The Los Angeles-based holistic esthetician spoke to NYLON about the loss of her brother Nipsey Hussle, healing, and investing in her community.
. Sister to the late Ermias Asghedom , she has mastered the art of listening to her own spirituality and using her voice as a means to heal others, working daily to push the wellness world beyond the surface level.
Ahead, NYLON caught up with Smith to talk about these guiding spiritual principles, her holistic approach to skin care, and her advice to young people considering entrepreneurship.Everyone’s journey into the holistic field is different. What initially led you down this path? Yes, at an incredibly young age, I gained a deep understanding of myself. That I'm a warrior who heals others. I think I tapped into this when I experienced certain traumatic things at a noticeably young age. Being in foster care, the trauma of group homes, being surrounded by adults that were trying to manipulate me — it forced me to dig deeper into understanding myself and find my voice early. I learned to be unwavering through all the ups and downs life throws at you.
I want people to just be comfortable with who they are and how they look and be in their highest level of self. That will, in turn, make them feel beautiful. You must heal the internal because anything that you build on top of it is going to crumble. I help, support, and guide my clients into healing both the internal and the external. That’s the core of it.
You have to make sure that you really want it. You have to know that it’s not all about the money, because money is secondary. There are ups and downs. But when you’re really tapped into it and you’re doing purposeful work, everything ends up working out. Even though it might look like it’s not, even though you might lose that apartment or be in your car for a couple of weeks, if you have an unyielding strength within yourself, you’re going to get to the light at the end of the tunnel.
We all have our dark moments, but life is about balance. Nobody is able to escape life without pain, period. But every day is a reset. No matter what, you’ve got to keep going. It’s just the physical that’s in pain, but the spirit’s strong. That’s how I look at it. One day, you might fight a little problem and then the next, a real big one. You just got to believe in yourself enough that no matter what’s going on, it’s not going to defeat you.
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