quarantine.
So guys, just so you know, at the time of this recording, it is April of 2020. 2020 kind of had a little plot twist. Okay, fine. An in-your-face major plot twist that nobody saw coming, and we are in isolation because of this global pandemic. I'm sure we won't forget this very easily. It feels like we're in a movie, right? It kind of does. It gets weirder and weirder and oddly more and more normal at the same time as each day passes. Okay. So before we begin with today's topic and today's guest, I just want to read the review of the week on iTunes. Thank you so much. The review of the week is awesome right now, first of all.
Number one, I love it when you guys leave me reviews. It's kind of like when you tip your waiter. Okay. Let's just pretend that I'm serving you your meal, right? If I gave you a good service, please tip me in the form of an iTunes review. Why? Why? Because it helps me out. It helps us show rank, and also, it helps cold people like you discover the show. Why not spread the love? So the review of the week comes from Abs loves you. It's probably Abby. She says, "You the bomb. You the bomb!!!" Honestly, I was so happy to read that because it shows that they just took time. They took literally five seconds out of their busy day to leave me a review and a you the bomb on iTunes. Hello, I'm the lucky one. Thank you so much. I want you guys to know that even just a short review like that helps this show rank. So thank you Abs for just taking the time to show me some love.
So guys, let me get one thing straight. I take my relationship with you guys very seriously, very seriously. I don't want to give you fluff. That's not going to help you. Which means I might have to risk being a little bit offensive over here if I'm going to have an authentic relationship with you guys. I am here to commit an unapologetic assault on what is holding you back from showing up in this season of uncertainty, where there is massive opportunity. So this coronavirus economy is entrepreneurship. Are you guys getting that? This is it. It's just more in your face, quote, unquote. But this is what entrepreneurship has always been. Make no mistake. This is having your back against a wall and having to figure it out or jumping out of a plane and building the parachute on the way down. That's entrepreneurship.
What we need to figure out here is no different than what we needed to figure out pre-COVID. You have always needed to figure out, how can you be of service, how can you help? You still need to do that now. So right now, if you want to thrive, I'm not asking for your hobbies, your trinkets at this point. I'm asking for your value. By value, I mean, we are not in the business of making money. We are in the business of diminishing fear. Your value is, how can your business pivot to diminish the fears of the current market. Ask yourself. Because those who do so will thrive, not just survive. They will thrive. I believe in serving your fellow man, woman, and those who obsess over their purpose more than they do the news are the ones who will grow even during this downtime, quote, unquote, downtime.
If you focus on serving and helping, guess what? I believe money is just a byproduct of serving and helping. Because let me remind you that no one is coming to save you just like no one was coming to save you before this pandemic. Let's get that straight. It's the same. This season is just revealing who people are faster, and it's growing people faster too. If you seek opportunity, you will find it. If you seek good news, you will find it. If you seek hope, with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, the Lord says you will find it. So don't stop. Don't stop until you've truly done everything. Chin up, queen. Rise up from the entanglement of fear. You are not broken. You're not broken. You are well equipped to handle this. You are worthy of abundance. You are worthy of success. Fight back.
So say it with me. Say it with me, this. My purpose is bigger than my fear. Let's do that again. My purpose is bigger than my fear. One more time. Close your eyes and really believe it. My purpose is bigger than my fear. I hope that for those of you who are feeling lost, who are feeling crippled, who are feeling paralyzed by this whole thing, remember your purpose, and your purpose isn't to hide. I'm sorry. Your purpose is to serve in the way that you can in your unique and special way that nobody else can duplicate. So are you ready?
Okay. In case that wasn't enough to drive it home for you, you need to listen to Rose because she is so amazing. We just vibe. We just vibe. I like her lipstick. It's so pretty. It's so pretty. Here is the beautiful, Rose Prieto. Hey, you guys. Welcome to Pretty Rich Podcast, and today, my guest is none other than Rose Prieto. My guest today is the owner of the Miami-based Beauty and Brow Lounge. She is a licensed aesthetician, electrologists, and cosmetic tattoo artists. She is a published author of many beauty and PMU industry related articles as well as the author of her new book, How Fitzpatrick and Melanin Influence the Cosmetic Tattoo. She is the host of the Beauty Lounge Podcast, a podcast that empowers women to become their best aesthetic version of themselves.
I am so excited to have her on the show. I've been meaning to ask her to come on here and be a guest because she is just such a delight. I know you guys are going to be just as obsessed as I am. Welcome, Rose Prieto.
Rose Prieto:
Thank you for that beautiful introduction. Thank you. By the way, I wanted to say that we met over the summer during IPCS in Miami. I said to you I want to start a podcast. I've been wanting to do it for years, but I'm just technically illiterate, as you know, as you've seen. Literally, that was the only thing in my way. That's the only obstacle, which is a great segue into our conversation now because that was the only thing that kept me back from the podcast. You said to me, you, which you were already on this mountain of yours, right, of taking over the world, and you said, "Yes, do it, and I'm going to have you on my podcast." I said, "Oh, shit." I just put myself out there. I made myself accountable.
Sheila Bella:
Told somebody.
Rose Prieto:
I told somebody. Exactly. I put it out there. So I wanted to do it, but I really have to do it now, and I did it. So-
Sheila Bella:
[crosstalk 00:10:23]-
Rose Prieto:
I didn't think it'd be learned. I learned it on YouTube. [crosstalk 00:10:27]-
Sheila Bella:
I'm proud of you. I'm the wrong person to tell stuff like that too because I ask you. I ask my friends. I'm like, "So what's up with that thing. What's up with-"
Rose Prieto:
I know. Well, your team is awesome. I love your team. They're always giving me a little tidbit. So this is the thing is we don't know everything. Right? We only know what we know. We don't know what we don't know. So we ask for help. Don't be afraid to ask questions and ask for help and to show that vulnerability. I am the first to admit it. That's the motto that I live by. By the way, I only know that I know nothing. That's what I live by every day. Every day I learn something new, truly.
Sheila Bella:
Why is this people and most confident people walk around like that. I heard that again yesterday [crosstalk 00:11:14]-
Rose Prieto:
Yeah.
Sheila Bella:
... is the common denominator of all the people that I respect. They all say something, some version of that. I mean, my therapist who I respect so much. Oh my God, he read my life yesterday. I was like, oh, mind blown. The same thing. So I'm like, "Dude." Okay. So-
Rose Prieto:
You got-
Sheila Bella:
... I'm so excited to have this conversation with you.
