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Guest: Alicia Bucknor, The Royal Artist

About the Episode
There is beauty in adversity, and Alicia is a testament to this. Motherhood and a traumatizing car accident asked our guest to re-evaluate her priorities, how she saw herself, and her role in the community. We discuss fashion to sea moss, and the importance of just doing ‘something’ during the day for our health and fitness. Alicia shares her passion to empower not only her girls but the wider community to understand how special and royal they really are. A beauty crown is not something we fight for at a pageant, it is something we must learn to crown ourselves with, this being something only you can do for you. We discuss the importance of our children understanding early that the idea of beauty is more than just the clothes you wear, how you look, or what other’s think, it is about a resonance that can only come from the inside. When we discover this vibrational beauty in ourselves, the entire world including all the unique people we see during the day becomes a masterpiece.

Bio:

Born in New York City & raised in Toronto, Canada, The Royal Artist Alicia Bucknor is a mother, fashion abstract visual artist, social change artist #iamRoyal, author, fashion designer, and creative director of Milk & Heels magazine. The Royal Artist expresses herself using digital and traditional canvases like pencil, ink, acrylic paint, pastel, charcoal, watercolour paints and digital tablets. The Vintage Dreams Collection recently launched offers a fine art, affirmations colouring art book, with colouring art posters, colouring pages, and activewear for adults, youth, and toddlers. The Royal Artist seeks to inspire others to reach for their own internal crown and to be empowered by their unique beauty. Raising two princesses into queens has ignited so much creativity, passion, and art for the artist which led her to create “Royal": an art wellness missioned lifestyle brand that advocates for spiritual Royalty. Royal by Alicia Bucknor is an art wellness brand advocating for family, love, nature and unity. All products are ethically made in Canada. Each art piece has its own story, meaning, and royal purpose. Over the years, The Royal Artist's exemplary expression of fine art and art wear pieces in the clothing line called ‘Royal’ by Alicia Bucknor have been featured in establishments around Canada, United States, and United Kingdom. Representing faith & fashion empowerment, The Royal Artist creates functional fashion masterpiece collections ​for the Royalty amongst us. Royal By Alicia Bucknor is a fashion art empowering brand filled with fashion art illustrations and impactful messages of love, gratitude, and kindness.
Instagram: @byaliciabucknor
Instagram: @royalcolouringbooks
Instagram: @royalbyab
Instagram: @milknheels
About Your Host Michelle Rosetta (Clinical Herbalist and Owner of BEE23 Natural Beauty)
Michelle is a mother of four with over 20 years of experience in the health and beauty industry, inspired by her own sensitivities to synthetic ingredients in personal care products and a deep need to be good to the environment we share this world with. She has served customers stretching around the world with her all natural non-toxic BEE23 Natural Beauty line of products, specializing in maturing skin, eczema and sensitive skin issues. As a Clinical Herbalist she works to support our natural beauty not only from the outside but from the inside-out focusing on reducing internal inflammation. She enjoys freelance writing encompassing tips for positive and ‘green’ skin care health to the deeply emotional, philosophical and energetic relationship we have with our physical aesthetic, while reconciling this with the love of self which lies far deeper than reaching for the latest cosmetic cream.

www.bee23.ca
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Partnerships:
Audio magic on this episode was performed by Carlay Ream-Neal.

This episode was edited by Emily Groleau.