Rose Prieto:
I know.
Sheila Bella:
I brought you on I think at a very strategic time because, oh my gosh, I've just been reading your post on social media, which is by the way, the place where we're all... Thank God for social media because it [crosstalk 00:11:54]-
Rose Prieto:
I know, really.
Sheila Bella:
... connected. Right?
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. Absolutely.
Sheila Bella:
I'm just reading your posts. I'm just super inspired by them, and there's just like fire in that text.
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. I mean, I've been known to be a little fiery in my dialogue. I've gotten better over the years, but I have a lot of passion, and I'm not afraid to say what I feel.
Sheila Bella:
I love that about you. Right now I think people might be feeling hopeless. I think that people might be feeling like throwing in the towel. Right? I want to chat about, when is it okay to quit? Because it is a common sentiment not to be a quitter. Right? Quitters never win, winners never quit. We've all heard, at least some [crosstalk 00:12:36]-
Rose Prieto:
Right. Right. Right.
Sheila Bella:
... quitting. Most of the time, the answer is, so stick it out and grind it out until you win. But I've had failed businesses in my life before I got to a successful one. So how do you know whether you're just taking a pivot or quitting? I want to dive into that later on in the podcast with you. For everybody who might feel like, "Oh, I just want to throw in the towel. I just want to get a job at Instacart or Walmart."
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. There's a lot of them. There's a lot of us out there.
Sheila Bella:
"They're hiring right now." Right? Yeah. Feed your family. But before that, I just want to do a quick fire, kind of like get to know [inaudible 00:13:15]. Where are you from? Where'd you grow up?
Rose Prieto:
I'm from New Jersey. I grew up in Jersey. I was raised by wolves, and I'm just kidding. I was a latchkey child. Do you know that term? I'm a lot older than you and a lot of the people viewing right now, listening right now.
Sheila Bella:
Oh, I know that.
Rose Prieto:
So I was a latchkey child. That's what they called my generation. I was given a key. So starting at a young age, literally like first, second grade, walking to school by myself, with my friends, walking home by myself, letting myself in, that kind of thing. So this is my philosophy. This is a snowflake society we live in now. So my kids know. You need to be independent if you're in my life because I was from a very young age brought up to be very independent. I think that's really important. But yeah. So I grew up in Jersey.
Sheila Bella:
And you're latchkey kid.
Rose Prieto:
I was a latchkey kid. Yeah. I moved here in the mid '80s. So I've lived here longer than Jersey, but Jersey's-
Sheila Bella:
In Miami.
Rose Prieto:
In Miami. I'm sorry, I say here, you're in California, I'm in Miami. But I'm a Jersey girl. So I have that innate sort of fire from my Northern upbringing.
Sheila Bella:
I love it. I think that's what attracts me to you. Who inspires you?
Rose Prieto:
So anybody in need. So I never had a mentor per se. I was self-taught innately. I've always loved beauty and eyebrows. My career goes back 30 years. But people that have a need, which is what propelled my business, which is what propelled my podcast because I found myself answering the same questions all the time. So whether it's clients wanting questions about beauty and skincare and with, whatever, hair tips, whatever it is or whether it's colleagues of mine or artists that I mentor a mentor that I sort of answer the same kinds of questions, that inspires me. For example, my book, you mentioned in your beautiful introduction, that book was inspired by the two-day microblade or those artists that spent thousands of dollars wanting to change their lives, wanting to open up a business and have a career in permanent cosmetics. They spent all this time and money and they didn't realize they were getting shot each training because there was all these opportunistic trainers out there. Where's the violin, right, kind of thing. But it's not their fault because they don't know what they don't know, and they want to learn.
So I see them all on these boards asking all these questions. People are putting them down. How could you ask such a stupid question? I'm like, "Wait, time out. It's not their fault that they received this kind of shoddy training. They just want to better their lives." So I sort of stepped in, and that inspired me tremendously to the point where I wrote a book, and I'm outlining my third book. I'm writing my second book, and I'm already outlining the third. So people like that light that fire under me that just I want to really help them. I feel that it's my moral obligation to share what I know with others.
That's the thing about this industry too. You have two kinds of people, folks like dare I say, you and me that like to share, right? And other artists that want to keep it. No. I'm not going to create a webinar. I'm not going to create a training class, or I'm not going to write a book because I don't want to give away my secrets. Why? We're not splitting the atom. Are you kidding me right now? So I only have control over my actions, what I do. So that's the way I live my life. That's what keeps me excited and energetic and that fire under my butt.
Sheila Bella:
Love it. Love it. I just want to say I used to be one of those greedy trainers that didn't want to give it away.
Rose Prieto:
I get it. I get it.
Sheila Bella:
It was [crosstalk 00:16:38]. I suffered. I suffered because of that bad decision. The tighter I hung on to, I don't even know what, right?
Rose Prieto:
Right.
Sheila Bella:
The lonelier-
Rose Prieto:
I want to hold onto my knowledge, a little-
Sheila Bella:
So the less fulfilled I became in my job. Then I just really discovered purpose by doing what you just said right now was getting focused on serving. I mean, I can't even believe that that was in me, knowing what I know now, the fulfillment that I have now from serving my clients and from just sharing everything.
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. Yeah. It really feeds you. It feeds your soul.
Sheila Bella:
I mean, it's priceless.
Rose Prieto:
It gives your life purpose. Absolutely.
Sheila Bella:
It's priceless. Absolutely. That's what will last beyond this life. I get that feedback that you really helped me. I mean, how could you ask for more, seriously, from something that you love to do?
Rose Prieto:
Right. A hundred percent.
Sheila Bella:
Favorite quote.
Rose Prieto:
Oh my gosh. There's so many. But I always like to live by a Gandhi's quote is be the change you want to see. That's why you people that complain, I want to do this, and there should be this, and there should. Be that be like Nike and just do it. That's how I always say that. Just be like that. Just do it. Be the change you want to see in the world. So that is probably my number one quote that I actually live by every day.
Sheila Bella:
Dude, dude.
Rose Prieto:
Oh, man.
Sheila Bella:
Guys, don't you guys just want to have Rose Prieto in your pocket on-demand?
Rose Prieto:
[crosstalk 00:18:12]-
Sheila Bella:
You know what, you do, you do because she has a podcast. She has a podcast. I want-
Rose Prieto:
The Beauty Lounge Podcast.
Sheila Bella:
That's right. I link it in the show notes. But I mean, I just want that sound bite of you just be like Nike and just do it.
Rose Prieto:
I may throw in an F bomb or something at times. But right now, I'm being very, very professional. No F bombs here. Just do it.
Sheila Bella:
Just do it.
Rose Prieto:
Right [inaudible 00:18:39].
Sheila Bella:
Book that's changed your life.
Rose Prieto:
Well, I'm an avid reader. In fact, before COVID-19, I never turned on my TV, which is so funny and ironic now because that's all I do now. But I'm not really catching it, whatever. That's a whole other conversation. But recently, and you spoke of your therapist. My therapist about nine months ago, eight months ago recommended this book by Michael Singer called The Surrender Experiment. So The Surrender Experiment by Michael singer, it changed my life.
Sheila Bella:
You were telling me that. You were telling me that. Okay. So summarize it.
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. So in a nutshell, it's his 40-year journey, starting in the '70s on how just things that were presented to him in the universe changed his life. So in other words, and he was really into meditation. He learned the art of meditation and was very extremely spiritual. But basically, in a nutshell, and it's very apropos for what we're dealing with now is when something is thrown in front of you, when something is presented to you, when the universe throws a curve ball at you, it's for a reason. Nothing is by accident in life. So just go with the flow because you don't have control over that curve ball. So just go with the curve because you don't realize that that curve is going to take you to another level in your life that you couldn't even imagined.
So sometimes as I was reading the book, I was like, "Oh my gosh, I can't believe he's actually saying yes to this or writing this wave of whatever was presented to him." But what happened after that was phenomenal. It's like, "Oh my gosh." It gives me goosebumps thinking about it. That was 40 years of him just kind of one thing after another, after another. These are hyper disciplined people. I get it. Not everyone has that sort of mindset. But that changed my life. I'm so glad I read it when I did because although I'm sort of like that now, and I'm very like spiritual in terms of yes, whatever the universe brings, and I'm very into Lout Sue and kind of be flexible like water. But I roll in quotes like that. I'm not very religious, but I'm very spiritual like that.
However, however that book that changed my life and it sort of just tweaked my thinking a little bit. Gosh, there really is a plan because nothing, this conversation we're having at this very moment in time is not an accident. Everything happens for a specific purpose for the greater good of something, which is a question mark. It could be something that could be happening in one year, five years. It could be something that could be maybe the 17,000th person that listens to this podcast right now, it can trigger something that'll change the world. You don't know. So that's the way I like to live my life, that every step has a purpose.
Sheila Bella:
Beautiful. Beautiful.
Rose Prieto:
The angels [crosstalk 00:21:12]-
Sheila Bella:
Just opened up. My goodness. Yeah. I feel like we were talking about the idea of surrendering to this and just playing with it instead of fighting it, you get so much further. Right now, at the time of this recording, we're all in a quarantine because of COVID-19, and then we've all been forced to close our studios and our salons. Yeah. I mean, in the beginning of this season when we were all on lockdown, when the safer at home order was issued, right, I was still negotiating.
Rose Prieto:
Right. Me too.
Sheila Bella:
Still fighting it. Trying to bargain. The sooner I got to acceptance. the sooner I was able to be a part of the solution, not only for myself, but for the family and for my number one, my community, get a lot of purpose out of.
Rose Prieto:
Same, same. Exactly.
Sheila Bella:
I knew it too. While I was in my phone, while I was bargaining, I was like, "Oh gosh." I'm just going to say, I feel like I'm built for this. I'm built for this time.
Rose Prieto:
Absolutely. Those out there that are listening, they're like, "Ugh," eye rolling right now, like, "Gosh, that's just not me." No, no. I say this very nice, in a good way. Not everyone's like that. I'm built for that too, but not everyone is. So I'm very empathetic to that.
Sheila Bella:
[crosstalk 00:22:34]. Right. That's okay.
Rose Prieto:
So it's-
Sheila Bella:
[crosstalk 00:22:36] neither are you probably. Right?
Rose Prieto:
Right. So it's our job, and you're utilizing your platform, right? You're helping those. You're trying to, or the this is what you have control over. Okay. You're built for this. So what is it that you could offer the webinars that I'm going to be taking tomorrow? Thank you very much at my discounted rate. Webinars and learning. I've been taking webinars like crazy. It's just like just utilize that time. Take it to your advantage. But those people out there that are offering these webinars, I say all the time, thank you. Oh my gosh. In my heart, I'm like, "Thank you," because I really needed this right now, and I have the time, so-
Sheila Bella:
This wasn't on the list of questions. What do you think people misunderstand the most about your approach to this season right now?
Rose Prieto:
Personally?
Sheila Bella:
Yeah. How are you misunderstood? Because you are a ball of fire, right? You're super positive, right? Even though things are dark and dreary, it's [crosstalk 00:23:41]-
Rose Prieto:
Right. Right.
Sheila Bella:
What are people understanding about you?
Rose Prieto:
Perfect example, the other day I posted something on my social pages because I think it was promoting a podcast episode or something as I try to follow Sheila Bella's advice and put myself out there and pepper myself out on my different platforms. So I think I did a little video for my Instagram to promote my podcast episode. I just happened to have my little Malani number 14 lipstick here, which is hot pink.
Sheila Bella:
Oh my God. It's beautiful, you guys. For those of you who can't see it right now, you got to go to my Facebook and check it out.
Rose Prieto:
So anyway, so I did a little, I don't know, it was a story on my highlight or something. I said, "Oh gosh, this Malani number 14 makes me so happy." It was last week. It was during the wave of this COVID-19 pandemic. Someone commented on my Instagram saying, "I can't believe you're putting on lipstick during this time of pandemic." In other words, what's she is saying is, "Really, this is what matters to you now?" So what am I supposed to be like? Under the covers, crying, eating chocolate. This little seemingly insignificant thing, a lipstick that was under $15, the seemingly insignificant act of applying it and seeing it on the bright, beautiful color made me happy, is that what life is about, going out and smelling the proverbial flowers, right, kind of thing?
Sheila Bella:
So maybe you've been here hearing for several years how important it is to have multiple streams of income just in case your business was forced to close due to a global pandemic. Wow. Plot twist, right? The world is changing right before our eyes. An online connection is becoming essential. So if you've ever thought about building your own online course, now is the perfect time to capitalize on this. There has never been a more lucrative time to be a digital entrepreneur. You can make money from home as a beauty boss. I am confident that I can help you do it because I am you. I am an artist, not tech savvy at all. I didn't consider myself the absolute best, but I figured it out, and I'm so thankful that I had multiple streams of income to sustain my family and my business during this time, and I want you to be next.
If you've ever thought about building an online course, there has never been a better time in the history of the world to be an online entrepreneur. I want to show you step by step, actionable strategies that you can start using right away to build your own online course that will serve your audience. I want you to know that no matter what gets thrown your way, I'm going to be here to help you overcome it by sharing the same strategies I'm using that are working for me in real time. So let's do this. Just go to sheilabella.com/onlinecourseworkshop. That's sheilabella.com/onlinecourseworkshop. For a limited time, if you use the code podcast, you can get 10% off, and I'll see you in class.
Rose Prieto:
So that sort of triggered something in me. It's like, "Gosh, really?"
Sheila Bella:
That's triggering. It's triggering, for sure.
Rose Prieto:
That inspires. So you're asking me what inspires me. Little things like that really pissed me off, to be honest with you. I was like, "Seriously?" It pissed me off because I saw that negativity. Attitude is very contagious. So I only try to surround myself with positive people because it's contagious just like this pandemic. Right? So happy, uplifting, exciting, enthusiasm. That's why you're so magnetic because you're constantly even though when you turn off at night, you may be crying because you have a big business and people. You have a lot of responsibility, and you're human as well. It's okay. You put yourself out there all the time. You're very transparent. You yourself say it's okay to cry that.
It is, obviously, right? We're human. But you also have to know that, gosh, take joy on the little things and even in applying a lipstick or something. So that is sort of what... To me, that was sort of like the symbolism of this whole time is this hot pink lipstick phenomenon of, why are you putting on lipstick? So why not? So that really encompasses the attitude of that negativity out there. So that's really what I want to change. I'm trying to change that narrative, and I only have control over my little community, my circle of people that I talk to, that I interact with on a daily basis. But if everybody is like that, imagine the wave of positivity out there. So really, attitude is everything. I mean, it's so cliche, but it's true.
Sheila Bella:
Where do you think her pain comes from? Whoever made that comment, how could you put on lipstick at a time like this. The world is ending.
Rose Prieto:
I know. I know. It's a great question, and we didn't even talk about this because I know she has a business as well, and it's suffering, and she's probably thinking of the numbers and thinking of... But we're not in a war zone. When we close our mouths right now, we don't hear bombs in our way. People live in war zones right now on this planet, as we speak, right, in the middle of this.
Sheila Bella:
Prospective.
Rose Prieto:
Right. So it's like, okay, so it's going to be over soon. We have been through crisis before on this planet, including pandemic. It's happened, and it's not fun. But we rise above humans. Especially if you're listening to this and you live in the United States of America, the majority of this country is built on immigrants, right, that migrated into this country. We are a melting pot. Right? It's like a cultural stoop that we live, and everybody has a story. So everybody has some kind of a traumatic story. So even me that, at least, I survived Hurricane Andrew. I almost died. I could say this whole-
Sheila Bella:
I want to go to that. Hold on.
Rose Prieto:
There's so much to talk about.
Sheila Bella:
So okay. So there's a reason perhaps, that's people like yourself and like me, we're similar in our approach to this, I suppose. Right. It doesn't make it right. It doesn't make it right necessarily, and it doesn't make it wrong either. But what do you think it is? Do you think it's because you feel like you've endured so much pain, and your response, not that other people don't have pain, but your response to that pain is different? So what was the most challenging time in your life that you can recall, and how did it... There's several, I'm sure because-
Rose Prieto:
Right. Right.
Sheila Bella:
But you can pinpoint one that you think most transformational.
Rose Prieto:
Right. Okay. Perfect. Perfect.
Sheila Bella:
How did that chance you?
Rose Prieto:
Well, yeah. Okay. So whatever, I've been married 27 years. So this was like 28, 29 years ago, Hurricane Andrew, my husband of 27 years was my boyfriend at the time of two months. My parents who still live in the same house they lived in had this large house with a bathroom that faces the pool. It's like a cabana bath. So there's an external door. So I was so excited, Hurricane Andrew. Miami hadn't seen a really bad hurricane since, I don't know, the turn of the century. So we didn't really know what to expect. It was so exciting that my boyfriend was sleeping over, and I had family visiting from Jersey. So it was a bunch of us having this hurricane party, and all of a sudden, at 3:00 in the morning, the hurricane literally blows our front doors open, explodes every window in the house.
So this was almost like a metaphor for what we're going through now. Right? Life and beauty, as we knew it, died in a split second, literally in a fraction of a second. My father was like, "Everybody get into the bathroom." Because we were closest to that cabana bathroom. So for three and a half hours, the seven of us were holding the two doors closed because the hurricane was literally like a freight train going through the house, and the power and the pressure of that hurricane was literally blowing the doors open. We, with all of our strength... I'll never forget. I was inside the bathroom holding the door closed. My husband and I, or my boyfriend at the time and I, and getting soaking wet because all the water was coming in, and it was just so for three and a half hours.
Then of course, I had other family members that were in the tub praying and crying. So mom, I know you're listening. You were one of them. You were one of them. Right? I get it. So that right there tells you there's some that are going to hold that door close and say, "Shut the bleep up and just do it." Because this is all I can do at this moment in time is hold the doors closed because if I don't hold the doors closed, they're going to blow open, and I'm going to be like Dorothy and go up the tornado. Right? If I sit in that bathtub crying, that's what's going to happen. But no, I need to be at the door. So that's it. I try to live my life at the door, holding it closed. It's tough love. It is. I don't mean to be insensitive. It's not being insensitive. It's just being-
Sheila Bella:
It's you. It's being yourself.
Rose Prieto:
Again, being like Nike, you just do it. You just got to do it. I have no control over this moment in time. I would love to go to Carvel at that moment and get ice cream and chocolate with chocolate sprinkles. But I can't. I have to hold the door closed. So there's nothing I can do. You got to just kind of like play the cards you're dealt at that moment in time, and that's what people don't realize. They want to kind of control the poker game. No, that's not how life is. You are dealt a hand of cards, and you have to play that hand at that moment in time. It's constantly shifting. It's ebbs and flows. Right?
How boring would life be if we constantly got to a straight flush? No, it would be very boring, right? Because this is how we learn as humans. I think it's a challenge from the gods or whatever you believe in that word thrown... This is my beliefs, and this is what gets me through the day. As we're given these challenges in life, whether it's breakups, different challenges, whatever happens to you in your personal life and what we're dealing with at this moment in time, nearly 30 years ago, it was me and Hurricane Andrew to test us and to test our will and our strength. That's what sort of separates us because, just like you said earlier, not everyone's like you.
Everyone's different, and that's okay. It's okay that you're kind of the antithesis of me or the antithesis of you. It's okay. But the person that is the opposite needs people like us just sort of as sort of pillars of strength or someone as a source of inspiration, right, or to look up to kind of thing. So you're very transparent. I try to be as well, putting ourselves out there. That's all we can do right now. That's the only power we have in our lives. So did I answer your question?
Sheila Bella:
Absolutely. Wow. Wow. That was awesome. I do resonate with you that I do feel some shaming going on, on both sides for people who may not feel like they want to be productive right now. But understand that there's also shaming on the other side. How could you put a smile on your face? How could you wear this pink lipstick? How-
Rose Prieto:
Right. How dare you wear lipstick right now?
Sheila Bella:
How dare you do anything?
Rose Prieto:
Look at my nails. All right? I have this gel that I cannot get out. So it's like all relative, whatever. I just ordered just little quick side things, Shay Danielle, did this live, this Instagram. I was so excited that she did her own nails. So I ordered all the stuff online. So I'll probably have to kind of inbox her tomorrow. I know I do.
Sheila Bella:
God bless Shay Danielle.
Rose Prieto:
Her nails came out really good. I ordered it. I ordered everything she told me to order. [crosstalk 00:35:20]-
Sheila Bella:
Keeping us all good.
Rose Prieto:
But anyway, so you just kind of go with the flow. It's the flow. Right? So again, getting back to Lout Sue, be flexible like water. So a water goes down the stream, and there's rocks, and you had to just kind of go around the water, or just kind of that's it.
Sheila Bella:
You can't choose your hand. You can't choose your hand. For those who feel like they've been given a, but Rose I've been given a bad hand. Bad hand. I don't have a hand play with. [inaudible 00:35:48].
Rose Prieto:
Right, and just like those people that are negative that are like, "Oh, I can't believe that they're selling whatever." Whoever they are that are selling something. Right? So the people that kind of see it from a negative perspective, you can choose to turn off to the computer, get under the covers. That's your life. You have the choice to do whatever you want. This is the beauty of life, right? This is your free will. So I don't know. I choose to be positive. Sometimes the seemingly insignificant act of putting on a lipstick, for example, makes me happy or reading an inspiring book or taking a course because when you learn and it's like building blocks, right, it's like knowledge is cumulative.
So I need to look at... Let me look at this from the positive perspective. All right. I have time right now. Literally, I have nothing going on. Even though in my head, I have a ton of things going on, starting with making my bed in the morning. So this is something that even before that general, when he wrote that book, you know who I'm talking about, right, that general who wrote the book, make your bed in the morning.
Make your bed in the morning.
I'm like, "I've been doing that since fourth grade, honey. I've been making my bed when I wake up since fourth grade because I'm very OCD, and it sets the tone for the day." My bed, and my 13-year-old and my 21-year-old, same thing. Their bed is made because I've taught them. Because when I leave my room in the morning and everything looks perfect, right, so the day can't be bad because, at the end of the day, you come back to your room, and it's like, "Oh, at least my bed is made." It's just like a visual weird quirky thing.
Sheila Bella:
No. I hear you.
Rose Prieto:
Same thing with the lipstick. Oh, well, okay. You're having a bad day and you look at yourself, oh yeah, it makes me feel prettier. It makes me feel happy. Whatever it is.
Sheila Bella:
Yeah. I have bright pink lipstick on. Yeah. How can I complain right now when I have my Malani 14 on?
Rose Prieto:
Because nobody's dying. I mean, I'm sorry. Let me say this again.
Sheila Bella:
People [crosstalk 00:37:34].
Rose Prieto:
In my world, in my home, thank God, we're all safe.
Sheila Bella:
Thank God.
Rose Prieto:
In my family, we're all healthy. But this is definitely serious. I am not undermining or not taking the situation seriously because people, a hundred percent are dying and it's horrible and devastating. We have never seen anything like this. This is, I think why people are so scared is because these are unfamiliar waters that we're navigating. Three weeks ago, even two weeks ago, we had no idea it was going to be to this magnitude.
Sheila Bella:
Yeah. No kidding.
Rose Prieto:
So yeah. So now, when we order takeout, it's like a whole protocol of cleaning the containers. Because especially my 21-year-old son, he freaks out if I bring anything in from the outside, and I get it rightfully so. But on the flip side, I have to live my life. So I'm going to be as proactive as I can and do everything that I can do. I still need to order takeout occasionally. I can't cook every day. So I get it. I totally get both sides. But I only have control over me. You only have control over you. I think that could take away. If you're so sick of everyone out there being with their happy Malani lipstick, then don't tune in. Then sort of make a shift because this is not going to go away tomorrow. It's going to go away eventually for a hundred percent. But that I can guarantee. I just don't know when. Right?
So in the meantime, you can choose to tune out and live under a rock, or you can choose to sort of ride that wave and see what you can take advantage of and see what shells and discoveries you can find along the way.
Sheila Bella:
I love it. So my next question for you is, if they lifted the stay-at-home orders tomorrow, just unexpectedly, right?
Rose Prieto:
Right.
Sheila Bella:
And it's a hundred percent safe.
Rose Prieto:
There's a cure, there's a vaccine, and everyone's fine.
Sheila Bella:
Everyone, by just tomorrow. Right? Unexpectedly. What would your biggest regrets be, if you would have any, and what do you think other people's biggest regrets might be?
Rose Prieto:
I'm not going to have any regrets. In fact, I may not even change much about my life going forward. I'm not kidding. I'm going to say this again. I don't think-
Sheila Bella:
[crosstalk 00:39:45]-
Rose Prieto:
I'm not going to have any regrets.
Sheila Bella:
[inaudible 00:39:48] anyway.
Rose Prieto:
Maybe eating too much, I don't know, brownies or whatever because it's like this are baked cookies and eat more. It's like literally cards every night-
Sheila Bella:
[crosstalk 00:40:00]-
Rose Prieto:
... and then sitting and literally binge-watching. We have three series that we're watching between my husband and my two kids. So I'm watching something with my daughter, a series with my son, a series with my husband. So it's like hours after dinner. So imagine eating these carb-heavy dinners and then four hours watching TV, whatever. But you know what? Can I just say something. I know how to lose weight. Right? That's easy. So it's not easy, but it's-
Sheila Bella:
Don't apologize. It's easy right now.
Rose Prieto:
Right. I know how to get in shape.
Sheila Bella:
That's all right.
Rose Prieto:
Right. It's a choice. Right. But people that have terminal illnesses, they can't fix. Right? I can fix the extra lbs that I have on my backdoor, right, my rear end. But I'm not going to regret. I'm not going to change much, and I'm not going to regret anything because I'm doing everything that... In fact, I'm going to look back on this time as a gift like, "Gosh, this is something I would have never..." I would have never learned XYZ or whatever that is for me, and everybody fills in the blanks differently for them, had I not had this gift of time.
It's easy for me to say I don't have 20 employees. I work alone. I have a brick and mortar office, but I have lower overhead than a lot of those out there listening. But I know that, and hopefully, and I've been hearing that these stimulus checks have been coming in, and I pray that that's working, and I really don't understand that language. So I can't speak to that at all. But all I can say is it seems like there's help or there's resources out there for those out there that have employees and that kind of thing. But I do know that there's the single mom out there that have little babies and that can't work right now and those kinds of scenarios, and I really empathize. I can-
Sheila Bella:
What regrets would they have? So we've established that you wouldn't have any in your life, probably wouldn't change that much. I kind of agree with you. Yeah. Me too. I don't think I would change. If we were to survey a hundred people from the community, what do you think would be the top three answers?
Rose Prieto:
So again, we can't do anything about the situation that has been presented to us. We have no choice but to hunker down at home and close our doors. Correct? So that is for sure. That is black and white. There's no gray area there. Okay? So regardless of their situation, and hopefully, they're seeking help financially. So let's assume that they have at least rice and beans to eat. I'm just assuming that they have a roof over their head and food to survive with. Okay?
Sheila Bella:
Yeah, fair enough. Fair enough.
Rose Prieto:
Because that's the basic. We live in the United States. So I feel confident that that is not a... Food and shelter is not a problem for most, especially educated professionals out there.
Sheila Bella:
Correct.
Rose Prieto:
I think their regret is going to be when they look back. I don't know. I want to say I know, but I can only say I think because I don't really know, right, what other people are going to think is when they look back that they didn't take advantage of the time and look at it from a more positive perspective. Because there's nothing they're sitting home and take advantage of that time. Take the webinars. Launch that podcast. Create that YouTube channel. Write that book. Write that article. I'm busier now than I've ever been in-
Sheila Bella:
I know [crosstalk 00:43:19]-
Rose Prieto:
... my virtual profession.
Sheila Bella:
Me too.
Rose Prieto:
My mom texted me yesterday. She was like, Hi, I haven't heard from you since Sunday." It's like, "I'm supposed to talk to my mom every day now? Seriously?" Then today, "Hi, I haven't heard from you." I texted her back. I was like, "I can't talk right now. I'm in the middle of something." Because I'm self-publishing my book. So I didn't have a deadline because I report to me, myself, and I. So it was just like, "Ooh." It's a process if you've ever published a book. Logistics wise, it's a process. It's whatever. It's been an experience I've learned a lot, I could write a book about it. But anyhow-
Sheila Bella:
Write a book about writing a book.
Rose Prieto:
Write a book. So now, I have all this time. So I'm like, "Let me get the ball rolling on these last few process." Formatting and that kind of thing and whatever, just getting it, an e-book and an ISBN numbers, and getting it on e-book is different from getting it on paper book. There's a lot of logistics, let me tell you. I hire people for that because, again, just like we said earlier, right, there's people out there that ask for help and hire help, right, when you need it. So I'm taking advantage of that time by getting the ball rolling on that, and I'm like, "Gosh, who knows how much longer I'll have in this office of mine here at home? I can't go to my brick and mortar. I can't see my clients. So let me get the ball rolling on my second book." Which I outlined a year ago, but I it's been sitting in my computer for a year. I haven't even touched it. Now, I've sort of propelled that and got that going.
So I can guarantee there's something that someone out there has been wanting to do. This is what we talked about earlier, about people keeping that information to themselves. I had a friend that inboxed me the other day that was upset. Gosh I just want to go back to work in my life at work and my clients, and she's an amazing artist, probably one of the best on the planet. I said, "Gosh, you need to take advantage of this time, and why don't you create a web or an online class." Not so much for this time, but not to supplement your income during this time, but because she has a husband, and I think that she's sort of starving, that kind of thing. I think it's just her personal... She's just personally driven.
But also for the future, to have that out there ready because when you're... She's so busy that she probably would have never had time to create something like that before this whole pandemic. Right? So now that you're at time, create it so that you have it in your back pocket. Whether you want to launch it or not, it's done. So she was telling me, "Oh, I want to put all my secrets out there." That kind of thing. But I can't-
Sheila Bella:
Relatable.
Rose Prieto:
I get that too. I get that. So that's not the way I am. I'm like, "Let me just do it." Because I love to share. It's not rocket science. I'm not like, "Okay. Let me tell you my secrets about splitting the atom." Not like splitting your split ends. This is how you split an atom. It's not like that. So it's not rocket science. It's-
Sheila Bella:
It's not.
Rose Prieto:
For me, it's plucking an eyebrow. It's permanent makeup. Seriously, if it's going to make you feel better about yourself by me empowering you and educating you, that's the food I need. That's what's going to feed my soul. So-
Sheila Bella:
Definitely. You don't know, and they don't know what they don't know. Right?
Rose Prieto:
That is right.
Sheila Bella:
You don't know until you get that first hit. It really is a high that somebody got everything-
Rose Prieto:
Right. It very is.
Sheila Bella:
... from you being generous in such a-
Rose Prieto:
Right. Right. This person I'm talking about is a trainer. Occasionally, this friend will train very selective students, not a group, privately. So it's like, what's the difference? Because that person that's learned from you can go out there and create a learning platform based on what you taught them. So there's really no difference. Really, just I guess that's why she's selective. But how do you know that person that you trust that you're teaching won't put it out? I don't know. I see things differently. I see things different.
Sheila Bella:
I love how unapologetic you are and how bold you are.
Rose Prieto:
This is [inaudible 00:47:10].
Sheila Bella:
I'm sorry. I'm wearing pink lipstick, and I'm sorry I'm such a positive outlook. I'm sorry, but I'm not [crosstalk 00:47:18]-
Rose Prieto:
Apologize for my pink lipstick. No way.
Sheila Bella:
Yeah. In not going to apologize for that.
Rose Prieto:
It's like, "Sorry, not sorry. Not sorry." I apologize I don't wear lipstick.
Sheila Bella:
Okay. I have two more questions for you.
Rose Prieto:
Okay.
Sheila Bella:
Okay. So it is the last day of your life. Picture. The last day of your life. Let's pretend that this podcast, there's no record of it. Everything you've ever written, your book. The letters you've written to your family and your children are no longer there. This podcast isn't here. Every caption you've ever written isn't there. There's zero record of you on this earth. But there is one box that will live on forever. Inside that box are three truths, are three truths that you know will hold up, that you want to pass onto your children, that you want to pass on to anybody who's hurting, that you want to pass on to the world, to the younger genders, and it will live on forever, and it's in this box. What would you put in that box?
Rose Prieto:
Well, when I said earlier that I don't have any friends, it's actually true. It is so true. I have hundreds and hundreds of colleagues that I love, and my husband's my best friend kind of thing. But in terms of when you're a teenager, "Oh, I have all these best friends." I tell my daughter, that's not the way it is. Maybe for some 50-year-old, I'm 50, but I really don't. I don't. There's a reason. There's a reason I work alone. But all I care about in life, all I care about is that others think that I have empathy because I think that you have to be empathetic, and I think this is why I like to think that I'm very giving and honest and transparent and want to give my time. I will always have time for you.
Rose Prieto:
This is me talking to my imaginary student kind of thing. So I always want people to know that I have empathy, that I'm someone that has integrity because I think that is the most important thing, that I'm honest. So honesty and integrity, I guess those are two separate categories so that I have empathy, that I'm very honest and that I have integrity and that I'm transparent. So I guess that's four things. But I guess it's all sort of in the realm of that little ball that I've just made. Because that's my character. Those are the bones of me.
So the tombstone may say she was this and that and all these whatever. She was rough, and she yelled at me, and she told me to get up off my ass and be like Nike and do it. But you know what, sometimes it has to be tough luck. Sometimes you need someone to push, right? It's like, how does a bird fly? Right? I've never seen it. You see those National Geographic shows, but the bird, the mama bird just throws the baby bird out of the nest. You don't think that that little bird for that split second is scared to death, but then you have no choice. You just flap your wings and fly. How are you going to learn to do it? This is why I don't believe in that whole snowflake mentality with my kids. There's now snowflakes here. So it's that kind of thing. So yes. I'm very tough when it comes to love.
But on the flip side, it comes from a place of authenticity because I truly want you to be the best version of yourself. It's not just about... Because if everybody's like that, how amazing would this world be. Because it's not like that. That's why the world is what it is. Right? There's people that are on both sides of the spectrum. I only have control over my circle. I'm trying to do it. My mission statement or my tagline or whatever it is, empowering women, one arch at a time. It's kind of corny I've had it for like 20 years. But it's true. It's like one person at a time. I only have control over the one person at a time that I deal with, clients face-to-face. I empower them through beauty because that's my gift, right? Because innately, I've always been an artist, and for 30 years, I've been doing eyebrows and makeup.
So that's what I can offer you. I can guide you through your stimulus application, which is I'm on the COVID board. I guess I was leading those. But I didn't give you financial information, whatever. I was just there to sort of support you and hold your hand through it. Right? Because we're all in this together kind of thing. Because it's true. So that's what I would hope that that box said, that I was someone that was honest, that had integrity, that I had empathy because I always have the best intentions.
Sheila Bella:
Gosh, you're amazing. You're amazing. Second-last question because I'm having fun with you.
Rose Prieto:
No, thanks.
Sheila Bella:
You have a billboard in Times Square right now, although Time Square is empty. [crosstalk 00:52:02]-
Rose Prieto:
What are you going to ask me.
Sheila Bella:
... Time Square right now, and let's say everybody saw it, what would it say, or what would it... Yeah. What would it do? Yeah. Space.
Rose Prieto:
It would say you're damn right, this is Photoshoped and Facetuned. That's why I was like, "What the fuck?" I'm like, "Oh my gosh, Zoom. I need to put on my lipstick." Honestly, that's the first thing that came to mind. This is why I don't have a YouTube channel because I have to worry about what I look. I'm very vain. No one's perfect. Right? I know my strengths, but that's my fault is wait, don't forget to airbrush me. You're damn right.
Sheila Bella:
Man. Where-
Rose Prieto:
But hopefully, that billboard will extend with the box said, "This is a person that knows her flaws, lives up to them, tries to find humor." I was a chubby kid. So I think that's why I try to make things funny because as a kid, growing up in the 70s, I was like fat. So I always tried to find humor to sort of compensate for my physical appear or quote unquote, whatever. That's a whole other conversation. I need to call my therapist.
Sheila Bella:
That's another contact. [inaudible 00:53:13]-
Rose Prieto:
I need to call my therapist now. I'm kidding. So to this day, I find myself... See, I'm making jokes. I didn't even realize it. So I always try to sort of kind of make up for that, "Oh, I gained a few pounds watching Game of Thrones." But I'm laughing about it, making a joke. So hopefully, on the billboard it says, "She was funny. But she also had integrity, and she liked to have her photos. Photoshopped." I'm honest.
Sheila Bella:
Exactly.
Rose Prieto:
The takeaway is that, just to be honest, be transparent. Don't be someone that you're not. I love your philosophy. I think you're one of the first people, although it's not an original idea, you're one of the first people that I've really heard and preach about this, is do it scared.
Sheila Bella:
Do it scared.
Rose Prieto:
Do it scared. Just it's okay to do it scared. The thing is to do it. The important thing is to do it.
Sheila Bella:
You can't beat. You can't beat [inaudible 00:54:06]. You can't wait to not be scared because that's not going to come. Just as I'm still scared.
Rose Prieto:
I think that's the great theme of this is just do it, but do it scared. So that's the Sheila Bella quote that I would give to your community out there is to do it, just do it, but just okay to do it scared, but just do it, whatever that is for you.
Sheila Bella:
So where can we find you on social media? Where can we find you? How can we work with you?
Rose Prieto:
Am I frozen because you're frozen? Oh no, no, you're good. Okay. I missed you.
Sheila Bella:
Where can we find you? How can we work with you?
Rose Prieto:
So you can find me, I'm going to plug my podcast first, the Beauty Lounge Podcast on Instagram. I like to hang out on Instagram.
Sheila Bella:
It's going to be in the show notes. So you guys need to hit subscribe and leave a five-star [inaudible 00:54:52] on the Beauty Lounge Podcast.
Rose Prieto:
You're such a bully. You better subscribe and leave her a five-star review or I will [crosstalk 00:54:59]-
Sheila Bella:
Or I'm taking this interview back. I'm taking this interview.
Rose Prieto:
And also Beauty and Brow Lounge. Beauty and Brow Lounge. That is my primary Instagram. So either one, Beauty and Brow Lounge, the Beauty Lounge Podcast. I kind of go back and forth, but I love to answer questions. I'm always present. I'm always available. Of course, I'm not like you. I don't get like a million messages a day. So maybe after this podcast, I may.
Sheila Bella:
How can we find your book, and what is it about? Where can we-
Rose Prieto:
Yeah. So right now, it's on Amazon. So the physical book is on Amazon, and the e-book is on Amazon. So you can just plug my name into the search bar, Rose Prieto, and it'll pop up. It'll pop up. Yeah. It's a real page turner. It's about Melanin and Fitzpatrick and their steamy, lovely hot relationship with one another.
Sheila Bella:
All of that [inaudible 00:55:53].
Rose Prieto:
It's been such an honor talking to you.
Sheila Bella:
[inaudible 00:55:59] so much, Rose.
Rose Prieto:
Thank you so much for accepting me and for inviting me onto your platform. I appreciate it so much because sometimes I am like a little rough around the edges, but I really care about what's going on. What I mean by that is I obviously care what's going on our planet but with our community. That is what brings me to tears is you and I were talking about a post that a colleague of our made, colleague and I. She made, and she had all these comments, and I really wanted to reach out and hug her. That was my comic. Gosh, I wish I could give you a virtual hug.
In other words, you're not alone. We're in this together. That is so cliche. That's been said all the time, but it truly is. We really are. If I messaged you right now or someone messaged me with their crying concerns, that's all we have the power to do.
Sheila Bella:
All of us are going through it. All of us.
Rose Prieto:
Everybody, the planet. The planet is going through it.
Sheila Bella:
The whole [crosstalk 00:56:51]-
Rose Prieto:
So it's okay to have all these mixed feelings.
Sheila Bella:
I get it.
Rose Prieto:
But hopefully, there's a little nuggets in the day, maybe some information that they've gained from this interview or from your different webinars or whatnot, things that you're putting out on your platform. Hopefully, they'll find some peace in those moments that they take advantage of that because there's so much to take advantage of right now. So that's really the takeaway is I really pray that people will take advantage, and there's probably 20 proverbial stones that they are not unearthing right now, that under that's done, there's something that they've always wanted to do.
Even if you're scared to do it, just do it like Sheila would say. Do it scared. But just do it because you're going to look back and regret, "Gosh, I should have taken advantage of that time and written that article or wrote that book or wrote that letter," or whatever it is that you wanted to do or start that little side business. I've always wanted to be dot, dot, dot, whatever, fill in the blank for you and just look into it. Just do it because now is the time, and I'm doing it by the way.
Sheila Bella:
[inaudible 00:57:50].
Rose Prieto:
Like I said, I've never been busier.
Sheila Bella:
Me too. Thank you so much, Rose. Fair enough.
Rose Prieto:
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Sheila Bella:
Thank you. I hope to have you on again. I mean, one of the easiest podcasts I've ever had.
Rose Prieto:
Thank you and thank you Pretty Rich Podcast community for welcoming me. I haven't mastered the art of the interview on my podcast yet, but when that happens, you are going to be my first.
Sheila Bella:
I got you, girl. I got you. Love you.
Rose Prieto:
Say hi to your beautiful, wonderful husband for me.
Sheila Bella:
Will do.
Rose Prieto:
That's also a great thing, is you and I are blessed with a great support team at home. You saw my kids earlier. They were helping me set up. And-
Sheila Bella:
Me too. They just help me set up.
Rose Prieto:
One little side thing. You know what made me laugh? Literally peeing in my pants that I needed that diaper that you put out your face, that little nugget, you don't understand, and you know what you said, "Oh, I've got this." Or I don't know. The way you wrote it even in the slang that you use, it was hilarious. Got it. It was like Rhonda's
Sheila Bella:
Her mask? The diaper?
Rose Prieto:
The diaper mask was hilarious. So little things like that. It's like the people are putting things out there that are going viral that are just so funny. It is proven that laughter, just kind of your endorphins just make you... Yeah, it's a distraction. I don't think I've ever laughed so much than during this time of COVID-19 isolation, which is ironic. Right? It's so ironic. So anyway, I'm going to leave you with that.
Sheila Bella:
Thank you.
Rose Prieto:
Love you
Sheila Bella:
Till next time. That's it for today's episode of Pretty Rich Podcast. If there was anything in this episode that has impacted you in any small or big way, I want to know. You can reach me at Real Sheila Bella on Instagram. By the way, if we are not text buddies yet, that needs to change. You can text my name, Sheila, S-H-E-I-L-A to 31996, and we'll be connected. I really love hanging with you guys on here. One last thing before we wrap it up, I got to include my kids, right? Hashtag mom first. So here our Beau and Gray to close things out.
Beau:
Hi, my name is Beau, and I'm five years old.
Sheila Bella:
Can you tell everybody what our family motto is?
Beau:
I can do hard things.
Sheila Bella:
I can do hard things. Now, fill in the blanks. Hard is-
Beau:
fun.
Sheila Bella:
Easy is-
Beau:
Boring.
Sheila Bella:
Good job, buddy. I love you so much.
Beau:
I love you, the best mom infinity.
Sheila Bella:
Gray, say, share with your friends.
Gray:
Share with your friends.
Sheila Bella:
Please review my mommy on iTunes.
Gray:
Review my mommy iTunes.
Sheila Bella:
Thanks for listening.
Gray:
Thanks for listening.
